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Trans Gran Canaria (2022)

Neil Gunn
Report from Tom Whittington – 13th March 2022 Four Harriers flew south to run in the 20th edition of Transgrancanaria.  We were there for the Advanced (65km/2,800m) and Marathon (43km/1,350m) races.  The objective was to get some good miles in early in the year, in a race that wouldn’t require…

Nutrition for Performance – Issue 2

Neil Gunn
Fuelling before training Fuelling appropriately around and during training is one of the key factors that enables you to consistently complete your planned sessions week in and week out. The energy your body needs to exercise comes mainly from metabolising a combination of carbohydrates and fats. This fuel is obtained…

Sale Harriers Indoor T&F Report

Sarah Dilworth
Many congratulations to Hayden Blunn (U17), Josh Podmore (U20), David Smith (Sen) and Hilary West (V60) on their fine performances at the final Indoor meet of the season at Manchester on Saturday.  In his first ever Pole vault competition, Hayden cleared a fine 2m 60cm, and continuing his good season…

2021/2022 AGM & Awards Evening

Neil Gunn
Macclesfield Harriers & Athletics Club Agenda for AGM Meeting followed by presentations Friday 1st April 2022 (7.00pm PROMPT – please arrive a few minutes early so the proceedings can start on time) Chaired by Bob Lynch Venue: Macclesfield Rugby Club 7pm – followed by food and presentations Please fill in…

Trans-Pennine Relay (2022)

Neil Gunn
First a congratulations to our elite team (Nathanael Booker, Mark Burley, Allen Bunyan, Joseph Pickard and Andy Beavers) who managed to run the 33miles from Sheffield City Hall (or was that town hall – I’m still not sure) to the Boars “Making Sunday Special” Head, Poynton in a superb 4:07:30.…

Committee Minutes – February 10th 2022

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee meet on Thursday 10th February and the minutes from the meeting are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Lynne Graves Club Secretary

Trans-Pennine Relay 2022

Neil Gunn
Back in the dawn of time, for many of us at least, when mobile phones were bricks and emails sent by carrier pigeon (i.e. the 1980s), Macclesfield Harriers began an event for local clubs to run a relay of five sections from Sheffield to Macclesfield, starting and finishing at the…

Meet the Member – Alison Hartopp

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Alison Hartopp.  Alison is one of our fantastic club coaches, who gives up her time to support athletes of all ages from U15 upwards. Alison has also recently achieved her Level 4 Starters qualification. In between coaching and officiating, Alison still manages to run competitively. She is  a…

2022 Track and Field Coaching Clinics

Sarah Dilworth
MHAC are hosting Track and Field Athletics Coaching Clinics at Macclesfield Athletics Track on Sat 26 March and Sat 2 April 13.00-15.00 Skills coaching by fully qualified UK athletics coaches in a range of events For UKA age group Under13 and above (school year 6 and above, sorry no Under 11s)…