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Macclesfield Harriers Road Running Championships 2025

Owain Morris
Thank you to the 22 people who provided their opinions on the format of next year’s Road Running Championships. Your opinions have been taken into consideration while compiling the 2025 fixture list. Please read on to find out how your opinions have helped shape the upcoming season. How races have…

2024 British Fell Relays

Neil Gunn
British Fell Relays 2024 – Race report by Egg Cameron Macclesfield Harriers started with three teams on a truly glorious day to be running around the Yorkshire Dales in the sunshine.  In those teams, we had a mix of vets, last minute draft-ins and a few who were attending the…

Windgather 2024

Julian Brown
Andrew Heywood Memorial Windgather Fell Race Sunday 13th October 2024 Thanks very much to all of you who ran.  Hopefully your race went well ! and you managed a bit of tea and cake afterwards….. Apologies to those of you who were sent the wrong way when someone chose to move…

2024 Trafford AC Combined Events Classic

Dan Hunsley
Trafford AC – Combined Events Classic (28th/29th Sep 2024); Woodbank Park, Stockport  Congratulations to all three Macclesfield Harriers (Ben Hunsley, Samuel Savage and Ollie Mills-Kidals) who recently competed in the Combined Events Classic at Woodbank Park over the weekend of 28th & 29th Sept.   For the U13s and U15s…

August and September 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN A selection of previously unclaimed records was claimed by the Murray family, proving that it is never too late to get those claims in and see your name in lights! Declan Murray claimed the 800m Indoor and 1500m Outdoor records on the track in the U20 and…

Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay 2024

Neil Gunn
Hodgson Brothers Mountain Relay 2024 – Write-up by Andy Beavers It’s that time of year again.  The heating has gone on and fell-running folk start to meet before dark in all parts of the country to travel and coalesce in a muddy field for a day and run as a…

Crewe parkrun – the final race of the 2024 Cheshire Grand Prix

Owain Morris
Crewe parkrun #265 (September 14th) was the final race of this year’s Cheshire Grand Prix. With individual and team prizes on the line, nine Macclesfield Harriers were chasing vital points at Queen’s Park in Crewe.  It was a sunny morning and the park was resplendent. The course consists of three…

2024 Junior Home International Mountain Races (Ireland)

Neil Gunn
Jake Ireland and Cian Taylor represented England and Ireland, respectively, at the U17 Junior Home International in County Wicklow, Ireland on 14th September 2024. Both athletes had an amazing experience and wish to thank Alison Hartopp for all her hard work coaching and supporting them. Here are a few words…

UTMB 2024 – a Husband & Wife double act

Neil Gunn
UTMB 2024 – A Husband-and-Wife Double Act Just five years ago, the 176km, 10,000m ascent UTMB was not only out of my comfort zone, but out of my imagination.  In the intervening time, it hadn’t moved into my comfort zone but I’d decided it was possible. I’d also decided that…

Further Fell Success

Jane Walker
Many congratulations to U17 Macclesfield Harrier, Cian Taylor who has been selected to represent Ireland in the 2024 Mountain Running Home International in Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland on 14th September. Cian was awarded this honour following his excellent run in the Irish selection race in Wicklow last weekend, finishing 4th…