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Meet the Member – Elsa West

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harriers newest run group leader, Elsa West. Q1: When did you start running? EW: I started running in Sept 2016 when I signed up on a macc harriers C25K course after my husband encouraged me to enrol for the course. Before this I had done bits of running…

Club Cross Country Championship Positions

Neil Gunn
The season is now complete! We had an excellent turn out across all age groups this year with a total of 128 runners taking part.  Thirty runners in total completed the club championship criteria. Cross country is a tough discipline that builds strong runners and teams through the bitter winter…

Meet the Member – Emma Beveridge

Catharine Crossley
A lot goes into the effective ‘running’ of a running club. At Macclesfield Harriers we are lucky to have an excellent club committee. The committee meets to discuss current and future activities in the club, to organise the work that needs doing behind the scenes and to take decisions about…

Meet the Member – Jill Abbott

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier,  Jill Abbott. Jill has been running with the Club for 3 years. She is a run group leader and the worthy winner of the 2019 Club prize for most improved female runner. Q1: When did you start running? JA: Just over three years ago. My daughter had…

Meet the Member – Ciaran White

Catharine Crossley
Hats off to this man, Macclesfield Harrier Ciaran Wright, who battled through Storm Ciara to earn himself 7th position at Tatton 10k yesterday! This is what Ciaran had say about his passion for running; Q1: When did you start running? CW: I have dabbled in running on and off since…

Meet the Member – Oscar Trevena

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier, Oscar Trevena. Oscar took part in an impressive 24 out of 29 fell races last year! As a result, Oscar won the inaugural Barry Blyth Club Enthusiast award for the person who participated in most Club races in 2019. We’re sure BB would’ve approved! Q1: When did…

Meet the Member – Cheryl Duck

Catharine Crossley
Kicking off our Meet the Members slot for 2020 is club runner and group leader Cheryl Duck. Q1: When did you start running? CD: I started running around 8 years ago. I did a few half marathons but then stopped for around 5 years starting again about 3 years go…

Meet the Member – Catherine Mather

Catharine Crossley
It’s great to be focused on a goal. Driven to show up for every hill session, hit the track paces . . . but running doesn’t have to be serious all the time! 99% of us are not going pro, we chose this sport because it offered us something more…

Meet the Member – Fred Wardle

Catharine Crossley
This week, we caught up with Macclesfield Harrier and local electrician Fred Wardle, who was just de‘lighted’ (see what we did there ), to tell us what running means to him. Q1: When did you start running? FW: Ten years ago I was challenged to do a Triathlon, I’d never…

Meet the Member – Phil Gaskell

Catharine Crossley
Introducing Macclesfield Harrier C group leader, Phil Gaskell. Q1: When did you start running? Phil: I started running in my 20s as a way to get and keep fit in order to play rugby (not very well) at Macc rugby club. As I got too old for rugby I just…