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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…

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…

Congleton Half Marathon

Owain Morris
Twelve Macclesfield Harriers made the short trip down the A536 to participate in the hilly but scenic Congleton Half Marathon. Starting and ending a short walk away from Congleton town centre, the course consists of an undulating loop around the countryside to the north of Congleton. A steep downhill section…

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…

Macclesfield Running Festival 2024

Neil Gunn
This year the club committee has decided to support Run Through in order to have a Road Race Festival in Macclesfield on Sunday 27th October 2024 (details below). Macclesfield Running Festival 2024 It is hoped that club members will support this by volunteering* for marshalling and other duties on the…

2024 Mixed Ability Track Relay

Neil Gunn
The Mixed Ability Track Relays made a come back on Tuesday evening (27th August 2024)  after a few absent years . Thank you so much to all the runners that joined in and made it such a success. You made it such a fun evening and it was great to…

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…