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Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club is one of the UK’s leading athletics clubs, with a proud history and an unrivalled tradition of competing at the highest level. We hold places in the Premier Division of the National Athletics League and the Southern Premier Division of the National Youth Development League. Our athletes regularly qualify for and represent their countries at World and European Championships. This standing is not just a mark of pride — it is our identity. It is what makes WSEH one of the country’s most respected clubs.
We are in a really lucky position that we’ve got an amazing facility and we are incredibly honoured to have amazing alumni – there isn’t a European Championships, World Championship or Olympic Games going by without any of the club’s athletes competing. That acts as an incredible inspiration to some of the juniors. We are small enough and local enough that they get access to these stars of the sport and it can act as a real point of engagement for them with elite athletes
Nick Pearson, chairman
We are also a welcoming community athletics club. The club acknowledges that it has a key role to play in ensuring that athletics is accessible. We have a thriving and increasing membership of over 550 athletes which also makes us one of the largest clubs in the country and we provide coaching and training geared towards competition across all events and all ages from age 10 upwards.
For seniors, we have specialist groups for sprints, middle distance, long distance and steeplechase, hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, javelin, shot/discus and hammer.
For juniors, we have specialist training groups for sprints, middle distance, long distance and steeplechase, hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, javelin, shot/discus and hammer. These are for athletes with experience/high ability/potential in particular events or event groups (e.g. sprints, middle distance, jumps, or throws). We also have The Academy, for athletes in school year’s 5-10 who have shown potential for competition athletics, training them across all aspects of athletics, running (sprints, hurdles and some middle distance), jumps (long jump and high jump) and throws (javelin, discus, shot), progressing them onto any specialist training groups when they are ready.
We are based at the Thames Valley Athletic Centre in Eton. It is one of the best facilities in England and is hired by the club for the exclusive use of members on those evenings. It features a high quality 8 lane all-weather track, and excellent field event facilities, all refurbished this summer. It also has a quality indoor facility, recently refurbished, with a 5 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.. See the training page for more details.
We are committed to providing an environment that is welcoming to all, is a fun, positive environment for athletes, volunteers & parents and we support the physical, emotional and social development of all our members. This is driven by the chairman Nick Pearson, who you can read about here.
We are a friendly and competitive club, who compete in competitions throughout the whole year. In spring/summer this is mainly track & field and in autumn/winter this includes road running, cross country and indoor track & field. See the competitions page for more details.
New members are always welcome. If you would like to register your interest in joining, or if you have a child who would like to come along for a trial, please complete the membership enquiries form and someone from the club will contact you to arrange.
Read Clemmie’s story here.
Read Lilianne’s story here.
Read Jess Hatch’s story here.
Read Rachel’s story here.
Read Luke’s story here.
Read Jodie’s story here.
Read about Michael here.
Read Otis’ story here.
Read Ava’s story here.
Read Jake’s story here.
Read Zoë’s story here.
Read Ella’s story here.
Read about our up and coming under 15s here.
Read about our up and coming under 17s here.
Read about our up and coming under 20s here.
Read about our summer 2025 track & field team success here.
Read about our summer 2025 championships success for individual athletes here and here and here.
We really enjoyed coming over to the athletic club. It was an absolute pleasure to be down there watching athletes of all ages and abilities come together to train and improve. A really impressive operation. He enjoyed the session and I’ve shared your feedback with him. He would absolutely love to join the club.
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“We were really impressed with the set-up, the friendliness of you all and the professionalism that we saw at the club”
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“Our daughter enormously enjoyed the session yesterday. Came away really enthusiastic. I was impressed not only with the facility but also with your ethos and the energy and passion that is clearly put into the club”
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“We have been really impressed with the support and attention that you have given to our daughter so far and really look forward to seeing her progression”
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“My son is thoroughly enjoying his sessions. Everyone has made him feel very welcome and the standard of coaching is exceptional. He has already learned a lot in just a short time with you, thank you so much”
A parent
He is absolutely loving it. He doesn’t talk about anything else. Thank you so much for giving him this opportunity
A parent
“She’s loving it! She was buzzing when she came home on Thursday and is excited for tomorrow’s event. It’s such a great atmosphere at the club, thanks for your support and amazing welcome”
A parent
“I thought the club was fantastic and a great bunch of coaches, my daughter really enjoyed the session”
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“The club as a whole is fantastic. All the coaches come across very well, loads of enthusiasm, I am really impressed”
A parent
“Thanks so much for seeing my daughter on Tuesday night, she/we loved the club and thought it was so professional and fun, looking around at various athletes was also inspiring, so she would love to join”
A parent
Thank you very much for the session yesterday. We were very impressed by the venue, your coaching and the children in the club with how well behaved they are and motivated
A parent
“He is almost fully recovered from his injury, thanks to his coach’s help. He loves the atmosphere at the club and really enjoys the training sessions”
A parent
“He absolutely loves the training, he is very happy with his coaches, the club and all those he trains with. He’s enjoyed this season and all the opportunities to compete. Thank you!”
A parent
“Thank you, he is definitely making progress and his coach is great and the whole group is really supportive – he loves going”
A parent
“Thank you, really appreciate all the encouragement from his coaches, he has come a long way under your guidance”
A parent
“My son joined one of the sprint squads in the summer of 2022, having previously run for a local running club. I cannot speak highly enough of this athletics club, he has grown in confidence over the last 6 months and has fallen in love with athletics again. This is all down to the superb coaching and fantastic atmosphere at the club”
A parent
He is having a great time. He was ill last week and was desperate to return. I am really pleased with the coaching he is getting. He gets along with his team mates and is really encouraged to do his best in the environment
A parent
I was so impressed, from the very first moment when you welcomed us we felt in very good hands, then the warm up and the training, it looked really good. The discipline and professionalism, was incredible, all the athletes behaved so greatly and to see so many with such great skills. My son was really happy and he mentioned how some of the athletes were so sociable with him and let him feel welcome. I am also pleased to see that my son will be surrounded by athletes with such great skills and capabilities so he can set his mind to learn the techniques and improve
A parent
WSEH is a competitive athletic club; the value of being a member is the opportunity to be able to train and compete.
By both training and competing on a regular basis, athletes will fully develop their potential. By doing this, athletes will give themselves the opportunity to compete in a wider range of competitions such as school, county, regional and national championships.
Training is at the twice weekly sessions at club training nights (Tuesday & Thursday evenings, from 6pm), plus additional sessions that specialist training groups have, i.e. another evening in the week or at the weekend.
Training regularly ensures athletes will develop and improve. They will also have positive interactions with other athletes and make new friends. We have also found that they enjoy the confidence and focus resulting from training and competing.
Because there is an investment in time by our coaches to develop athletes, we believe that competing for the club, alongside the opportunity to train, is the return on that investment.
Competing for the club, will mean at league matches on Saturdays or Sundays, during the summer season (which is April to September.) Middle distance runners will also compete in road racing and cross country during the winter season (October to March).
