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AMES for athletics

Athletics club software.Keep your club on track.

The club platform that manages every training session, tracks every athlete's progress and keeps your coaches' records in order

Organise training groups, schedule track and field sessions, track athletes' awards and progress, and manage everything from junior fun-athletics to competitive squad training.

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No monthly platform fee

A small fee on payments. Processing and optional usage are charged separately.

Free data migration

Data migration and setup handled by our team.

Built by activity operators

Created by people who lived the admin problem.

UK-compliant + GDPR-ready

Card payments through Stripe, data encrypted at rest, tenant-isolated records.

The working day, connected

Every booking. A team ready for it.

AMES connects the moments that usually sit in separate tools: enquiries, class availability, payments, registers, team handover, and parent communication.

  1. 1

    Bookings

    Waitlist place converted

  2. 2

    Payments

    Fee captured automatically

  3. 3

    Team

    Register ready for the session

  4. 4

    Families

    Update sent to the parent portal

Operational pressure

You know the work.
We know the admin.

The best software does not add another dashboard to check. It removes the fragile handoffs that slow your team down.

The details are different for every activity. Explore the everyday challenges behind the admin.

01

Multi-event session planning

Coordinating training across sprints, throws, jumps and endurance within a single session slot is fiendishly complicated when you rely on spreadsheets and group chats.Explore the challenge

A club session might have younger athletes working on long jump technique in one pit while an older group rotates through shot put and discus at the throws cage, and senior sprinters need a section of the straight to themselves. Throws cage time is limited at many municipal tracks, and clashes with other clubs sharing the facility are common. Jump pits need raking between groups, and pole vault needs qualified coaches and safety checks before anyone begins. Add a warm-up area full of athletes arriving in staggered age groups, and one scheduling error can leave juniors standing idle while their coach is at the other end of the track.

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02

Competition entry management

Getting athletes entered into competitions on time, in the right event and with the right qualifying standards is a relentless burden that peaks in championship season.Explore the challenge

Each competition has its own entry route, deadline and eligibility rules, and qualifying standards can change each year. Entries mean cross-referencing each athlete's recent performances against published standards, checking their registration is current and confirming their age group on the day. Relay selection adds recent splits, handover reliability and availability. Away fixtures need transport, parental consent and supervision arranged well in advance, and a single missed deadline can cost an athlete their place.

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03

Personal best and performance tracking

Recording, verifying and comparing performances across many events and athletes is far more nuanced than writing down a time or a distance.Explore the challenge

In sprints and horizontal jumps, a performance with too much following wind does not count for ranking purposes. Electronic and hand timing are not directly comparable, so conversions have to be applied correctly. Multi-event athletes need their individual results converted into points against the right tables. Without one place for all of this, coaches end up keeping parallel spreadsheets for wind-legal bests, hand times and multi-event points, and discrepancies between records erode athletes' and parents' confidence in the club.

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04

Seasonal programme transitions

Athletics in the UK is not a single-season sport, and moving between track, cross-country, road running and indoor competition creates recurring upheaval.Explore the challenge

Cross-country brings its own registration, team declarations and venues that change weekly. Road running entries overlap with the end of the cross-country season, with their own entry forms and travel. Indoor events in winter mean different schedules, equipment and venues that may be far from your home track. Summer camps for development squads need booking months ahead. Each change of season means updating timetables, reassigning coaching groups, adjusting payments and telling parents and athletes across every age group.

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What changes with AMES

Built around
your athletics business.

A connected operating layer for bookings, payments, progress, communication, and team oversight.

Athletics Club Scheduling & Session Booking

Run every training group, from juniors to senior squads, on one live timetable that the office, coaches and families share.Explore this capability

Each group has its own capacity, levels can carry an age range, athletes and parents book and pay online in AMES Connect, new athletes can book a taster session, and full groups offer the waiting list, with a freed place offered to the next athlete automatically.

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Athlete Progress & Award Tracking

Import the ESAA Athletics Award Scheme, with its published performance standards for sprints, hurdles, endurance, jumps and throws, or set up your own levels and skills.Explore this capability

Coaches record which standards each athlete has achieved and add notes in AMES Teach, and athletes and parents see their awards and what comes next in AMES Connect. AMES does not keep a results database of times, distances and personal bests.

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Direct Debit & Membership Payments

Collect membership and training fees by GoCardless Direct Debit, and one-off payments such as taster sessions and drop-ins by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through AMES Pay.Explore this capability

Set different prices for junior, senior and squad groups, apply family and sibling discounts under the rules you set, and let failed payments retry automatically with the member told, so your treasurer is not chasing by hand.

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Parent App — Book & Pay for Athletics Online

AMES Connect gives athletes and parents their training sessions, bookings, payments, receipts, progress and coaches' notes in one app.Explore this capability

They can report absences, keep health and medical notes current, read noticeboard updates about fixtures and season changes, and message the club without searching through group chats.

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Online Enrolment, Trials & Holiday Sessions

New athletes can enrol online or book a taster session first, free or at the price you set.Explore this capability

Holiday camps and one-off sessions sit on the same timetable as weekly training, families can book drop-in sessions and pay as they go, and noticeboard posts and messages tell families about upcoming fixtures. AMES does not manage competition entries.

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Registers, Attendance & Coach Compliance

Coaches take registers in AMES Teach with a tap for each athlete.Explore this capability

Record each coach's England Athletics licence, event-specific qualifications, DBS check, first aid and safeguarding training with expiry dates and the certificate uploaded as evidence, see everything that has expired or is due to on one page, and require a qualification for the groups that need it, so an unqualified assignment is blocked or flagged.

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The platform

One platform.
Everyone has their place.

AMES gives you everything: a management hub, a parent portal, a branded booking engine, and a teacher app. All connected. All real-time.

AMES Admin
Admin application interface

Your command centre

Classes, payments, marketing campaigns, staff payroll, task management, and reporting. A complete business hub, not just a booking tool.

Explore Admin
  • Real-time KPI dashboard
  • Class scheduling and timetable management
  • Marketing campaigns and CRM
  • Staff payroll, timesheets, and leave
  • Automated waitlist-to-enrolment conversion
  • Member database and family management
  • Lesson plan builder for teachers
  • Noticeboard and announcements broadcast
  • In-depth reporting and analytics
AMES Connect
Connect application interface

Parents manage everything

A dedicated portal where parents book classes, report absences, manage payments, track progress, shop, and message teachers. All from their phone.

Explore Connect
  • Book and manage class enrolments
  • Top up credits and view payment history
  • Track child progress and achievements
  • Direct messaging with instructors
  • Report absences in seconds
  • Book drop-in sessions and one-off events
  • Manage child health records and medical notes
  • Access noticeboard updates and class photos
  • Browse and purchase from the shop
  • View and download receipts and statements
AMES Booking Engine
Booking Engine application interface

Your branded booking page

A fully customisable online booking experience that replaces your website. Parents browse classes, book drop-ins, join waitlists, and pay — all in one place.

Explore Booking Engine
  • Class timetable with real-time availability
  • Integrated checkout with Stripe
  • Automated waitlist and auto-enrolment
  • Drop-in session and event booking
  • Workshop and one-off session booking
  • Mobile-first PWA — works like a native app
  • Custom colours, logo, and welcome messaging
  • Branded to match your business identity
AMES Teach
Teach application interface

Teachers in control

Instructors mark attendance, log observations, track progress, capture class photos, and message parents — all from their phone, mid-class.

Explore Teach
  • One-tap attendance marking
  • Student progress and skill tracking
  • Shift schedule and class details
  • Direct parent messaging
  • Student notes and lesson observations
  • Class photo capture and sharing
  • Assessment tools with instant parent visibility
  • Teacher feedback forms for every session

Your industry, understood

The details that shape your day.

Key data about running athletics sessions in the UK.

Typical Class Size
12-25students per session
Typical Pricing (UK)
£4-£8 per session
Age Groups Served
4distinct categories
Qualifications
4recognised pathways

Recognised Qualifications

  • England Athletics Leadership in Running Fitness
  • England Athletics Athletics Coach (Level 2)
  • England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness
  • England Athletics Level 3 Senior Coach

Age Groups Breakdown

  • 5-8 (fun-athletics)
  • 8-11 (multi-events)
  • 11-15 (junior)
  • 15+ (senior)

Industry frameworks

The organisations behind your sector

The bodies that set frameworks and qualifications for athletics in each country, listed for reference.

  • United Kingdom

    England Athletics

  • United States

    USA Track & Field (USATF)

  • Australia

    Athletics Australia

More about AMES for athletics

AMES keeps training groups across sprints, throws, jumps and endurance on one timetable, with each athlete's bookings, payments, attendance and progress on one record. From junior programmes to competitive squads, coaches' qualifications and DBS checks are recorded with expiry dates, so the club can see who is up to date.

Getting started

We help untangle the admin. You keep running classes.

Migration, configuration and launch support come as standard — with real people who know how activity businesses actually run. No consultant fees. No being left to work it out alone.

Activity business operator reviewing AMES on a desktop screen
01
Step 01

We migrate your data

Spreadsheets or an export from another platform: send what you have and our team imports your classes, members and balances, so you do not rebuild from scratch.

02
Step 02

We configure it with you

A real person sets up payments, registers, staff access and your parent portal alongside you, so the disconnected pieces become one connected system.

03
Step 03

We stay with you after launch

Launch-week check-ins, answers when parents ask something new, and a human on the other end of a message when you need help. AMES should make the operation calmer, not give you another system to manage.

Different by design

Built for your business.
Priced around its activity.

One small transaction fee covers the standard AMES platform. No monthly platform subscription, setup fee or per-member charge.

See what it means for you.

Compare the tools you use today and calculate the AMES platform fee for your member numbers and payments.

Explore your pricing

Payment-processing fees, SMS, phone services including number rental, and metered AI are charged separately. We confirm your rates and service charges before launch.

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Security & Compliance

Built to protect, designed to be transparent.

Activity businesses handle sensitive member data, payment details, and children's records. AMES treats that responsibility as a product feature — not a checkbox.

Enterprise-grade security

Your data is protected by design

AMES is built on Supabase with row-level security policies, encrypted-at-rest storage, and role-based access control. Every tenant's data is logically isolated so one operator never sees another's information.

PCI DSS compliant payments

Payments handled by Stripe, not spreadsheets

AMES Pay runs on Stripe Connect — meaning card data never touches our servers. Parents pay through Stripe's hosted checkout with full PCI DSS compliance, tokenisation, and 3D Secure authentication.

GDPR-ready data practices

Transparent data handling, full user control

Parents and operators can export their data at any time as CSV. Data retention policies are configurable, and account deletion is a single action with full data purging guaranteed within 30 days.

Managed cloud infrastructure

Built for the hours your business runs

AMES runs on Vercel's global edge network with automatic scaling, and keeps its data on Supabase's managed database platform.

Zero data lock-in

Leave whenever you want, with everything

Export every booking, payment, member record, and progression entry as structured CSV files. We believe great software earns retention — it should never rely on data hostage-taking.

Audit trail & compliance

Every action logged, nothing hidden

Staff actions like booking changes, payment adjustments, and policy modifications are captured in an audit log. Managers can trace who changed what, when, and why — essential for growing teams.

Integrations

Works with the tools you already rely on.

AMES connects to the tools you already rely on — payments, inboxes, calendars, accounting, and social — so you keep your favourites while replacing everything else.

AMES Pay

Card payments, Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, automated payment recovery, and recurring billing — built in.

Google Calendar

Automatic calendar sync for class schedules, term dates, and staff availability. Never miss a room booking.

Xero

Financial reconciliation sent directly to your accounting software. Invoices, payouts, and taxes — all synced automatically.

QuickBooks

Alternative accounting sync for businesses already on the QuickBooks platform. Full transaction history export.

Gmail

Send and track parent emails from your existing inbox — conversations sync back to AMES so the whole team stays in the loop.

Outlook

Connect Microsoft 365 mailboxes for staff communication and parent threads — messages flow into the AMES inbox automatically.

Facebook

Reply to comments and DMs from one inbox, schedule posts, and track engagement against enrolment growth.

Instagram

Manage Instagram DMs and comments alongside other channels, and publish posts and stories on a schedule.

Google Reviews

Surface, respond to, and request reviews — track your rating across every location from a single dashboard.

Need something custom? Our team can build API integrations for your specific stack during onboarding.

Practical guidance

Guides & resources for athletics providers

Expert articles, templates, and practical advice to help you start, run, and grow your athletics business.

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FAQ

Common questions about AMES for athletics

Everything you need to know about managing your athletics business with AMES.

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AMES works for every activity type

Same platform, tailored to how each sector actually runs. Explore the dedicated page for your discipline.

Your next chapter

Build the business you love running.

Bring the way your business works today. We’ll show how AMES supports your teaching, your team and the people who come back each week.

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  • No monthly subscription or setup fee
  • 1.25% platform fee, lower as you grow
  • Free data migration