Category Archives: Club News

10 runners from the club took part in the socially distanced road races that took place on Sunday at Elvington airfield. Runners set off in groups of 8 every 15 seconds for race distances from 5k up to the full … Continue reading →

On Tuesday 15th at the Trafford BMC Gold Standard event, Angus McMillan and Tommy Shaw both achieved PBs, Angus clocking 3:52.13 in the 1500m and Tommy with 8:51.26 in the 3K. Well done lads. It was great to see many of … Continue reading →

Another fantastic run for Alex Botterill as he breaks his 800m club record again, this time clocking 1:46.82 at Bromley’s Twilight Meeting last Friday. Scott Lincoln also broke his club record on the 16th of August, throwing the shot 20.65m which … Continue reading →

Last weekend we held our second Valhalla Virtual Throws Competition. Once again we had entries from across the World including Costa Rica, Namibia, Sweden and other countries. We also held the Best of Britain going head to head in a … Continue reading →

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 →