Longwood
Harriers Athletics Club | Huddersfield
Founded 1888 - Running for 129 years
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 The Longwood Harriers who celebrated Derek Ibbotson's world mile record from 60 years ago with age group races on the track |
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 Derek Ibbotson 1933-2017 About Derek |
Longwood
Harriers Athletic Club
is a Running and Athletics (Track & Field) club
that is 129 years old in 2017; it began as a running
group from St Mark's Church in Longwood, Huddersfield
in 1888, but we now train at Leeds Road sports
complex. We welcome Athletes from all parts of the
community from nine years old and
upwards. (Note: we do not
have specialist coaches needed for under 9s, so please
do not bring younger children even with older
siblings, as they will not be allowed to take part)
Once a member all Athletes are expected to take part in local, county, regional and national competitions as appropriate. We offer regular training and access to competitions; in return, as our membership form states, there is an expectation that all members will compete for the club during the year whenever they can. We now record participation so we can focus our coaching resources on those who compete for the club Our primary purpose is to compete as a team organised through the club. Individuals also compete in club colours in events they enter themselves and here club membership usually gives the benefit of a lower entry fee. Some sports shops offer discounts on purchases if you are a club member. As Joe Percy said in his introduction to the book published on our centenary "Sixty years a member of Longwood Harriers A.C. and I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every minute of it."
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New
member introductory meetings: We have new members'
meetings regularly (on a Thursday training night) to
introduce new athletes and their parents to the club. This
is so they are clear on what joining involves, so they can
ask questions and we can encourage full participation. To
join you have to attend one of these meetings. A message
will be added here before the next one Our Young athletes win Division one of Yorkshire and District Athletics League 2017 (picture below) |
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 Longwood Harriers young athletes winning team
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All coaches at Longwood are British Athletics qualified and they and other helpers give their time unpaid. We rely on parents and older members 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 become coaches or athletics officials; you don't need experience! 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 details Come along to one of our introductory meetings* and then try out training. Then if you want to continue, download, print and bring the form below to us on a training night with the relevant subscription fee for the year Training - Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30p.m. for Juniors (up to 18), 7:00 p.m. for Seniors (In track season track use from 7:30 p.m.). Leeds Road Playing fields Huddersfield. Small track fee payable for track hire each session |
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YADAL |
Sat 24th Feb 2018 |
West Yorkshire Cross Country League Yorkshire
County Cross Country Championships |
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Northern
Athletics Cross Country Championships |
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Website: Tom Reed 2017