Club Races

Eskdale Elevation 2023

Mark Burley
EL-E-VA-TION. Who-ooo, whoo-uh-uh. For anyone struggling for pronunciation, your man Bono spells it out in tedious fashion on 2002’s contender for worst song of the year. Thankfully I’ve only come to think of this now, and so didn’t have it going up and down my brain all day. I’d had…

Intercounties XC Championship

Jane Walker
Inter County Sat 11th March 2023, Cross Country Championships  Prestwold Hall, Loughborough  The 2023 Inter County Cross Country Championships were held at Prestwold Hall. The course was extremely muddy in places, due to the heavy snowfall the week leading up to race.  Macclesfield Harriers had good representation across the various…

Heaton Park XC

Jane Walker
On Saturday 11th March, 15 harriers made their way to Heaton Park for the re-scheduled finale of the Manchester League. Although depleted on numbers, due to many of the juniors being selected for the inter-counties race on the same day, the enthusiastic bunch braved the cold and muddy conditions. Starting…

Meet the Member – Rob Whitby

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Rob Whitby. You may know Rob, as ‘Rob the Barber’ – he’s been described as ‘a quality barber with a passion and dedication to the haircutting profession.’ Rob has recently set up his own barber shop on Park Lane, Silktown Barbers. When he is not busy making…

2022 Fell Handicap CANCELLED – poor weather contingency plan in operation

Neil Gunn
IMPORTANT – FELL HANDICAP CANCELLED – CONTINGENCY PLAN IN OPERATION (Last update: Saturday 17th December 2022 @ 17:00) Message from the event organiser….with the weather forecast so bad and access to the Cat & Fiddle for marshals like to be impossible the race is CANCELLED and the contingency plan is…

Wilmslow Festive 10K 2022 Race Report

Ray O'Keefe
The last race in the Macc Harriers Road Champs did not disappoint with some blistering fast times and PBs for many. There were 44 Macc Harriers in the event with all their times listed below with a link to the full results and pictures from the race. Stay tuned for…

Windgather Fell Race 2022

Neil Gunn
The annual Windgather Fell Race was a great success in 2022. Windgather 2022 Results – Individual and Team Windgather 2022 Report Windgather Fell Race Information Page – previous results

Meet the Member – Kathleen O’Donnell

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier’s answer to Wordsworth; Kathleen O’Donnell. Kathleen has been running with the Club from 2014. Since then she has definitely made her presence known both at local fell races and those further afield. She may be small but she is mighty. Kathleen has a significant number of racing…

2022/2023 Cross Country Season

Neil Gunn
It’s cross country time again!! Update 2nd September: MACCL entry information is now on the MACCL website It may be glorious summer weather outside, but that will no doubt all change shortly and it will be time to think about the forthcoming 2022/2023 cross country season. Cross country may be…

2022 Tegg’s Nose Fell Race

Neil Gunn
Tegg’s Nose Fell Race (FRA Category :  BM : 12.4km, 480m climb) In spite of the large number of competing races and athletic events, there were 67 entries for this deceptively strenuous race, hosted by the Macclesfield Sheep Dog Trials and organised by Macclesfield Harriers.  The race was promoted as…