Thanks to those who sent in nominations. The 7 Young Athletes and 6 Senior/Juniors nominated are listed below. I have asked 5 people linked with the club to give me their first 3 in each category and used a simple points system to decide the winner. The Winners will be announced at the weekend. [...]
Latest results
Track & Field Round-up 13th Feb 2012
February 14th, 2012Steel Cup – Sheffield EIS, 6th Feb 2012 Kadeena Cox came within a whisker of breaking the club record in the womens 60m, winning with an excellent 7.8s to go equal 2nd on the all time list. She also ran an indoor best for the 200m, taking first place once more in 25.3s. Aviva European Indoor Trials [...]
Track & Field Round-up Feb 5th 2012
February 6th, 2012Wakefield Open – Thornes Park Indoor track, 26th Jan 2012 Tony Bowman opened his account for the season with 8.1s for 50m and 9.5s for 50m hurdles, the latter, just 0.1s outside his own M75 club record. London U20/Snr Games – Lee Valley, 29th Jan 2012 Tom Wagner cleared 3.55m in the pole vault, a [...]
Northern Athletics Indoor Championships
January 18th, 2012There was a healthy turnout and some excellent performances from Leeds athletes at the Northern Championships at Sheffield. Under 15 Girls Caoimhe Crampton was the sole club representative at this age group for both the girls and boys and was a little below her best in the 60 m hurdles but still managed to win [...]
Vault Manchester – Sportcity 14th Jan 2012
January 17th, 2012Mark Fuszard opened his account for the season with a 3.53m pole vault, an indoor best and just 7cm below his pb.
Northern Athletics Open Meeting – Sheffield (EIS) 17th Dec 2011
December 20th, 2011It was a very busy Saturday at the English Institute of Sport and the club were well represented across the age groups. U13 Megan Sanders was a fraction outside her best in the 60m Hurdles, finishing 4th in her heat with 11.33s.In the long jump, she was a little down on her 4m+ form, with a best [...]
Manchester Open – Sport City 4th Dec 2011
December 5th, 2011After competing the previous day at Sheffield, Caoimhe Crampton took on another three events today. In the 60m sprint, she won her first race with 8.40s and later ran 8.44s, repeating the victory. With those times not far off her recent pb, she was clearly in good form and in the 60m hurdles improved her [...]
West Yorkshire Cross Country League – Sunday 4 December 2011 – Thornes Park – Wakefield. (Juniors U17 and below)
December 5th, 2011A big change from the snow and sunshine we had last year, it was wet and cold but didn’t deter the majority of our youngsters turning out for the final race of the league. On arrival ‘Team Manager’ Dawn Savage was busy putting up the tent and flag as well as encouraging the athletes to [...]
EIS Sheffield Indoor Meeting 19th November 2011
November 20th, 2011There was a reasonable turn out at the first major indoor event, many digging deep into their pockets to find not just the event costs but the car parking fees re-introduced this year. Given the straw poll conducted within earshot of the author, the fees did not go down well and may affect turn out [...]
Obituary – John Wilkinson – Life Vice President of Leeds City Athletic Club
November 14th, 2011It is with the deep regret that we announce the death of John Wilkinson. His funeral will take place at 1.15pm on Tuesday 15 November at Trinity Church, Rawdon followed by a cremation at Rawdon Crematorium.