Athletics Alberta
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Athletics Alberta, legally registered as Athletics Alberta (Track & Field, Road Running, Cross Country) Association, is the Provincial Sports Organization responsible for the promotion, coordination and organization of track and field
, cross-country
and road running
in Alberta
. Athletics Alberta is the provincial governing body that represents the national sport governing body
, Athletics Canada
.
Athletics Alberta is a registered non-profit organization
that has been established to help coordinate a program of worthwhile believes in facilitating the message of a healthy active lifestyle through participation and development of excellence in Athletics. Athletics Alberta provides governance of the sport of athletics for our membership through fair play and equal opportunity for male and female athletes, officials and coaches
.
Over the past 40 years, Athletics Alberta has served as a communications medium for all groups involved in athletics within the Province of Alberta. The opportunity for athletes, teacher
s, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers to exchange information and for the members to experience the sport of athletics (provincially and nationally) to engage in friendly athletic competitions is a valuable life and educational experience for all participants.
The Athletics Alberta Provincial office is located at the Percy Page Center in Edmonton
, which currently houses 67 provincial sport, recreation, and arts
associations, and has approximately 50 registered track and field clubs, 30 schools and 10 road racing
clubs in the province.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
and road running
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. Athletics Alberta is the provincial governing body that represents the national sport governing body
Sport governing body
A sport governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sport governing bodies come in various forms, and have a variety of regulatory functions. Examples of this can include disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport...
, Athletics Canada
Athletics Canada
Athletics Canada or AC is the national governing body of athletics in Canada, which includes track and field, cross-country running and road running. Its purpose is the pursuit of leadership, development and competition that ensures world-level performance in athletics...
.
Athletics Alberta is a registered non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that has been established to help coordinate a program of worthwhile believes in facilitating the message of a healthy active lifestyle through participation and development of excellence in Athletics. Athletics Alberta provides governance of the sport of athletics for our membership through fair play and equal opportunity for male and female athletes, officials and coaches
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
.
Over the past 40 years, Athletics Alberta has served as a communications medium for all groups involved in athletics within the Province of Alberta. The opportunity for athletes, teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers to exchange information and for the members to experience the sport of athletics (provincially and nationally) to engage in friendly athletic competitions is a valuable life and educational experience for all participants.
The Athletics Alberta Provincial office is located at the Percy Page Center in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, which currently houses 67 provincial sport, recreation, and arts
ARts
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associations, and has approximately 50 registered track and field clubs, 30 schools and 10 road racing
Road racing
Road racing is a general term for most forms of motor racing held on paved, purpose-built race tracks , as opposed to oval tracks and off-road racing...
clubs in the province.