As our juniors progress beyond 12 years of age they have more opportunities to represent the club in competitive activities. As a result, we begin to specialise the training towards more endurance running whilst still providing coaching around throwing and jumping. Juniors compete in age categories that are Under 13, Under 15, and Under 17.
The North East Harrier League provides cross country competition for all juniors. We also regularly enter regional and national events. This is available to all juniors, regardless of ability. There are opportunities for talented athletes to be selected to represent the county.
Our training sessions are athlete led and ensure that they are designed to suit the ability of the junior rather than being arbitrarily based on age or size.
For running we group juniors into one of four training groups: Racing Group, Development Group, Core Group and Transition Group. Juniors can move between these groups and it ensures they are always training with juniors of a similar ability.