Updated 23/01/2025
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.
26 Ewan Reid 18:58
50 James Walker 20:36
57 Harry Whittaker 21:24
65 Caitlyn Hartley 22:14
68 James Whittaker 22:51
71 Imogen Burton 23:02
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
2024 results
U11 Girls 6 Emmy Deverill 5:37, 7 Abigail Bottomley 5:38, 22 Dora Walmsley 6:04, 23 Matilda Dark 6:05, 33 Niamh Archbold 6:22, 37 Esmé Clark 6:29 team 2nd
U13 Girls 17 Imogen Burton 7:42
U13 Boys 4 Ewan Reid 10:30, 17 James Walker 11:21, 18 Harry Whittaker 11:23, 22 James Whittaker 11:36 team 2nd
U15 Boys 5 James Gostling 13:48
U17 Men 18 Joseph Urquhart 19:39, 20 Conor Butterworth 20:20
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)
2024 results – Junior 2k (17 VS juniors)
1 Ruth Friend 7:48
3 Isla Butterworth 8:23
8 Caitlyn Hartley 9:03
9 Abigail Bottomley 9:04
10 Solomon Steere 9:05
11 Seth Steere 9:12
16 Milly Booth 9:36
18 Elliot Rushgrove 9:47
25 Lucy Sheen 10:06
44 Lucy Allman 10:35
67 Isabelle Watt 11:36
68 Molly Kendell 11:38
86 Jonah Steere 12:39
93 Dotty Mills 12:57
95 Dahlia Mills 12:57
110 Evie Kendell 13:29
129 Charlotte Allman 15:02
2024 results – 10K (5 VS juniors)
282 Conor Butterworth 36:49
374 Joel Caleb 37:44
477 William Caleb 39:06
2580 Kirsten Reid 52:50
3220 Kate Irvine 56:48
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.
2024 Results (58 runners)
G3-4 1 Essie Molyneux 08:23, 2 Ella Shanks 08:26, 3 Leanna Zeidan 08:30, 13 Isla Waters 09:56, 31 Beatrice Clark 10:46, 35 Molly Kendell 10:52, 42 Emily Ball 11:04, 47 Lola Thomas 11:17, 55 Betsy Earl 11:28
B3-4 3 Jenson Bennett 07:59, 5 Kyle Reid 08:10, 6 Ben Fowler 08:11, 11 Ben Rollison 08:25, 14 Henry Kirwan 08:28, 21 Oliver Breedon 08:47, 23 Alex Burbidge 08:51, 32 Rex Walmsley 09:07, 40 Seb Rollison 09:17, 62 Seb Fowler 09:44, 122 Alex Player 12:05
G5-6 5 Dora Walmsley 09:43, 10 Ezzie Yansaneh 10:01, 11 Esmé Clark 10:03, 19 Skye Somerville 10:28, 20 Ella Ball 10:29, 22 Helena Bolhasani 10:33, 26 Lucy Allman 10:37, 34 Laurie Phillips 10:44, 36 Francesca Furniss 10:47, 46 Arabella Nancolas 11:17, 72 Sophia Melara 12:15, 79 Nichola Bolhasani 12:19, 99 Evie Kendell 13:40
B5-6 1 Samuel Keene 08:03, 3 Elijah Tedd 08:29, 4 Austin Lyons 08:38, 7 Caleb Keene 08:42, 8 James Whittaker 08:44, 9 Josh Salmon 08:45, 10 Jasper Bennett 08:49, 17 Arthur Venning 09:10, 26 Leo Freer 09:29, 31 Hugo Earl 09:42, 33 Harry Richards 09:44, 35 Alfie Thomas 09:46, 46 Elliot Rushgrove 10:01, 50 Jacob Coleman 10:09, 67 George Redmond 10:27, 82 Leo Guppy 10:49, 84 Edward Sharp 10:51
G7-8 3 Imogen Burton 14:27, 33 Chloe Deak 17:37
B7-8 1 Ewan Reid 11:56, 3 Eaden Lyons 12:19, 11 Sammy Whitehouse 12:57, 12 James Walker 12:59, 17 Harry Whittaker 13:18
B9-10 3 Simeon Tedd 15:43
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.
22 Simeon Tedd 17:58
57 Harry Whittaker 20:04
77 James Whittaker 21:46
97 Caitlyn Hartley 23:56
Sun 27 October – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 2 at Thornes Park Wakefield
In 2023, 8 VS juniors ran
2024 results
U11 Girls 3 Abigail Bottomley 6:08, 4 Emmy Deverill 6:11, 15 Matilda Dark 6:31, 20 Dora Walmsley 6:41, 26 Niamh Archbold 7:03 team 1st
U11 Boys 13 Harry Richards 6:10
U13 Girls 17 Imogen Burton 13:40
U13 Boys 5 Ewan Reid 11:06
U15 Boys 16 Dan Breedon 16:39
U17 Men 11 Joseph Urquhart 20:21
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
2024 Results (1 team)
U13 Boys Harry Whittaker 8:37, James Whittaker 8:57, Ewan Reid 8:19 Team 35th
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.
2024 results (53 runners)
G3-4 2 Essie Molyneux 06:34, 3 Leanna Zeidan 06:35, 4 Ella Shanks 06:37, 10 Isla Waters 07:17, 32 Lola Thomas 07:49, 39 Molly Kendell 07:54, 49 Beatrice Clark 08:12, 64 Emily Ball 08:35, 90 Betsy Earl 09:24
B3-4 2 Jenson Bennett 05:54, 4 Ben Fowler 06:08, 5 Kyle Reid 06:12, 7 Henry Kirwan 06:14, 11 Ben Rollison 06:25, 13 Oliver Breedon 06:28, 23 Alex Burbidge 06:36, 34 Seb Rollison 06:48, 55 Rex Walmsley 07:05, 71 Seb Fowler 07:20, 104 Alex Player 08:01
G5-6 10 Ezzie Yansaneh 07:17, 12 Skye Somerville 07:23, 13 Ella Ball 07:23, 15 Matilda Dark 07:27, 17 Lucy Allman 07:31, 19 Helena Bolhasani 07:37, 30 Esmé Clark 07:48, 36 Laurie Phillips 08:00, 40 Francesca Furniss 08:05, 46 Arabella Nancolas 08:11, 77 Nichola Bolhasani 09:01, 80 Sophia Melara 09:07, 98 Evie Kendell 09:56
B5-6 1 Samuel Keene 05:53, 2 Elijah Tedd 05:59, 3 James Whittaker 06:05, 4 Josh Salmon 06:05, 11 Caleb Keene 06:18, 21 Jasper Bennett 06:35, 27 Harry Richards 06:45, 32 Arthur Venning 06:49, 42 Hugo Earl 07:01, 56 Alfie Thomas 07:15, 59 Elliot Rushgrove 07:16, 64 Jacob Coleman 07:19, 70 George Redmond 07:29, 92 Leo Guppy 07:58
G7-8 3 Jess Rollings 10:38, 5 Imogen Burton 10:48, 22 Chloe Deak 12:38
B7-8 1 Ewan Reid 08:58, 8 James Walker 09:31, 9 Harry Whittaker 09:35
Sun 10 November – West Yorkshire Cross Country League meeting 3 at South Leeds (see section below). In 2023, 13 VS juniors ran
2024 results
U11 Girls 3 Emmy Deverill 7:37, 4 Abigail Bottomley 7:46, 21 Dora Walmsley 8:31, 32 Niamh Archbold 9:01, 33 Esmé Clark 9:02, 34 Matilda Dark 9:05 team 1st
U13 Boys 5 Ewan Reid 11:46, 19 Harry Whittaker 13:01, 21 James Whittaker 13:15 team 3rd
U17 Men 5 Joseph Urquhart 17:04
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
2024 results (60 ran)
U9G 3 Ruby Wilson 7:44, 6 Ella Shanks 7:58, 12 Izzy Grosvenor 8:23, 17 Molly Kendell 8:54, 22 Poppy Bennett 9:16, 24 Beatrice Clark 9:29
U9B 7 Kyle Reid 7:22, 12 Ben Fowler 7:30, 13 Barney Woodger 7:37, 14 Samuel Mclarkey 7:46, 16 Ben Rollison 8:00, 20 Rex Walmsley 8:11, 21 Leo Robinson 8:12, 26 Nye Mason 8:23, 32 Federico Furniss 8:40, 44 Sam Fowler 9:10, 51 Alex Player 9:45, 57 Jonah Steere 10:17
U11G 2 Abigail Bottomley 6:50, 3 Emmy Deverill 6:50, 10 Ava Mclarkey 7:10, 13 Dora Walmsley 7:28, 19 Matilda Dark 7:42, 23 Evelyn Fordham 8:01, 27 Skye Somerville 8:07, 28 Esmé Clark 8:08, 30 Lucy Walker 8:11, 32 Niamh Archbold 8:14, 33 Helena Bolhasani 8:14, 36 Francesca Furniss 8:17, 44 Olivia Benjamin 8:35, 45 Laurie Phillips 8:36, 64 Eve Barton 9:22, 66 Sophia Melara 9:28, 67 Nichola Bolhasani 9:29, 68 Libby Frenneaux 9:29, 72 Isla Robinson 10:11, 75 Evie Kendell 11:21
U11B 9 Levi Woodger 6:38, 15 Seb Fowler 7:01, 17 Thomas Grosvenor 7:05, 36 Henry Rollings 7:51, 41 Edward Sharp 8:05, 43 Leo Guppy 8:07, 47 Xander Lloyd 8:19
U13G 10 Jess Rollings 10:35, 15 Imogen Burton 11:03, 36 Lucy Sheen 12:54
U13B 16 Harry Whittaker 10:20, 17 James Whittaker 10:24, 34 Seth Steere 11:43, 38 Søren Pailor 12:34
U16G 27 Caitlyn Hartley 11:27, 28 Milly Booth 11:28, 30 Mary Venning 11:36, 39 Aisha Benjamin 12:54, 40 Kirsten Reid 13:00, 49 Natalie Ward 13:58
U16B 2 Joseph Urquhart 8:34, 25 Solomon Steere 11:10
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.
22 James Gostling 17:08
49 Ewan Reid 18:20
93 James Walker 20:06
97 Harry Whittaker 20:25
117 Caitlyn Hartley 22:47
118 Abigail Bottomley 22:50
133 Kirsten Reid 25:17
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
2024 Results (40 ran)
U9G 4 Ella Shanks 7:22, 5 Ruby Wilson 7:25, 7 Izzy Grosvenor 7:47, 15 Molly Kendell 8:13, 23 Beatrice Clark 8:54, 33 Connie Steere 9:38, 34 Emmy Forster 9:56
U9B 8 Kyle Reid 7:05, 9 Samuel Mclarkey 7:16, 16 Barney Woodger 7:38, 21 Rex Walmsley 7:43, 25 Nye Mason 7:52, 31 Federico Furniss 8:11, 34 Sebby Forster 8:28, 42 Alex Player 9:06, 48 Jonah Steere 9:38
U11G 3 Abigail Bottomley 6:26, 6 Dora Walmsley 6:43, 18 Matilda Dark 7:21, 21 Esmé Clark 7:28, 23 Francesca Furniss 7:30, 32 Niamh Archbold 7:39, 35 Helena Bolhasani 7:45, 43 Lucy Walker 8:09, 46 Eve Barton 8:27, 59 Nichola Bolhasani 8:56, 61 Evie Kendell 9:48
U11B 11 Levi Woodger 6:26, 30 Leo Guppy 7:17
U13G 19 Imogen Burton 14:00, 33 Lucy Sheen 16:09
U13B 3 Ewan Reid 11:03, 32 Seth Steere 14:26, 39 Søren Pailor 15:45
U16G 22 Caitlyn Hartley 14:02, 24 Milly Booth 14:04, 26 Mary Venning 14:19, 36 Natalie Ward 15:55
U16B 2 Joseph Urquhart 10:36, 21 Solomon Steere 13:46
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.
2024 Results
U11 Girls 5 Emmy Deverill 6:02, 8 Abigail Bottomley 6:16, 10 Dora Walmsley 6:27, 19 Matilda Dark 6:43, 29 Niamh Archbold 7:02
U11 Boys 12 Harry Richards 6:04
U13 Girls 18 Imogen Burton 13:47
U13 Boys 9 Ewan Reid 13:21, 19 James Walker 14:24
U17 Men 17 Joseph Urquhart 21:26
2024 Season Tables
U11 Girls 4 Emmy Deverill, 5 Abigail Bottomley, 21 Dora Walmsley, 24 Matilda Dark, 34 Niamh Archbold
U11 Girls Team FIRST!!!
U13 Girls 13 Imogen Burton
U13 Boys 5 Ewan Reid
U17 Men 15 Joseph Urquhart
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 the equivalent meeting in 2023, 27 VS juniors ran in the primary schools races, 16 VS juniors and 3 VS young adults ran in the trials races
2024 results (52 ran)
G3-4 1 Essie Molyneux 06:52, 2 Ella Shanks 06:53, 10 Isla Waters 07:46, 27 Lola Thomas 08:31, 28 Beatrice Clark 08:31, 40 Emily Ball 08:59, 60 Betsy Earl 09:28
B3-4 3 Jenson Bennett 06:37, 5 Ben Fowler 06:47, 6 Henry Kirwan 06:48, 9 Kyle Reid 06:58, 14 Ben Rollison 07:03, 16 Alex Burbidge 07:05, 17 Oliver Breedon 07:07, 48 Rex Walmsley 07:41, 80 Seb Fowler 08:21, 86 Alex Player 08:31
G5-6 1 Dora Walmsley 07:40, 7 Ezzie Yansaneh 08:14, 10 Matilda Dark 08:22, 17 Lucy Allman 08:36, 19 Helena Bolhasani 08:40, 20 Skye Somerville 08:43, 27 Esmé Clark 08:55, 30 Ella Ball 09:04, 32 Laurie Phillips 09:10, 52 Arabella Nancolas 09:49, 57 Sophia Melara 10:08, 58 Nichola Bolhasani 10:10
B5-6 1 Samuel Keene 06:59, 2 Josh Salmon 07:01, 3 Elijah Tedd 07:07, 6 James Whittaker 07:16, 8 Caleb Keene 07:17, 12 Austin Lyons 07:26, 17 Jasper Bennett 07:37, 21 Arthur Venning 07:40, 30 Hugo Earl 08:01, 31 Alfie Thomas 08:01, 36 Jacob Coleman 08:06, 47 Leo Guppy 08:27, 68 George Redmond 09:01
SENIOR SCHOOLS TRIALS RACES
Top 10 will compete for Leeds in West Yorkshire Championship on 1 February 2025
G7 5 Imogen Burton 11:54, 8 Romy Aitchison 12:53
B7 2 James Walker 10:36
G8-9 9 Jess Rollings 11:20, 10 Isla Butterworth 11:45
B8-9 6 Eaden Lyons 10:00, 7 Ewan Reid 10:06, 16 Harry Whittaker 10:48, 19 Sammy Whitehouse 11:06
B10-11 3 Simeon Tedd 14:45, 4 James Gostling 14:55
Sun 15 December – Peco Cross Country League meeting 3 at Middleton Park
In 2023, 32 VS juniors ran in the 1 mile race, 11 VS juniors ran in the 2 mile race
2024 results (31 ran)
U9G 3 Ruby Wilson 8:46, 4 Ella Shanks 8:53, 12 Molly Kendell 9:29, 25 Poppy Freer 11:00
U9B 5 Samuel Mclarkey 8:01, 9 Kyle Reid 8:27, 13 Barney Woodger 8:55, 21 Nye Mason 9:11, 43 Sebby Forster 11:36
U11G 3 Emmy Deverill 7:33, 4 Abigail Bottomley 7:39, 5 Dora Walmsley 7:41, 27 Helena Bolhasani 8:57, 28 Esmé Clark 8:59, 35 Lucy Walker 9:49, 41 Eve Barton 10:34, 42 Nichola Bolhasani 10:39, 51 Evie Kendell 11:53
U11B 6 Levi Woodger 7:13, 29 Leo Guppy 8:42, 41 Xander Lloyd 9:31
U13G 13 Imogen Burton 14:31, 30 Lucy Sheen 17:06
U13B 17 Harry Whittaker 13:40, 19 James Whittaker 13:54, 30 Søren Pailor 15:55
U16G 16 Milly Booth 14:44, 18 Caitlyn Hartley 14:56, 24 Mary Venning 15:51, 27 Kirsten Reid 17:11
U16B 2 Joseph Urquhart 11:18
Sat 04 January 2025 – Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Lightwater Valley – school year 7 and above.
In 2024, 8 VS juniors competed; the U13 boys team were 4th and the U15 boys team 9th
2024 RESULTS
U13 Girls 38 Imogen Burton 12:08
U13 Boys 9 Ewan Reid 9:45, 27 Sammy Whitehouse 10:37, 28 Harry Durbin 10:46, 39 Bertie Bell 11:27 team 4th
U15 Boys 15 James Gostling 16:58, 21 Simeon Tedd 17:14
U17 Men 24 Jimmy Burns 24:05, 34 Joel Caleb 25:41, 39 William Caleb 28:01 team 7th
Sun 05 January 2025 – Peco Cross Country mtg 4 at Stockeld Park – POSTPONED to 2 March.
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
2025 RESULTS (45 ran)
G3-4 1 Essie Molyneux 06:19, 3 Ella Shanks 06:26, 5 Leanna Zeidan 06:38, 21 Lola Thomas 07:36, 25 Molly Kendell 07:45, 33 Beatrice Clark 07:59, 66 Betsy Earl 09:02
B3-4 8 Kyle Reid 06:23, 13 Alex Burbidge 06:34, 19 Ben Fowler 06:42, 30 Oliver Breedon 06:54, 33 Ben Rollison 07:00, 81 Alex Player 07:49, 98 Seb Fowler 08:22
G5-6 6 Matilda Dark 09:22, 11 Esmé Clark 09:35, 19 Ella Ball 10:00, 21 Skye Somerville 10:06, 22 Lucy Allman 10:07, 25 Laurie Phillips 10:14, 29 Helena Bolhasani 10:21, 42 Arabella Nancolas 11:03, 57 Nichola Bolhasani 12:07, 63 Sophia Melara 12:24, 76 Evie Kendell 13:43
B5-6 1 Samuel Keene 07:50, 3 Elijah Tedd 07:57, 4 Josh Salmon 08:06, 8 Caleb Keene 08:25, 17 Harry Richards 08:42, 18 Austin Lyons 08:44, 22 Arthur Venning 08:51, 29 Jasper Bennett 09:05, 30 Alfie Thomas 09:06, 38 Hugo Earl 09:23, 53 Leo Guppy 09:44, 56 Elliot Rushgrove 09:46
G7-8 7 Imogen Burton 13:30, 8 Jess Rollings 13:33
B7-8 1 Ewan Reid 11:16, 3 Eaden Lyons 11:29, 9 Sammy Whitehouse 12:26, 17 Harry Whittaker 12:54
B9-10 1 James Gostling 14:24, 2 Simeon Tedd 14:39
FINAL LEAGUE POSITIONS (Primary schools best 3 of 4)
G3-4 1 Essie Molyneux 3, 2 Ella Shanks 7, 4 Leanna Zeidan 11, 10 Isla Waters 33, 27 Lola Thomas 80, 29 Beatrice Clark 92, 32 Molly Kendell 99, 59 Betsy Earl 181
B3-4 2 Jenson Bennett 8, 4 Ben Fowler 15, 6 Kyle Reid 18, 9 Henry Kirwan 27, 10 Ben Rollison 36, 17 Oliver Breedon 51, 19 Alex Burbidge 52, 43 Rex Walmsley 135, 65 Seb Fowler 213, 78 Alex Player 271
G5-6 6 Ezzie Yansaneh 27, 9 Matilda Dark 31, 16 Esme Clark 49, 17 Skye Somerville 51, 18 Ella Ball 52, 20 Lucy Allman 56, 23 Helena Bolhasani 60, 29 Laurie Phillips 91, 43 Arabella Nancolas 134, 58 Nichola Bolhasani 192, 58 Sophia Melara 192, 78 Evie Kendell 273
B5-6 1 Samuel Keene 3, 2 Elijah Tedd 8, 4 Josh Salmon 10, 6 James Whittaker 17, 9 Caleb Keene 23, 11 Austin Lyons 34, 18 Jasper Bennett 48, 19 Leo Freer 49, 25 Arthur Venning 60, 28 Harry Richards 77, 32 Alfie Thomas 96, 34 Hugo Earl 99, 46 Jacob Coleman 150, 51 Elliot Rushgrove 161, 56 Leo Guppy 182, 64 George Redmond 205
FINAL LEAGUE POSITIONS (Secondary schools best 2 of 3)
G7-8 5 Imogen Burton 8, 6 Jess Rollings 11, 11 Romy Aitchison 22, 28 Chloe Deak 55
B7-8 1 Ewan Reid 2, 3 Eaden Lyons 6, 11 James Walker 20, 11 Sammy Whitehouse 20, 16 Harry Whittaker 26
B9-10 1 Simeon Tedd 3
Sat 18 January 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 1 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
List of events https://www.race-results.co.uk/onlineentries/uploads/info5563.pdf
Online entry £20 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
2025 RESULTS
U13 Boys 39 Ewan Reid 48:00
U15 Boys 12 Simeon Tedd 13:39, 17 James Gostling 13:47
Sat 01 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, Northants on 22 March, years 8-13 at Ardingley, Sussex on 15 March
2025 – 8 VS juniors will be running
Sun 02 February 2025 – Northern Athletics U13/15 Indoor Championships at Sheffield
https://www.northernathletics.co.uk/events/northern-u13-u15-indoor-championships-2025/
Sun 09 February 2025 – Peco Cross Country League meeting 4 at Roundhay Park
https://pecoxc.co.uk/pages/race4.html
In 2024, 28 VS juniors competed in the 1 mile race and 10 in the 2 mile race
Wed 12 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
Sat 22 February 2025 – English National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill, London
Entries close 31 January https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2025/natxc25e.php
Sat 22 February 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 2 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
List of events https://www.race-results.co.uk/onlineentries/uploads/info5563.pdf
For more details see 18 Januuary
In 2024, 2 VS juniors – Harry Richards & Josh Salmon – competed in the series
Wed 26 February 2025 – Leeds 5k at Brownlee Centre
https://racebest.com/races/ck585
10 races in the series, 26 Feb, 26 Mar, 23 Apr, 28 May, 18 Jun, 23 Jul, 27 Aug, 24 Sep, 22 Oct, 26 Nov
Save money by buying a season ticket
England Athletics affiliation required otherwise pay non-affiliated fee
Sun 02 March 2025 – Peco Cross Country League meeting 5 at Stockeld Park nr Wetherby
https://pecoxc.co.uk/pages/race5.html
In 2024, 34 VS juniors competed in the 1 mile race and 10 in the 2 mile
Thu 06 March 2025 PROVISIONAL DATE – West Yorkshire Primary School Games cross country Final at Templenewsam.
Qualifying is via event on 12 February.
This event serves as a qualifier for school years 4,5,6 for the English event at Shuckborough on 22 March.
Sun 09 March 2025 – Peco Cross Country Relays and Juniors Relays at Bramley Falls Woods
https://pecoxc.co.uk/pages/relay.html NB website currently shows last year’s information
** 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 National Schools XC Championships (secondary schools) 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 1 February (for year 7) and 12 February (for years 4-6). Year 3 may also enter as individuals
In 2023, 2 VS juniors competed for West Yorkshire in the Y4 race, 4 in Y5, 3 in Y6 and 4 in Y7. Also 2 ran in the Y3 race.
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)
Wed 26 March 2025 – Leeds 5k at Brownlee Centre
https://racebest.com/races/ck585
10 races in the series, 26 Feb, 26 Mar, 23 Apr, 28 May, 18 Jun, 23 Jul, 27 Aug, 24 Sep, 22 Oct, 26 Nov
Save money by buying a season ticket
England Athletics affiliation required otherwise pay non-affiliated fee
Sun ?? April 2025 – Spenborough AC “Winter Warmup” track & field meeting
Sat 22 March 2025 – Wakefield Indoor Junior Athletics meeting 3 at Thornes Park Stadium. 10:00-14:00
List of events https://www.race-results.co.uk/onlineentries/uploads/info5563.pdf
For details, see 18 January
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/ )
- Leeds 5k races Wednesday evenings, 26 Feb, 26 Mar, 23 Apr, 28 May, 18 Jun, 23 Jul, 27 Aug, 24 Sep, 22 Oct, 26 Nov. See 26 Feb for details
- West Yorkshire League Track & Field 7 meetings (four on Wednesday evenings, three on Sundays) – 13 April, 7 May, 4 June, 25 June, 20 July, 6 August, 7 September http://www.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk/wyl25index.htm
https://www.race-results.co.uk/onlineentries/user/login.php?raceid=5662 - Jack Bloor Junior Fell Races at Ilkley Tuesday 13 May https://jackbloor.co.uk/race/
- Yorkshire Track & Field Championships in May
- Cookridge junior run 18 May https://racebest.com/races/266×5
- Eccup junior races 6 July entries not yet open (this is a “free” race, see below)
- Golden Acre junior relays in July (in 2024, 31 VS junior teams took part) (entry fee paid by VS)
“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), Peco Relays (50p), Eccup Junior Races, Wetherby Junior Races (£3 refunded), Abbey Dash Junior Race (£3 refunded)
NB you also get free entry to 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 and the best individuals from the West Yorks final qualify to represent West Yorkshire at the National Final.
Schools must be members of their local School Sports Partnership to take part.
Leeds Schools Sports Association cross-country races
4 meetings between October and January – races for boys and girls in age groups 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.