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The National Men’s 12 Stage and Women’s 6 Stage Road Relays are being held on Saturday, 17th April

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Northern Athletics team for the Malta International match on 10 April has been announced

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Yorkshire County AA will hold their AGM in the Grandstand Suite, South Leeds Stadium 22 March 2010 at 7:30pm

Well done to all involved in National Cross Country Champs

Congratulation to all the Northern athletes and officials who helped to make a great success of the English National Cross Country Championships at Roundhay Park on 27th February. Given the poor weather leading up to the championships it was a great relief that on the day everything ran smoothly. Thanks to Leeds City Council for their invaluable help and support in staging this event. John Lunn and his team for providing us with another great course at Roundhay, and many others who helped make it a memorable day.

Tom Farrell adds indoor 5,000m to his record list

Border AC athlete Tom Farrell completed a very successful month of indoor racing with another UK under 20 indoor records. Running at Iowa he finished in 3rd place over 5000m in 14 mins 12.62secs a new UK indoor record for an under 20. He was 50 seconds inside the previous record of 15 mins 04.04secs set in Bedford at AAA's U20's last summer. The 5000m can now be added to his 3000m record set on 13 February. Tom is not planning to race again until the World XC Champs which is on Poland on 28th March, this though is subject to selection by UKA.

English National Cross Country Championships

The English National Cross Country Championships will take place at Roundhay Park this Saturday (27 February). These championships attract large crowds and those intending to drive to Leeds should read the notices on the event page. There are no public car parks in the Roundhay Park area that can cope with the numbers attending the “National” and all parking will be on the streets. Please be aware that this is a residential area and you must not obstruct any access. You will not be able to park on the roads bordering Soldiers Field.