Loughborough UK Athletics High Performance Centre

Address:
UK Athletics Loughborough High Performance Centre

Loughborough University, 

Loughborough
,
Leicestershire
,
LE11 3TU.
Telephone: +44 (0)1509 263171
Staff:
Director: Derek Evely devely@uka.org.uk

Derek Evely has been involved in the sport of athletics most of his life as both an athlete and a coach. He has been coaching for the past 25 years, 15 of them professionally. He has been a member of 10 Canadian national teams (2 as an athlete and eight as a coach), 4 of which were IAAF World Championships. In 2008 he was appointed to the Canadian Olympic team as a Staff Coach. He was also the Head Coach for the Kamloops Track and Field Club for 11 years, during which he produced 8 national team members, including Gary Reed, Dylan Armstrong and Shane Niemi. During his time in Kamloops, Coach Evely’s athletes broke 7 national records and earned over 70 national and 7 international championship medals.

In 2006 he began work as the Sport Science Manager at the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre. In his 4 years there he was instrumental in the development of one of the best coaching education resources in the world, the CACC website. He was also the Lead Coach for the CACC high performance sprint program, working with a stable of Olympic sprinters and jumpers including Tyler Christopher, Adam Kunkel and Carline Muir.

He was involved with Athletics Canada as a long relay coach for 6 years and consultant for the development of its Long Term Athlete Development model (LTAD). He has a passion for all aspects of athletics development, at every level, particularly in the areas of youth development and planning and periodisation. 

UKA Performance Staff based at Loughborough HIPAC:
Michael Khmel - UKA National Events Coach – Short Sprints/Relays
mkhmel@uka.org.uk
Fayyaz Ahmed – UKA National Events Coach – High Jump
fahmed@uka.org.uk
George Gandy – UKA National Events Coach – Endurance
ggandy@uka.org.uk
Toni Minichiello – UKA National Events Coach – Combined Events (Sheffield-based)
tminichiello@uka.org.uk
John Nuttall – UKA Development Coach – Endurance
jnuttall@uka.org.uk
Jared Deacon – UKA Development Coach – Sprints and Hurdles
jdeacon@uka.org.uk
Emma Bailey - HiPAC Coordinator
ebailey@uka.org.uk
Support staff who operate out of Loughborough:
Medical:
• Dr. Robin Chakraverty – UKA Midlands Doctor
Physiotherapy:
• Dr. Craig Ranson - UKA Chief Physiotherapist
• Rone Thompson – UKA Physiotherapist
• Pierre McCourt– UKA Physiotherapist
• Ross Hollinworth – UKA Physiotherapist
Soft Tissue Therapist:
• Nathalie Woolsey – UKA Soft Tissue Therapist
Strength and Conditioning:
• Tommy Yule – EIS Strength & Conditioning
Physiologist:
• Dr. Barry Fudge – EIS Physiologist
Biomechanics:
• Dr. Paul Brice – UKA Biomechanist
• Jill Stanley - UKA Sports Science Technician
Performance Lifestyle
• Julie Smith – EIS Performance Lifestyle
Facilities:
A full suite of facilities both outdoors and indoors are available at Loughborough.
Outdoors:
• Eight lane 400m tartan track
• Access to various terrains for middle, long distance athletes inc National Forest & Bradgate Park
Indoor:
• 8 lane, 130m indoor straight
• 2 x Horizontal Jump runways
• Javelin Curtain
• 2 x Pole Vault Pits & Downhill Runway
• High Jump Bed
• 2 x Shot/Discus/Hammer Netted Circles
• Competition Shot Circle
• Throwing Wall
• 50m Plyometric Running Strip
• Strength and conditioning suite
Public access available:
• Various times available for public use, contact reception for details:
• 01509 228673 or bookings.ashby@lboro.ac.uk
Opening times:
• 7.00am – 9.00pm - Monday to Friday
• 7.30am – 5.30pm – Weekends