often included as part of the competitions. The AAA Indoor Championships served a similar role from its creation in 1935. The creation in 1999 of a new national governing body for athletics, UK Athletics, signaled the waning influence of the AAA and its championships, with the new body running its own British Athletics Championships and trials events indoors and outdoors from 2007 onwards. Archives Archives of the Amateur Athletic Association of England are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Archives of the Women's Amateur Athletic Association are also held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. See also England Athletics - the parent organisation since 2005 Amateur Athletic Union, American equivalent Irish Amateur Athletic Association Irish offshoot, later to merge into the Athletics Association of Ireland References External links Official website AAA and WAAA Championships complete medallists from 1880 AAA Championships medallists from 1960, including women United States 1879 to 1888: National Association of Amateur Athletes of America Amateur sport in the United Kingdom Athletics in England National governing bodies for athletics Organisations based in Cheshire 1880 establishments in England Sport in Cheshire Sports organizations established in 1880