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April 2023 – Fell weekend away to Grasmere

Neil Gunn
Perspective One Starting with a massive thank you to Tom for fabulous organising of us as always.   He put together a brilliant plan for us with 2 brilliant days of running with various options for all of us to choose from. This takes a lot of work which we all…

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…

Manchester Marathon 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
Manchester marathon over 18,000 finishers Harriers results: Robert Whitby SM 02:39:47 127th out of 18185 finishers Mark Walker MV45 02:48:06 Matthew Lynas MV55 02:48:38 3rd MV55 out of 621 James Perry MV40 02:59:57 Ciaran Wright MV35 03:01:53 Graeme Eddie MV45 03:24:42 Hannah Bridger SF 03:29:51 Matt Leech MV50 03:30:40 Ben…

Chester Spring 5 2023 Results

Ray O'Keefe
Ten Macc Harriers made it to the start of the Chester Spring 5 mile race in cool and breezy unspring like conditions. With a fast first half and a hold on for a good time second half there were some great times had by all who ran. This was the…

AGM Minutes (March 2023)

Neil Gunn
The Club AGM and Awards evening was on 24th March 2023 and the minutes from the meeting are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – AGM MINUTES MARCH 2023 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

The Great Gift Peaks Round

Mark Burley
After the end of World War One, 14 peaks were gifted to the Lake District National Park as a memorial for the lives lost. In 2021, a round was established to link those 14 peaks: the Great Gifts Peaks Round. The exact route is up to the attempter and the…

2023 Wilmslow Running Festival results

Ray O'Keefe
Some excellent performances at the Wilmslow Running Festival. Links to the full results and photos are given below along with the times for all the Macc Harriers in the Half Marathon and the 10K. Great running everyone!! Wilmslow Running Festival Provisional Results – niftyEntries.com Wilmslow Running Festival 2023 (Mick Hall…

English Schools Cross Country Championships

Jane Walker
English Schools Sat 18th March 2023 , Cross Country Championships, Wollaton Park, Nottingham A major cross-country event returned to the grounds of Wollaton Hall for the first time since the all-age group English National of 2020. On a surprisingly mild afternoon in March and on a course that was ‘soft to firm’…

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…

2023 AGM and Awards Evening

Ray O'Keefe
All the award winners and photos from the 2023 AGM and Awards Evening can be found below. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all those who came along to support the winners!! Track and Field Awards 2022 Award Places Recipient U11 Girls 1st Lauren Harper Perpetual Shield 2nd…