Derby Athletic Club News and updates
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Level 1 officials course at Moorways in September
Great news for budding Track & Field Technical Officials. A Level 1 Technical Officials course has been arranged at Derby on Saturday 28 September starting at 10.30am. All of the disciplines will be available, Track judging, Field Judging, Timekeeping, Starter/Starters Assistant and Photo-finish. The Health & Safety module needs to be completed on line. For […]
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Athletes brave rain to battle for Carson Cup
Congratulations to the 30 athletes who braved the wet conditions at this year’s Derby Athletic Club Carson cup handicap race on Tuesday (30 July). Well done to Jack Finnegan, who was the winner of the Carson Cup with a dominant victory. Fastest female was Bethan Hudson, with the trophy for fastest male and fastest overall […]
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Hannah to throw javelin for England
Derby Athletic Club’s Hannah Barnden is delighted to have been chosen to compete for her country. Promising javelin thrower Hannah is one of two girls nationally chosen to throw for England in Dublin at the U18 Youth Nations Cup on Saturday (3 August). Hannah will be looking to build on her success in English Schools, […]
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DAC athlete to compete for England
Congratulations to Alice Crane who has been selected to compete for England in the WMRA International under 18 youth cup in Susa, Italy. Alice secured her selection by winning the fell trails race in the Lake District the day after competing in the English schools 3000m final. Good luck Alice from all of us at […]
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Nine DAC athletes compete in English Schools
A group of nine Derby AC athletes competed in the prestigious English Schools championships in Birmingham on Friday and Saturday, 12 and 13 July. Perhaps the top performance for the club came from debutant at the event Ben Stevenson in the junior boys 800m. He qualified to the final with a PB of 2min 4sec […]
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Derby athletes compete in English championships
Four athletes from DAC travelled to Bedford to take part in the England Athletics U20/U23 Championships in June. Athletes have to make a tough qualifying standard just to enter the event. The four were: Florence Beedie (100m) Hannah Barnden (javelin) Isaac Wood (discus) Ella Blakey (100m) Molly Hudson also qualified but was unable to attend […]
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Nine DAC athletes qualify for English Schools
Nine Derby Athletic Club athletes are delighted to have been selected to compete at the English Schools Championships this month. The event, to be held at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium, aims to bring together the best young athletes from each county to compete. Athletes are chosen based on performances through the season, including at the Derbyshire […]
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Could you nominate someone for the Derby Telegraph Sports Awards?
The Derby Telegraph has launched its annual sports awards and is looking for nominations in a range of categories, including young sportsman and sportswoman, coach, team and junior team of the year. Could you nominate your coach, your team, a fellow athlete for the club or even yourself? Nominations must be received by midnight on […]
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Saturday morning training
Due to continuing weekend use of the track at Moorways for competitions through July, the club is shelving plans to continue Saturday morning training this summer. If you are interested in training on a Saturday over the autumn/winter, please let your coach know so the club can gauge interest.
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Patricija wins place at English Schools Combined Events
A big congratulations to Derby Athletic Club multi-eventer Patricija Nemanyte, who posted a PB points score in the Midlands Regional Combined Events final on 23 June to become the U15 girls regional champion. Her winning points score of 2829 in the pentathlon, more than 100 points ahead of the second-placed athlete in a strong field […]