Posts by Jim Rowley

October 2025 Club Record-Breakers Update

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN It was a truly successful summer for Jake Rowley after he improved his U20 800m time even further! Competing in the British Milers Club events this year has really paid off as Jake eclipsed his own previous U20 record of 1:54.54 with a time of 1:53.90 at…

June / July 2025 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN Our very own mid-distance track star athlete, Jake Rowley has claimed yet another 800m Club Record! As a new entry in both the British Milers Club (BMC), and year 1 of the U20 age-group, Jake set a new U20 record of 1:54.54 at the BMC event in…

May 2025 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN Another quiet month on the Track, with Matthew Lynas as the sole record-breaker in May! Matthew blazed the trail on the Ellesmere Port track at the Cheshire County Championships, claiming not one, but two V55 track records on the same day! Firstly, in the 1500m, Matthew set…

March / April 2025 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN It was a quiet period on the track for Club records, with David Smith as the sole representative. David claimed two records in March 2025, with the first being on the track in the V35 60m indoor event in Manchester. David recorded a time of 7.72 seconds,…

February 2025 Club Record-Breakers (Indoor Season / Winter 2024)

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN It has been a quiet period for Record-Breakers on the track during the Indoor Season, with just the two athletes setting new records during this period. However, each and every record is worthy of celebration! First up is Jake Rowley. Jake may almost be considered a veteran…

August and September 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN A selection of previously unclaimed records was claimed by the Murray family, proving that it is never too late to get those claims in and see your name in lights! Declan Murray claimed the 800m Indoor and 1500m Outdoor records on the track in the U20 and…

July 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN Dave Smith continued to build on his 400m record captured last month, and is reaping the benefits of work with the Sprints Group. Dave improved his own V35 200m record with a time of 23.60 seconds in the Northern League. In addition to this, Dave claimed two…

June 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN The Northern League (West 2S) event in Macclesfield in June 2024 was particularly favourable for our male veteran athletes. Jasyn Savage eclipsed the previous 100m record in the V45 category by 0.10 seconds! A record that had stood for over 9 years. In the V35 category, David…

May 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to both John Carr and Matthew Lynas this month for setting new 5K road records in the V50 and V55 categories respectively. John improved his time by a further 10 seconds to 16:09 in the Mid-Cheshire 5K, while Matthew set a previously unclaimed V55 record with a time…

April 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to Matthew Lynas on claiming three V55 Road records in the last month! Matthew improved both the 5-Mile and the Half-Marathon records that had stood for over 21 years! In addition, Matthew improved his own Marathon record time in April 2024 by a full 9 minutes in Manchester!…