24th July 2026
We're exhibiting at the National Running Show 2027
We're pleased to announce that connectMyClub will be exhibiting at the National Running Show, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 30 and 31 January 2027.
It's our first time on the exhibition floor, and we'll be bringing both connectMyClub and ActiveSafe along to meet clubs, committee members and volunteers face to face.
Why we're going
Most of the clubs using connectMyClub found us through word of mouth, a recommendation from another secretary, or a Google search at exactly the moment their spreadsheet stopped coping. The National Running Show gives us a chance to do things the other way round: to meet clubs before the admin becomes a problem, and to show what a club platform built specifically for running, athletics, triathlon, and cycling clubs can actually do.
We'll have the team on hand to walk through the platform properly, rather than a rushed two-minute pitch. Bring your questions, your pain points, and if you fancy it, your current spreadsheet.
What we'll be showing
connectMyClub — membership management, training setup, payments, and the features clubs tell us they actually use day to day, including LiveMap for real time location sharing on runs, Garmin and Strava sync, and what3words emergency buttons for group leaders.
ActiveSafe — our anonymous safety reporting tool, giving members a safe way to report incidents and clubs a clear picture of what's happening around their sessions and local area.
Come and find us
We'll share our exact stand number closer to the show. In the meantime, if you're planning to attend and want to book in a proper demo slot rather than catching us between conversations, get in touch and we'll set something up.
We're looking forward to it.
6th July 2026
Help us celebrate your club at the National Running Show 2027
Next year, connectMyClub is exhibiting at the National Running Show at the NEC, Birmingham, on 30–31 January 2027, and we'd love your club to be part of our success story.
We'll soon be designing the artwork for our stand graphics, and we want it to feature the clubs that have helped make connectMyClub what it is today. We'd also like to use some of these photos on our website.
If you'd like your club to be part of our first exhibition, please dig out your best photos for us to consider. Just let us know what you're happy for us to use them for (stand graphics, website, or both).
Please make sure you have permission from everyone in the photo before sending it over.
We'd love to see photos from training sessions, races, and athletics meets, ideally showing your club in its finest kit, with flags and banners if you have them.
We look forward to seeing what you send over.
29th June 2026
What's new in connectMyClub — v4.2.0
Alongside a thorough visual refresh that makes the app feel sharper and more polished, we've introduced a feature that clubs with junior members have needed for a long time: guardian-linked accounts. Here's what's changed.
Junior members, sorted
Managing children's memberships has always meant workarounds — separate email addresses, separate logins, and plenty of opportunity for things to get out of sync. That changes with this update.
Guardians can now register junior members directly from within the app, without needing a dedicated email address for each child. A new Register Junior screen walks you through the process, and connectMyClub handles everything behind the scenes. Once set up, you can switch instantly between your own account and your child's using the member switcher — junior accounts are clearly labelled so there's no confusion about whose profile you're viewing.
Club emails go to the guardian automatically. Juniors won't receive communications directly, which is exactly how most clubs want it.
If your club has a junior section, this should make membership management significantly simpler for your committee and your parents alike.
A more polished app experience
We've put a lot of work into how the app looks and feels throughout. The changes are subtle individually, but together they add up to something noticeably more refined.
Switching between clubs or accounts is now smoother, with a clean animated transition rather than an abrupt swap. Tapping buttons now gives a gentle haptic response — a small thing that makes the app feel more responsive in your hand. Loading screens now show skeleton placeholders rather than a blank screen or a spinner, so there's always a sense of something happening.
Visually, cards and lists have been tidied up with softer corners and better typography. Input fields now highlight in your club's own colour when you tap into them, which is a small touch that makes the app feel a bit more like yours. Button animations throughout round it off.
Enjoying the app? We'd love a review
If you get a prompt asking you to leave an App Store or Google Play review, that's new too. We've tried to time it so it only appears after you've actually done something — joined a session, posted on the message board, made a purchase through the club shop. It's not something that'll pop up constantly, and if you'd rather report an issue than leave a review, there's a direct feedback option in the prompt itself.
As always, if you run into anything or have a suggestion, drop us a message through the app. Thanks for being part of connectMyClub.