Originally published 26/09/2024. Some events are listed without a date; they are likely to take place but no date has been confirmed.
Please email [email protected] with additions and/or corrections.
NB If you’re looking for events after 28 February 2025, they may be at the end of this post but you can see the list of equivalent events in 2024 here
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2024/
NB If you’re looking for events and results before 31 August 2024, see
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2024/
NB If you’re looking for results from Autumn/Winter 2023/24
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-autumn-winter-2023-24/
For an explanation of England Athletics Registration and Affiliation, see the bottom of this page
Age Groups – please read!
Age groups for Road and Cross Country are age at 31 August / 1 September 2024. So U11 is normally new school years 5&6, U13 is normally new school years 7&8, etc
Track & Field events in September are considered to be the final month of Summer, so ages are at 31 August / 1 September 2024. So U11 is normally new school years 5&6, U13 is normally new school years 7&8, etc
Track & Field events (including indoor athletics) from October onwards are considered preparation for Summer 2025, so ages are at 31 August / 1 September 2025. So U11 is normally new school years 4&5, U13 is normally new school years 6&7, etc
Confusing, isn’t it?!
Calendar
This covers the period 1 September 2024 to 28 February 2025, but also shows a few of Summer 2024’s track & field season that ran over into September and a few of Winter 2024/25’s cross country season that will run over into March 2025.
Note regarding races marked “TBA”, we don’t know whether or not they will take place in 2024/25. They are shown in the calendar in the same month as they took place in 2023/24
Summary
| Competition | Type | Via | Ability | When | No. | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 | Y6 | Y7 | Y8 | Y9 | Y10 | Y11 | Y12 | Y13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary XC Local | XC | Sch | any | mid-wk | 1 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 | Y6 | ||||||||
| Primary XC Lds/WY | XC | Sch Q | med | mid-wk | 2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 | Y6 | ||||||||
| Leeds Schools XC | XC | Sch | any | Sat | 4 | Y3-4 | Y3-4 | Y5-6 | Y5-6 | Y7-8 | Y7-8 | Y9-10 | Y9-10 | Y9-10 guest | |||
| Sec School WY | XC | Sch Q | med | Sat | 1 | Y7 | Jun | Jun | Int | Int | Sen | Sen | |||||
| School Counties | XC | Sch Q | exp | Sat | 1 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 | Y6 | Y7 | Jun | Jun | Int | Int | Sen | Sen | |
| Peco XC | XC | Club | any | Sun | 5 | 1mi (U9) | 1mi (U9) | 1mi (U9) | 1mi (U11) | 1mi (U11) | 2mi (U13) | 2mi U13) | 2mi (U16) | 2mi (U16) | 2mi (U16) | Sen | Sen |
| Peco XC Relay | XC | Club | any | Sun | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Sen | Sen |
| W Yorks XC | XC | Club | med | wk-end | 4 | U11 | U11 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | U20 | |||
| Yorks XC | XC | Club | exp | 4Jan | 1 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | U20 | |||||
| North & England XC Relays | XC | Club | exp | 19Oct & 2Nov | 2 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | U20 | |||||
| North & England XC Champs | XC | Club | exp | 25Jan & 22Feb | 2 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | U20 | |||||
| Sth Yorks Indoor | T&F | Club | med | Sun | 4 | U11 | U11 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | ||||||
| North Indoor | T&F | Club | exp | Sat | 3 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | U20 | U20 | ||||
| Wetherby jnr race | Road | Club | any | 17Sep | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 10k | 10k | 10k |
| North & England Road Relays | Road | Club | exp | 25Sep & 5Oct | 2 | U13 | U13 | U15 | U15 | U17 | U17 | Sen | |||||
| Abbey Dash jnr race | Road | Club | any | 13Oct | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 10k | 10k | 10k | ||
| Leeds 5k | Road | Club | med | Wed | 4 | age 11 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Golden Mile | Track | Club | med | 23Aug | 1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
School competitions are open to everyone if your school is registered for the event.
Q in “Via” column means by qualification from a local event.
All Club competitions can be entered by anyone but please take note of “Ability” column.
Sun 08 September York Open meeting T&F ages as at 01/09/2024
See https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2024/
Sun 08 September West Yorkshire T&F 7 Cleckheaton ages as at 01/09/2023
See https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2024/
Sun 15 September – Wetherby Junior Races at 12:30pm – Fun run £5.00 enter on the day from 11am all ages (pre7’s to run with fee paying parent guardian) starts and finishes at Wetherby Racecourse. The junior race is before the Wetherby 10k and there will be a start and finish gantry, a race clock, and lots of food and drink! https://wetherbyrunnersac.co.uk/wetherby-run-10k/
“Discounted Entry” – Valley Striders will refund £3 of your entry fee for this race – see the section on “Free Entry” below
10 ran in 2023
2024 RESULTS
2 Abigail Bottomley (1st girl)
Sat 21 September Northern 6&4 Stage Road Relays and Young Athletes Relays at Blackpool.
Teams of 3 juniors in U13/U15/U17 age categories (U13 is school years 7 and 8).
NO JUNIOR TEAMS ENTERED
Wed 25 September – Leeds 5k at Brownlee Cycle Circuit. Minimum age 11. Need EA affiliation. http://www.racebest.com
Fri 27 September – Leeds Primary School Games cross country Western area at Stanningley (see section below)
Fri 04 October – Leeds Primary School Games cross country Southern area at Middleton Park (see section below)
Sat 05 October – English 6&4 Stage Road Relays and Young Athletes Relays at Sutton Coldfield.
Teams of 3 juniors in U13/U15/U17 age categories (U13 is school years 7 and 8).
NO JUNIOR TEAMS ENTERED
Sun 06 October – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 1 at Nunroyd Park, Guiseley.
Club members only, minimum age 9 on 01/09/2024, closing date 29 September
(other dates are Sundays 27 Oct, 10 Nov,8 Dec).
U11/U13/U15/U17 (U11 is school years 5 and 6).
See section below for more information including how to enter.
In 2023, 19 VS juniors ran
To enter the series for 2024
http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/wyxcl24index.htm
Sun 13 October – Abbey Dash Junior Race –
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/sporting-events/running/leeds-abbey-dash/
“Discounted Entry” – Valley Striders will refund £3 of your entry fee for this race – see the section on “Free Entry” below
In 2023, 9 VS juniors ran in the junior race and 1 in the adult 10k (age 15 and over)
Tue 15 October – Leeds Primary School Games cross country North-Western area at Prince Henry’s (see section below)
Sat 19 October – Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross-country races meeting 1 at Woodhouse Grove
Other dates are Saturdays 9 Nov, 14 Dec, 18Jan (see section below)
In 2023, in meeting 1, 29 VS juniors ran in the primary schools races and 14 ran in the secondary schools races
Information for 2024/25
https://leedsschoolssports.co.uk/lsaa-cross-country-league-2024-25/
Entries only via schools and schools must be affiliated to Leeds Well Schools or Leeds School Sports Association.
Sat 19 October – Northern XC Relays at Graves Park Sheffield.
In 2023 we entered 5 teams but the event was cancelled.
Wed 23 October – Leeds 5k at Brownlee Cycle Circuit. Minimum age 11. Need EA affiliation.
https://racebest.com/races/hg69g
Sun 27 October – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 2 at Thornes Park Wakefield
In 2023, 8 VS juniors ran
midweek ?? October – Leeds Primary School Games cross country Eastern area at ?? (see section below)
Sat 2 November – National XC Relays at Mansfield. Teams of 3 – U13/U15/U17
In 2023 we had 3 teams – U13 girls, U13 boys and U15 boys
Sat 9 November – Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross-country races meeting 2 at Cardinal Heenan (see below for details)
In 2023, in meeting 2, 24 VS juniors ran in the primary schools races and 13 VS juniors ran in the secondary schools races.
Sun 10 November – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 3 at South Leeds (see section below). In 2023, 13 VS juniors ran
Sun 10 November – South Yorkshire Indoor Open Series meeting 1 at EIS Sheffield
U11/U13/U15 – ages as at 01/09/2025 i.e. new school years 4 to 9 inclusive (see section below)
Other dates are Sun 8 Dec, Sun 5 Jan, Sun 23 Mar.
Events at meeting 1 are 60m, 150m (U11 only), 200m (U13&U15), 800m (600m for U11), Long Jump (U13&U15), Standing High Jump (U11), Shot Put
Sun 17 November – Peco Cross Country League meeting 1 at Temple Newsam.
Suitable for all abilities, minimum school year 2, available to waiting list, (see section below, incudes a link to enter).
If you enter before 3 November you will get a personalised race number.
Information at https://pecoxc.co.uk/
In 2023, in meeting 1, 31 VS juniors ran in the 1 mile and 9 in the 2 mile
Entries at https://racebest.com/races/uwr4r
Fri 22 November – Leeds Primary School Games cross country North-Eastern area at Roundhay HS (see section below)
Sat 23 November – Northern Athletics Indoor Open Meeting at EIS Sheffield
https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/events/northern-athletics-november-indoor-open/
Wed 27 November – Leeds 5k at Brownlee Cycle Circuit. Minimum age 11. Need EA affiliation.
https://racebest.com/races/5wtk9
Sun 01 December – Peco Cross Country League meeting 2 at Pontefract Park.
In 2023, 33 VS juniors ran in the 1 mile race, 12 VS juniors ran in the 2 mile race
Sat 07 December – Northern Athletics Indoor Open Meeting at EIS Sheffield
https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/events/northern-athletics-december-indoor-open/
Sun 08 December – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 4 at Rothwell.
In 2023, 8 VS juniors ran in this race and 6 VS juniors featured in the league series tables having run 3 or more races.
Sun 08 December – South Yorkshire Indoor Open Series meeting 2 at EIS Sheffield (new school years 4 to 9 inclusive ) (see section below)
Events on this date are High Jump (U13&U15), 150m (U11&U13), 200m (U13&U15), 600m, 400m (U15 only), Long Jump (U11 only), Javelin (U11 only)
Sat 14 December – Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross-country races meeting 3 at Prince Henry’s GS, Otley.
Includes Leeds Secondary Schools Trials to represent Leeds team for West Yorks schools championships, races will be Y7, Y8-9, Y10-11. Primary schools as normal
See https://leedsschoolssports.co.uk/lsaa-cross-country-league-2024-25/
In 2023 in meeting 3, 27 VS juniors ran in the primary schools races, 16 VS juniors and 3 VS young adults ran in the trials races
Sun 15 December – Peco Cross Country League meeting 3 at Middleton Park (TBC)
In 2023, 32 VS juniors ran in the 1 mile race, 11 VS juniors ran in the 2 mile race
Sat 04 January 2025 – Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Lightwater Valley – school year 7 and above.
In 2023, 8 VS juniors competed; the U13 boys team were 4th and the U15 boys team 9th
Sun 05 January 2025 – Peco Cross Country League meeting 4 at Stockeld Park nr Wetherby TBC.
In 2024, 28 VS juniors competed in the 1 mile race and 10 in the 2 mile race
Sun 05 January 2025 – South Yorkshire Indoor Open Series meeting 3 at EIS Sheffield (new school years 4 to 9 inclusive) (see section below)
Events on this date are 60m, 150m (U11 only), 200m (U13&U15), 1200m (600m for U11), Long Jump (U13&U15 only), Standing High Jump (U11), Shot Put
Sat/Sun 11/12 January 2025 – Northern Athletics U17/U20/Senior Indoor Championships at Sheffield
https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/events/northern-sen-u20-u17-indoor-championships-2025/
Sat 18 January 2025 – Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross-country races meeting 4 at Middleton Park.
In 2024, 16 VS juniors competed in the primary schools races and 7 in the secondary schools races
Sat 18 January 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 1 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
List of events TBA
Online entry TBA £15 for series of 3 meetings
In 2024, 2 VS juniors – Harry Richards & Josh Salmon – competed in the series
Sat 25 January 2025 – Northern Cross Country Championships at Tatton Park – school year 7 and above
In 2024, 3 VS juniors competed
Sat 1 February 2025 – West Yorkshire Secondary Schools cross country championships at GSAL. Qualifying is via event on 14 December. This event serves as a qualifier for the English Schools – year 7 at Shuckborough on 22 March, years 8-13 at TBA on ?? March
Sun 02 February 2025 – Northern Athletics U13/15 Indoor Championships at Sheffield
https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/events/northern-u13-u15-indoor-championships-2025/
Thu ?? February 2025 – Leeds Primary School Games cross country Leeds Final at Templenewsam (see section below) – selection for Leeds teams for West Yorkshire Final later in February
Sun 09 February 2025 – Peco Cross Country League meeting 5 at Middleton Park TBC
In 2024, 34 VS juniors competed in the 1 mile race and 10 in the 2 mile
Sat 22 February 2025 – English National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill, London
Sat 22 February 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 2 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
List of events TBA
Online entry TBA £15 for series of 3 meetings
In 2024, 2 VS juniors – Harry Richards & Josh Salmon – competed in the series
Thu ?? February 2025 – West Yorkshire Primary School Games cross country Final at Templenewsam.
Qualifying is via event on ?? February.
This event serves as a qualifier for school years 4,5,6 for the English event on 22 March.
Sun 9 March 2025 – Peco Cross Country Relays and Juniors Relays at Bramley Falls Woods
** Recommended for all junior members school years 2 and above
** Organised by Valley Striders.
** V S will manage the teams
In 2024, 12 teams each of 3 Valley Striders juniors took part
Sat 15 March 2025 – English (Secondary) Schools XC Championships at Ardingley, Sussex.
Qualifying is via West Yorks event on 1 February.
Sat 22 March 2025 – English Schools Primary & Year 7 XC Championships at Shuckborough Estate Northamptonshire – qualifying is via West Yorks events on xx February (for year 7) and xx February (for years 4-6). Year 3 may also enter as individuals
In 2023, 2 VS juniors competed in the Y3 race, 2 in Y4, 4 in Y5, 3 in Y6 and 4 in Y7
Sun 23 March 2025 – South Yorkshire Indoor Open Series meeting 4 at EIS Sheffield (new school years 4 to 9 inclusive) (see section below)
Events on this date are High Jump (U13&U15), 150m (U11&U13), 200m (U13&U15), 800m (600m U11), 300m (U15 only), Long Jump (U11 only), Javelin (U11 only)
Sat 23 March 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 3 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
For details, see ?? February
Sun ?? April 2025 – Spenborough AC “Winter Warmup” track & field meeting
Spring/Summer I will be creating a page for events from April onwards. In the meantime, here are some events to consider (and if you want to find out more, you could look at what happened in spring/summer last year https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/events-for-juniors-spring-summer-2024/ )
- West Yorks Track & Field 7 meetings April to September
- Yorkshire Track & Field Championships in May
- Cookridge junior run in May
- Eccup junior races in July
- Golden Acre junior relays in July (in 2024, 31 VS junior teams took part)
“Free” Entry
For some races in our list of recommended events that are suitable for all abilities, Valley Striders will “pay” for your race entries by means of a discount of the value of your entry fee(s) if and when you renew your V S junior membership in 2024.
This applies to those that are currently junior members or junior limited training members (but not junior social members). If you are unsure of your membership type, check here https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/members-area/club-information/membership-list/
The small print – we won’t pay your entry fee if you enter but then don’t run.
This applies to Peco XC races (£1.50 refunded per race run), Eccup Junior Races, Wetherby Junior Races (£3 refunded), Abbey Dash Junior Race (£3 refunded)
NB you also get free entry to Peco Relays and Golden Acre Relays because V S pay Racebest directly for all teams.
Detailed event information
Junior parkrun (ages 4 to 14)
Every Sunday at 09:00. Click on the links for each location
If you’ve not registered before, each of the venue pages above have a section “What does it cost to join in?” saying “Nothing – it’s free! but please register before you first come along” with a link to their registration page.
Note that you only have to register once, this covers all parkruns at all locations.
In Autumn/Winter 2023/24 (September to February inclusive) 107 junior Striders ran at least 1 parkrun and 22 ran 10 or more.
There are also 11 adult parkruns in Leeds. These are 5km on a Saturday morning. We advise our primary school juniors to do the junior parkruns rather than adult parkruns as there are no competitions available at this age that are longer than 1 mile and schools cross-country maximum distance is 1400m, so the 2km of junior parkrun is ideal.
Leeds Primary School Games cross country
There are 5 initial races (sometimes called “semi-finals”) in October andy November, one for each of the Leeds Schools Sports Partnerships Areas, at each of which there are 8 races – for girls and boys, for each school year from 3 to 6. The best schools and best individuals from each semi-final qualify for the Leeds final, and the best schools and best individuals from the Leeds final qualify to represent Leeds at the West Yorkshire final against Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
Schools must be members of their local School Sports Partnership to take part.
Leeds Schools Athletics Association cross-country races
4 meetings between October and January – races for boys and girls in age groups U9/U11/U13/U15 as at 01/09/2024 i.e. school years 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10.
Also school year 11 may run in the 9-10 race but will show in separate results and not count for school points in the 9-10 category.
Details and results for 2023/24 can be found in the Leeds Schools Sports Association new website
https://leedsschoolssports.co.uk/lsaa-cross-country-league-2023-24-information/
Results from previous years can be found on the LSAA old website http://www.lsaa.org.uk/CC.htm
Schools need to be affiliated to the Leeds Schools Sports Association. The following is taken from the “League Details” link on the old LSAA website. Leeds School Sports Association provide the finance for all LSAA events all schools must be affiliated to LSSA to take part in LSAA events. This can be done by direct affiliation to the LSSA separate letter will come direct to schools from LSSA. For some primary schools the LSSA affiliation fee is included as part of Leeds Well School Partnership SLA.
Peco Cross Country League 2024/25
A series of 5 meetings between November 2024 and February 2025.
The dates and venues were decided at the Peco XC AGM on 8 September, are published here, although some venues are provisional waiting approval by Leeds City Council and/or the venue owner and the host clubs.
Open to club members school years 2 and older. Also open anyone on the waiting list (you must contact us and if we approve then register as a Valley Strider)
Suitable for all abilities. We strongly encourage all junior members to take part and will be slightly disappointed with those who don’t take part in at least one race.
This is a “free” event for V S Junior Full Members and Limited Training Members (i.e. everyone except Social Members) in that those who enter and race will get 20% of the race series fee refunded for every race that they do when they next renew their membership.
Distances and start times are one mile at 10:00am for school years 2 to 6; two miles at 10:20am for school years 7 to 11. NB parents of school years 2 and 3 must be confident that their child can complete the distance e.g. they have done junior parkrun.
Cost is £8 for the whole series (whether you run 1 race or 5).
Entries are online via Racebest – race 1 (and series) entry
https://racebest.com/races/uwr4r
Unofficial/unconfirmed results will also appear on this link.
If you enter before 10 November you will get a personalised race number. If you’re not sure whether or not you’ve entered, there is a box “Latest entries” which contains a button “See all”.
Further details here https://pecoxc.co.uk/ . Confirmed race results and series points will appear on this website here too.
In 2023/24, 73 junior Striders ran at least one Peco event and 10 ran all six events i.e including the relays.
Peco Relays 2025
These are usually held in March and are for teams of 3, approximately 1.2 miles per runner. Keep your number from the Peco series.
This is a “free” event for V S Junior Full Members and Limited Training Members (i.e. everyone except Social Members) in that all race entries will be made by and race fees paid by the club. Excepting that those who do not have a number will have to make a small payment for the number.
More details will be available in February 2025.
South Yorkshire Junior Indoor Series 2024/25
These 4 meetings take place at the indoor athletics facility at the English Institute for Sport (EIS) Sheffield. It has a 200m oval track, a 60m sprint straight (6 lanes) and facilities for long jump, high jump, shot put and turbo javelin.
The series is on one Saturday and three Sundays between November 2024 and March 2024. If you are interested in this, please discuss by email at [email protected] or at one of our training sessions.
Age groups are as at 01/09/2025, so U11 is school years 4-5, U13 is years 6-7, U15 is years 8-9. There are no older categories.
Events
U11 – 60m, 150m, 600m, long jump, standing high jump, shot, foam javelin
U13 – 60m, 200m, 800m, 1200m, long jump, high jump, shot
U15 – 60m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 1200m, long jump, high jump, shot
Not all events are available at each meeting. Maximum 3 events per person per meeting
Those competing at U13 or U15 age groups must be affiliated to England Athletics. Cost is £21p.a. See section below “England Athletics Registration and Affiliation”.
Entry forms are available at https://www.sycaa.org.uk/ .
West Yorkshire Cross Country League 2024
A series of 4 meetings between October and December 2024. For dates and venues, see above
Only open to club members. This series features some of the better clubs in West Yorkshire and we suggest that, for each age group, only the top half of Valley Striders members would “enjoy” the event.
Minimum age for the series is 9 on 1 September 2024 currently school year 5 and above.
Age groups are U11/U13/U15/U17 on 01/09/2023 i.e. school years 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 and 11/12. School year 4 not eligible.
Juniors aged 11 or above before 1 September 2024 (i.e. currently school year 7 and above must be affiliated to England Athletics. Cost is £21p.a. See section below “England Athletics Registration and Affiliation”.
Approximate distances and approximate start times – Under 11 1500m at 11:45am; Under 13 3000m at 12noon; Under 15 4000m at 12:30pm.
CHECK The official league information can be found at http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/XCMain.htm
Cost for U13/U15/U17 is £25 which covers all 4 meetings .
If you’re going to run in race 1 and/or race 2 (and possibly races 3 and/or 4) then use this link https://www.race-results.co.uk/onlineentries/user/login.php?raceid=5462
If you’re going to miss races 1 and 2 but run in race 3 and/or race 4 then please wait till after race 2 (27 October) and there should be a new link that gives you half-price entry.
AMEND If you haven’t already entered the series you can do so for the rest of the series at
Closing date is one week before the first race you want to run
Please email [email protected] with any queries.
In 2023, xx junior Striders took part.
Leeds Junior Run Series 2019/20
The Leeds Junior Run Series 2019/20 comprised
– all the junior races organised by running clubs in Leeds
– the Peco cross country series
– the five junior parkruns in Leeds
It was due to run between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 but was abandoned in March 2020.
It is free to enter and club membership is not needed.
We are waiting to see what happens for 2019/20 and 2020/21
See http://www.leedsathletics.net/Leeds_Race_Series.htm
England Athletics Registration and Affiliation
All of our junior members have been added to the England Athletics database and they have been allocated a 7 digit unique reference number (URN). (the personal information added is name, date of birth, postal address and parent’s email address)
Competitive Athletes
- A minority of our junior members have been set up as “Competitive Athletes”
- There is an annual fee for this. For the current EA year that ends 31/03/2025 this is £19, and, in addition, for every Competitive Athlete we pay Northern Athletics £2; this is why we ask for £21 extra for Competitive Athletes
- Competitive Athlete status is needed to take part in West Yorkshire Track & Field League (unless under-11) and West Yorkshire Cross Country League (unless under-11)
- Competitive Athlete status is needed to take part in Yorkshire County competitions, North of England Area competitions and England National competitions (the minimum age for these is 11).
- Competitive Athlete status is needed to take part in open adult races – juniors 11 or over can run in 5k races such as the Leeds 5k at the Brownlee Centre; juniors 15 or over can run in 10k races such as the Abbey Dash and Run For All Leeds 10k; juniors 16 or over can run in 10 miles races such as the Eccup 10mile and also in half marathons such as the Leeds half.
Non-Competitive Athletes
- The majority of our junior members have been set up as “Non-Competitive Athletes”
- They can get emails and offers from England Athletics (or can opt-out of these).
- Competitive Athlete status is not needed for under 11’s
- Competitive Athlete status is not needed for races categorised as fun runs linked to adult races e.g. the Eccup Junior Races (run alongside the Eccup 10); the Wetherby fun run and mini-marathon (run alongside the Wetherby 10k); the Peco Junior Races (run alongside the Peco Cross Country Series)
- Competitive Athlete status is not needed for parkruns or junior parkruns. Note that VS strongly support the parkrun policy that under-11’s who run 5k parkrun must run with an adult, in fact we recommend that under-11’s shouldn’t do 5k parkun at all.
If you need England Athletics affiliation, please pay £21 to the “Membership” account
Account Name: VSAC Membership
Sort Code: 53-70-00
Account Number: 72143878
Note that the above only applies to juniors training in the junior section. Older juniors (young adults) who train with the adult section pay the adult membership fee which includes the England Athletics and Northern Athletics affiliation fees.