President: Hedley Featherstone MBE

  17th October 2025  



Welcome to the website of Civil Service Athletic Association (CSAA). The CSAA encourages, promotes and develops amateur athletics for members of Civil Service Departments and other bodies affiliated to the Civil Service Sports Council. The Association also promotes national championships and encourages 'Representative' athletic matches against other national organisations and bodies. Click here to view a full version of the Association's Constitution.

2025 Cross-country Championships

Roger Smith

Midland Services XC League 2025-2026

2025 CS Walks & Ryan Cup Results

2025 T&F Championships

2025 London Business Houses Relays

2025 CS 10k Championship/5k Run & Walk

2025 Cross country rep match

Queenborugh Trophy 2023-2024

A Message of Appreciation


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CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON WEDNESDAY 15.10.25


The 2025 CSAA XC championships were held at Parliament Hill, London on Wednesday 15th October. Click here to see the results. The photo shows the the first 5 men (l-r) Tom James (3rd), Jim Gordon (1st), Sam Rodda (2nd), Richard Carter-Pearson (5th) and Conrad Meagher (4th).



ROGER SMITH


The CSAA has sadly learnt that Life Vice President Roger Smith recently passed away. The following is by way of a short tribute:

"Roger was a member of the CSAA Committee from 1981 and served in numerous roles during that time. He had a great deal of knowledge regarding CSAA athletic activities. He was always encouraging, helpful and ever cheerful and will be missed by his many friends within the CSAA family. A moment of silence will be held before the CSAA Cross Country Championships followed a period of clapping."



MIDLANDS SERVICES XC LEAGUE 25-26


The Civil Service enter a team in this league which stages up to 10 races, on Wednesday afternoons (2.00 p.m. start), from October through to March and includes teams from the Police, Army, RAF, Prisons and Fire Services. All Civil Servants, whatever their standard are eligible and indeed welcome to run. Each race is open to Men and Women with courses usually around 6 miles. You can run in as many or as few races as you wish and the full details of the venues are available before each race. If anyone would like more information, or to be put on the mailing list, please contact: Jason Holt.

1st Oct 2025 - West Midlands Police, Tally Ho

15th Oct 2025 - Gloucestershire Police/Fire - Adams Farm Gloucester

19th Nov 2025 - Leicestershire Police - Western Park Leicester LE3 6HX

26th Nov 2025 - S. Yorks. Police, Doncaster

10th Dec 2025 - Derbyshire Police, Allestree Park

7th Jan 2026 - Staffs. Police, Milford Common

21st Jan 2026 - Northants. Police, Delapre Park

February 2026 - RAF provisional host with no date confirmed yet

11th March 2026 - Prison Service, Newbold Revel

1st April 2026 - West Midlands police, Tally Ho ( Awards ceremony after race ).



CS WALKS CHAMPIONSHIP EVESHAM WEDNESDAY 24.09.25


The 2025 Civil Service Race Walking championships, together with the Ryan Cup versus The Police, took place at the Evesham Velo Park on Wednesday 24th of September. View the full results here. The CS results can be seen here.



T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS NUNEATON WEDNESDAY 11.06.25


This year's Track & Field championships were held in Nuneaton on Wednesday 11.06.25. Click here to see the results.



LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES RELAYS WEDNESDAY 11.06.25


As usual the Civil Service fielded several teams in the popular London Business Houses relay event and, once again, gave a very good account of themselves. Click here to see John O'Shea's short report and summary of the results and here to see the team results. The photo shows a group of the CS runners who took part (l-r) John O'Shea, Natasha Sheel, Victoria Carter, Emily Antcliffe, Isabella Rayner and Adam Watkin.



10k CHAMPIONSHIP AND 5K RUN/WALK BATTERSEA PARK WEDNESDAY 16.04.25


Once again the CS 10K championships featured a 5k Fun Run and Walk. The event was held in Battersea Park London on Wednesday 16.04.25. The results of the 5k Fun Run and Walk can be seen here and the individual 10k results here.

   

(l) The Men's 1-2-3 of (l-r) Sam Davis (3rd), Jack Millar (1st) & James McCrae (2nd). (r) The women's 1-2 of Emily Antcliffe (l) & Iona Lake.



CROSS COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE MATCH WEDNESDAY 15.01.25


The women's squad of Iona Lake, Jennifer Badger, Helen Woods, Holly Woodhead, Sue Francis and Katherine Davis.

Picture courtesy of Claire Cameron.

The CS Men's squad. Picture courtesy of Dan Summers.

The annual cross country representative match involving the Civil Service, the RAF and the Police took place at RAF Halton on Wednesday 15.01.25. There was success for the Civil Service with the women's teams winning their race. The women's results can be viewed here and the men's here.



QUEENBOROUGH TROPHY 2023-2024


DEFRA have won the coveted Queenborough trophy for CS athletics for the first time in their history. The picture shows a group of their successful athletes who were presented with the trophy for 2023-2024 at the CS T&F championships in Nuneaton on 18.07.24. The competition scores will appear shortly.



A MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION


From: Lisa Echevarria
To: Nick Hume
Date: 16/05/2024
Subject: Nick Hume/Civil Service Athletic Association


Hi Nick,

Thanks to the members of the Civil Service Athletic Association (CSAA) for sharing your collection of running resources. Our community centre is hosting a youth triathlon next month in collaboration with our local K-12 schools. You listed some great sites for runners to share with the participants! We really appreciate the help! I also wanted to pass along this guide my volunteer Stacey found: Triathlon Resource.
Not only are there some fantastic running resources for all ages, but there's swimming & cycling training guides too. Stacey was very excited to share it with you! She competed in her first 5K last month and thought other runners and athletes would enjoy it as much as we have!
Do you mind adding it to your Links page for us? (www.csaa.org.uk/links.html) Stacey is getting class credit at school for volunteering her time at our centre, so I'd love to show her teacher if you add it. The end of the year report cards come out shortly and she could really use some help. Please get back to me when you have a chance! Thank youuuu.

Sincerely,
Lisa Echevarria



CSAA FIXTURES 2025


2025 FIXTURES

Wednesday
15.01.25
Sir Sefton Brancker/SEAX XC Rep Match    Results M RAF Halton
Results W
Wednesday
16.04.25
CS 10k Champs+5k Fun Run/Walk      5k/Walk      Battersea Park
Results 10k
Wednesday
11.06.25
CS T&F & Masters Champs (inc. Police & RAF)     Nuneaton
Results
Wednesday
24.09.25
CS Race Walking & Ryan Cup v Police     Ryan Cup results   Evesham Velo Park
Results
Wednesday
15.10.25
CS XC Championships          Parliament Hill London
Results



HISTORY OF THE CSAA


The CSAA Secretary Nick Hume has, with the assistance of others, produced a comprehensive history of the Civil Service Athletic Association. Nick has produced a wealth of historical detail of our organisation including information on its origins, lists of champions etc. Click here to access the new page and enjoy some fascinating reading.



CSAA HISTORICAL INFORMATION - YOUR HELP REQUIRED


A message from CSAA Secretary Nick Hume:

"I am continuing to work on "A History of the CSAA 1864 - 2020" which will include, hopefully, all the winners of the various events. I have produced two files outlining the missing info. One is for results - missing results and one for winners or champions - missing winners. If you can help fill in the gaps please email me with details. Your help is appreciated."




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