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City of Sheffield and Dearne Athletic Club

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City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Sheffield, England. It is based at the Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium. The club competes in the British Athletics League Premiership and Northern Athletics League Division 1. The Young Athletes compete in the National Youth Development League. The Upper and Lower Age Group teams compete in the Northern East Premier Division.

From 2017 the club have joined the UK Women's League.

History

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Sheffield United Harriers were formed in 1894. In 1975, Sheffield United Harriers amalgamated with Sheffield City Athletic Club to form Sheffield Athletic Club.

At the turn of the century the club assumed the name City of Sheffield Athletic Club. The club competed at the Don Valley Stadium until it closed in September 2013,[1] moving to Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium after refurbishments.[2]

In 2015 the club completed the merger with Dearne Athletic Club founded by Trevor Fox and competes under the name of City of Sheffield & Dearne Athletic Club.[3]

Honours

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Senior Men:

Young Athletes:

  • Youth Development League
    • Fifth Place: 2015

Notable athletes

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Olympians

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Athlete Country Events Olympics Medals
Lawrence Allen   10km walk 1952
Roland Hardy   10km walk, 20km walk 1952, 1956
Ken Wood   1500 metres 1956
Albert Johnson   50km walk 1956, 1960
Sheila Sherwood[4]   long jump 1964,1968,1972  
Keith Angus[5]   marathon 1976
John Sherwood[6]   400 metres hurdles, 4x400 metres relay 1968,1972  
Jonathan Brown   10000 metres, marathon 1996, 2000, 2004
Jessica Ennis-Hill[7]   heptathlon 2012, 2016  
Silver

Luke Cutts

Gerald Phiri

Rafael Alleyne

Rafi Solaiman (Para Athlete)[8]   RaceRunner. RR3 100m Silver Medalist - Para Athletics European Championships, Berlin 2018. RR3 100m Silver Medalist - World Para Athletics Championships, Dubai 2019.

Ellie Simpson (Para Athlete)[9]   RaceRunner. RR2/3 Silver Medalist - World Para Athletics Championships, Dubai 2019. 200m World Record Holder 2019-2020

Kit

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The club's vest consists of a thick blue stripe on the front and back in the centre, with dark green sides.

References

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  1. ^ "Don Valley Stadium". runtrackdir. runtrackdir. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Race is on to get athletics stadium up to scratch". Sheffield Telegraph. Sheffield Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Dearne ALC Athletics Club Merger". City of Sheffield Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ Sheila Sherwood at Power of 10
  5. ^ Keith Angus at Power of 10
  6. ^ John Sherwood at Power of 10
  7. ^ Jessica Ennis-Hill at Power of 10
  8. ^ "Athlete Profile".
  9. ^ "Athlete Profile".
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