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2023 Trans-Pennine Relay

James MacDonald
Trans-Pennine Relay 2023 and the Holy (not literally) Socks What is it? A relay race from Sheffield town hall to the Boars Head pub in Poynton via 5 legs of approx 1 hour each. Each team stays together during the race except the runner running their leg. When was it?…

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…

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…

Alsager 5 2023 race results

Ray O'Keefe
The fast Alsager 5 didn’t disappoint with ideal conditions for some fast times. Rob Whitby (28:09) was the first male Macc Harrier with James Perry (28:44) close on his heals with Jordan Cooper (30:31) not far behind them. For the female Macc Harriers Sue Stockdale (35:40) lead the way with…

Committee Minutes – February 2nd 2023

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 2nd February 2023 and minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 2023 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

2022/2023 AGM & Awards Evening

Neil Gunn
Macclesfield Harriers & AC – Annual General Meeting [AGM] AGENDA 24th March 2023 at 7pm [prompt] Bollington Arts Centre 1. Apologies 2. Opening address – KM 3. Financial position /comment – MG 4. Macclesfield Athletics Development Fund [MADF] – SF 5. Election of Officers and vacant positions – KM 6.…

Montane Spine Challenger North (2023)

Neil Gunn
160m from Hardraw to Kirk Yetholm along the Pennine Way, January 2023 Pre-race kit check: Goggles, knife, sleeping bag, bivvy, windproof lighter – in here somewhere, 3000 calories, trowel, blister popping needles – all OK, just 8 items of a long list of 8 kilogrammes of kit that must be…

Four Villages Half Marathon 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
The first race of the year in our Club Road Running Championships, the Four Villages Half Marathon took place on Sunday Jan 15th. There were 17 keen Macc Harriers ready to take on the first race of the year. For the male Mac Harriers the top three places were hotly…

MHAC Juniors at the County Cross-Country Championships 2023

Neil Gunn
As is traditional, the first weekend of the year saw the running of the various County Cross Country Championships. The Cheshire championships were held at the Knights Grange Sports Complex in Winsford and a very hardy band of Macclesfield Harriers Juniors raced in wet weather over playing fields which started…

Meet the Member – Emma Mason

Catharine Crossley
Taking our first Meet the Member slot of 2023 is runner, run leader and organiser extraordinaire, Emma Mason. Emma has been running with the Macclesfield Harriers for 10 years and during that time she has transitioned from a road runner to a fell runner. She is not put off by…