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Club StuffBoth our recent international selections, Les Richards and Richard Buck were unfortunately unable to compete. Les was injurred before his international debut in Belgium while Richard picked up a virus so had to withdraw from the 4x400 relay in the European Cup at Annecy, France.Ingrams Solicitors Summer Athletics League The club is organising a series of 4 open meetings this Summer, called the Ingrams Solicitors Summer Athletics League. The dates are: Sunday 15th June, Saturday 5th July, Sunday 17th August and Sunday 14th September. See the Ingrams League page for a report on the 1st meeting (access from the track&field drop down menu). Entry Form Order of Events Match 1 Results North Yorkshire Schools track&field Results Newsletter Click here to download the latest newsletter Summer 10k Road League The last 2 races of the series at Bishop Wilton on 17th June and Wistow, near Selby on 2nd July. Please note that City of York AC IS NOT AFFILIATED TO THIS LEAGUE, so members should run in York Acorn vests. If you haven't got one, please contact Andy Hilton, another Acorn committee members or email us using the Contact Us facility of this website. As a health and safety measure, the League does NOT allow the wearing of Ipods (or similar) during races. Competitors wearing them will be disqualified. On 16th July the League has a staggered start handicap from Stillington and Acorn has the responsibility for organising this. We would be grateful for any assistance with marshalling. Let Andy Hilton know or email us. Ingrams Solicitors Summer Athletics Festival, 24th May See the Track and Field page for a report. Results The membership fee is now overdue ! If you have not already paid your membership fee, please do so immediately. Membership form Results Headlines
Road/Trail: 22/6/08: Dawn Gibbs wins the British Masters 5k road Championship at Horwich. Andy Hilton 2nd in the road mile and 13th in the senior 5k, Mark Metcalf 29th in the 5k. 17/6/08: Becky Penty 1st at Bishop Wilton 10k. Dawn Gibbs and Dave Lancaster win their age categories, mens and womens teams 2nd. 15/6/08: Simon Cook wins Castle Howard race on comeback from illness. Becky Penty 1st lady. Acorn mens team triumph beating City of York who were 3rd - hey guys we're not supposed to be in competition !!! Coming up:The road runners are in action on Tuesday (2nd July) in the last of the summer 10k league races, hoping for fast times on the flat course at Selby. There is another race in the series, but that is a staggered start handicap in a couple of weeks. The fell runners have a relay on Otley Chevin on Wednesday.The 2nd Ingrams T&F meeting takes place on Saturday at Huntington Stadium, while the senior T&F teams have their 3rd league match on Sunday. Target Races:The James Herriot Trail race from Castle Bolton on Sunday 27th July is the next target race. We are planning to take a coach to this race, so see John Tattersall or use the Contact Us facility on the website if you are interested.James Herriot Entry Form Hob Moor Relay, 30th AprilUnfortunately we chose a bad night for this as Hob Moor was awash. Hopefully everyone enjoyed it though and we plan to run a similar event in August. Last years results are also shown though the times are not comparable as the course was different this year. Results Under 11's groupThe under 11 group on Monday evenings is running very close to capacity. However, there are now spaces available for training on Friday evenings. Anyone wishing to join either group should email the club using the link below, though you can just turn up for the Friday evening sessions. Email us Christmas (formerly New Year) Relay 2007This took place on the Knavesmire on Thursday 27th December. Results Club Presentation Evening 2007This happened at Next Generation Club on Friday 23rd November and was very well attended. The 3 main trophies were won by Paul Allsop (Gemini, for best T&F performance), Kieran Smith (Hetherton for best off track performance) and Becky Penty (Bleasedale for female distane runner of the year). As well as awards for athletes of the year and most improved athlete, there was a new category for club person of the year. See link below for the winners (I will add the Club Person as soon as I get time !) Award winners since 2002 Open EventsCity of York AC Open T&F Meeting - 8th Sept 2007 ResultsWheldrake 10k and fun runs
Photos of 2007 race
Unfortunately this race will not be taking place in 2008 due to problems with the route. We hope it will be back in 2009.Millennium Bridge races - 12th August 2008 2007 Results 2007 Photos |
Last updated 04/07/2008