Welcome to Teesdale Athletic Club
Teesdale Athletic Club is a friendly athletics club for people of all ages and abilities, who live in Barnard Castle and the surrounding Dales.
The club was established in 1984 and while we mainly cater for road running, the club currently takes juniors from 11 years old upwards. We have had athletes competing in National Cross Country Championship races and fell running.
Joining Teesdale Athletic Club gives you the opportunity to meet like minded people and to participate in one of our regular group training sessions. We have a highly experienced and qualified coaching team who lead each training session. We strongly believe regular and structured training helps improve performance at the same time as promoting well-being and a heathy mind. Details of each of the training sessions are shown below, just click on the image to learn more. In addition to the structured training sessions, many club members occasionally meet up on a Sunday morning at the Teesdale Leisure Centre in Barnard Castle for a social run. Routes are normally in the local area and decided on the day.
You are quite welcome to try out our training sessions but please get in touch with the club first and remember that you must wear high visibility clothing at all times, this includes any under garments if you take off your running top. If you fail to wear high visibility clothing then unfortunately you will not be allowed to take part in the training session.
We are affiliated to UK England Athletics, so all eligible club members can obtain personal registration at the same time as taking advantage of many other benefits provided.
Latest Teesdale Athletic Club News
Annual Club Presentation 2024
On Saturday 11th January, we had our Annual Club Presentation [...]
Run Rudolph After Those Grinches Who Stole Fitness
On a bitterly cold Sunday morning just before Christmas, members [...]
Perfect Weather Gives Ideal Start To The Cross Country Season
On Sunday 6th October, 13 members of Teesdale Athletics Club [...]
Darlington 3k & 10k August 2024
Members of Teesdale Athletic Club joined hundreds of runners in [...]
Richmond NYSD March 2024
On Sunday 3rd March Members and family of Teesdale Athletic [...]
Ravenstonedale 10K
On Saturday 25th November 169 runners turned out for the [...]
Raby Castle Trail Dog Race – 12 November
A race report with a difference, Alan took part in [...]
NYSD Cross Country Winter Series – 5 November
On Sunday 5th November, six enthusiastic members of Teesdale AC [...]
Fountains Abbey Park Run
On Saturday 28th October, eleven of team TAC prised themselves [...]
Wild Deer Event @ Raby Castle – 24 September 2023
On Sunday 24th September five members of TAC took part [...]
Scorton Feast Memorial 10k – 20 August 2023
Gail Foster and Adam Yeadon completed the Scorton Feast Memorial [...]
Trudy Layton runs the Ali Brownlee 5k
Trudy Layton ran the Ali Brownlee 5K on 30 June. [...]
Blaydon Races – 9 June 2023
Louise Frank's, Trudy Layton and Joanne Wall took part in [...]
Couch to 5k Graduates 2023
Our new (and returning) runners who started the Couch to [...]
NYSD Team Relay – South Park Darlington – 26 March 2023.
The last race in the Cross Country season and open [...]
NYSD XC Whitby on Sunday 5 March 2023
Gail Foster, Erica Dixon, Rhys Foster and Mark Russell travelled [...]
Erica & The Cancer Research UK London Winter Run
Erica Dixon took part in the Cancer Research UK London [...]
Richmond Cross Country
Stuart Jones and Dave Raymond represented Teesdale Athletic Club at [...]
Carlisle 10k
On Sunday 22nd January, Gail and Rhys Foster made the [...]
Ormseby Hall NYSD
Five members of Teesdale Athletics Club left a snow covered [...]
Jolly Holly Jog
The first race of the Club Championship took place on [...]
Ravenstonedale 10k
After being cancelled in 2021 due to snow the Ravenstonedale [...]
Foxrush X Country
On a damp and foggy morning eight members of Teesdale [...]
NYSD Cross Country Acorn Centre
The first meet of the NYSD Cross Country League took [...]
Richmond 10k
Rhys and Gail Foster took part in the hilly Richmond [...]
London Marathon
Caroline Hamilton was offered the Teesdale Athletics Club place in [...]
Acorn Bank 10k
Gail Foster, Rhys Foster and Dave Raymond made the journey [...]
Great North Run
Teesdale Athletics Club runners accompanied by other runners from Barnard [...]
Ali Brownlee 5k
On Friday evening Trudy Layton along with Alison, Andrew and [...]
Scorton Feast 10k
Rutted fields, stony paths, cow pats, stiles to climb over [...]
Darlington 10k
Three members of Teesdale Athletics club took part in the SG [...]
Gateshead 10k Trail
On Saturday 13th August, four members from Teesdale AC travelled [...]
Gt North 10k – Newcastle
On Sunday 3rd July, the Mounter family took part in the [...]
Cotherstone 5k
On Saturday 30th July TAC members turned out to support [...]
WATLASS WANDER 5K
Gail Foster and Jane Mardon of Teesdale Athletics Club ran [...]
KIPLIN HALL 10K TRAIL
On Thursday 16th June five members of Teesdale Athletics Club travelled to [...]
Burton Leonard 10K
On Sunday 12th June Dave Raymond from TAC completed a [...]
Great Grimsby Orstead 10k
TAC members, Barbara Crawley, Amanda & Simon Pettitt travelled South [...]
Blaydon Race
The 40th Blaydon Race returned to the streets of Newcastle [...]
Edinburgh Half Marathon
On Sunday 29th May, Joanne Wall, from Teesdale AC, joined [...]
Pizza 8K Trail Race
On Sunday 8th May four members of the athletics club [...]
Darlington Children with Cancer 5K
On Wednesday 13th April 8 members of Teesdale Athletics Club [...]
Darlington XC Relays
The final leg of the NYSD cross country season was [...]
Dentdale Runs
On Saturday 12th March, Christine Whitford and Dave Raymond travelled [...]
Stanhope 10K
The challenging Stanhope 10K Trail Race took place on Saturday [...]
Wetheral Three Villages 5 Mile Race
Mums and sons were the order of the day on [...]
Bloodaxe Challenge
The unusually named 'Bloodaxe Challenge' was held on Sunday 13th February, [...]
Richmond NYSD
On Sunday 6th February, four members of Teesdale Athletics Club attended [...]
Carlisle Resolution Run
On Sunday 23rd January 2022, 8 members of Teesdale Athletics [...]
NYSD XC Ormesby Hall
The 5th round of the NYSD cross country competition took place [...]
STUART PAILOR MEMORIAL RACE
The first race of 2022 took place on 2nd January [...]
Jolly Holly Jog
The last race of 2021 took place on Tuesday 28th [...]
McTaggart Trot
On Sunday 19th December 2021, 13 members of Teesdale Athletics [...]
Hartlepool NYSD X Country
Mud, steep hills, up and down, plus a water hazard [...]
Heaton Memorial 10k
On Sunday 14th November 2021, Claire Hesketh, Mike Jarman and [...]
NYSD Croft Racing Circuit
Sunday 21st November saw the third meeting of the NYSD Cross [...]
Leeds Abbey Dash
Leeds Abbey Dash was once a major fixture on the [...]
York 10 Mile
York 10 mile race took place on 16 October 2021 [...]
Foxrush NYSD Cross Country
A sunny, but breezy, autumnal day welcomed three TAC members [...]
Richmond Castle 10k
On a glorious sunny & warm October day, Alan Bray [...]
NYSD Acklam Cross Country
Teesdale Athletic Club were well supported at the first NYSD [...]
London Marathon
Four members of Teesdale AC ( Leslie, Barbara, Jane and [...]
Chester Half Marathon
Local athlete and member of Teesdale Athletics Club, Claire Hesketh, competed [...]
Keswick Half Marathon
After registration at the Rugby Club, and watching the rain [...]
Acorn Bank 10k
The Acorn Bank 10k took place on Sunday 26th September [...]
Great North Run
Erica Dixon (running for Marie Curie), Gail Foster (running for [...]
Stanhope 10 Mile
The Stanhope 10 mile is a recently introduced race, in [...]
Raby Castle 10k Cross Country Race
Teesdale Athletic Club runners Louise Franks and Dave Raymond took [...]
Gateshead 10k Trail
Teesdale Athletic Club at the Gateshead 10K Trail Run Over [...]
London Landmarks Half Marathon
The London Landmarks Half Marathon took place on Sunday 1st [...]
Darlington 10k
Teesdale Athletic Club runners Vicky Bainbridge and Alan Bray both [...]
Children with Cancer charity 5k Darlington
Teesdale AC were out in force on Thursday evening for [...]
Kiplin Hall 10k Trail Race
Teesdale Athletic Club runners made the short trip down the [...]
Big Flat Runway 10k
Elvington Airplane Museum, nr York was the venue for the [...]
Lambton 10k
On Saturday 10th April 318 people completed the Lambton 10K [...]