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Senior Mens/Womens Track and Field League

City of York AC Team Managers Neil Hunter and Paul Wilson

This league is primarily for seniors and under 20's, though in exceptional circumstances under 17's may be selected.

The club now has 2 teams in this league, the A team in division 2 east along with Durham City Harriers, Gateshead Harriers, Middlesborough AC, Morpeth Harriers and Scarborough AC.

The B team are in Division 4 east along with Birtley AC, Blaydon Harriers, Hartlepool Burn Road, Houghton Harriers&AC, Middlesbrough&Cleveland AC and Richmond&Zetland AC.

For the 3rd fixture, on Sunday 6th July, both A and B teams, the bus leaves Huntington Stadium at 8.45.

Fixtures 2008

A Team
3rd May York
24th May not known BAL Cup 1st round
7th June Jarrow
6th July Middlesborough
3rd August Middlesborough
17th August Cleckheaton Northern Knockout cup
31st August Cudworth Promotion match
13th September Manchester Northern Knockout cup final

B Team
3rd May Birtley
7th June Middlesborough
6th July Blaydon
3rd August Hartlepool

League website

Match Reports

Match 3, 9th July 2008 Jarrow.

City of York A Team travelled to Jarrow on Sunday to try and continue their success of the last 2 matches which were both won. Sunday turned out to be the same leading from start to finish winning by over 50 points with some excellent team performances. Ingrams Athlete of the Day went to Andy Hilton who starred with a magnificent achievement of winning the 800m, 1500m, 3000m steeple chase and 5000m, it was just amazing to watch. He was followed by thrower Mark Wearing who starred in the pole vault clearing 3.00m, Mark then went on to win the Javelin, 2nd in the discus, 4th in the shot and then ran an excellent 3rd leg of the 4x100m.

For the women Ingrams Athlete of the Day went to Multi Eventer Laura Hunter who won the Javelin, and then came 2nd in the Hammer, discus and 400m. A great achievement considering only one of these events is actually in the Heptathlon. There were also wins for Jess Foster and Laura Rigby in the Triple Jump and Helen Garnham and Emma Willits in the 1500m.

City of York now lead the table on 18 points with Gateshead 2nd on 13 points followed by Middlesbrough AC, Durham City AC, Morpeth Harriers and Scarborough AC. The team now look forward to the next league match on 3rd August followed by the play offs on 31st August where they hope to go Division 1.

Match 2 Saturday 7th June, Jarrow

City of York Athletic Clubs A Team continued their charge to gaining promotion to Division 1 of the Northern League with a hard fought victory on Saturday in Jarrow. With a number of absentees team spirit brought the team through plus a number of personal bests.

For the women the 2 star performers were 16 year old Jess Foster who got a PB in the Triple jump of 10.83m which qualified her for the English Schools Finals and was also a new Club Record. Jess also came 4th in the 100m and anchored the 4x100m team home in 2nd place. Discus thrower Chloe Smyrk also broke the U20 Discus record in winning her event with a throw of 35.75m, she also followed this up with 3rd in the Hammer and Shot Putt. Other good female performances were Katie Mellor and Jenny Parker in the 800m and 1500m, Kirsty Taylor in the Discus and Shot Putt. Stacey Bell in the Long Jump and Triple Jump and Abi Hardy-Mayo in the sprints.

For the men the top performer was 17 year old Paul Allsopp who won the Javelin, High Jump and came 4th in the Long Jump. Les Richards won the Discus and Shot Putt with Morgan Bell easily winning the Hammer and following this up with a excellent 2nd in the 100m hurdles. Other good performances came from Andy Hilton in the 1500m and Steeple Chase winning both, Jamie Garbutt in the 100m, 200m and Pole vault, Andy Normandale in the 5000m and Ali Stedman who competed in the High Jump, Pole Vault, Javelin, 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. A great win for a great team with excellent team spirit.

Match 1 Saturday 3rd May, York

Saturday 3rd May saw both City of York A and B teams compete at Huntington Stadium in Division 2E and Division 4E respectively. This was the first time for a number of years that COY have fielded 2 senior teams in a league which shows how the club is now growing.

City of York A Team won their match by 102 points from Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Morpeth, Durham and Scarborough. An excellent performance considering York had a number of athletes at the British University Championships in Bedford all weekend. Both the men and womens teams had 13 winners on the day with the men starring with Tom Lightwing winning the 110 hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump, Mark Wearing winning the Javelin, Shot and Discus, Paul Allsopp winning the High Jump and Javelin with a new personal best and Iain Lynn winning the 1500m and his first ever 3000m steeple chase. For the women 15 year olds Kirsty Taylor and Jessica Elsworth both won 2 events with Kirsty winning the shot and discus and Jessica winning the javelin and High Jump, Katie Mellor won both the 3000m and 1500m and the womens relay team of Jess Foster, Annie Roberts, Ruth Hill and Becky Campsall stormed home to a great win. Two new club records were also set with Les Richards breaking the senior discus record with a throw of 53.08m and Chloe Smyrk breaking the U20 women discus record with a throw of 34.40m.

The B Team won their match by a massive 99 points from Houghton & Peterlee, Richmond & Zetland, Middlesbrough & Cleveland, Birtley, Hartlepool and Blaydon. A great performance considering this was Yorks 2nd team and they were up against all the respective first team clubs. 15 year old Oliver Bird and Ryan Buck both had 2 wins, Oliver won the 400m and 800m and Ryan winning the 400m Hurdles and 1500m. Club Chairman Neil Hunter competed in 6 events scoring great points and managing to get over all the hurdles in the 110m Hurdle race. Veterans Keith Bennington and Mark Harney won the Triple Jump and Long Jump respectively, Keith also winning the B Long Jump. Martin Rigby also starred in the Shot, Discus, Hammer and even did the 200m, not bad for a over 50. For the women Yvette Carlin shone with 4 wins in the High Jump, Javelin, Long Jump and Triple Jump, Team mate Steph Hopkins won both the Javelin and Long Jump. There were also wins for Karen Wood, Alice Wilkinson and a great 2nd place for the 4 X 100m relay team of Anna Dew, Paula Bird, Yvette Carlin and star performer making her debut for the Team Jan Rigby ran a storming leg to help the team to 2nd place.

A great day was had by all and the main thing that shone out was a great team spirit and a day enjoyed by all and a few sore bodies the next day no doubt !

A Team
Position Club Match points League points
1st City of York A 447 6
2nd Gateshead Harriers & AC 345 5
3rd Middlesbrough Mandale AC 340 4
4th Morpeth Harriers & AC 286; 3
5th Durham City Harriers AC 269 2
6th Scarborough AC 186 1

B Team
Position Club Match points League points
1st City of York B 421 7
2nd Houghton & Peterlee AC 323 5
3rd Richmond & Zetland AC 269 4
4th Middlesbrough & Cleveland Harriers 261 3
5th Birtley AC 104 2
6th Hartlepool Burn Road 91 1
7th Blaydon Harriers 10 1

Last updated 10/07/2008