Derby Athletic Club News and updates
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Awards at city sports event for Barry and Hannah
Two Derby Athletic Club members had their contribution recognised when they stopped awards at the Derby City Sport Forum event. The awards night, at Derby Council House on Thursday (10 October) saw club chairman Barry Parker receive a Lifetime Service award while U20 javelin thrower Hannah Barnden was awarded Junior Sportswoman of the Year. Hannah […]
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No more new starters sessions until January
Derby Athletic Club has been running introductory sessions on the first Tuesday and Thursday of the month for potential athletes wishing to join the Club’s induction group. Unfortunately, due to the group being at capacity, the sessions will be taking a short break and no more new starters can be accepted into the induction group […]
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Success in Northern Road Relays
Athletes from Derby posted some great results in the Northern Road Relays in Manchester at the weekend. In the U13 girls’ event, first year runners Sophie Robertson-Dover 14.23 and Ruby Davies 14.27 were in 10th position but unfortunately the team was incomplete so they were unable to finish. The U15 boys did magnificently and finished […]
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Stellar efforts from DAC athletes at Inter-Counties
Stellar performances from U13 high jumper and hurdler Kevin Masukume and U15 middle-distance runner Ben Stevenson were among the highlights for Derby Athletic Club competitors at the Inter Counties championships. The U13 and U15 event, on Saturday 14 September in Hull, saw 16 DAC youngsters chosen to compete as part of the Derbyshire team, against […]
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DAC athletes meet stars at Diamond League
The club’s U20 woman had a fantastic day in Birmingham, when they were invited to take part in the relay as part of the Diamond League event. A big thank you to distance runner Molly Hudson and multi eventer Karla Teece for stepping in when two sprinters were not available, alongside Lauren Blakey and Mya […]
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Seniors battle to stay in Northern League division 2
Derby AC headed into their final senior league match of the season, at Rotherham, needing to finish in the top three on the day, in order not to finish in the bottom two overall and be relegated. Team manager Richard Wilson had sent out the rallying call for seniors to pitch in and help the […]
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Double success for DAC athletes
A great weekend for Derby Athletic Club saw club athletes winning a gold medal in the Youth Nations Cup and a bronze in the England Athletics Combined Events championships. Competing for England in Dublin in the Youth Nations Cup was Hannah Barnden, who this year has moved from multi eventing to focus on the javelin. […]
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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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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 AC Annual Review 2018
Here are a few pictures from the night. What a fantastic evening had by all. Congratulations to all award winners. Here’s to a successful 2018/19.