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 […]
A year of world-wide venues with Valencia, St. Petersburg, Budapest and Kuala Lumpur each having their fascinations and were well supported as a result. T&FT also extended the important role of training camps for elite and club athletes in developing a well-rounded business It is in the winter off season that the groundwork for athletes […]
We have been making arrangements for fans to attend all IAAF sanctioned Diamond League events and their World Relays and Continental Cup events for 30 years and have established excellent relationships with the individual event promoters to secure event tickets. We are organising a series of options to cover the last three Diamond League events of the […]
With Europe the centre of world athletics in 1997 as Paris, Turin and Athens hosted the IAAF World Indoors, World Cross Country and summer World Champs, and with the Europa Cup Final in Munich, 700+ fans travelled with T&FT to these 4 easily accessible events – a record volume for T&FT for that period. Athens […]
We would like to acknowledge the many great events delivered by Cherry Alexander, Georgia Beykra and colleagues that T&FT has had the pleasure to work with as UKA reorganises itself. London 2017 was the best attended / presented World Champs ever – we have attended all of them – with memories to cherish