Author Archives: Mike Raynes

The first Valhalla Virtual Shot Competition took please on May 2nd with over 220 athletes taking part from across the World and aged 8-75. City of York had a number of participants with most achieving what would be new Personal … Continue reading →

Nine of our junior athletes took part in the English Schools Cross Country Championships that took place at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Joe O’Brien, who is developing into a fine cross country runner , was the leading runner from the … Continue reading →

Club members from either end of the age spectrum achieved team success at the UK Inter Counties and Yorkshire Veteran Cross Country Championships this weekend. There was no action for our track and field athletes who are waiting for the … Continue reading →

A great turnout of 32 club members, with very supportive parents, represented North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics event at Halifax. It saw some very fast and competitive running and exciting finishes, and the baton changing we do in … Continue reading →

A busy weekend for our athletes in Sheffield at the English Open Age Group Championships and at the British Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Some of our youngsters enjoyed an outing in their first English Nationals with excellent performances by William … Continue reading →

The indoor season took centre stage this weekend as our cross country runners prepared themselves for the national championships which take place over the next month. Alex Botterill was rewarded for his fine recent progress as he got to run … Continue reading →

A number of our athletes represented North Yorkshire Schools in an Inter County match in a great “country estate” setting in Cumbria – their equivalent of Harewood House. Fortunately it was Saturday, and they got the races finished before the … Continue reading →

A quietish week from the point of view of club competitions as the British Universities Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh took centre stage for the sport’s cross country runners. In the British Universities Cross Country Championships, Angus McMillan (Loughborough University) … Continue reading →

The Northern Cross Country Championships took place at Bedale on Saturday on a very varied course which had both very dry sections and some horrendous muddy sections for the mudlarks. The younger age groups did all their racing on the … Continue reading →

Several of our members took part in the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships that were held at Tadcaster Grammar School. Dave Paver and his enthusiastic band of helpers organised a great event that was held on the rolling playing … Continue reading →