Welcome to Holland Sports Athletics Club

We’re a small, friendly club situated in pleasant, semi-rural surroundings in Hurst Green, Oxted, Surrey. We have a floodlit athletics track, enabling us to train throughout the year, a clubhouse and an enthusiastic team of coaches.

Come join us for a fun, informal ‘Celebration of Running’ around the Mill Lane Recreation Ground and track. We’ll have music, food and of course, access to the bar for post-race refreshments. At a mile per relay leg – anyone can take part whether you’re a recent convert to running or you’re a seasoned pro!

Two hundred junior and senior runners took part in the inaugural Holland Summer Relays last July and all had a great time. Team entries via Sports Systems. Not sure what it’s about – have a look at some of the photos from last year.

‘On the Cusp’ is a series of Youtube videos about athletes aiming to make the next step up to Great Britain representation. A Saturday morning at Mill Lane is where the hard yards get done by Holland Sports’ Jack Kavanagh, the 2025 UK 5000m silver medallist. Jack was training with other members of the senior endurance squad, undertaking a regular Saturday morning grass session around the Recreation Ground. It’s often very muddy – the session aiming to build leg strength, core stability and aerobic capacity.

Check out this video of the start and finish of the recent men’s race in the Surrey League Division 1 cross-country fixture held at Mill Lane in Hurst Green.

Holland Sports Athletics Club and the wider Holland Sports and Social Association welcomed 1000 junior and senior athletes to the clubhouse: it was a great day with some great racing. Enjoy!

A Little Bit About Us

We cater for adults and juniors, and compete in all track and field disciplines as well as middle and long distance running, including cross-country.

Our History

Holland Sports and Social Association was founded in 1929 as solely the football club, Holland Rovers. The Athletics Club was formally established in 1982. The name Holland dates back to 1757 and is derived from ‘Hollands’ meaning ‘land by the hill’. This is a fitting description of the beautiful, undulating hills and scenic running routes that surround the clubhouse in every direction.

In recent years, Holland Sports Athletics Club has experienced a rapid journey of development and success, with the senior men’s and women’s middle and long distance team being promoted over successive seasons from Surrey Cross-Country League Division 4, to Division 1, competing against some of the top clubs in the country.

Training

We offer coaching for both junior and senior athletes starting from the age of seven upwards. Our junior programmes aim to provide a pathway for young athletes to develop their skills in sprinting, middle distance and field disciplines and cross-country competitions. The pathway from our junior middle distance programme leads into the senior middle and long distance programme at Holland Sports.

Community values

Holland Sports Athletics Club is part of the wider Holland Sports and Social Association that looks after four sports locally: athletics, football, darts and fishing. This volunteer lead organisation’s aims are to promote health, fitness and community spirit. The athletics club aims to mirror these goals by working with athletes of all abilities and all ages to create a community where all feel welcome and all feel able to contribute, growing coaches of the future as well as sharing our success with other local clubs and athletic organisations.