T & F County Champs 2008

Entry has now closed

Final Entries 21/4/08

Timetable of events now available

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Track & Field Mini League

Results are now available 19/4/08

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UK Sportshall Champions

What an eventful day, after about 45 minutes into the programme they had to stop all track events due to athletes slipping and fall over, due to the surface of the floor. So the competition carried on by everyone doing field events.
We only had u15 girls team representing Derbyshire and they didn't let us down, the team was: Yasmin Spencer, Natasha Illingworth, Paige Collings, Sarah Tomlinson all from Chesterfield A.C Jodie Wills, Abbie Langley and Kelly-Jay Payling from Amber Valley A.C.

I would like top say congratulation to Sarah for winning gold in speedbounce, congratulation to Yasmin who won gold in shot putt and she also won bronze for coming 3rd in the all-rounder competition. Best of all a big congratulation to the whole team who came home with gold and the trophy for winning the u15 girls compertition and if what ive been told is right its the first time in 25 years that any derbyshire team have ever won the uk sportshall final. What a way to go out aswell because for some of the team this was there last sportshall competition, they are Yasmin, Sarah, Natasha, Jodie and Abbie. So we wish you all goodluck and goodbye from sportshall Athletics.

We also had a individual competiter who got through in his own rights for shot putt, his name is Tom Bridge from Amber Valley A.C , So well done for getting through to the uk finals and congratulation for winning gold in the u13 boys shot putt.

A big thankyou  goes to Nigel Smith, Trevor Jolly, Don Spencer and Neil Collings for being Officials on the day and Judy Payling/ Nigel Smith for being Team Manager.
Judy Payling
13/4/08

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Medals for Great Britain

Derbyshire athlete Adam Grice recently represented Great Britain in the World Student Cross Country Championships on Sunday 6th April in Mauquenchy, France. The Men's team gained Silver Medal and the Women's Team Gold with an individual gold medal for Faye Fullerton, for full results see http://www.universitycross2008.com/english/index.php?page=results. 13/4/08

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Track & Field Mini League

Fixtures, Rules and Regulations and Programmes now available here. 27/3/08

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Adam selected for Great Britian

Congratulations to Derbyshire athlete 'Adam Grice' on being selected to represent Great Britain in the World Student Cross Country Championships. The Association wish Adam all the luck in this prestigious race. 24/3/08

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County Roadshows

On 16/3/08 Derbyshire athlete Katie Byres,14,from Glossopdale Community College, and who competes for Sale Harriers jumped 3m 61 indoors in the Under 15 girls Pole vault at Sport city, Manchester.

This height takes her to the top of the all time list indoors for U15 girls pole vault, beating Hannah Olsen's record set 6 years ago.

She has been doing Pole Vault since March 2007 and has achieved much success. At the end of January she won the North of England U17 Pole vault championships in Sheffield. She then won gold at the England u15 Pole vault championships in Birmingham setting a championship best of 3.41, an increase of 31cm on the previous best.

She is currently ranked at number one in the UK Under 15 age group and second in the uk U17 age group behind Jade Ive.

Her next competition is in France at the final of the French Elite pole Vault tour at the end of March. 17/3/08

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U.K. Counties Athletic Union

PROVISIONAL RACE TIMES
for the Inter Counties Cross-Country Championships at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, on 15th March 2008.

11:05   U20 men
11:33   U13 Boys
11:51   Senior Women
12:23   U15 Boys
12:42   U17 Women
13:06   U20 Women
13:32   U13 Girls
13:52   U17 Men
14:15   U15 Girls
14:36   Senior Men

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Chesterfield DAC on the move

In the year that Chesterfield & District AC will celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Club is to move its summer HQ from Queen's Park Annexe athletic track, where it started, to a new floodlit all-weather facility at Tupton Hall School, Station New Rd, Tupton, S42 6LG, commencing with the first outdoor training session on Tuesday 1 April at 6.30pm.  Whilst not up to full competition standard, the track will be a major improvement on the forty-five year old Annexe  which is prone to flooding after heavy rain.  Previous Monday Academy sessions will be discontinued as this group will be catered for on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  The club will continue to honour its club/schools link commitments to the Chesterfield Schools' Sports Partnership, and will be looking to enter into a similar arrangement with the equivalent NE Derbyshire group.  The club expects to form a strong working relationship with Tupton Hall, which has Sports College status and is the largest secondary school by roll number in the County. 5/3/08

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East Midlands

Relays and Officials Course info. All in word.doc Relays....info and Entry form. Officials Course....info and form 4/3/08

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Permits Update

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 26/2/08

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Committee Meeting

Please note that next DCAA meeting will be held at the Friends Meeting House, 27 Ashgate Road, Chesterfield at 7.30 pm on Monday 10 March.  All affiliated clubs are invited to send a representative. 20/2/08

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Horwich Carnival Races, Sunday June 22nd
Supporting Bolton Hospice

This year's Horwich Carnival Races day on Sunday June 22nd promises to be bigger and better than ever. In addition to last year's extensive programme there are now even more new events. These include a Community Ride For All, a 2 Mile Hospice Run, an elite Mile Running Race and the Railway Sleeper World Championships. To top it all the Penny Farthing racers are back. Indeed, the Carnival Races has something for everyone and is a whole day of running, walking and cycling with many added attractions and unique events. Plus there’s all the fun of Carnival Sunday including the parade and Carnival field activities.

The running events include at 11.15am The Emerson Group British Masters 5K Road Running and Walking Championships, which attracts veteran athletes from all over the country. The 12.50pm Nouvelle Horwich Carnival 5K is open to anyone who is 13 years of age or over on September 1st 2007. This race also incorporates the prestigious Northern Athletics 5K Road Running Championships, when individuals and teams will be competing for prestigious Northern medals and awards, and it is also the final event in the five races Horwich Tour. At 2.15pm the Bluemantle Bolton Hospice Fun Runs (1 and 2 mile) are open to all ages and include a local Schools’ Challenge. At 3.00pm is the Mizuno Elite Invitational Mile when it is hoped some cracking times will be set by some of the country’s top runners.

For more details on all the events, including entry forms and official Bolton Hospice sponsorship forms, visit www.horwichcarnivalraces.co.uk or for further running event details contact Glyn Woodward on 01257 269814 (Email: chorley@sweatshop.co.uk ) or for cycling event details contact Dave Leyland on 01204 417574 (Email: bungosoup@yahoo.co.uk ). 20/2/08

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Sportshall

Results and records now updated and available. 18/2/08

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Final Sportshall Match

The final match of the 2007/08 season. Presentations will be awarded to the Overall winning team, Age group winners and male and female athletes of the season.

The match commences at 1pm at Queens Park Leisure Centre, Chesterfield. Sun 17th Feb. Programme now available. 13/2/08

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Jog England

England Athletics have offered to set up a Jog Leaders 1 day training course for volunteers and workers who have already been identified as being interested in becoming a jog leader. Successful completion of the course will mean that the participant will have a licence and England Athletics insurance cover to lead jogging groups.

The Jog Leaders course is going ahead on Saturday 23rd February, 8.30 - 16.45, at Tupton Hall School, Station New Road , Tupton, Chesterfield , Derbyshire S42 6LG

At a cost of £42 (lunch not included – participants will need to bring their own lunch)

Places need to be booked using the booking form (pdf 110 kb). The Jog England booklet is also attached as background information for participants. Completed forms plus cheques or invoice information are to be returned directly to Paul Eales, England Athletics at the address at the end of the form. Please submit booking forms by Monday 18th February

Participants also have to complete and bring along to the course, with a photograph, the attached Leaders Data Form

Directions for the school can be found on this web link

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupId=32012

11/2/08

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XC Mini League

Results from the final match. 10/2/08

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Regional Sportshall Final

Well done to all the Derbyshire Athletes that took part in the Sportshall Final. Full Report here. 6/2/08

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70 places available for The 'New York Marathon'.

I, Rob Watson, have recently joined Weston Spirit, the charity founded by Simon Weston to provide support and training for young people. As Events Coordinator, I am responsible for organising a number of charity runs during the year.

Simon is keen to get involved in a number of high profile running events, and I am pleased to say that we have obtained 70 places at the New York Marathon on 2nd November 2008. As a result, we are looking for people to join our team.

We ask that runners raise a minimum of £2300 in sponsorship. This figure covers all flights, transfers and hotel accommodation for 3 nights at the 5* Marriott Hotel in Times Square.

It will our tenth year at the Marathon but the first time we have had such a large number of guaranteed race places.

If you would like to join our team please email or phone (Rob Watson) 0151 258 2604.

 

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New Website

Heanor Running Club now have a new Website. The address is as follows http://www.heanorrunningclub.com/index.html Take a visit and check it out 3/2/08

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SPAR Sprints and Long Throws Competition

Loughborough University High Performance Athletics Centre.
Saturday 29 March 2008: 1.00pm – 5.00pm.

Poster and Entry Form now available (pdf 126kb)
Any Officials willing to Officiate this event please contact Barry Parker asap. 31/1/08

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Committee Meeting

Please note that the next DCAA committee meeting is to be held in Chesterfield, Jan 28th at 7.30pm. 20/1/08

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Derbyshire Sportshall Match 5

Results and Records updated and available 20/1/08

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Derbyshire Sportshall

Match 5 of the Derbyshire Sportshall League. Sunday, Jan 20th commencing at 1pm. Programme now available 17/1/08

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Nth Mids XC (Venue Change)

For attention of all Clubs involved. Due to car park problems the last match will be held at Wollaton Park, times as usual. more info 3/1/08

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Webmaster and Results Person

With the retirement of Mick Bannon from DCAA we are looking for any volunteers who would like to run the website. HTML and CSS knowledge would be required or, to start afresh anyone who can use a web editor.

We are also in need of a Computerised results person. Knowledge of MS Excel would be a requirement for troubleshooting purposes.

We are in need of a results person for our next Sportshall event (Jan 20) and a webmaster from approx Jan 7th.

Any help would be much appreciated. Please email the Association 12/12/07

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Sportshall Match 4

Full results and updated Records are now available 11/12/07

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Permits Update

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 11/12/08

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XC Mini League

Results from match 2 (xls 71.5kb) 11/12/07

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Apologies

Due to a security breach at our web hosts we have been unable to update the website since Nov 28. You can now check the updated XC entries. 8/12/07

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Sportshall (Match 4)

Queens Park Leisure Centre. 1pm start. Programme now available. 8/12/07

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Clowne Half Marathon

Results of the Derbyshire CAA Half Marathon Championship. 26/11/07

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Sportshall Match 3

Full results and updated Records are now available 26/11/07

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Sportshall

Match 3 of the Derbyshire Sportshall League takes place at Queens Park Leisure Centre, Sunday 25th November commencing at 1pm. Programme available now. 20/11/07

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XC Mini League

Results from match 1 (xls 57.5kb) 19/11/07

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Contact update

Nth Derbyshire RC have appointed a new secretary. Colin Sinnott is now the new contact. Tel. no. and address are now available in the 'Clubs' section. 18/10/07

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Permits Update

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 1/11/07

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County Meeting

DCAA Committee meeting Monday 29 Oct 2007 at the Derby Clubhouse, Moorways Stadium. Commences at 7.30pm. 29/10/07

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Sportshall Records

Congratulations to Derby athletes Yasmin Miller (U13G), Suzzie Palmer (U15G) and Amber Valley athlete Charlie Waterhouse (U15B) also to the U13G Derby relay team.

Records that have stood for many a year now tumbled at Match 2 with Yasmin beating Lauretta Curtis's 2 lap record and Lana Taylors 4 lap record. Suzzie joined 4 distinguished athletes by equalling the U15G 2 Lap record but claimed the SLJ record for her own by beating Kate Woulds record by 1cm. Charlie Waterhouse beat the 4 year Speedbounce record by 3 bounces which was held by Thomas Young. The U13G Derby relay team also beat a record held since 2002 (Chesterfield).

You can see the Sportshall records here. Well done to all who took part in this event and to all officials that made the event run smoothly. Special thanks to the organisers 'Chesterfield DAC'. 29/10/07

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Sportshall (Match 2)

Derby AC win Match 2 of the Derbyshire Sportshall League and currently lead in the overall competition. Full results are now available. 28/10/07

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Sportshall (Match 2)

Match 2 of the Derbyshire Sportshall League takes place at Queens Park Leisure Centre, Sunday 28th October commencing at 11 am. Programme available now. 23/10/07

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EA Regional Endurance Forum

The forum will  be an opportunity for you to hear first hand what England Athletics can offer you and your club with regard to endurance provision.  It will also be an opportunity to hear what has been happening over the last six month in terms of developing road running and endurance events in the region.

 Find attached flyer promoting the forum.  Please  forward this onto any one who think may be interested and please feel free to use it to promote in your clubs. 23/10/07

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Mountain Success

Derbyshire runners led the way for team England at the recent British and Irish Mountain Running Championships in Wales.

The under 16 5k race was won by Josh Moody (Matlock) with Joe Gratton (Hallamshire) following closely in second place.  The third English runner was 8th giving the England lads the team gold medals. 15/10/07

 

 

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Cross Country Mini League

Participating teams and athletes can now download the Rules and Regulations and an information sheet on Match 1. >>>>>

The First event is on November 17th commencing at 11am at Rutland Sports Park, Ilkeston.

All Derbyshire Clubs and Schools are welcome to enter. Contact Julie Feeney by email or tel 01773 880228. 11/10/07

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Derbyshire Sportshall (Match 1)

A very close Match with Derby AC just edging Chesterfield for the overall victory. There is a slight change to the provisional results announced at the Sportshall. A slight glitch in the U11 boys initial results caused a miscalculation on the day. This has now been rectified and the full results are now available.

The Sportshall has undertaken a new format and the association would like to thank all Team Managers and Officials for dealing with the transformation very well and special thanks to Chesterfield DAC for preparing and hosting the event to a high standard. 8/10/07

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Derbyshire Sportshall

Another season of Sportshall is upon us. Local Clubs will compete against each other over the course of 6 matches all held in Chesterfield. Aswell as local pride Clubs will be competing for age group titles and the overall championship which Derby AC will be defending.

Athletes will then fly the flag for Derbyshire at the Regional finals against Counties from the East Midlands. Since the formation of our league we have succeeded each year to have at least one age group represent the East Midlands region at the National Finals. Our most successful season (2005) involved the U13 Girls age group finishing in an outstanding 3rd place in the UK. The following season our U15 Girls were involved in one of the closest finishes known in Sportshall. An excellent 4th place with only 15 points separating 1st from 4th. We are hoping to keep our success rolling with at least one age group qualifying for the Nationals.

See you all on Sunday for a 11am start. Programme. Good luck to all Clubs and athletes. 6/10/07

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Calendar

Updated Calendar of events 2/10/07

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XC Mini League

All dates for the XC Mini League are now available. The first event is at Rutland Sports Park, Ilkeston on 17th November. Other venues to be confirmed more >>> 25/9/07

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Fell Success

Three of Derbyshires young athletes have been competing in the English Fell Running championship this summer.  This is a six race series with events in Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire. George Tighe (Matlock A.C.), in his first year as an under 12 finished 3rd overall to collect the bronze medal. Josh Moody (Matlock) and Joe Gratton (Hallamshire) ran in the under 16 category. Josh won the championship with 78 points and Joe claimed bronze with 73. Both have now been selected to represent England at the British Championships, Abergavenny on the 7th October. Joe and Josh recently ran well for the East Midlands Team at the UK Schools Games. Both athletes placed 5th in their finals (1500m-800m) and both recorded P.B.s. 24/9/07

 

 

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Sportshall

The 2007/08 Derbyshire Sportshall season opens at Queens Park Leisure Centre on the 7th Oct commencing at 11.00am. Fixtures and Programmes are now available.

Derby AC will be defending the crown as overall winners albeit under a different format. All events will remain the same but the scoring will be different. more info>>> 20/9/07

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Permits Update

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 16/9/07

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Well Done Katie

Derbyshire athlete Katie Byres,13, of Sale Harriers, came 4th in the Under 15 Girls Pole Vault English Finals at Sheffield in August. She jumped 3m, beating her previous PB by 20cm. She jumped the same height as the silver medallist but came 4th on countback. Her jump of three metres ranks her second equal in the UK. As a first year U15 girl, she hopes that with a good winter training she can do better next year. Katie only took up this event in April this year. Well done Katie!! 10/9/07

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New Athletic Track

A new six lane track with full field event facilities is opening soon at Mount Saint Mary's College, Spinkhill, S21 3YL, just off M1 J30), and the school is keen to encourage community use for training and competition.  They also have excellent cross-country facilities.  Keith Newton has been appointed as Director of Athletics, and all enquiries should be addressed to him at sparkenhill@aol.com.  10/9/07

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U13/U15 Inter-Counties

Congratulations to all the athletes representing Derbyshire at the U13/U15 Inter-Counties. Derbyshire for the 5th season in a row finish runners-up in a high quality match.

Tom Bridge wins the U13B Field Athlete of the Match award for his excellent performance in the Shot.

The Association would like to thank the hard working Team Managers (Julie Feeney, Judy Payling, Neil Collings and Julie Palmer) for ensuring all athletes arrived at there events on time and for dealing with unexpected hitches very well. Thanks also to all Derbyshire Officials on the Track & Field and with the compiling of the results.

Well done Derbyshire. Full results are now available (pdf) 9/9/07

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U13/U15 Inter-Counties

Teams have now been selected for the Young Inter-Counties match at this years hosts South Yorkshire on Sept 8th. Timetable and Programme is now available.

CONFIRMATION OF PLACES IS NEEDED ASAP. We also need to supply our quota of Officials for the event.
Phone Mick 01246-233851 or email.

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Promotion

Congratulations to Team CDAV, the composite CDAC/Amber Valley AC team, which finished first in the recent NJAL Midlands Promotion match at Derby, and won promotion to the Premier Division to compete against teams such as Birchfield Harriers, Notts AC and Mansfield Harriers next season. Promotion in the first year was the target set by the two clubs when the joint team was established, and this has been achieved. Well done to everyone involved. 4/8/07

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Northern Inter-Counties

Well done to all the Derbyshire athletes in action at the Northern Inter-Counties event at Hull. Age group results are now available at the Northern Athletics website but are still awaiting the match result. 28/8/07

 

Northern Inter-Counties

 

Due to injuries and Holidays we have many events open at the Inter-Counties. Athletes selected and confirmed can be found here. 20/8/07

 

Northern Inter-Counties

 

Sunday Aug 26th at Costello Stadium, Hull. Selection should be finalised by Thursday and all successful athletes will be contacted. Several events will be vacant and we shall consider all applications. Please state at your earliest convenience what event you would like to be considered for. email or phone Mick Bannon 01246 233851 (more chance of catching me by email).

Please note* Applications that have already been made are now in the selection process

Timetable of events. U15s, U17s, Jnr/Snr Men and Women. One athlete per event. 13/8/07

 

Cludmark Award

 

Chesterfield & District AC has been awarded the much coveted Sport England 'Clubmark', a cross-sport quality accreditation only given to high-quality junior clubs which meet minimum operating standards in the four areas of playing programme, duty of care and child protection, sports equity and ethics and club management. The award is the outcome of several months' hard work by the Club's Welfare Officer/Coaching Co-ordinator, Richard Pentin, and brings an immediate reward of a £250.00 grant from England Athletics, plus ongoing financial support by way of free or subsidised fees for members attending coaching courses. The official presentation will take place at the East Midlands Awards Ceremony on 19 October at the Hilton Hotel, East Midlands Airport. 13/8/07

 

UKYAL Roadshow at Moorways

 

ROAD SHOW DATE (commence at 19.00hrs) Please come with ideas and listen to the initial short presentation. These are open forums to any league club member, athlete, coach, etc.

Moorways Stadium, Derby on Wednesday, August 15th 12/8/07

 

Derby AC win the T&F Mini League

 

Congratulations to Derby AC on winning the 2007 Derbyshire T&F Mini League.

Match 4 produced a very close result with Amber Valley narrowly winning from eventual overall winners Derby AC.

The Association would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the running of the Mini League (especially this years hosts, Derby)

Full Results, Tables, Records and Graded List now available 12/8/07

 

Northern Inter-Counties

 

We are now in the process of selecting athletes to represent Derbyshire at Costello Stadium, Hull, Aug 26th. We will be getting in touch soon with selected athletes.

If you would like to be considered for selection please email the association with your desired event and previous performances, Club and contact number. The age groups consist of U15s up to Senior. Timetable of events.

We will post the selection here when completed. 8/8/07

 

T&F Mini League ...Aug 11

 

The final League match of the season. Last chance for performances to be considered for selection at the Young Inter-Counties Match at Cudworth on Sept 8th. Programme

Change of format
We are experimenting with a new points system at the final match. All athletes are potential scorers with the top 2 performances from each club to score. All athletes will wear a number for the entire match. For more information please contact your Team Manager. 4/8/07

 

English Schools Success

 

Congratulations to Chesterfield DAC's Yasmin Spencer on her gold medal in the Junior Girls shot putt with her best of 11.76m, and to Ben Mourbey on his silver in the Senior Boys high jump with his best of 2.05m.

Ben has maintained the Mourbey family's proud record in this competition, as younger brother Edward also won silver in the Junior Boys pole vault in 2005. 4/8/07

 

Permits Update

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 29/7/07

 

Mini League Track & Field

 

Full Results, Graded Performances and Records from match 3 of the Derbyshire Track & Field Mini League 8/7/07

 

Mini League Track & Field

 

Match 3 of the Derbyshire Mini League, Saturday July 7th. The match commences at 10.30 am. Programmes are now available. For previous results, records and graded performances click here. 3/7/07

 

Permits Update

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 25/6/07

 

Mini League Track & Field

 

Full Results and Records update from match 2 of the Derbyshire Track & Field Mini League 26/5/07

 

Permits Update

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 26/5/07

 

County Championships

 

Full Results from the Derbyshire County Championships. Ladies and Men 13/5/07

 

County Championships

 

A list of all entries and the Timetable (pdf) for the County Champs 8/5/07

 

County Championships

 

As you are well aware, the County Championships is a major event in our calendar. The amount of work involved with the running and planning is indeed immense. The burden always falls on the shoulders of the voluntary officials. We are in short supply of Officials and need people whom are willing to help on any day. We don't ask for a full days commitment but if you can spare maybe an hour or two it would be much appreciated and would be beneficial to athletes and officials alike.

If you would like to help we would be very grateful. Please contact an Official on the day or email the association with your availability so we can pass on your kind offer to the appropriate people. 3/5/07

 

Graded Performances

 

A total of 81 Graded Performances were achieved at Match 1 of the Derbyshire Track and Field Mini League. For a full list please click here. Grades (pdf) 2/5/07

 

County Championships

 

Please note that the closing date for the Track & Field County Championships is Friday 20th April. No late entries can be accepted. 17/4/07

 

Sportshall Final

 

Sportshall Final travel arrangements are as follows; Chesterfield Town Hall 9.00am, Belper Leisure Centre 9.45am and Little Eaton Roundabout (Little Chef) 10.00am.

To reserve your seat please contact Mick Bannon asap on 01246-233851. Don't leave it too late as limited seats available. 17/4/07

 

Officials Course

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 2007 3/4/07

 

Officials Course

 

UK Athletics Level 2 Officials Course taking place on 14th/15th April. Moorways Stadium is holding a course for Track Judges and Repton School, Derby are holding a course for Field Judges. Both are full day courses (10am - 4pm) Download more details and an entry form (pdf) 3/4/07

 

Sportshall Final

 

A Coach has been provided for the Sportshall National Final at the NIA, April 22. Would all athletes please inform their Club contacts if they require a seat or if they are making their own way to the event. Costs of seats are £5 per head with 1 parent per athlete allowed (initially). The pick up points are as follows

Chesterfield Town Hall
Belper Leisure Centre
Little Chef (Little Eaton round about)

We are aiming to arrive at the arena for 11 am. Your club contacts are Alastair Cook - Derby...Ben Mourbey - Chesterfield...Judy Payling - Amber Valley. 3/4/07

 

UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships

 

Well done to all the athletes representing Derbyshire at Wollaton Park. A UK.A report and full results are available from the UK Website. Please scroll to the end of the report to access the results. The results are in xls format. 26/2/07

 

Golden Girl - Yasmin Spencer

 

Congratulations to Yasmin Spencer (Chesterfield DAC) on an excellent gold medal in the AAA of England Indoor Championships, winning the U15G shot putt by 41cm with her best of 11.66m.

Before the event, Yasmin was ranked No.1 in the UKA Power of 10 tables with her previous best of 11.50m set at the Northern Indoors, but had actually improved her PB to a massive 12.46m to set a new Derbyshire Sportshall record in the final match a week earlier. 26/2/07 

Sportshall League Pictures

 

Derby AC were crowned Derbyshire Sportshall Champions and also won four of the six age group categories.

We have now received photos of the celebrations from Team Manager Alastair Cook for all of us to share. Once again we congratulate Derby AC on their excellent victory. 25/2/07

 

Development Day

 

 

Derby AC Win Sportshall League

 

Derby AC have been crowned the Derbyshire Sportshall League Champions.

Full results and records are now available.

Derby AC won the league by over 200 pts and also won 4 of the 6 age groups with Chesterfield winning both the U15 age groups.

Records continued to fall with U15G Yasmin Spencer beating her own record by half a metre (12.46m). Emma Komocki grabbed the longest standing record with an impressive 96 speed bounces.

U13G Suzie Palmer improved her own record in the Standing Long Jump with a leap of 2.40m. Amber Valley duo of Michael Bosworth and Rory Chambers improved their clubs Parlaaf record with a time of 1.19.9.

U11 Boys Jay Raradza and Kane Jordan equalled their own records in the 1 lap and 3 lap respectively.

We would like to thank Chesterfield AC for organising this seasons Sportshall and all the participating athletes and Officials who made this event possible.

We would just like to bid a fond farewell to U15G's Emma Komocki, Claudia Rogers and Charlotte Noonan who have just competed in there final Derbyshire Sportshall League match and have supported the Sportshall since being U11's. They have represented Derbyshire at the Regionals and Nationals on many occasions and will be part of the U15G team at this years Nationals. They were also chief instigators of the renowned face paints at the finals. 18/2/07

 

Final Sportshall Match

 

Come down to Queens Park Leisure Centre on Sunday 18th Feb. It's the final match of the Derbyshire Sportshall League with Derby, Chesterfield and Amber Valley still in close competition for the coveted age group titles.

Awards will be presented to the overall league winners and for each age group. Certificates will also be presented to all the athletes who represented Derbyshire at the Regional Finals so well.

The competition starts at 1.30pm. Programme 17/2/07

 

Sport England Clubmark

 

Amber Valley Athletic Club has become the first athletics club in Derbyshire to be awarded the Sport England Clubmark.

The accreditation caps a hugely successful last twelve months that has seen the club move to its new base and track at the Rutland Sports Park, Ilkeston, a membership that has almost doubled, with the prospect of being able to field teams in leagues across all age groups, not just juniors.

Being awarded Clubmark means that the club has been recognised as a safe, effective and friendly place for young people to participate in athletics.

To gain accreditation, club officers, primarily club treasurer Jane Rogers, have completed the evidence file, writing, refining and developing policies covering such issues as welfare, coaching, competition, training, volunteer management, equity and club development. 15/2/07

 

Level 2 Officials Course

 

Nottinghamshire AAA are running the following courses:
UKA Level 2 for Field Judges
UKA Level 2 for Track Judges
UKA Level 2 for Timekeepers

Sunday 01 April 2007 Full Day Course (10.00am - 3.30pm) Berry Hill Park, Mansfield

Closing date for Applications Friday 16 March 2007

more info>> (pdf)
Application form (pdf)

14/2/07

Fell Running

 

Derbyshire Selection race for Fell Inter Counties

Lad's Leap fell race on Sunday 15th April 11.00am, 6 miles 1,700ft. Is the proposed selection race for the Inter counties to held at the same venue which is Crowden Nr Glossop.

Inter Counties Championship

Crowden Horseshoe 8 miles 1,800ft 11.00 am Crowden youth hostel, A628 between Tintwistle and Woodhead.

contact : Des Gibbons 20 Queens Drive GLOSSOP Derbyshire SK13 8RB
01457 864376
email

13/2/07

 

Sportshall Regional Final

 

Thank you all for responding so well to our plea for more photos of the Sportshall Regional Finals. Here is our latest batch. 12/2/07

 

Derbyshire XC Mini League

 

Amber Valley AC have won the Derbyshire XC Mini League.

Results are now available and you can now view several photos from todays bitterly cold event.

Thanks to Amber Valley for organising this seasons competition. 10/2/07

 

Sportshall Regional Final

 

Some more photos from the Regional Sportshall Finals and links to the Full detailed results. 9/2/07

 

XC Mini League

 

7/2/07

XC Inter-Counties

 

Provisional Timetable for the Inter Counties Cross-Country Championships at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, on 24th February 2007. 6/2/07

 

Sportshall

 

A few photos from the regional finals. 6/2/07

 

East Midlands Coaching Conference

 

Saturday 24th March 2007 at Loughborough University

Identifying, selecting and developing talented athletes-what's your role as a coach?

The ability of a coach at any level to identify potentially talented individuals is crucial. Talent Identification, Selection and Development are being undertaken with varying degrees of sophistication right across the sporting landscape. Clearly, coaches’ perspectives on how we recognise talented individuals varies. If you are a coach working with precocious, talented athletes/players then this conference is for you. more info(pdf). 5/2/07

 

Derbyshire Schools XC

 

Derbyshire Schools Sports Association Cross Country Championship 2007 results (pdf) are now available. 4/2/07

 

Sportshall Success

 

Meres Leisure Centre, Grantham was the stage for the 2007 Regional Finals, with Counties from Lincs, Notts, Northants and Derbyshire contending for the East Midlands title and progressing to the National Finals in Birmingham.

It was an extremely successful day for Derbyshire with three age groups crowned East Midlands Champions and qualifying for the UK National Final.

It was no easy ride and the competition was very stiff indeed. Watching the competition unfold before our eyes it was impossible to predict the winners and the delight and relief was evident as we were declared the winners.

A count of 50 medals for Derbyshire was very pleasing and a great credit to our teams. The unfortunate age group not to qualify was the U13 Boys who collectively won more medals than our winning age groups (strange but true).

Added to our team success was the individual all round athletes (U15's) as Emma Komocki retained the crown she won last year winning 146 points out of a possible 150. Claudia Rogers claimed bronze just 1 point behind 2nd place.

The U15 Boys crown went to Derbyshires Jordan Martin in a very close contest which saw Derbyshire athletes Daniel Burdett and Tom Kitchen claim equal 2nd just 1 point behind Jordan.

U13 Boy Michael Bosworth won a hat-trick of Golds as did U13G Suzie Palmer.

The full results should be available soon from the official Sportshall web site.

Finally, Derbyshire would like to thank all the athletes, supportive parents, Nigel Smith, Chloe Smith, Trevor Jolly and Don Spencer (officials), Judy Payling, Alastair Cook, Ben Mourbey (Team Managers) for supporting your County and helping Derbyshire be successful. 4/2/04

Well Done Derbyshire!

 

International Recognition for Alex

 

Alexandra Turner of Amber Valley AC has been selected to represent England in the Celtic Cup indoor match in Cardiff against Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland on 3rd February as part of the England U20 squad. In 2006 as an U15 Alex was AAA indoor and outdoor champion as well as English Schools champion.

Last weekend on her U17 debut Alex won the North of England indoor championships with the UK's fastest indoor 800m time so far this year for any U17 or U20 female athlete.

The Celtic Cup match marks Alex's debut at international level and she becomes the 3rd young Amber Valley athlete to gain international selection.

Well done Alex and we wish you all the best on your international debut. 31/1/07

 

Athletics Level 1 Course

 

 

Congratulations to Scott Edwards

 

Scott Edwards of Derby A.C. takes his first National title when winning the Under 13 Boys 800m at the Welsh Athletics Junior Indoor Championships in Cardiff over the week end of January 27th and 28th 2007 in a New Welsh Indoor Under 13 Boys Record, Championship Best Performance and a New Personal Best for both indoors and outdoors in a time of 2min 22.04 seconds.

An excellent start to 2007, this goes with the Under 13 Boys 600m Welsh Indoor Record of 1min 44.63 seconds which he set at the North of England Open Meeting in Sheffield before Christmas. 30/1/07

 

XC Mini League - Change of Venue

 

The third and final fixture of the Derbyshire Cross Country Mini League for young athletes is on 10th February. Please note the change of venue from Charles Hill playing fields, Loscoe, to the Rutland Sports Park, Ilkeston. This is due to heavy waterlogging at the original venue.

Races start at 11am with the U11's followed by U13's, then U15's. Presentations of individual medals and the overall team trophy will be made as soon after the last race as possible. Team managers must be aware that all runners must be aged at least 9 years on the day to comply with insurance requirements.

Athletes, parents and team managers are advised to check this website in the run-up to the event incase of any last minute changes due to the weather. 30/1/07

 

Sportshall Regional Final

 

After long deliberation the team to represent Derbyshire at the Regional Sportshall Final has been selected. If you have not yet been notified you can contact the following people - Derby Alastair Cook - Chesterfield Ben Mourbey - Amber Valley Judy Payling to confirm availability. Derbyshire Team and Directions. 26/1/07

 

Sportshall Match 5

 

Derby AC edged nearer to the Derbyshire Sportshall Crown with a convincing win at Queens Park Leisure Centre. With just 1 match remaining they also lead in 3 age groups while Chesterfield are ahead in 2 of the age groups and Amber Valley leading in 1 age group.

U15 Girl Jodie Wills (Amber Valley) created a new record in the Vertical Jump with a leap of 63cms.

U13 Boy JJ Heath of Derby improved his own record in the Standing Triple Jump with an excellent jump of 7.46m.

U11 Boy Kane Jordan (Derby) equalled the 2 Lap record with a time of 19.8 and created a new record in the Vertical Jump (52cm). Jay Raradza of Derby is now the holder of the Standing Triple Jump record, jumping 6.40m.

Full results, records and league placing are now available.

The next Sportshall event is the Regional Finals at Grantham, Lincs. A team to represent Derbyshire will be selected from performances in the Sportshall League. All selected athletes will be notified soon. Derbyshires colours will be Sky Blue. 22/1/07

 

Updated Permits

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 2006/07. 18/1/07

 

Sportshall Match 5

 

Match 5 of the Derbyshire Sportshall League will take place at Queens Park Leisure Centre, Chesterfield on Sunday, January 21st commencing at 1.30pm.

Overall League Table and current age group positions.

Programme of events are now available. 15/1/07

 

Cross Country Champs 2007

 

Full results HTML

Notts results HTML

List of Entries

Pick up numbers and programme on the day. more>>

 

Updated Permits

 

Permitted Road, Multi Terrain & Cross Country Races 2006/07. 9/1/07

 

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