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The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, [citation needed] having been established on 24 April 1880. Historically it effectively oversaw athletics throughout Britain and Ireland (until 1923).
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. [1] A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. [2] It has more than 900,000 members nationwide, including more than 100,000 volunteers. [3]
After the Amateur National Championships (1876 to 1879) were held for several years, several meetings took place in the New York area to create an Association of Amateur Athletes. [4] The Association was mostly formed by Athletic Clubs (from USA and Canada) for uniformity and setting of rules and guidance of the various sports.
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England.It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the official UK Athletics Championships organised by the then governing body for British athletics, the British Athletics Federation between 1977 and 1993, and ...
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
The Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans were players who competed in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) between 1920–21 and 1967–68 and were chosen as the best players in the league during their respective seasons. [1]
The Mountain Amateur Athletic Club has announced a new date for the 2024 WNC Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The four-person Class of 2024 will be inducted at 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the Omni ...
England Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in England. [1] It was set up as a limited company in 2005, taking over the role of the Amateur Athletic Association of England. [2] England Athletics works closely with UK Athletics, the national governing body for the sport in the United Kingdom.