Seaton Athletic Club has been celebrating a hugely successful year in both county and northern competitions.
In the Cumbria league they were crowned champions in all three categories, overall league category, female athlete’s category and male athletes category.
Last year Seaton and Border Harriers formed a composite team to compete in the North West region of the UK Youth Development League, in which there are two age categories – Lower (Under-15 and Under-13) as well as Upper (Under-20 and Under-17).
The composite team travelled to compete at some brilliant venues including Carlisle, Blackpool and Sportcity in Manchester where the Lower category were very successful, winning every single meeting and being crowned champions of the league and securing promotion to the next tier.
The Upper age group were great, but not quite as successful. However, this was purely down to numbers, as the athletes that did compete all performed fantastically, but due to the lack of athletes that fit into the age category they were unable to obtain promotion.
The Northern league is for athletes in the U17s category and upwards so once again Seaton and Border Harriers formed a composite team where they travelled to compete in places such as Manchester, Wrexham and Carlisle and after a superb display from all eligible athletes they were crowned champions and duly promoted.
An outstanding season has meant that Seaton AC have become champions in three out of the four leagues that they compete in – Cumbria League, YDL (Upper and Lower) and Northern League.
Seaton AC are a local athletic team that were first started by Terry Hughes in 1971. 54 years later Terry is still running the club and attends almost every training session.
The club attracts athletes from far and wide, including Workington, Allonby, Cockermouth, Egremont, Keswick and. Whitehaven.
Seaton AC has started to grow over the last year or so and now have around 90 registered athletes, and along with the uptick in athlete numbers, Seaton have also put parents and volunteers through their coaching qualifications to maintain a safe coach to athlete ratio.
All these achievements couldn’t have been made, without the dedication of the athletes, coaches, volunteers and helpers who attend training sessions in all weathers, striving to be the best they can be.
