Fell

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…

Club Committee Positions 2023-2024

Kim Eastham
Macclesfield Harriers & AC – AGM 24th March 2023 Bollington Arts Centre – 7pm Start Listed below are the members of the current committee, proposed positions for the coming season [ 2023] and vacancies. It takes a large number of volunteers to run the club. Please have a read through…

2023 Haworth Hobble

James MacDonald
The arrival A confident arrival for us, kindly driven in Oscar’s fabled Phaeton, ploughing through the steep drifts, where many’s a ditched car attended being dug out by their Master. Through beautiful, old, stony villages, climbing up to Haworth school. Already the walkers setting off, looking up excitedly at the…

GEAR EXCHANGE

Neil Gunn
Got any old sports gear, in any condition, that you no longer use? In an attempt to lessen the clubs’ impact on the environment we will be having a ‘GEAR EXCHANGE’ at the forthcoming club AGM on Friday 24th March. Please have a rummage in the next 2 weeks for…

2023 Trans-Pennine Relay

James MacDonald
Trans-Pennine Relay 2023 and the Holy (not literally) Socks What is it? A relay race from Sheffield town hall to the Boars Head pub in Poynton via 5 legs of approx 1 hour each. Each team stays together during the race except the runner running their leg. When was it?…

Meet the Member – Rob Whitby

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Rob Whitby. You may know Rob, as ‘Rob the Barber’ – he’s been described as ‘a quality barber with a passion and dedication to the haircutting profession.’ Rob has recently set up his own barber shop on Park Lane, Silktown Barbers. When he is not busy making…

Committee Minutes – February 2nd 2023

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 2nd February 2023 and minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 2023 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

2022/2023 AGM & Awards Evening

Neil Gunn
Macclesfield Harriers & AC – Annual General Meeting [AGM] AGENDA 24th March 2023 at 7pm [prompt] Bollington Arts Centre 1. Apologies 2. Opening address – KM 3. Financial position /comment – MG 4. Macclesfield Athletics Development Fund [MADF] – SF 5. Election of Officers and vacant positions – KM 6.…

Montane Spine Challenger North (2023)

Neil Gunn
160m from Hardraw to Kirk Yetholm along the Pennine Way, January 2023 Pre-race kit check: Goggles, knife, sleeping bag, bivvy, windproof lighter – in here somewhere, 3000 calories, trowel, blister popping needles – all OK, just 8 items of a long list of 8 kilogrammes of kit that must be…

Meet the Member – Emma Mason

Catharine Crossley
Taking our first Meet the Member slot of 2023 is runner, run leader and organiser extraordinaire, Emma Mason. Emma has been running with the Macclesfield Harriers for 10 years and during that time she has transitioned from a road runner to a fell runner. She is not put off by…