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Membership Renewal 2023/2024

Neil Gunn
Club membership fees for 2023/2024 will be due on 1st April, but you can renew any time from now and your membership will be valid until 31/03/2024 The fee has three elements: – Basic membership (non-competing members): £16 – EA/Northern Athletics affiliation (competing members): £19 (optional for seniors; payable by…

2022 Fell Handicap CANCELLED – poor weather contingency plan in operation

Neil Gunn
IMPORTANT – FELL HANDICAP CANCELLED – CONTINGENCY PLAN IN OPERATION (Last update: Saturday 17th December 2022 @ 17:00) Message from the event organiser….with the weather forecast so bad and access to the Cat & Fiddle for marshals like to be impossible the race is CANCELLED and the contingency plan is…

Consistency is key for Harriers at Lee Mill Relays

Mark Burley
Combined Macclesfield Harriers & Matlock Athletic team achieve outstanding 4th place Based in Rossendale, just under an hour’s drive North from Macclesfield, this relay is for teams of four with all team members running the same (c. 10.4 km, 400m ascent) flagged course. Despite its longevity and popularity (this year…

Committee Minutes – October 13th 2022

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 13th October and minutes are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

Windgather Fell Race 2022

Neil Gunn
The annual Windgather Fell Race was a great success in 2022. Windgather 2022 Results – Individual and Team Windgather 2022 Report Windgather Fell Race Information Page – previous results

Meet the Member – Kathleen O’Donnell

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier’s answer to Wordsworth; Kathleen O’Donnell. Kathleen has been running with the Club from 2014. Since then she has definitely made her presence known both at local fell races and those further afield. She may be small but she is mighty. Kathleen has a significant number of racing…

Committee Minutes – September 29th 2022

Neil Gunn
The Club Committee met on 29th September to discuss the future of Macclesfield Half Marathon and the minutes from the meeting are now available (along with all previous meeting minutes). Link – COMMITTEE MINUTES SEPTEMBER 2022 Link – PREVIOUS MINUTES Kim Eastham Club Secretary

THE JUNIOR ENGLISH FELL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

Neil Gunn
THE JUNIOR ENGLISH FELL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 The Wood family Junior English Fell Championships 2022 Adventures. Runners Michael, Thomas & Martha with support team (transport, food & warm ups) Mum, Dad and Teg the dog. The 2022 Championship was competed over five different races across Cumbria and North Yorkshire between…
Catharine & Marc

Peak District Boundary (PDB) 2022 – Catharine Crossley

Neil Gunn
The Peak District Boundary started as a personal challenge but ended up as so much more. The finish – CC did it! If you’re here simply for a review of Peak District Boundary, here’s the short version: It’s beautiful, there are hills, flats, scrambles, trails & even the dreaded tarmac,…

Ring of Fire (2022)

Neil Gunn
This had been a long time coming.  From first hearing about it in 2015, to my first attempt in 2021 resulting in my first ever DNF 41 miles into day 2, to this year’s race, and what a race! 135 miles around the whole island of Anglesey, most of it…