Junior Ilkley Harriers AGM Report 2010 range of athletic activities.
In Sportshall Athletics we repeated our 2009 feat of having 13 juniors selected for the West Yorkshire regional teams, four at U11 level, seven at U13 level and two at U15 level. This has arguably got to be our best year to date as the U11 ‘City of Bradford’ trials were replaced by West Yorkshire trials which provides much tougher competition for places. As an initiative by the Bradford Athletics Network there were low level Sportshall Athletics competitions for 8-16 year-olds. For younger children this was the first time that they had been able to compete so it has been particularly pleasing to see an exceptional number of children (and parents) from Ilkley supporting this and providing a vital stepping stone to bigger events such as regional trials.
At our own annual Sportshall Athletics awards presentation evenings we gave an impressive number of gold medals, as well as cloth ‘colours’, for Sportshall and Track & Field Athletics, Cross-Country, Fell and Road Running (including Terrain), to juniors for achievement and commitment to training and competing for the club.
Cross Country and Fell In Cross-Country we had more juniors competing in the Complete Runner League and gained our best team placing to date with an outstanding 1st place from the U11 girls, 4th for the U13 boys and 6th for the U13 girls. This we are sure is as a direct result of the massively popular Wharfedale Primary Schools League that we have now been organising for the past four years. Over 450 children from 12 local schools have competed in the six races organised by All Saints, Ashlands, Ben Rhydding, Ghyll Royd and Westville House Schools. As a result of the success of the
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Wharfedale XC League model two further XC leagues have been set up by the Bradford Athletics Network across the district. As a much needed stepping stone between school and higher level competition, the Peco XC League organised junior races for the first time in 2008. In 2009 a one mile race for 8-10 year-olds was added to the 2 mile race for 11-16 year olds. This friendly league caters for all abilities and is an excellent way to bring newcomers into low level club competition. Overall 100 children from several different clubs competed last year and almost half were from Ilkley.
On the fells we have witnessed some fine performances with individuals competing in both BOFRA and FRA races. Not so many juniors compete just for the fells but when they do they excel. We continue to encourage participation in local events, particularly those held on Ilkley Moor where we always see a massive Club turnout, and the Woodentop races at Haworth (particularly the Bunny Runs) are always popular. The inclusion of junior and family teams at the Will Ramsbotham Badger Stone Relays gave a very special element to this summer evening event.
Track and Field Track and Field Athletics is the natural progression for Sportshall Athletics and this year we broke away from the national league format to follow our own programme of local open events. As a result we are all much happier and have had more children from 8 to 18 competing with some fantastic individual results. The specific coaching that we are able to offer at Ghyll Royd really is making a huge difference to our juniors who wish to concentrate on their athletics and compete. Fiona Jordan continues to impress by
ILKLEY HARRIERS NEWSLETTER • SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2010
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