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.

City of Sheffield and Dearne Athletic Club

Founded	1894
Ground	Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium
Location	Stadium Way, Sheffield S9 3HL, England
Coordinates	53°23′22″N 1°25′58″W
Website	official website

History

The club were based at the Don Valley Stadium from 1990 until 2013

The origins of the club derived from the Sheffield United Harriers who were formed in 1894.^[1] The first meeting of the club was reported in the Sporting Chronicle 22 May 1894. "The first evening meeting of this newly formed club took place yesterday evening at Bramall Lane in fine weather before 1,000 spectators." There were only 3 events on the timetable; the 100 yards, the 2 mile running race and the 1 mile bicycle race.

In 1975, Sheffield United Harriers amalgamated with Sheffield City Athletic Club to form Sheffield Athletic Club.^[2]

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,^[3] moving to Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium after refurbishments.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Honours

Jess Ennis in 2012

Senior Men:

• British Athletics League
  • Second Place: 2015
  • Third Place: 2013, 2014

Young Athletes:

• Youth Development League
  • Fifth Place: 2015

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete	Events	Olympics	Medals	notes/ref
Alan Patterson	400 metres, 800 metres	1908, 1912		Sheffield United Harriers
Lawrence Allen	10km walk	1952		Sheffield United Harriers
Roland Hardy	10km walk, 20km walk	1952, 1956		Sheffield United Harriers
Ken Wood	1500 metres	1956		Sheffield United Harriers
Albert Johnson	50km walk	1956, 1960		Sheffield United Harriers
Sheila Sherwood	long jump	1964, 1968, 1972		Sheffield City AC[6]
John Sherwood	400m hurdles, 4x400 relay	1968, 1972		Sheffield City AC[7]
Keith Angus	marathon	1976		Sheffield AC[8]
Brad McStravick	Decathlon	1980, 1984		Sheffield AC
Jane Furniss-Shields	3,000m, 10,000m	1984, 1988		Sheffield AC
Jonathan Brown	10000 metres, marathon	1996, 2000, 2004		City of Sheffield AC
Jessica Ennis-Hill	heptathlon	2012, 2016		City of Sheffield AC[9]

Other

• Luke Cutts, Commonwealth Games medallist
• David Johnson, 1978 Commonwealth Games
• Gerald Phiri, Olympian who trained with the club

Kit

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