In the run-up to the 2012 Olympics in London, Corby is set to become an important training venue.
Rockingham Triangle
Corby has one of the biggest athletics tracks in the UK with Rockingham’s 12-lane home straight and 8-lane bends. It has staged many major national and international athletics meetings in the past. A newly refurbished county-standard athletics track, is just one of several investments at the stadium.
Corby Athletic Club
One of the most active clubs in the region, that caters for all types of athletes from Great Britain team members to the fun athletes who come along for a chat and to keep fit. Corby AC is the only athletic club in Northamptonshire to have achieved the much-coveted Sport England Athletics Clubmark Status.
World-class athletes from Corby currently include William Sharman, one of the Britain’s brightest 110m hurdlers, 800m runner Karen Harewood and young discus prospect Mark Allen.












