City of Sheffield and Dearne Athletic Club

City of Sheffield & Dearne athletic club is an athletics club based in Sheffield, England. It is based at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium. The club competes in the British Athletics League Premiership and Northern Athletics League division 1. The Young Athletes compete in the National Youth Development League. The Upper Age group team reached the National Finals at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham for the first time in the clubs history in September 2015. The Lower age group compete in the Northern East Premier Division.

History

'Sheffield United Harriers' was formed in 1894. In 1975, 'Sheffield United Harriers' amalgamated with 'Sheffield City Athletic Club' to form 'Sheffield Athletic Club'. At the turn of the century the club assumed the name 'City of Sheffield Athletic Club'. The club competed at the Don Valley Stadium until it closed in September 2013 [1] , moving to Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium after refurbishments. [2] In 2015 the club completed the merger with Dearne Athletic Club and competes under the new name of 'City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club'. [3]

Honours

Senior Men:

Young Athletes

5th place

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete Country Events Olympics Medals
Lawrence Allen United Kingdom 10km walk 1952
Roland Hardy United Kingdom 10km walk, 20km walk 1952, 1956
Ken Wood United Kingdom 1500 metres 1956
Albert JohnsonUnited Kingdom 50km walk 1956, 1960
Sheila Sherwood[4] United Kingdom long jump 1964,1968,1972
John Sherwood[5] United Kingdom 400 metres hurdles, 4x400 metres relay 1968,1972
Jonathan Brown United Kingdom 10000 metres, marathon 1996, 2000, 2004
Jessica Ennis-Hill[6] United Kingdom heptathlon 2012

References

  1. "Don Valley Stadium". runtrackdir. runtrackdir. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. "Race is on to get athletics stadium up to scratch". Sheffield Telegraph. Sheffield Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. "Dearne ALC Athletics Club Merger". City of Sheffield Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. Sheila Sherwood profile at Power of 10
  5. John Sherwood profile at Power of 10
  6. Jessica Ennis-Hill profile at Power of 10

External links


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