Posts by Sarah Dilworth

More success for our junior athletes

Sarah Dilworth
Many congratulations to Lizzie Pendrill, Rebecca Dilworth and Hayden Blunn for their selection to compete in the prestigious English Schools Track and Field Championships being held in Birmingham this coming  weekend (30th June and 1st July).   Many current International athletes started their athletics career at these championships, so this is…

Northern U20 and Senior T&F Championships 2023

Sarah Dilworth
Over a very hot and sunny weekend, four Macclesfield Harriers put in some great performances at the Northern Athletics Championships at Sportscity, Manchester.  In the U20 age group Hayden Blunn added another 3 championship  bronze medals to his trophy cabinet – first with a PB in the 110m Hurdles of…

Northern and England Athletics Indoor Championships

Sarah Dilworth
Well done to all Macclesfield Harriers athletes who competed so well at the Northern Indoor T&F Championships recently.  In January, Jake Rowley had a fabulous couple of days at the U17 championship event in Sheffield picking up bronze medals with personal best performances in both the 400m (52.32s) and 800m…

MHAC Track and Field End of Season Report 2022

Sarah Dilworth
Congratulations and many thanks to everyone who competed or volunteered as an official, team manager or helper at our T&F league and championship fixtures this year and to the coaches for their dedicated support of the athletes.  We had around 120 athletes compete and more than 40 officials/volunteers contributing at…

U11 and U13 winter training

Sarah Dilworth
On Tuesdays between 18 October 2022 and 31 January 2023, the Club will offer a choice of training for U13s: – Indoor Track & Field (from 6.30pm to 7.30pm), and – Outdoor Endurance (from 6pm to 7pm). For U11s, there will be Indoor training only on Tuesdays during this period…

T&F Success for our Junior Athletes

Sarah Dilworth
Several of our young athletes have continued to make great progress in T&F this season.  Jake Rowley, in his new found event of 800m, took bronze at the recent England Athletics U15 Championships in Bedford in a new PB of 2mins 3.85secs.  Jake won his heat on Saturday as the…

Youth Development League update

Sarah Dilworth
Round 3 We always knew the YDL would be a tough league for Macclesfield with some of the Northern region’s  top clubs participating, but a good turnout of more than 30 athletes at the round 3 home fixture on 3 July enabled  Macclesfield to secure 5th place overall in this…

Northern Inter-Counties T&F Report

Sarah Dilworth
Congratulations to the three young Macclesfield Harriers who represented Cheshire at the Northern Inter Counties T&F championships in York on 2nd June.  Hayden Blunn (U17), Will Roberts (U17) and Jake Rowley (U15) enjoyed the experience very much and put in some great performances.  Will placed 6th in U17M javelin, Jake…

Cheshire T&F League Round 2 report

Sarah Dilworth
A band of 30 hardy athletes made the short trip to Crewe for Round 2 of the Cheshire League on Sunday 5th June. Macclesfield finished a creditable 2nd place in the Overall competition against the strong host club, and the U11s finished 3rd overall. Well done teams! Many thanks to…