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Meet the Member – Gary Rogerson

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Gary Rogerson. Since joining the club in 2016, Gary has become a fundamental member of the fell group. Gary enjoys the short local fell runs but is also partial to some ultra-running. His most recent ultra was an whopping 100 miles along the Souths Downs Way. Over…

Northern Track & Field League Round 4 match report

Sarah Dilworth
With Macclesfield Harriers having the advantage of a home fixture in the fourth and final round of the Northern Athletics Track and Field league, it was hoped that a well attended competition would help cap off a very successful season against strong competition from East Cheshire primarily to see us…

Meet the Member – Steve Swallow

Catharine Crossley
Fell running is hard, both physically and mentally. Your legs need to be strong enough to cope with the steep, challenging climbs and handle hair-raising descents at breakneck speed. It’s one hell of a tough sport but extremely rewarding. Joss Naylor, Steve Birkenshaw & Richard Askwith are all fell running…

Cheshire T&F League round 3 match report

Sarah Dilworth
Saturday 24th July saw round 3 of the Cheshire League at Macclesfield, hosted by Halton and Frodsham Harriers, ably assisted by Macclesfield Harriers. Sadly it was too early in the season for the H&F athletes to compete, but kudos should be paid to Halton and Frodsham to still supply track…

Mobberley Round the Runway – Report, 27th July 2021

Alison Gunn
The annual Mobberley ‘Round the Runway’ 5m race organised by Wilmslow Running Club was on 27th July 2021. The event organisers did a great job and managed to avoid the torrential rain. 35 Macc Harriers were out with some excellent times posted and some serious chip butty eating afterwards. The…

Club COVID-19 Guidance – Reminder

Neil Gunn
As the club has now had three cases of athletes testing positive for COVID-19 after club activities I thought it was a good idea to once again remind everybody of our current guidelines. Please continue to exercise caution while taking part in all club activities. We will continue to operate…

YDL Report (July 2021)

Neil Gunn
It was a blistering hot day at Longford Park for the second round of the Lower age group YDL (for U13 and U15 age groups) on Saturday 17th July. There was a good turn out from the U15 girls and we had a representative in nearly all the events. Olivia Bagley started…

Welsh 1000m Race – July 17th 2021

Neil Gunn
The Welsh 1000m Peaks Race is approximately 20 miles long and starts at sea level, taking in all 5 peaks over 1000m in Snowdonia.  This year was the 50th running of the race, and the last to be organised by the current team of volunteers. The race start was in…

2021 Alderley Park Trail Race

Neil Gunn
There were 12 Macc Harriers out for the return of the Alderley Park Trail Race – this is run around the woodland trails of the Alderley Park Site. Mark Burley (28:12) was the 6th overall (2nd senior male) and Louisa Whittingham 7th overall (1st senior female) Results can be found…
Mining Museum
Andrew's Knob
The Start
Poachers Corner
Mining Museum
Donkey Bridge
B & C Group
Kelly's Run
2021 Nostalgia Results

2021 – Bollington Nostalgia Trail/Fell Run(virtual)

Neil Gunn
Event report from Bridgend Centre – they were very happy that so many club runners took part. We had fewer entrants this year than last, probably because runners are enjoying more ‘real-life’ events now as things open up. However, due to a number of people doing the event as a…