Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club

Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club, one of the UK’s premier athletic clubs, offers qualified coaching and competition across all events and all standards from age 10 upwards. We also have WSEH Juniors for children from the age of 7. Based at the Thames Valley Athletic Centre in Eton, club members have access to a range of qualified and experienced coaches, an 8 lane all-weather track, excellent field event facilities and an indoor facility with a 6 lane 60m sprint straight and provision for long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put, discus and pole vault, plus a weights room.


We are a friendly and competitive club, who compete in the following:

National Athletics League – where we are proud to be one of the top sixteen clubs in the country, who compete in the Premiership Division and finished 5th last time

Southern Athletics League – for seniors, under 20s and under 17s, where we are one of the sixteen clubs who compete in the top division, which we won in 2019 and were 2nd in 2021

Youth Development League – two competitions, one for under 20s and under 17s and one for under 15s and under 13s, which are an excellent part of our athletes development

Alder Valley League – for under 11s upwards, which provides an excellent opportunity for development of beginner athletes


The main training sessions are held at the Thames Valley Athletic Centre in Eton on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

The centre is hired by the club for the exclusive use of members on those evenings. It features an 8 lane all-weather track, and excellent field event facilities. It also has an indoor facility with a 6 lane 60m sprint straight and provision for long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put, discus and pole vault, which is available to the club between October and April.


“We were really impressed with the set-up, the friendliness of you all and the professionalism that we saw at the club”. A parent.

“At the club I like that I get to train with a variety of athletes, I have plenty of competition opportunities and it is a quality track to run on”. An athlete.

“My reason for coaching is that it is my ‘wealth’. Some people may think in terms of money and possessions as wealth but, for me, waking up in the morning knowing that I have provided a group of young people the support to grow and thrive is much more valuable”. A WSEH AC coach.


History

Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club was founded in the 1880s.[1]

Honours

Senior Women:

  • UK Women's Athletic League
    • First Place: 1998
    • Second Place: 1997, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2013
    • Third Place: 1999, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011

Notable athletes

Olympians
AthleteCountryEventsOlympicsMedals
Keith Connor[2]triple jump1980, 1984
Shirley Thomas[3]100 metres1984
Georgina Oladapo[4]4x100 metres relay1996
Michelle Griffith[5]triple jump1996
Kathy Butler[6]5000 metres,10000 metres1996, 2004
James McIlroy[7]800 metres2000
Nicola Sanders[8]400 metres2008
Lawrence Clarke[9]110 metres hurdles2012
Nigel Levine[10]400 metres,4x400 metres relay2012
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke[11]800 metres2016
Morgan Lake[12]High jump2016

Kit

The club kit is a light blue vest or crop top with two horizontal yellow stripes around the middle of the torso.

References
  1. "Club History". Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. Keith Connor at Power of 10
  3. Shirley Thomas at Power of 10
  4. Georgina Oladapo at Power of 10
  5. Michelle Griffith-Robinson at Power of 10
  6. Kathy Butler at Power of 10
  7. James McIlroy at Power of 10
  8. Nicola Sanders at Power of 10
  9. Lawrence Clarke at Power of 10
  10. Nigel Levine at Power of 10
  11. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at Power of 10
  12. Morgan Lake at Power of 10


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