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
in 2011 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. Our juniors have the opportunity
to try all aspects of Track and Field Athletics.
See video
here. Thanks to Martyn Pearce for video.
Winner on the Fells
At Hellifield Gala in August 2012, Lucy Williamson
became the new U16 girls Yorkshire Champion and received a magnificent
Yorkshire Champion trophy.
There are many opportunities for juniors to train on the fells
and compete in both FRA and BOFRA events throughout the year.
ClubMark (2010)
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
We're looking forward to our best ever Cross-country season.
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.
On the 1st July 2012 twenty-six juniors and their parents took
part in a very special relay to mark the Olympic Games. The 'Real
Relay' followed the route of the torch relay but was run every
step of the way, day and night by runners passing a single 'baton'
from one to the next.
What a fantastic achievement.
Sports Leadership Awards
All our juniors (14 years and older) have the opportunity to
help at coaching sessions and gain nationally recognised awards.
The photo shows the 13 Junior Harriers who were presented with
their Level 2 Award in Sports Leadership at the Ilkley Harriers
Presentation Evening, January 2012.
Five of these who are 16 have just started their Level 2 Award
in Community Sports Leadership.
Combined events
We encourage our athletes to continue doing all activities as
long as possible and not to specialise. Three of our juniors won
medals at the Yorkshire Championships Combined events at Carnegie
in September 2012.
Harry Maslen and Dan Judkowski took gold and silver medals in the U17s and Roisin Ramage
took gold in the U13's.
Well Done
... Harry Maslen and Sarah Pickering at the WY T&F League. See
results here.
... to Ruaridh, Lucy's Williamson, Haines & Jacques, Emily, Poppy
& Robyn at the English Uphill only Fell Championships, Sedbergh.
See results here. See JIH League Tables after
7 races here.
... to Lucy, Jack, Lucy & Joanne, Emily, Angel & Summer, Lewis,
Janathan & Nicholas at the BOFRA Kettlewell Fell races. See results
here.
Notices
Relays: there are 3 relays coming up in July that we would like to
get teams out for; Danefield (Wed 3rd) and Golden Acre (Wed 17th) are
for over 12's - if you're interested please contact Neil Chapman. Washburn
(Fri 12th) is for 8-15 years and you should contact Shirley.
There is an open track every Saturday morning at UAK between 10am -
11am. However there are only 3 times between now and September when
I can make it to do hurdling (22nd June; 6th July; 17th August). Please
let me know if you are interested in attending any of these dates.
HIGH JUMP - the final 2 HJ sessions of this term are for Years 7-13
on the 18th & 25th June.
Summer Term Coaching Programme
The Summer programme is shown below. See Training
and Coaching for more details.
Monday: Outdoor Athletics, 11-15 years, Ghyll Royd
field.
Monday: Junior Circuits, Year 10 and older and parents,
IGS gym. Re-starts in September.
Tuesday: Speed endurance, 11 years and older (by invitation),
ILT&SC.
Tuesday: Specific Track & Field, 10 years+. Ghyll
Royd School.
Wednesday: Speed endurance, 8-15 years, ILT&SC.
Thursday: Outdoor Athletics, 8-11 years, IGS playing
fields.
Saturday: Family Fell Run, 8 years and older and parents,
Ilkley Moor.
Saturday: 'Open track' sessions at UAK (sprinting
and hurdling), 8 years+ and parents.
NEW: Tuesday 15+ Running Groups on senior club night, info here
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.
