Author Archives: Mike Raynes

Track and Field This season’s opening Junior YDL meeting took place at our home track on Sunday the 7th May. We were blessed with glorious sunshine for most of the day and the weather was not the only thing that … Continue reading →

Track and Field The 2023 YDL Upper season began on Sunday at the Costello Stadium in Hull. City of York attended with very strong teams across the U17 and U20 age groups with athletes showing tremendous commitment and excellent early-season … Continue reading →

Track and Field City of York Open Meeting April 23rd 2023 Our open meeting on Sunday heralded, for many, the start of the summer track season and the cool breeze could not dampen the enthusiasm of all those who took … Continue reading →

Track and Field The outdoor track meetings started with a choice of local open meetings to get people into track & field competition. A smallish, pleasant meeting at Wakefield on Saturday, with medals, and nice conditions. And many of ours … Continue reading →

A quiet weekend competition wise from our members. If anyone has any results then please let me know. Katy Wood broke the club record for parkrun as she took 10 seconds off Charlotte Mason’s previous mark as she ran 16.53 … Continue reading →

Track and Field The club had a number of athletes in the North Yorkshire teams in the National Sportshall Athletics Final at Stoke. Many had a very bad journey, delayed 2 hours, some near 3 hours, by a motorway closure … Continue reading →

The last weekend of the winter season brought a big variety in the events for our juniors. Cross Country Races In cross country, some Year 7 were selected for North Yorkshire in the Leicestershire Cross Country, an Inter County event … Continue reading →

Road and Cross Country Races There was action at both ends of the age spectrum in this week’s cross country racing as some of our junior runners took part in the English Schools Cross Country Championships whilst our veterans did … Continue reading →

Track and Field Scott Lincoln threw 20.73m to come 4th in the European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal. Esme Pounder took part in the England Athletics U17 Indoor Pentathlon at the EIS in Sheffield on Saturday. Esme finished 18th out … Continue reading →

Although there were no major Championships this weekend, the club had 54 juniors out competing in various events. 24 represented North Yorkshire in the North East Sportshall Athletics event at Middlesbrough. A great event with a lot of fast running … Continue reading →