Longwood Harriers Athletic Club is a long established Running and Athletics (Track & Field) club. We are based in Huddersfield, (Kirklees) West Yorkshire and train on an all weather track located at the Leeds Road playing fields

Members are encouraged to take part in our 125th anniversary events during 2013. Details here

Some of the Longwood runners after the Farnley Tyas Road races 20th April 2013 Results here

We welcome Athletes from all parts of the community and all ages and abilities from nine years old and upwards. The Leeds Road venue continues to develop, and we are able to offer all-weather facilities for throwing, jumping and running events.
As an Athletics club, members are expected to take part in competitions representing the club or to help out with events. All coaches are British Athletics qualified and they and other helpers give their time unpaid. We rely on parents being involved to support our activities, whether this is at training, at an event or with any expertise they may have. We can offer British Athletics training to those who may wish to be coaches or athletics officials.

In the Summer, Track & Field and Road Running are the norm. In the Winter our focus is on Cross Country with Road Running continuing throughout the year. Our main training details are given on this page. Further details are given on our training summary page. Look here for Joining detail

New subscription Fees Due March 2013

Juniors annual fee of £15
(up from £10 - includes students)
Seniors £20 (up from £15)
The fee is made up of an (increased) fee from UK athletics of £10 and a club fee of £5 for juniors and £10 for seniors (which have not changed)

Longwood Harriers is 125 years old this year 2013!

We are planning a number of events to celebrate as detailed below. Add them to your diaries!

Tues June 11th 6 pm (replacing training) - 'Back to the future' run - starts at the site of the first meeting that formed Longwood Harriers in 1888 at Longwood Church (hence our name) and runs down and along the canal back to Leeds Road where we now train - approx 6 miles. U15s and above will run supervised. Younger athletes will start from Leeds road and run along the canal to meet the others coming the other way. Light refreshements on arrival!
Map and Details

Sunday September 22nd pm - 125 lap relay - Runners will be divided in to teams to see which team can run 125 laps of the Leeds Road track fastest. Activites and food!

Saturday November 9th - Greenhead Masonic - £25 per ticket - Anniversary dinner with outside speakers

Photos and memory bank - if anyone, particularly current or former members, would like to share any memory of Longwood harriers over the years and any photos, recent or older contact us so we can build an archive for the future. Then at 250 years they can look back at us!
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