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Welcome to the new Macclesfield Harriers & A.C. website

Neil Gunn
After a lot of hard work by a number of people (and special thanks go to Gillian Lindsey and Ewan Edmondson) we are proud to welcome you to the new club website. The new website has a better ‘look and feel’, easier navigation, is more secure and will hopefully be…

Club COVID-19 Guidance – Reminder

Neil Gunn
As the club has now had three cases of athletes testing positive for COVID-19 after club activities I thought it was a good idea to once again remind everybody of our current guidelines. Please continue to exercise caution while taking part in all club activities. We will continue to operate…

2021 Wizard 5

Neil Gunn
The passing of so called “Freedom Day” on July 19th meant that smaller local races could now restart and the rescheduled Wizard 5 was one of the first ones on the warm evening of July 20th. There was an impressive showing of 27 Macc Harriers who took on the roads…

Meet the Member – Andy Dykins

Neil Gunn
Macclesfield Harrier, Andy Dykins is no stranger to pushing himself outside of his comfort zone. Whilst he’s happy popping on a Macclesfield Harrier vest for cross-country, he’s equally happy running round the country in a jump suit!   Over to Andy to tell us a bit about his running adventures;…

Road Running Awards from 2019

Neil Gunn
It seems so long ago now, but 2019 was the last year we had a club Road Running competition. Awards for this competition were supposed to be given out at an awards event in April 2020, but we all know what was happening then that prevented this happening. Now that…

COVID-19 – Club Guidance for training post July 19th

Neil Gunn
Please can I urge you to continue to exercise caution while taking part in club activities and training from the 19th July. My best advice is to carry on training in the same manner as now. Small groups (max 12) pre-booked through a group leader operating from locations that minimises…
Ewan Edmondson - 1st Harrier (image from Mick Hall)

2021 Wilmslow 10k

Neil Gunn
It is great to see races starting up again.  38 Harriers ran the 2021 event in very warm conditions – some great times posted. The feedback was very positive about all the sensible arrangements made by the organisers. Results from the harriers who ran are shown in the table below.…

Meet the Member – Tim Marsh

Neil Gunn
If you’ve ever been to Macclesfield parkrun, Macclesfield Harrier Tim Marsh, will need no introduction. Tim is fundamental to the delivery of parkrun. You will have spotted him carrying out many roles; Run Director, marshaling, handing out finish tokens etc. When he’s not volunteering Tim also runs regularly. Over to…
Socially Distanced Group Run

Group Training Runs – guidance from 17th May

Neil Gunn
Here is the guidance for club group runs and training from Monday 17th May 2021. – As we enter stage three of the easing of restrictions please continue to exercise caution. – Please limit group activities which take place out in the open on public roads, paths etc to one…

The return to road racing

Neil Gunn
Over the past few weeks Road Races have been slowly returning and some Macc Harriers have been racing again. As more and more races are put on over the next weeks and months it will be great to see more Macc Harriers participating again. Below is a summary of the…