Track & Field

There are opportunities to represent Harrogate Harriers Juniors and compete in a range of competitive local, regional and national events including both team competitions and individual championships. There are also locally-hosted track meetings through the summer and details will be posted of those when available. (Useful links are: West Yorkshire Athletics League and the York Summer League)

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NORTH YORKSHIRE INDOOR ATHLETICS COMPETITION

Sunday 19th December 2021, 11am - 4pm, Sheffield

Organised and run by Dave Paver, this is a great competition for our young athletes to enter. It takes place in the fabulous indoor facilility at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Athletes in U13, U15 and U17 age categories can enter up to 3 events. There are also limited spaces for athletes wanting to do the Pentathlon.

To enter, fill out the form and pay on the City of York Athletics Website

No entries on the day. Deadline for entries is Monday 13th December.

A bit more info about the event is available here.

If you have any questions about the event, you can contact Dave Paver on email: coyacevent@hotmail.co.uk

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NORTH YORKSHIRE SPORTSHALL AHTLETICS EVENTS/TRIALS

Another great opportunity for our young athletes in school years 5 - 10 to get involved in friendly, fun competition. Sportshall athletics involves a variety of running, jumping and throwing events based in a Sportshall.

The Harrogate based event is on Saturday 27th November. There are also events in Richmond and York. Full details are available here.

Athletes will be invited based on performance to be part of a North Yorkshire team, to compete in regional and national competitions.

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UK Youth Development League (UKYDL)

As an affiliated club, we compete in the UK Youth Development League (YDL) athletics league promoted by England Athletics. The athletes enjoy mixing with and competing at different track venues against athletes from across the North East of England. We compete at u13 (school years 6&7) and u15 (school years 8&9). The format comprises a full day of athletics events for different age groups with two boys and two girls per team per age group event. Further details are available on the YDL Athletics website.

North-East Youth Development League (NEYDL)

We also enjoy competing in the North-East YDL League that is arranged to support local clubs in the north-east region. This provides good opportunity to allow more children to participate and experience the fun of team competitions. We compete at u13 (school years 6&7), u15 (school years 8&9) and u17 (school years 10&11). For further info see NEYDL website

2019 RESULTS

Here is the final league table from NEYDL 2019. Harrogate Harriers came second despite having to share athletes with different events for two of the Match days - great work everyone! neydl-final-league-rankings

Here is the final YDL league table from 2019. Harrogate came top in their group and went through to the regional final where they came 5th out of 6 teams. Really good effort and team work from all our amazing athletes.

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