Originally Posted by
Graham Breeze
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The Danes divided Yorkshire into thridings or thirds. (Hence "Ridings"). Each of which was divided into wapentakes. These were the meeting place for decision making.
The "Shire Oak" in Headingly was one such place - hence Skyrack.
There is a pub in Headingly called just that and close by is a pub called the "Original Oak". There is a Shire Oak Road.
The pretentious co-founder of Skyrac AC decided to call his club Skyrac.
Go figure.
Of course only around three people now understand why the club is called that and soon we will all be dead.
The rest of the world has no idea where the club is based which is actually Guiseley/Yeadon. It will be up to you to explain to people who ask the question in future. Then you could become Chairman!
It is actually the second oldest athletics club in the Leeds area (after Leeds City AC) and is primarily a track and field plus road, rather than a fell, club. It has a very strong junior section.
Gary Devine and Simon Booth both ran for Skyrac once upon a time and it used to have 15-20 runners turn out for, say, the Three Peaks - but those days have long gone.
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