City of Sheffield and Dearne Athletic Club

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

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

Senior Men:

Young Athletes:

  • Youth Development League
    • Fifth Place: 2015

Notable athletes

Olympians
AthleteCountryEventsOlympicsMedals
Lawrence Allen10km walk1952
Roland Hardy10km walk, 20km walk1952, 1956
Ken Wood1500 metres1956
Albert Johnson50km walk1956, 1960
Sheila Sherwood[4]long jump1964,1968,1972
John Sherwood[5]400 metres hurdles, 4x400 metres relay1968,1972
Jonathan Brown10000 metres, marathon1996, 2000, 2004
Jessica Ennis-Hill[6]heptathlon2012, 2016
Silver

Michael Corden

Luke Cutts

Gerald Phiri

Kit

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

References
  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. 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. John Sherwood at Power of 10
  6. Jessica Ennis-Hill at Power of 10


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