In 2007 Birmingham had a double header with the top IAAF Indoor GP event of the year and the successful European Indoor Champs. Euro Indoor 400m winner Nicola Sanders & Christine Ohuruogo later also completed their famous 1-2 double at the Osaka IAAF World Champs. The Birmingham National Indoor Arena (as then) hosted its annual […]
Join us in Belgrade in Serbia the venue for the 2022 World Indoor Championships 18 – 20 March 2022. Having organised a group to the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 2017 we are very familiar with both the venue and the city. Our staff and company have organised tours to every World Indoor Games […]
BRITISH ATHLETICS CONFIRMS CANCELLATION OF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS British Athletics has confirmed the cancellation of the British Athletics Indoor Championships, due to be staged at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena 20-21 February. The decision was taken in light of the ongoing pandemic to ensure the safety of all those due to participate; athletes, coaches, technical officials, volunteers, event […]
In 2006 the Melbourne Commonwealth Games was the year’s highlight as the splendid MCG stadium hosted a spectacular event. And from there, and also at the later summer Gothenburg European Champs, a new generation of British stars emerged destined to be future Olympic & world champions. The magnificent MCG stadium in athletics mode was quite […]
In 2005 on the streets of Helsinki Paula Radcliffe, like Greta Waitz at the first World Champs in 1983, confirmed her status as the best woman distance runner of her era and in Bushey Park, London the embryonic Parkrun gained inspiration to the benefit of generations of runners to come. In complete contrast to Athens, […]
With 2020 behind us we look forward to blue skies ahead in 2021 and a new year that will hopefully be a new start for all of us. Track & Field Tours whilst in hibernation has been planning for future events and also reviewing its strategies for supporting clients for current and future business. Whilst […]
“Has anybody here seen Kelly? K-E -double L-Y” the refrain from a huge music hall hit became box office again in 2004 as the ever popular Kelly Holmes finally set aside her prior Olympic and World level disappointments, and previous consolation of clouds with silver linings, to win her lyrical double gold. To have seen […]
Birmingham successfully hosted the World Indoor Champs at the National Indoor Arena in March 2003: with Birchfield Harriers Ashia Hansen winning the Triple Jump and fellow Midlands star Marlon Devonish triumphant in the 200m Birmingham consolidated its status as the home of British Athletics. The British team won 7 medals finishing 4th on the medals […]
2002 was the “M&M” year with Manchester & Munich venues for the quadrennial European Champs & Commonwealth Games combo – it was remarkable how many fans managed to attend both events with only 6 days between the schedules – not to mention athletes doubling up too! T&FT was selected by the organisers to be an […]
2001 was a “Canadian Odyssey” as world class athletics and the draw of Alberta & the Rocky Mountains caused an avalanche of fans to sign up for the Edmonton World Champs – the off track experience matched that in the stadium with an imaginative T&FT excursions and cultural programme. The sparkling success of the Sydney […]
One enchanted evening at the Sydney Olympics the stars were truly aligned at the T&FT Supporters Party as Michael Johnson & Denise Lewis joined us to the delight and astonishment of our clients – a preview of their future BBC roles as they expertly handled the Q&A interviews. What a highlight! “How was that arranged?” […]
The millennium climaxed in stylish but scorching Seville a demanding venue, where the “heat of competition” took on a whole new meaning for athletes and fans in the stadium cauldron: it was hotter than Doha in 2019 with no venue air-conditioning or evening only session concessions – brutal. With daytime temperatures peaking at 42 C […]