Blue skies , dry with winter sun , and less mud than last year. This was race two in the Manchester XC League. Some initial team concerns due to injuries and prior commitments but hurried phone calls and the first Wilmslow race for Ray Eagles ensured that we had a…
Following the excitement felt by Tom as a result of the Senior men finishing 4th in division one at Heaton Park and the very senior men 1st ( actually the same people ), we need to carry on the great result at the next race at Macclesfield. Cross Country is…
Full results below. 15.M.Fowler……35.25………2nd V40. 21.R.Downes….. 36.10………3rd V40. 22.T.McGaff…….36.15……..1st V50. 46.N.Bishop……..38.33……..6th V45. 60.J.Capper……..39.22 76.M.Cooper…….40.32……..19th V40. 80.I.Smallwood…..40.36……..20th V4O. 119.D.Quinn……..44.10……..16th V45. 122.P.Ayres………44.53……..17th V45. 202 finishers. Team Results Senior men finished fourth in Division One behindSalford(1) , Sale(2) and Trafford(3). Vets won Division one and Vets 2nd team were 3rd second team and…
The 2005 Mcr XC League season got under at Heaton Park in surprisingly dry and warm conditions.After the heavy rain earlier in the week , conditions underfoot were expected to be soft but no such thing. Even Mick Fairs could have raced the conditions ! The runners were able to…
After less than a year of running I’m already sufficiently addicted to root around the internet looking for races that coincide with our family holidays. Imagine the whole family’s joy when I found a 14 mile Sunday morning monster just a few miles jog from our base in Swanage. A…
UPDATE WITH INDIVIDUAL STATS NOW AVAILABLE Full details now available. The race was won by Salford Harriers in a time of 1.12.44 but some interesting selections as their fourth team came 7th ahead of their second and third teams ! Wilmslow first team finished 5th in 1.17.15.( Cheshire champions) Wilmslow…
Saturday saw two teams of men competing in the NW Road Relays at Blackpool. Sadly we had no female companions, relays are great fun as it allows the unique opportunity of competing and also supporting your colleagues. Rob was a worthy team manager and we were also appreciative of Tony…
20 members were last seen running wild in Macclesfield forest. From the mass start the whippets of Group 1 hared off in to the distance only to be overtaken by slower runners (who had consulted the map!) This is obviously a thinking mans/womans sport and not for your average runner…
Another week , another race : This time it was the ‘Pie and Peas five’ as ‘Team Wilmslow’ rolled into town. In truth it should be the ‘Pie , Peas or Beans five ‘ but in terms of marketing it does not have quite the same effect ! Twenty seven…
Life is full of choices , sometimes you get them right , other times not . The choice that Tony made was to change the Sale 5k to the Gun Run for this weeks Summer Series race. One was a race around part of Wythenshawe Park , the other a…
