Club Training Nights
Tuesday 7pm at Metrodome, Barnsley
Tuesday 6pm at Dorothy Hyman
Thursday 7pm at Metrodome, Barnsley
Thursday 6pm at Dorothy Hyman
Our club competes across a wide range of events up and down the country. We’ve been the home of Olympians, seasoned athletes and those just getting started!
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Barnsley Athletic Club
We are a running club based in the Barnsley area! For all abilities.
💙❤️ There's been lots of treats and not too many tricks this week 🎃.....![]()
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Keith Littlewood set Season's Best times in both 5k and 10k distances this week. He ran 18:43 at Leeds 5k held at the Brownlee cycle track. His 38:36 time at the Brigg Poppy 10k saw him finish 2nd 🥈 V55 Male 💪![]()
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At Worksop Halloween Half Marathon, an undulating course that takes in the scenery of Clumber Park, there was a trio of new PBs 💥 First home was Scott Atkinson in 1:22:06, Tommy Fidler was close behind in 1:23:00 while Vicky Shaw improved by over 2 minutes to finish in 1:31:14 and was 5th Female. Reece Hollingworth followed up his PB at Manchester with a strong performance finishing in 1:25:56 👏![]()
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Gail Colville ran the 16th race in the Circuito de Carreras Populates Diputación de Almeria in Pulpí. The 7km course included a very steep climb up to the Castillo. She finished 2nd 🥈 Female just 2 seconds behind first in a time of 29:57 💪![]()
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Lennon Hughes was first finisher at Barnsley Parkrun in 18:02, just behind him was Jack Bellamy who set a new course PB of 18:15 💥![]()
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We also had 11 members at 2nd fixture of the SYCCL at Longley Park. Well done everyone 👏![]()
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South Yorkshire Cross Country League Fixture 2 (Longley Park):![]()
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Under11 Girls (1400m): 4, Erin Collins, 6:28; 7, Anastasia Lister, 6:36; 15, Tillie May Ryder, 8:54; 16, Ellie-May Ryder, 9:49; 17, Casey-May Ryder, 10:50![]()
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Under13 Girls (2800): 6, Sophia Clegg, 14:38; 7, Beau Beecroft, 15:01![]()
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Ladies (6200m): 66, Faye Lund, 37:35![]()
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Men (10,000m): 114, David Findlay. 55:04; 127, Raymond Archer, 71:00![]()
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Men over65+ (6200m): 12, Rod Scholes, 45:13![]()
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📷 Chris Cull (Barnsley Parkrun)
💙❤️ What another fantastic weekend of racing 😀![]()
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Despite the onset of Storm Ashley, there was great success at the Yorkshire Marathon with Richard Copley (2:40:52) and Alan Nutton (2:58:39) both running PBs. Dave Brooksbank ran his first marathon since 2015, finishing 1st 🥇 over65 Male in a time of 3:09:32. This is now the Barnsley AC V65 Male Club record 🏆 The event also saw a 10-mile race held, Nathan Doy set a new PB of 57:18 to finish 9th overall while Naomi Drakeford finished 3rd 🥉 Female in a time of 1:02:08. Running the distance for the first time was Jack Quigley who ran 1:09:11 whilst his Mum Heidi Quigley was 3rd V45 Female in 1:16:33 🥳![]()
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A tough headwind on the latter half of the Yorkshire Coast 10k in Scarborough saw Gavin Walker run 37:02 while Lynne Hurrell finished in 1:27:45 👏![]()
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Langdale Half Marathon in the Lake District is deemed to be one of the toughest in the country with steep climbs and 546m of elevation gain. Sarah Burton and Helen Jones-Crofts both finished in 3:03:36 💪![]()
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Richard Price was back representing Great Britain 🇬🇧 in the World Triathlon Age-Group Championships Torremolinos-Andalucia. He finished 31st V50 Male in a total time of 2:20:14. This was made up of a 1.5k swim (27:37), 40k bike (1:06:36) and 10k run (40:02).![]()
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We held their October Parkrun Championship at Frickley Country Parkrun. Vicky Shaw was first 🥇 Female in a time of 21:01 and also had the highest age grading with 74:31%. Laura Mills beat her age grade target of 49.65% by running 29:45 thus giving an age grading of 51.09%. There were course PBs for Rob Spedding (23:29) and Kris Brown (23:40) 💥 Chris McNicholas (21:58), Dave Findlay (22:58), Darrell Harrison (27:06) and Jayne Manley (33:01) also took part. Morgan Thompson was first finisher at Cardiff Parkrun running a PB of 16:19 👏![]()
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Let's see what this weekend brings....
💙❤️ Wow what a weekend of racing we've had, from 5ks to Ultras and everything in between !!![]()
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At October's York 5k, Lydia Race ran a new PB 💥 of 18:19 and finished 3rd Female 💪![]()
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Callum Hobson took on the Ladybower Reservoir 52k Ultra race, with over 1000m of elevation, he completed the course in 5:28:34 👏![]()
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The highly popular fast Leeds Abbey Dash 10k saw some great PB 💥 performances including Kai Sunman (31:14), Morgan Thompson (33:28) and Lennon Hughes (37:23). Nathan Doy (34:40), Gavin Walker (35:04) and Kris Brown (44:59) all put in strong performances 💪![]()
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Eleanor Baker made the Elite start at Manchester Half Marathon and came away with 5th place Female in a time of 1:15:44. Reece Hollingworth knocked over 10 minutes off his PB 💥 with 1:22:57 while James Roberts ran 1:23:22, his 2nd fastest time. It was Caron Holburt's first ever half marathon which she finished in 2:36:38. Caroline Spensley and Jacqueline Wallace, running for a charity close to their hearts both completed the 13.1 miles in 2:40:40. Laura Mills time was 2:16:13 👏![]()
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Joy Benson travelled to the USA in search of her next Marathon Major medal. She finished the Chicago Marathon in 5:27:18 to add her 4th Star having already completed New York, London and Berlin Marathons 👏![]()
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Hadrian's Wall Half Marathon starts at World Heritage Site Homesteads Roman Fort and takes in outstanding scenery along the way to Tyne Green Country Park. Dave Findlay finished in a time of 2:13:09 👏![]()
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Gail Colville finished 1st Female at the XXXIX Carrera Popularde Mojacar 9k race in a time of 41:41 💪![]()
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The South Yorkshire Cross Country League started on Sunday with the first fixture at Norfolk Park in Sheffield. 11 Barnsley AC members ran distances from 1500m up to 8000m. U11 Girls Tilly-May Ryder, Ellie-May Ryder and Casey-May Ryder finished in 9:35, 9:38and 9:57 respectively. U13 Girl Beau Beecroft ran 3000m in 15:02. The Veteran Ladies course was 5500m with Christina Laking (26:15), Faye Lund (31:36) and Linda Westlake (35:55) all finishing. On the Men's side, U17 Man Joe Cox finished 6000m in 27:53. Senior Men Richard Butterley (39:22), Lee Spensley (41:14) and Ray Archer (52:52) completed an 8000m course.![]()
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At Parkrun there were first finishes for Gareth Cooke (17:43) and Naomi Drakeford (19:15) at Armley. Vicky Shaw was first Female at Barnsley Parkrun in 21:35 while Alan Nutton finished first at Nostell with 18:29 🥳 ![]()
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All eyes are on York this weekend, good luck to everyone 🍀
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