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NA Inter County Match & U20 3000m Championships
The Northern Inter County match will be held at Middlesbrough Sports Village on Sunday 7th July. Leading U17 and U15 athletes from across the North will be competing for their home county in what is always an intensely fought battle. Over the last few years the North...
read moreNorthern League – Match 2 results
The first results from Match 2 of the Northern League are now available. Other divisions will be added as they are received. 2019 League Positions To Date 19NORTH_Division One_M2 19NORTH_Division 2E_M2 19NORTH_Division 2EC_M2 19NORTH_Division 2WC_M2 19NORTH_Division...
read moreNA Club Survey goes live
All clubs affiliated to Northern Athletics will shortly be receiving an email invitation from Survey Monkey asking them to complete the Northern Athletics survey . Your responses will be carefully considered and a summary of the responses will then be circulated to...
read moreSenior/U20 Championship Report
CHAMPS REPORT JUNE2019
read moreNorthern U17/U15/U13 T&F Championships
Northern U17/U15/U13 T&F Championships The Northern Athletics ‘Start Fitness’ Under17, Under 15 & Under 13 Championships will be held at Wavertree Stadium, Liverpool on the 17th & 18th August 2019. Entry is online at Race-Results on the link below....
read morePreston 10 Mile with Northern Championships
This year the Preston 10 mile race will host the Northern 10 mile Championships. Entries are now open for the event which will be on Sunday 17th November 2019 and can be accessed through the Preston Harriers website on the following link:...
read moreNorthern T&F League results May 19th – 4EC now added
11.06.19 UPDATED Current League positions & Results from Match 1 of the Northern Track & Field League & the Hosting Claim form are now available here 2019 League Positions To Date 2019_1_Match_1 2019_2EC_Match_1 2019_2E_Match_1 - updated 11.06.19...
read moreNorthern Senior & U20 T&F Championships Info
The updated Timetable and Entry list along with athlete information and venue directions for the 2019 NA 'Start Fitness' Track & Field Championships are now available on the links below. Entry numbers have increased by over 100 in the NA championship events and...
read moreAffiliated Clubs List update
Several more clubs have recently decided to affiliate to Northern Athletics, we are very pleased to welcome them to NA and look forward to seeing their athletes at NA competitions. This brings the number of affiliated clubs to 191. The full list is accessible on the...
read moreFree Entry for County Champions
Thanks to the increased income from our Northern affiliation scheme we are in a position to begin to introduce a few small changes to thank our Northern clubs and athletes for their support. Free entry to NA Championships has been available for County Champions for a...
read moreYorkshire T&F Championships TT & Entry List released
The Timetable and entry list for the 2019 Yorkshire Track & Field Championships which will be held at Dorothy Hyman Stadium Cudworth on 11th & 12 May is now available 2019 Timetable v2 - Saturday 04052019 2019 Timetable v2 - Sunday 04052019 2019 Yorkshire...
read more10000m Championship results from Jarrow
The Northern Athletics & North East Counties 1000m track championships were held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Wednesday evening. A successful and enjoyable event hosted two men's races and one women's race. Results and photos are available below 2019 10K results...
read moreThe unrecognised Yorkshireman rated as “an English Nurmi in the making?”
The English National cross-country title was won on 16 occasions by members of Northern clubs from its inception in 1883 to the eve of World War II. The golden era was from 1927 to 1937 with eight victories out of 11. Actually, there were only two years – 1928 and...
read moreWhy did the British selectors of the 1930s persistently ignore the No.1 high jumper and No.2 pole vaulter, John Dodd?
Introduction: Various theories have been put forward for the origins of the pole vault, and the York-based athletics historian, Ian Tempest, sums them up neatly in his 2008 handbook about the event published by the National Union of Track Statisticians. He notes that...
read moreLeeds’ Teams Triumph at National Road Relays
Saturday 6th April dawned dull and chilly at Sutton Park, but whilst there were other sporting activities elsewhere, history was about to be made k in the ERRA National Road Relay Championships. Never before has a club won both the ERRA Men's 12 stage, and Womens 6...
read moreNorthern Athletics Annual Report 2017/18
Clubs who were represented at the 2018 NA Annual General Meeting will already have received copies of the Annual Report which were available at the meeting. However some clubs who were not present have requested information on our activities, events finances over the...
read moreChairman’s Letter to clubs – March 2019
NA Chairman, Tony Wood, circulated a letter last week outlining the proposals for a Northern area survey and requesting ideas and suggestions from clubs about what questions they feel should be included in the survey. Please take the time to read the letter via the...
read more2019 Track & Field Championships Prospectus
The North of England 2019 Track & Field Championships Prospectus and Parallel Success Prospectus' are now online. 2019_Entry_ProspectusV3 Senior/U20 Online Entry 2019 Parallel Success prospectus final Parallel Success Online entry U17/U15/U13 Championships...
read moreNorthern Teams triumph in Belfast!
By Rob Cameron - Northern Team Manager The North of England athletes cleaned up at the 14th Belfast Titanic 10k taking both team titles and winning both individual races. Performance of the day was Danielle Hodgkinson's winning performance with an outstanding PB of...
read moreYorkshire Road Relays Information
2019 The Yorkshire Road Relays will take place at the Brownlee Centre on Saturday 30th March Entry List - 2019 Road Relay Entry list Event Notes - 2019 Road Relay notes Directions from Lawnswood - Directions from Weetwood Police Station ...
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