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Denise Harris Obituary
09/09/2026 00:00, In Blog /
Welsh Athletics is saddened to hear of the passing of long time official Denise Harris. Denise played a large part in supporting athletics across the North Wales region for a number of years.
Deeside AC have provided the following tribute to Denise.
Denise Harris
It is with great sadness that Deeside AAC advises of the recent passing of Denise Harris, one of our stalwarts of the past 50 years.
Denise, served not only Deeside, but North Wales and Welsh Athletics with distinction as an administrator, coach and technical official and her commitment to the development of field events in North Wales. Together with husband Bernie, Denise was a member of Deeside AAC for over 45 years, holding many positions including that of club secretary, also serving as the North Wales Regional Officials secretary where she was proactive in recruiting new officials, arranging training courses for officials and mentoring a number of officials to move through the various levels.
Within Deeside, Denise applied herself to coaching a number of field events but was well known in athletics circles as a specialist pole vault coach. In addition, she was actively involved as a committee member playing an active role at Deeside, the North Wales Regional Council and Welsh Athletics Officials Committee.
Denise received a Meritorious Award in 2007 and subsequently the Welsh Athletics Award of Honour in 2019.
Whilst Denise was not actively involved with Deeside during the last couple of years, she leaves a tremendous legacy having laid the foundations for the successful footing on which the Club now stands.