Track and Field

Samira Cox

Samira Cox success in 2022

Neil Gunn
Congratulations to Samira Australian born Samira Cox who moved to the UK earlier in the year and joined Macclesfield Harriers has had a very successful T&F season in the throwing events.  Samira competes for Macclesfield in league events and mum Vicki has become a regular volunteer field judge for us. …

Youth Development League update

Sarah Dilworth
Round 3 We always knew the YDL would be a tough league for Macclesfield with some of the Northern region’s  top clubs participating, but a good turnout of more than 30 athletes at the round 3 home fixture on 3 July enabled  Macclesfield to secure 5th place overall in this…

Committee Minutes – June 6th 2022

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee meet on Thursday 10th February and the minutes from the meeting are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES JUNE 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

Northern Inter-Counties T&F Report

Sarah Dilworth
Congratulations to the three young Macclesfield Harriers who represented Cheshire at the Northern Inter Counties T&F championships in York on 2nd June.  Hayden Blunn (U17), Will Roberts (U17) and Jake Rowley (U15) enjoyed the experience very much and put in some great performances.  Will placed 6th in U17M javelin, Jake…

Cheshire T&F League Round 2 report

Sarah Dilworth
A band of 30 hardy athletes made the short trip to Crewe for Round 2 of the Cheshire League on Sunday 5th June. Macclesfield finished a creditable 2nd place in the Overall competition against the strong host club, and the U11s finished 3rd overall. Well done teams! Many thanks to…

Cheshire T&F Champs

Sarah Dilworth
This year’s Cheshire County championship were held at Macclesfield over the weekend of the 14th and 15th May. Macclesfield had 52 athletes entered across the weekend and there were lots of magnificent performances by Macclesfield athletes with lots of personal bests and medals. It began on the sunny Saturday morning…

Nutrition for Performance – Issue 3

Neil Gunn
Fuelling during exercise Why do you run out of energy on a long run or training session? Firstly let’s recap about energy use during exercise. Our body uses glucose (from blood and glycogen stores in muscles and liver); lipids (from blood and fat stores) and a small amount of protein…

Track and Field update

Sarah Dilworth
Macclesfield Harriers T&F athletes have had a busy couple of weeks with two successful home T&F fixtures – the well attended Open meeting on 23rd April (results here) and the first round of the Cheshire League on 1st May (results here), where the Macclesfield men (U13-Sen) finished 1st overall, the…

Track and Field 2022 Season coming to a track near you!

Sarah Dilworth
The 2022 T&F season is nearly upon us, with the first event at Macclesfield being our own Open Meeting on Saturday 23rd April. Please register via this link as soon as possible as there will be no entry on the day for this event – open to all age groups…