Posts by Neil Gunn

Club Special Awards Nominations – 2024

The Club AGM and Awards will be held on Friday 28th March 2025 at Macclesfield Rugby Club at 7.00pm. Once club formalities are out of the way, the main event is dishing out the prizes from the previous year across each of the club’s disciplines and their various championships. In…

Northern Cross Country Championships – success for U15 boys

Success for the U15 boys cross country team at the Northerns The Northern Athletics Cross Country Championships were held on the 25th January at the conveniently local venue of Tatton Park. Conditions were pretty much spot on, the sun was shining, there was a slight chill in the air and…

Committee Minutes – January 15th 2025

The Club Committee met on 15th January 2025 and meeting minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES JANUARY 2025 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

Alan Ireland – Funeral and Celebration Information

Alan Ireland’s funeral will be held on Monday 27th January 2025 at 2.00pm at Macclesfield Crematorium Donations: East Cheshire Hospice Flowers: Family only There was a celebration after the service at The Blacksmith’s Arms, (Chelford Road, Henbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9PG)  

Alan Ireland (1940-2024)

Alan Ireland memories and reflections Alan Ireland (1940-2025) Alan was a great character, but for me, I remember him most of all as a great ultra runner, who practised his craft before the terms ‘ ultra running ‘ and ‘ trail running ‘ had been invented. I first met Alan…

Physio session CANCELLED (Tue 7 Jan 2025)

The physio session with REBEL PHYSIO on Tuesday 7 Jan 2025 is cancelled due to the weather (and the track session has also been cancelled). The next session will be in February 2025.

2025 – Cheshire Cross Country Championships

This year (2025) the Championships were held at Betley, just south of Crewe, on a bitterly cold but thankfully dry day.  Especial thanks are due to the all the marshals and other officials for their gallant work, and also to the organisers for such a well-run event. The turn-out by…

Macclesfield Harriers partnership with REBEL Physiotherapy

We are very pleased to announce that we have agreed a a partnership with Pete Talbot of REBEL PHYSIO. Pete will attend the track on a monthly basis (first Tuesday of the month) to offer short assessments and advice that are free of charge to all club members (under 18’s…
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Boxing Day Run 2024

The annual Boxing Day run in Langley was organised as a social run this year. Sally Ann Hales organised the run and the post-run social was in Langley Cricket Club. There were 28 runners and the run raised £102.50 for charity. Times were recorded by runners themselves (this year there…

2024 Fell Handicap Report & Results

Handicap Race Report 2024 Another successful event! Thanks to Tom for handicapping, Sarah for collecting the money, to all the marshals, especially those up high in the cold and the gale. Thanks also to Sarah and the team at St Dunstan`s. A few tweaks to make for timings and reporting…