Mansel Pope
Mansel Pope, a runner with more than 30 years experience of running and coaching, hosts sessions suitable for senior athletes concentrating on distances from 5K up to the Marathon.
Sessions are held at Timperley track every Tuesday evening at 7.15 pm and athletes should be warmed up and ready to go. Non-members are welcome to attend and try a few sessions with us before committing to join as a member of the club.
Please remember to pay your track fees before the session starts – £4 members/£5 non-members.
For more information please download the schedule, call Mansel on 07724 836079 or email manselpope@hotmail.com.
Mark Newton
Mark is a UKA Level 2 Endurance coach. He has been involved in distance running and other sports for over 40 years and runs a mixed junior group on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday mornings (through autumn/winter).
His sessions prepare the athletes for middle-distance and cross-country races and broadly follow the UKA Athlete Development Pathway from Foundation through to Event Group.
VINNY JOSEPH
Vinny gained his Level 2 coaching award in October 2024. He has been involved with coaching the primary juniors since 2019, originally supporting his childrens’ running talents. He facilitates fun, challenging and engaging activities based around the 365 run/jump/throw England Athletics curriculum.
His sessions are always lively and interactive creating an engaging atmosphere for the children. He has a unique, gentle and jokey style with the athletes which works well to motivate them to acheive their very best. This is extremely effective as his runners have won the John Leigh Park school cross country series, won Sportshall Athletics events and have been selected for Trafford Schools and Greater Manchester teams. Lately, his juniors have also won the Sale Harriers Crossford Bridge cross country series. Vinny also coaches successful local football teams and is a capable runner himself including at marathon distance.
Rob McMurdo
Rob is a Level 2 running coach, having earned his qualification in 2023. Since then, he has successfully led training sessions for a wide range of athletes, from children to adults, tailoring each program to suit individual goals and abilities. His coaching journey has guided over 200 runners to complete marathons, helping them build endurance, confidence, and race-day readiness.
As an athlete himself, he has completed 10 marathons, including three of the World Marathon Majors. He also regularly competes at club level in 5K and 10K events.
Jim Rimmer
Jim (Wayne) Rimmer joined the club in the 1980s and has always appreciated the mixture of warmth and commitment which provides a welcoming atmosphere to athletes of all abilities and backgrounds. Qualified as a Level 2 Coach, Jim hopes to support junior endurance athletes in realising their individual goals while having fun along the way. Sessions broadly follow the UKA Athlete Development Pathway from Foundation through to Event Group, but there is a flexible approach where athletes’ needs and interests are forefront. See you at the track!
Phil Nichol
Phil has been a member of ADAC for over 40 years.
As an athlete he competed for 30 years at county level as both a junior and senior, representing 3 different counties and the British Polytechnics at the steeplechase. He is also a previous winner of the Prestigeous Snowdonia Marathon.
Phil is a longstanding level 2 Endurance coach, who has worked for England Athletics on their Club Run Scheme since its inception.
His athletes have reached AAA’s finals, and have won county, area and international vests. He specialises in the marathon, and at the Manchester Marathon his athletes have won both the overall title as well as age group categories.
Phil coaches senior distance runners on a Tuesday at Timperley track and on a Thursday at various locations in the Altrincham area (download the schedule below for details). Please remember to pay your track fees before the session starts – £4 members/£5 non-members.
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Bev Jackson
Bev has been running with ADAC for over 20 years, she is a Level 2 running coach specialising in endurance road and trail racing. She is a qualified personal trainer, and has taught adult fitness education for 16 years.
As a coach, Bev’s focus is to help athletes develop their running economy, form and speed. The sessions are designed to help athletes work towards specific training goals. Bev coaches senior distance runners on a Thursday at Timperley track 19:00 – 20:00.
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Adam Bellis
Adam qualified as an Athletics Coach (level 2) in 2024 and specialises in the sprint events. Adam has been training and competing in athletics since he was 8 years old and has a wealth of experience in track & field athletics. He continues to compete at Masters level in all the sprint distances, but specializes in the 400m. Adam has won several national age group titles as well as medalling in two European Masters Championships.
The Sprints group train on Tuesdays and Thursdays (6-7pm) with Adam currently taking the Tuesday session. Training is based on the England Athletics Development Pathway and aims to cover the transition from ‘Foundation’ to ‘Event Group’ in sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps and throws.
The sprints group is a mixed group of junior athletes ranging from U14 (year 7-8) through to U18. The sessions can be tailored to suit all abilities and involve a combination of general conditioning, technical drills, speed and power development and event-specific training for running events up to 800m. We also try to include some optional field event training for hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, and javelin.
Athletes in the sprint group will aim to compete indoors over the winter in Sports Hall athletics (for ages up to under 16) or indoor athletics events (U16 and up). Summer competitions include track and field athletics leagues, ‘open’ competitions, plus County and Schools Championships.
Bill Egan
As an experienced runner, Bill has an affinity for the outdoors and loves all forms of off-road running. However, speed work is an essential part of any runner’s diet, and the track is a safe place to practice speed play.
“As a coach I enjoy sharing my love of running, helping people to get started and working with them to achieve their own goals is epic.”
Wednesday sessions are aimed at adult runners and fitness runners, who are looking to maintain fitness, improve times and/or add a structured session to their running.
Sessions are held at Timperley track every Wednesday evening at 7.15 pm. Athletes should be warmed up and ready to go. Most of the group are not club members, although members are welcome to join us. The emphasis is on taking part in each session at your pace whilst working towards your own goals, we are not Olympians, so don’t be scared to come along, once you are through the gate we promise a warm welcome.
£3 track fees are payable trackside at the start of each session.
To find out more information or if you have any queries, please email contact@altrincham-athletics.co.uk