My conversations with the host club Salford Harriers earlier in the week shocked me. They were promising a firm dry course! Reality prevailed and with heavy overnight rain we were treated to classic BHC conditions…Muddy! If in any doubt, the picture below will testify! A selection of photos…
Saturday 12th November…Put it in your diaries. Match two of the Run North-West Manchester Area Cross Country League. Wythenshawe Park was closer to a road race in terms of terrain…Expect something more traditional at Boggart Hole Clough. We had our traditional slow start at Match One…We need to turn out…
Following Match One on Saturday, below are the dates for the remaining five fixtures: Saturday 12 November : Boggart Hole Clough Saturday 3 December : Heaton Park Saturday 14 January : Kenworthy Woods (new venue) Saturday 11 February : Woodbank Park Ladies start at 1.30pm & men @ 2.30pm. The…
Saturday 15th September 2016 The new cross country season started yesterday amidst warm sunshine and bright blue sky. No mud, instead a fast and firm course. While many won’t see them, there was a large turn out for the junior races with 106 taking part in the U13 event. Future…
Saturday 13th February 2016 The increasingly popular MACCL had its final (and 5th), race weekend at Wythenshawe Park yesterday. Sale Harriers had worked wonders under the guidance of Dave Rodgers to stage the event. The course had to change a number of times in the week of the…
The first day of the new XC season was greeted with mild autumnal weather and a large turnout.Certainly a record number in the men's race (451) with 257 in the ladies. The bottom meadows were dry and many commented on a favourable course with a finish of a virtual lap…
Saturday saw the annual staging of the "Nationals" at Parliament Hill Field, London. An iconic venue often referred to as the "Spiritual home" of cross country. A mass of tents, a mass of colour…and a sea of mud. Not quite Alton Towers vintage but not far from that level! Seen…
Five races, five months and down to the wire. Today was the deciding and final fixture in the 2014/2015 MACCL. Individual and team medals to be fought for. In recent years, the league has gone from strength to strength…More runners, more clubs & more competition. We are blessed with a…
The customary October fixture that is Heaton Park became round four and January this season. No more the warm autumnal weather, but biting winds and a sky that threatened for much of the day, but fortunately failed to dampen any of the athletes spirits except for sleet as the day…
