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U11/U13 Track Training – End of Summer Break 2024

Dan Hunsley
Please note that there will be a 2-week break in Track & Field training for U11s and U13s now until Tuesday 9th September. There will be no training at the track on the following dates: Tuesday 27th August Thursday 29th August Tuesday 3rd September Thursday 5th September

Joe Pickard – Paddy Buckley Report

Neil Gunn
Joe Pickard completed an unsupported Paddy Buckley Round on 22nd June 2024. Joe has written up his report – well worth a read! JOE PICKARD – PADDY BUCKLEY REPORT – CLICK HERE What is the Paddy Buckley Round?…. PADDY BUCKLEY ROUND (47 Peaks Ascent 28000ft Distance 61 miles) This is…

Northern Athletic Championships

Jane Walker
Summer Competition A small group of Macclesfield Harriers athletes travelled to Derby to compete at the Northern Athletics U17, U15 & U13 Championships on 10 & 11 August. In the U17s, Jake Rowley came in 2nd in the 400m final and teammate Ollie Mills-Kidals jumped his way to 2nd in…

Committee Minutes – August 8th 2024

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 8th August 2024 and meeting minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES AUGUST 2024 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

Macclesfield parkrun #251

Owain Morris
Macclesfield parkrun was designated as a Road Running Club Championship race this weekend, and a grand total of 28 Harriers made their way down to our local parkrun. It was great to see so many of you on Saturday morning. The sun shone brightly highlighting the beauty of South Park…

Tranter’s Round

Mark Burley
In 1964, Philip Tranter set the 24-hour Munro record at 19 Munros – linking the Mamores, the Grey Corries, the Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis. In some senses “Tranter’s Round” can be thought to have been superseded by Ramsay’s Round, the goal of which is to complete 24…

Junior British Fell Champs 2024 plus other breaking news

Neil Gunn
A massive well done to our Junior fell runners this year (and some breaking news later in this article). A brilliant team of them set about the hills of: Duddon, Howgills, Shutlingsloe, Rossendale, Weaver Hills, Clwydian They were competing in the Junior English Championships (The Junior Championship for under 13s…

Cross Club Relay Events 2024

Neil Gunn
A reminder to all members [from U15’s age group and over], that we have two cross club training events coming up very soon. Both are fun training sessions and are free of charge. All welcome to come along and join in! 19th August 2024 [Monday] – Off Road Training relays…

Sandbach 10k, 2024

Owain Morris
Nine Macclesfield Harriers took part in the Sandbach 10k on Sunday. This was the penultimate race of this year’s Cheshire Grand Prix, and our runners picked up some invaluable points as we look to finish the season strongly. It was a blisteringly hot day and the warm conditions did not…