Welcome To Junior Ilkley Harriers
Junior Ilkley Harriers, established 2003

Junior Ilkley Harriers is the junior section of Ilkley Harriers AC and provides training, racing, and social activities for young athletes. The Club colours are red and green. Please send any enquiries to Shirley (email ).

Harry Maslen - the first Junior Ilkley Harrier to make it to the English Schools Championships

Harry's fantastic achievement at the ESAA Championships at Gateshead can be seen on the video. Harry set a PB of 11.71 in the heats of the U15 80m Hurdles, followed that up with 11.75 in the semi-finals which by the smallest of margins was not quite good enough for a place in the final. This performance ranks him 13th Nationally and 3rd in Yorkshire in the Power of 10. Our juniors have the opportunity to try all aspects of Track and Field Athletics.

See video here. Thanks to Martyn Pearce for video.

Winners on the Fells

At a rain-lashed Hellifield Gala in August, Sarah Pickering set a new U12 girls' course record to collect the magnificent Yorkshire Champion trophy. Georgia Malir became the U16 silver medallist at the English Junior Uphill Fell Championships at Sedbergh in July and then went on to compete for England in September at the Home Countries Championship Mountain Race where the team struck gold. There are many opportunities for juniors to train on the fells and compete in both FRA and BOFRA events throughout the year.

ClubMark

Some of the Sportshall Athletics coaches and juniors help celebrate the award of ClubMark, after receiving their own individual Sportshall Athletics certificates and medals at the March presentation evening.

Juniors from 8 to 15 years enjoy taking part in Sportshall Athletics each week and some go on to attend regional trials and represent West or North Yorkshire.

Cross Country

What a fantastic cross-country season we're having.

Ilkley caters for cross-country runners of all ages and abilities from organising the local Wharfedale primary schools XC League to competing at club level at the PECO and Complete Runner Leagues or at the annual Championship events.

Get out there and get muddy.

Love Relays!

Relays are great fun, whether it's on the fells or over the terrain. In July we entered 7 teams at the Washburn Valley relays organised by Otley AC. All our teams enjoyed themselves and we retained the trophy.

Thanks to Sophie Brown for photo

Well Done

... to Lucy Tindale on her selection into the U15 West Yorkshire Sportshall Athletics team. Others who attended the trials were Rosie Shouler-Harris, Roisin Ramage, Alex Murray, George Wilde, Greg Smith, Will Giles and Ed Muirhead - I don't know the selected teams so let me know if you got in.

... to the 13 juniors who competed at the windy Soreen Fell Quarry runs. Report, results and photos on woodentops.org.uk
JIH League table after race 1 here. BAN League tables will appear after race 2 (our own Ilkley Moor Fell race in February)

... to the 10 juniors who ran in the 3rd PECO XC League race at Temple Newsam (Euan, Dominic, Robbie, Emily, Ed, Lucy, Joanne, Harriet and particularly to Nathan and Poppy in their first XC race for the club). Results and League tables here. Photos here.

Latest news...

Reminder to those entered for the Northern XC champs on Saturday (28th). Please read information on Northern Athletics web site.

There is a series of free public lectures at Leeds University in the build up to the Olympics. In particular Kris Akabusi is talking about his life and career on Thursday 2nd February. For details of all guest speakers and how to book a place see sport.leeds.ac.uk

Spring Term Coaching Programme

See Training and Coaching for more details.

Monday: Sportshall Athletics, 11-15 years, IGS sportshall. Restarts 6th FEBRUARY.

Monday: Junior Circuits, Year 10+, parents & senior Harriers, IGS gym.

Tuesday: Jumps, throws & hurdling, 10-18 yrs, Ghyll Royd.

Tuesday: Speed Endurance, 11 years and older, ILT&SC.

Wednesday: Speed Endurance, 8-16 years, ILT&SC.

Thursday: Sportshall Athletics, 8-11 years, IGS gym.

Saturday: Family Fell Run, 8 years and older and parents, Ilkley Moor.

Saturday: Reminder that there is an 'open track' session at the UAK track between 10am and 11am. Ilkley coaches will only be present on certain dates - check Google calendar.

Ilkley Harriers has been awarded the Sport England Clubmark, a cross-sport accreditation for sports clubs with junior sections, in recognition of a quality club.

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