Athletics in the UK: The Rise and Fall of the BAF

1 CONTENTS Foreword Page 2 The Birth of BAF Introduction Page 4 The battle for BAF – the first steps Page 9 The Turner Committee Page 14 The baton is passed to the BAAB Page 21 The Evans report Page 25 The McAllister plan Page 28 Courting the women; will they? won’t they? Page 33 Bring back Evans Page 37 The home straight? Page 42 England still not satisfied Page 48 The ticking time bombs Page 51 BAF is born Page 55 The Business of Athletics Introduction Page 58 The Joint Standing Committee (JSC) Page 62 The BAAB goes bust Page 69 Management challenges Page 76 A Chief Executive at last Page 81 A poisoned chalice? Page 86 Athletics and television Page 97 The end of a beautiful friendship? Page 103 Andy Norman Page 112 What about the athletes? Page 118 Epilogue Page 129 Where are they now? Page 134 Past Officers Page 138