How Houghton Harriers and AC have turned around their junior athletics
Like many athletics clubs, Houghton Harriers and Athletics Club had started to struggle for junior members over the past few years.
The club tried a number of initiatives to try and get involved with the local schools, but what they tended to find was by the club’s minimum entry age of 8, children were already committed to other sports. To encourage under-8s, the club developed a short taster course that ran once a term.