March 2023
ATHLETES from Allerton Juniors Athletics Club were again on top form at the weekend.
Firstly, Connie Wilford and Isabelle Smith (U11 Girls), Mason Savory and Henry Robb (U11 Boys), Holly Nash and Natasha Pointon (U13 Girls) and Eliash Willis (U13 Boys) competed for North Yorkshire in the North East and Yorkshire Regional Sportshall Final in Middlesbrough on 4th March 2023. This was a team event and winning teams of athletes U13 and above qualify for the National Sportshall Final on 1st April in Stoke on Trent. There were superb performances from all the Allerton athletes involved and congratulations to the U13 Girls North Yorkshire team including Holly Nash and Natasha Pointon who will be competing in the National Finals.
The same weekend saw the final individual cross country event in the North Yorkshire South Durham Cross Country League in Whitby on 5th March 2023. There were again superb performances from Allerton Athletes including 1st places for Jake Holmes in the U11 Boys race, Connie Wilford in the U11 Girls and Grace Derry in U15 Girls race. Other outstanding performances included James Throup who was 2nd in the U13 Boys race and Noah Wilson 4th in the U17 men.
Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘The whole Allerton squad were brilliant this weekend. The wins in three of the races today were excellent. Special mention must also go to Thomas Mills who came a fantastic 10th place in the U11 Boys race on his cross country debut and also to James Throup who came 2nd in the U13 Boys race despite being one of the very youngest there.’
And finally, a further Allerton Athlete, Chloe Atkinson, has been selected to represent North Yorkshire at the National Primary and Year 7 Cross Country Final which this year will be held in Leicestershire on 25th March 2023.
February 2023
HARD work has paid off for athletes from Allerton Juniors Athletics Club, many of whom have been selected to compete for North Yorkshire or Cleveland in Cross Country, Indoor Athletics and Sportshall competitions.
Starting with Cross Country; after fantastic performances in Area and County trials, a total of 6 athletes aged U13 and upwards, were awarded North Yorkshire or Cleveland vests and ran for North Yorkshire or Cleveland in the Northern Inter-counties Championships in Sunderland on February 4th 2023. Martha Shakesheff (Cleveland Junior Girls), Cameron Henderson (NY Junior Boys), Grace Derry (NY Inter Girls) and Islay Wilson (NY Inter Girls) qualified for the National ESAA Cross Country Championships to be held on 18th March 2023 in Woolaton Park in Nottingham. This is an amazing achievement and these athletes will run against the best in the country. Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘It’s a pleasure to coach four very talented young athletes. All their hard work is certainly paying off and they deserve their place at next month’s finals in Nottingham. I am a very proud Coach.’
The younger age groups have their own National Primary and Year 7 Cross Country Final which this year will be held in Leicestershire on 25th March 2023. Allerton Juniors athletes have again excelled and a fantastic 7 athletes will compete for North Yorkshire. These are James Throup, Jake Holmes, Alfie Clarkson, Abigail Ferguson, Isabelle Smith, Connie Wilford and Georgia Raw. Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘Our younger athletes continue to excel – I am so proud of their hard work and commitment. I would like to say a huge congratulations to all our athletes but also to our magnificent coaches.’
There is real depth of talent in Allerton Juniors with several athletes competing in the Northern U15 and U13 Indoor Athletics Championships in Sheffield on 5th February 2023. Lucy Boot achieved a personal best in the 60m of 8.58 seconds, ran 28.57 seconds for the 200m and jumped 3.84m in the long jump. Freya Wilford ran a season’s best in the 60m of 9.29 seconds and ran 30.33 seconds for the 200m.
And further North Yorkshire vests have been awarded to Allerton Juniors Athletes in Sportshall athletics competitions. Mason Savory, Henry Robb, Connie Wilford, Isabelle Smith and Florence Illingworth have been selected to represent North Yorkshire in the U11 age category at the Northern Sportshall Athletics Championships in Middlesbrough on 4th March 2023. And Holly Nash, Freya Wilford, Natasha Pointon, Chloe Proud and Eliash Willis will represent North Yorkshire in the U13 age category.
Finally, the penultimate NYSD Cross Country of the season was held at the Old Racecourse in Richmond on 5th February 2023. There was a fantastic turnout of Allerton Athletes with stand-out performances from Alfie Clarkson (2nd) and Jake Holmes (4th) in the U11 Boys race, Connie Wilford (1st), Abigail Ferguson (3rd), and Georgia Raw (4th) in the U11 Girls race, Natasha Pointon (6th)and Maisey Davies (8th) in the U13 Girls race and Libby Acton (2nd) in the U15 Girls race. Special mention to Chloe Atkinson who came 9th in the U11 Girls race having overcome pre-race nerves to run brilliantly in one of her first cross country races with a smile on her face all the way round..
January 2023
Allerton athletes have been on top form in some of the biggest races of the cross country season.
First came the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Lightwater Valley, Ripon. The U13 squad were well represented with James Throup finishing 28th in the U13 Boys race, and Holly Nash 24th, Maisey Davies 29th, Martha Shakesheff 37th and Enna Carrick 46th in the U13 Girls race.
Cameron Henderson finished 43rd in a tough U15 Boys race and Noah Wilson 22nd in the U17 Men. Grace Derry continued her fantastic cross country season coming 10th in the U15 Girls race and Islay Wilson also showed great form coming 11th in the U17 Ladies race.
Grace Derry said “This was really tough but enjoyable with everything you can expect from a great cross country course – the muddy conditions were worsened by some extremely heavy rain during the morning and there was a short but extremely steep and muddy bank which brought many to their knees. I was really pleased to stay upright and finish well.”
One week later, a total of 18 Allerton Athletes, who had already qualified in Area trials, competed in the North Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships at Aireville Park in Skipton. Of these, six Allerton Athletes ran superbly and qualified to represent North Yorkshire at the Northern Schools Cross Country Championships in Durham on 4th February 2023. These were James Throup who came 8th in the Year 7 Boys race, Holly Nash who finished 12th in the Junior Girls race, Cameron Henderson who finished 9th in the Junior Boys, Grace Derry 4th and Islay Wilson 8th in the Inter Girls race and Noah Wilson who finished 13th in the Inter Boys race.
Head Coach Glen Hilton said “These results remind me why I coach. I’m super proud of all 18 athletes who ran at the North Yorkshire Schools XC Championships. Conditions were absolutely brutal – cold, wet and muddy – and the course was tough. A special mention must go to what I can only describe as a super human effort by Grace Derry who finished in 4th place in the Inter Girls race despite being at the youngest end of the 2 year age group. By finishing 4th she has qualified to represent North Yorkshire in the English Schools National Cross Country Championship in Nottingham in March.”
A further Allerton athlete, Martha Shakesheff came 6th at Cleveland Schools Cross Country Championships and will now represent Cleveland at Northern Schools Cross Country Championships in Durham on 4th February 2023 and at the English Schools National Cross Country Championships in Nottingham in March.
And finally, Allerton athletes who were not competing elsewhere were well represented at the North Yorkshire South Durham XC League at Ormesby Hall in Middlesbrough on 15th January 2023. Alfie Clarkson came 2nd, Jake Holmes 4th, Fin Battle 7th, Tommy Hare 9th and Jack Lawrence 14th in the U11 Boys race. Abigail Ferguson finished 2nd, Connie Wilford 3rd, Georgia Raw 5th, Chloe Atkinson 7th, Isabelle Smith 8th, Caitlin Hannity 12th and Freya Garnet 14th in the U11 Girls race. Enna Carrick came 12th in the U13 Girls and William Horlock 4th in the U15 Boys.
December 2022
IT has definitely been cross country weather this week with wet and muddy conditions followed closely by a frozen course and bitterly cold northerly winds. Allerton Juniors athletes have not let this put them off and there have been outstanding results across two weekends of racing.
First came the third round of the North Yorkshire South Durham XC League at Summerhill on 4th December 2022. Allerton athletes were out in force, despite a number of athletes missing due to illness and injury.
Jake Holmes continues to lead the way coming first in the U11 Boys race, followed by Alfie Clarkson in 5th place, Finley Duffield 11th, Cory Southern 12th and Tommy Hare 13th.
The U11 Girls were also in good form with Abigail Ferguson coming 3rd, Georgia Raw 4th, Isabelle Smith 5th, Chloe Atkinson 9th and Freya Garnet 12th.
The U13 Girls also ran well in the muddy conditions with Maisey Davies coming 6th, Martha Shakesheff 8th and Enna Carrick 13th.
Cameron Henderson enjoyed the conditions coming 5th in the U15 Boys and William Horlock 8th.
Grace Derry continued her fabulous cross country season finishing 2nd in the U15 Girls and Noah Wilson also carried on his tremendous season finishing 2nd in the U17 Men’s race.
Head Coach Glen Wilson said ‘I am so proud of all our athletes with excellent solid results all round. Special praise must go to Noah Wilson who continues to make rapid progress on the cross country circuit.’
The next weekend saw a change to freezing conditions for the NE XC League fixture in South Shields on 10th December 2022. A small squad of U11 Allerton Junior athletes, depleted by illness, dug in to the frozen ground with excellent results. Jake Holmes finished an excellent 4th in the U11 Boys race, whilst Connie Wilford and Abigail Ferguson came 7th and 9th places respectively.
And finally, after Area trials in Hambleton and Richmondshire, Harrogate and Craven and Cleveland, a total of 19 Allerton Juniors’ athletes will compete at the North Yorkshire County Schools XC Finals on 14th January 2023 in Skipton. Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘I run out of superlatives for our athletes. I’m super proud to have so many athletes qualifying for the county finals - this is a club record. But for some of our athletes who cannot compete due to illness or injury, your time will come so be patient and believe.’
November 2022
ALLERTON Juniors Athletics Club athletes have been in fine form early in the cross country season with great performances in the North Yorkshire Primary Schools County Championships on Thursday 10th November 2022 in Giggleswick. Alfie Clarkson had a tremendous race and finished 2nd in the Year 5 Boys race, whilst Connie Wilford, Isabelle Smith and Caitlin Davies were 4th, 6th and 16th respectively in the Year 6 Girls race. Alfie Clarkson said ‘I was really pleased with my performance, especially on such a hilly and muddy course. I love cross country and we train in all sorts of weather so we are used to running in difficult conditions’.
A few days later, on Sunday 13th November 2022, the second North Yorkshire South Durham XC League was held at Foxrush, Redcar. Allerton athletes were out in force, particularly the U11 Girls and Boys. Jake Holmes was a fantastic 1st in the U11 Boys race with Fin Duffield coming a brilliant 6th on his cross country debut. Tommy Hare was 9th and Jack Lawrence 12th. Not to be outdone, the U11 Girls also had some great performances with four girls finishing in the top 10. Abigail Ferguson came 2nd, Connie Wilford 3rd, Georgia Raw 4th and Isabelle Smith 7th. Newer club members Caitlin Hannity, Chloe Atkinson, Freya Garnet and Lydia Haywardfinished in 11th, 13th, 16th and 24th places respectively.
The U13 team performed well despite touch opposition with James Throup finishing 6th in the U13 Boys race and Martha Shakesheff finishing 7th, Maisey Davies 11th and Enna Cararick 17th in the U13 Girls.
The U15 team was also well represented with Cameron Henderson finishing 10th and Joshua Risbey 14th in the U15 boys race. Grace Derry was on top form to finish 3rd in the U15 Girls race, with Mhairi Corcoran 9th and Amelie Hand 15th.
Noah Wilson continues to excel this season with a 4th place in the U17 Mens race and Islay Wilson ran a superb race despite recently coming back from injury to finish 3rd in the U17 Womens and 18th overall in her first ever senior womens race.
Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘We really are in a good position this early in the season. We dominated the U11 races and were the 2nd team in the U15 Girls and 3rd team in the U13 Girls. A big shout out to Fin Duffield who came 6th in his first ever cross country race and to Jake Holmes who has continued to work hard which has resulted in his 1st place today. I am very proud to have such a talented group of dedicated youngsters to coach.’
October 2022
Starting from humble beginnings, the Club was founded by Glen Hilton. Glen, who recently announced his retirement from competitive athletics after 34 years of active competition, is a former England Cross Country Runner, was North East Junior XC Champion 5 times and won the Junior Great North Run.
Glen saw the need for a local junior athletics club to serve Northallerton and the surrounding area. Without an obvious sports ground or track, he approached his friend Trevor Howe, Chairman of the Scruton Cricket Club and started Allerton Junior Athletics Club in 2014 using Scruton Cricket Club as a base. Scruton Cricket Club has an illustrious history and had an unbeatable team in the 1950s. It enjoyed further success in the 1990s and opened a new Club Pavilion in July 2000 on the present site. Chairman, Trevor Howe, personally built the ‘Scruton Long Room’ above the pavilion which houses a wonderful museum of village cricket and village life with pictures and memorabilia of this famous club. The club recruits junior players from the local area – details can be found at https://scruton.play-cricket.com/
Allerton Juniors started small, meeting once a week in Scruton Cricket Club’s glorious grounds. However, membership rapidly increased and Allerton Juniors soon outgrew the space available.
The Club’s training venue then moved to Hillside Rural Activities Park in Knayton, initially training on Sunday afternoons and then adding a more informal road-based training on Wednesday evenings, meeting at the Northallerton Leisure Centre.
Allerton Juniors has continued to grow and meets on Sunday afternoons at Knayton and Wednesday evenings at Northallerton Rugby Club. The Club has both competitive sprint and endurance sections and competes in Cross Country, Track, Road Races, Relays and Indoor Athletics events across Yorkshire and the North East. The Club is thriving with a waiting list in most of the younger age groups.
2021/22 was the club’s most successful year to date, seeing no fewer than 30 North Yorkshire Vests. 10 athletes represented North Yorkshire at the National Cross Country Championships and 1 in the National Track Championships. Together with its sister club for track, Darlington Harriers, Allerton Juniors came 3rd in Division 1 of the North East Youth Development League in 2022 – a major achievement for such a relatively small and young club. Head Coach and Club Founder Glen Hilton said ‘I am so proud of the achievements of all our athletes. I am a very competitive coach and as an athlete I never gave an inch to any of my competitors. We enjoy tremendous success as our talented athletes train and race hard. Every week I coach young people who give their all in a sport that I, and they, love. But it is not just their successes that makes me want to coach. I love seeing our athletes grow and develop. Athletes like Freya Wilford who has just come back from a nasty injury on the track in the summer and achieved a personal best in the 60m and 200m at the Yorkshire Indoor Open Meeting last weekend. Or athletes like Cory Southern who I first met aged 6 who has enjoyed his running so much that he competed in his first NYSD Cross Country race last weekend and loved it. Harriet and Evelyn Rodwell aged 10 and 13 who wore the Allerton Junior pink and blue vest for the first time last weekend in the Rabbit Run. And athletes like Freya Garnet aged just 9 who completed her first Junior Great North Run on 8th October. I feel humbled by their enthusiasm and I urge other young people to give it a try.’
The Club’s success was celebrated recently with over 120 athletes, parents, coaches and helpers attending the Club’s Annual Presentation Evening. The Club was honoured to have Shot Put Coach Paul Wilson as Guest Speaker. Paul recently coached Scot Lincoln to a Bronze Medal in the Commonwealth Games and also coached Chase Ealey to a Gold Medal in the recent World Championships. Paul said ‘People that inspire me are the athletes and coaches at clubs like Allerton Juniors. Seeing the athletes happy, smiling and clapping each other is why I attend club events like this. I know Scott would have loved to be here to show off his Bronze Medal to the people of Northallerton and your Club. If I have one piece of advice to give it is this – never give up, anything is possible.’
Paul presented awards to Islay Wilson and Jake Holmes as female and male athletes of the year, to individual winners in each age group for cross country and track, and all athletes who participated in the North East Youth Development League 2022 received a medal to celebrate coming third. Club Chairman Peter Stanley said ‘I am so proud of how this Club and its athletes and coaches continue to grow and develop and feel privileged to be its Chairman. I would like to thank Club Sponsors Colin Hutson Accounting Ltd and the Lance Corporal Ben Hyde Memorial Trust for their continued support which will ensure Allerton Juniors can continue to provide inclusive athletics to juniors in Northallerton and surrounding areas.'
July 2022
ALLERTON Junior Athletics Club athletes finished the track and field season in style this weekend, coming 3rd overall in the North East Youth Development League. Together with track-partner club Darlington Harriers, Allerton Juniors have retained their place in the first division track league for next season, finishing behind the larger clubs of Harrogate and North Shields Poly but beating off opposition from Gateshead, Morpeth and Blyth.
Head Coach Glen Hilton said “This is one of the proudest days in my coaching career. I’m overwhelmed by this awesome group of athletes who just keep on giving. Massive thanks to my coaches Penny Outhwaite, Julia Oosthuizen, Daniel Cardie, Andrew Throup, Marcela Willis, Holden Outhwaite and John Burke and also to Martin Cann who has officiated at all the NEYDL track meetings. Lastly thanks to our brilliant parents who have either helped out this summer or driven our athletes all over the county to track competitions.”
Glen continued “There were so many outstanding performances and PBs at that last NEYDL meeting at Middlesbrough Sports Village on Sunday on an extremely hot day. Our athletes have worked so hard all season and I am really pleased that have achieved the results they deserve. It has been an absolutely fantastic team effort and I thank all our athletes for giving their absolute best.”
ON WEDNESDAY 13th July 2022, Allerton Junior athletes also competed on a different kind of track at the Pitstop 2Km and 5km run on Wednesday 13th July at the Croft Circuit racetrack, Darlington. Tristan Baker came 8th in the 5km race in a time of 18.35 minutes, Henry Kirkbride was 1st boy in the 2km race in a time of 6.26 minutes, Caleb Stanley 3rd boy in 6.35 minutes, Cameron Henderson 4th boy in 6.42 mintues and Jake Holmes 5th boy in 6.57 minutes. Lucy Boot was 1st girl in 7.12 minutes, Connie Wilford 2nd girl in 7.16 minutes, Ella Tadd 3rd girl in 7.20 minutes, Isobel Cook 4th girl in 7.21 minutes and Enna Carrick 5th girl in 7.38 minutes. These and all the other Allerton Junior athletes who competed achieved a personal best time for 2km.
June 2022
TRACK season has continued to be extremely busy at Allerton Juniors Athletics Club, with many athletes representing North Yorkshire and some top class performances.
Firstly, a record number of athletes from the club qualified to represent North Yorkshire with their performances at the North Yorkshire Schools Track and Field Championship at York on 11th June 2022. Athletes included Lucy Boot Junior Girls 800m, Libby Acton Junior Girls 300m, Islay Wilson Inter Girls 3000m, Tristan Baker Inter Boys 3000m and Campbell Darcy Inter Boys 100m and 200m. Evie Smith just missed out on qualifying but came a fantastic 3rd in the Inter Girls 100m, Aaron Kurian came 4th and 5th in the Junior Boys 200m and 100m respectively, Henry Kirkbride came 8th in the Junior Boys 800m, Cameron Henderson came 9th in the Junior boys 1500m and Grace Derry came 5th in a really fast-paced Junior Girls 1500m.
ALLERTON athlete Lily Hutchinson-Burke also qualified to run for Durham County in the Inter Girls 80m hurdles.
Those athletes who qualified ran for North Yorkshire or Durham in the Northern Inter-Counties Meeting at Gateshead International Stadium on 18th June 2022. Campbell Darcy ran a personal best (PB) in the Inter Boys 100m in a time of 11.1 seconds and another PB in the 200m in 22.4 seconds. He also ran the 4th leg of the Inter Boys 4x100m relay, bringing home a Gold medal for North Yorkshire in a time of 44.7 seconds which is a stadium schools record. Campbell has been selected to represent North Yorkshire at the English Schools National Track and Field Championships in Manchester on July 8th 2022 in the 200m. Head Coach Glen Hiliton said ‘This is an unbelievable achievement. North Yorkshire can only take 30 athletes to the English Schools event in July across all age groups and events. The standard and times athletes have to achieve are phenomenal. We wish Campbell every success against the best school-age athletes in the country.’
Other successful performances at the Inter-counties included PBs from Tristan Baker in the Inter Boys 3000m in a time of 10.44 minutes and Islay Wilson in the Inter Girls 3000m in a time of 11.19 minutes. Lucy Boot ran a PB of 2.30 minutes in the Junior Girls 800m and Libby Acton just missed her PB in the Junior Girls 300m in a time of 46.6 seconds.
Whilst Allerton Junior athletes were in Gateshead at the Inter-Counties, Head Coach Glen Hilton and Coach John Burke were a few miles away competing at the North East Masters Championships in Jarrow. Glen Hilton achieved major success with a silver medal in the 200m in a time of 28.9 seconds, a bronze in the 1500m with a time of 4.56 minutes and a further bronze medal in the 800m in a time of 2.25 minutes. Coach John Burke won a gold medal in the Triple Jump and a silver medal in the Long Jump.
Another Allerton Juniors Athlete, Charlie Morton, was selected to represent North Yorkshire at the North East Combined Events Championships in Doncaster 25th and 26th June 2022. This consists of 8 events over two days. Charlie excelled in his debut for North Yorkshire and came 4th overall. This was a fantastic achievement with personal best performances in Long Jump, Javelin, Shot Put and High Jump, as well as excellent performances in Discus, 100m, 400m and 1500m. Charlie said ‘It was fantastic to represent North Yorkshire and to experience the excitement of a combined competition over two whole days. I was very pleased to achieve so many PBs and really enjoyed my events.’
Whilst Charlie was competing in Doncaster, many other Allerton athletes were at the North East Youth Development League match at Whitley Bay on 26th June 2022. There were many excellent performances but some of the best came from Campbell Darcy in the U17 Men Long Jump with a jump of 6.37 metres which is just 15cm short of a League record, Martha Shakesheff who led from the gun to win the Junior Girls 1500m in a time of 5.35 minutes and Natasha Pointon whose debut in the Junior Girls 70 metres hurdles in a time of 13.5 seconds was flawless.
Elsewhere Connie Wilford secured a new course record on 25th June 2022 in the Northallerton 2km Junior Park Run with a time of 8.09 minutes, an excellent achievement as Connie is just 10 years old.
And finally, Head Coach Glen Hilton announced his retirement after 34 years of active competition. Glen bowed out with a flourish after his haul of medals at the North East Masters Championships in Jarrow. Glen is a former England Cross Country Runner with personal best times of 51.18 minutes for 10 Miles, 24.40 minutes for 5 Miles, 14.50 minutes for 5km, 8.35 minutes for 3km and 3.52 minutes for 1500m. Glen was North East Junior XC Champion 5 times and won the Junior Great North Run. Glen said ‘I am sad to retire from racing but look forward to continuing to coach these talented young athletes at Allerton Juniors. I love athletics and the opportunities the sport provides for young people. I have loved every minute of my XC and track career and would urge anyone to give it a go.’
May 2022
ALLERTON Juniors came a fantastic second place in the North East Youth Development League (NEYDL) Meeting at Middlesbrough Sports Village on 22nd May 2022. Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘This is an amazing result for our small club – the best in our club’s history. It was a massive team effort today and thanks go to our committed and talented athletes, fantastic coaches, excellent club committee and brilliant parents, and of course our Club Sponsors Colin Hutson Accounting.’ There were so many outstanding performances but huge congratulations must go to Campbell Darcy who came 1st in both the U17 Men 100m and 200m in 11.19 and 22.84 seconds, very narrowly missing out on 100m and 200m NEYDL records. Campbell has achieved the U17 Men 100m qualifying time for England Schools National Finals and has also been invited to North Yorkshire Schools County finals on 11th June 2022 in York. Campbell is currently ranked in the top 20 in the UK for 100m.
Other superb performances included Grace Derry in the U15 Girls 1500m. Grace led for most of the race and won in a fantastic time of 5 minutes 15. James Throup was also very impressive in the U13 Boys 1500m with a time of 5 minutes 27.
THERE was an amazing club turnout for the North York Moors Athletics Club Mile Relays at Stuart Park in Middlesbrough on Thursday 26th May 2022. There were some outstanding performances with the juniors each running a mile in teams of four. For many of the younger athletes, this was the first time they had run against adults with some great results. Grace Derry, Islay Wilson, Libby Acton and Lucy Boot finished 3rd Female team in a combined time of 23.48 minutes. Isobel Cook, Holly Nash, Maisie Davies and Mhairi Corcoran finished 4th female team in 25.27 minutes. Enna Carrick, Abigail Ferguson, Georgia Raw and Coach Julia Oosthuizen finished 7th female team in 28.29 minutes. In the male rankings, an Allerton adults team of Head Coach Glen Hilton, Coach Andrew Throup, Daniel Cardie and Gavin Kirkbride finished 24th male team in a time of 23.05 and Allerton Juniors Caleb Stanley, Tristan Baker, William Horlock and Angus Corcoran finished in 27th place in a time of 23.32. Finally, the Allerton mixed team of James Throup, Jake Holmes, Connie Wilford and Joshua Kitching finished 7th mixed team in a time of 25.10.
CALEB STANLEY ran his first ever 10km in the Northallerton 10km on 29th May 2022, coming 73rd out of 1000 runners and 5th U20 Male in a time of 44.37 minutes.
AND FINALLY, congratulations to Charlie Morton for been nominated to represent North Yorkshire at the Northern Track and Field Combined Events next month. This is an outstanding achievement in his first year in competition.
April 2022
IT was a beautiful day for the first track meeting of the season for Allerton Juniors at the Kieran Maxwell Memorial Track and Field Open at Middlesbrough Sports Village on Sunday 10th April. Despite having some athletes missing due to illness, there were plenty of great performances. Most notable were PBs from Charlie Morton in the U17M Long Jump (4.98 metres), Lucy Boot in the U15G 75m Hurdles (14.02 secs) and Aaron Kurian in the U15B 100m (13.06 secs).
THERE were also successes in the Mile races with Isobel Cook (U13G) running 6.03 mins, Cameron Henderson (U15B) 5.52 mins and Libby Acton (U15G) 5.48 mins. In the 3000m Tristan Baker (U17M) ran 10.58 mins and Islay Wilson (U17W) 11.25 mins.
SPECIAL mention in the Javelin for Father and Son duo; Daniel Cardie won in the Senior Men category with a throw of 36.50 metres while his son David Patrick Cardie came 2nd in the U13 Javelin with a throw of 18.51 metres.
Head Coach Glen Hilton said ‘It was great to support the Kieran Maxwell Memorial Fund and achieve such great results for the first track meet of the season. Our athletes have worked hard over the winter and are in great shape for the track season this summer.’
March 2022
ATHLETES took home a fantastic haul of medals from the Birtley Cross Country Relays on 13th March 2022. There were some fantastic performances leading to medals in every age group. First up were the U11 Boys (Jake Holmes, Alfie Clarkson and James Throup) whose determination and sprint finishes were exciting to watch. After a fight to the finish, the boys came a very close second and received a well-earned silver medal for their efforts. Not to be outdone, the U11 Girls team (Connie Wilford, Georgia Raw and Abigail Ferguson) also ran hard and fast to finish a close second to the home team of Birtley. Another silver medal in the bag. Next came the U13 Girls, given a great start by Enna Carrick and followed by cracking runs by Lucy Boot and Isobel Cook. A great team performance to pick up another silver medal. Competing in the final race of the day were the U15 Girls (Libby Acton, Grace Derry and Islay Wilson) who led the race from the outset, finishing first and claiming a Gold Medal in great style. Following this outstanding performance, the U15 girls have been invited to the North East Cross Country relays in April.
A RECORD three club athletes qualified to join the North Yorkshire team and travelled to the ESAA National Cross Country Championships in Kent on 19th March 2022. The course was fast and flat, and the weather warm, dry and sunny, which was very different from the hills, mud and cold the runners have experienced for most of the season. First up was Islay Wilson in the Intermediate Girls race who put in a fantastic performance to come 212th out of a field of over 330 despite being one of the younger girls in the race. Islay said ‘It was a fantastic experience to run in the Nationals and compete against the best runners from each county.’ Islay’s performance was followed by Grace Derry and Libby Acton running in the Junior Girls race. Both girls excelled with Libby coming 134th and Grace 187th out of a field of 340.
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