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- Tue 4 August – training at Leos (no C group)
- Then alternating GSAL and Leos until 8 September
- Normal C group venues
- Wed 12 August – West Yorkshire Track & Field League
- Sun 16 August – Track and Field at York
- Sun 23 August – Meanwood Valley Trail race organised by Valley Striders – volunteers needed (see separate email and Facebook post)
- Sat 29 August – Golden Mile races at Beckett Park track
- Tue 8 September – final date at GSAL
- Sun 13 September – final WYTF meeting – only open to those who have entered the League (see 12 August)
Details of upcoming meetings, including links to entry forms, can be found at
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2026/
And also mentioned in this email, results from
- Our Mile and 5k races at Bodington
- Eccup junior races
- Golden Acre Relays
- various Track & Field meetings
all of which can be found at
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2026/
NB Please don’t reply to this email address, instead email [email protected]
Training at Leos and GSAL
Training will now alternate between Leos and GSAL with the final GSAL session on 8 September.
I’m planning to organise a “Sports Day” on 8 September where everyone will get timed runs for 80 metres and 400 metres and measured long jumps and howler javelin throw. More details to follow.
The sessions at Leos on 18 August and 1 September will be “open days” – if you have friends who’d like to try a training session with us then please get them to email [email protected] (and mention your name).
P.S. don’t forget to fill in your booking form for August if you’ve not already done so.
West Yorkshire Track & Field – two meetings to go – minimum age old school year 5
The dates are Wednesday 12 August and Sunday 13 September.
Here’s a quick summary for the U12 category (old school years 5 and 6)
- 12 August – girls and boys both have 150m at 6:30pm followed by Long Jump for boys and Shot for girls (we can practice shot at GSAL at 7pm on 11 August)
- 13 September – girls and boys both have 75m, 600m, high jump, long jump, shot, pick at most 3 of these. (we can practice shot at GSAL at 7pm on 25 August)
There is a full list of events available for all age groups on their website http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/wyl26index.htm
It is a good opportunity to try track & field meetings, and if you like them, then you’ll know what to expect next April when the season resumes.
The total cost is £20 but this must be paid before 12 August to the VSAC Payments Account (last 2 digits are 51).
NB England Athletics affiliation is needed – pay £25 to the VSAC Membership Account (last 2 digits are 78) – this will be valid to 31 March 2027 so for the entirety of the cross country season.
Track and field meeting at Heslingon, York on Sunday 16 August – minimum age old school year 5
See https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2026/ for events and entry details.
Again a good opportunity for newbies to try a track & field meeting and be “ready” for next year.
Golden Mile races at Beckett Park on Saturday 22 August – minimum age 8 on race day
A mile is 9 metres plus 4 laps of the track (but you’ll know that if you watched Josh Kerr break the world record)
See https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2026/
Separate races for ages 8-11, 12-16 and older. 11 VS juniors competed in 2025.
Results from earlier this summer
I’ve added a lot of results to the website
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2026/
For track & field meetings, I have results for Valley Striders junior athletes
- competing at 11 meetings (5 West Yorkshire, 3 Beckett Park, 1 York, 1 Yorkshire Champs, 1 Northern Champs)
- 33 athletes attended at least one of these (30 attended at least one Beckett meeting)
- 88 attendances (53 of these at Beckett)
- 150 events (82 of these at Beckett)
- Harry Richards has attended 7 meetings, Niamh Archbold, Emmy Deverill and Simeon Tedd 5
- Congratulations to Simeon Tedd Northern U18 1500m champion in a championship record of 4:06.48, Emmy Deverill Yorkshire 200m bronze medallist and Harry Richards Yorkshire U14 high jump bronze medallist.
A big thank you to Ian Richards, Laura Weightman and the team at Beckett for putting on the junior events (including some field events) – it has made track and field so much more accessible to us this year.
I’ve also added the results of the Cookridge mile (3 VS juniors), our 1 mile race at Bodington (70 juniors) and the 5k handicap trace at Bodington (16 juniors), the Eccup Junior races (17 VS juniors) and the Golden Acre relay races (83 VS juniors).
In the Golden Acre Junior Relay, congratulations to Rowan Twinem, Elijah Tedd and Josh Salmon who won the “older boys” category and to Elodie Dawson, Orin Murphy and Reuben Salmon who won the “younger mixed” category. In the Golden Acre (adult) Relay, congratulations to Simeon Tedd, Will Thornhill and Jimmy Burns who won the “boys category” and were 2nd overall.
International Results – Congratulations to
- Emmy Deverill who won the U15 Girls European Biathle Championships in Madeira. Biathle is an 800m run, a 100m swim and another 800m run.
- Harry Richards who won silver in Under 14 Boys 2km in a new pb of 10:50 in supporting races at World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold event in Madrid.
If you’d like me to include any other results on the spring/summer page (they can be from Alwoodley, Australia and anywhere in between), please email them through to [email protected]