New training location

Our regular Tuesday and Thursday training sessions have moved to Wythenshawe Park Athletic Track.

• Full address of training location here.

London Marathon 2012

Where to start – what a great experience the whole weekend was but I won't lie - it got tough at times - this was our first 'London' and it lived up to its reputation.

• Read the full article.

Startrack Summer Holiday booking now

To book your place on Startrack summer 2012 please see the flyer.

Easter Startrack Indoor Holiday Sessions

This is our ninth year of staging the AVIVA ACADEMY STARTRACK Indoor Athletic Sessions and they are getting more and more popular every year, with over 100 youngsters take part aged 7-15 years.

Primary League Cross Country Closes

The Mayor of Stockport was guest at the final of the Manchester Harriers' Primary League meeting. This was the last of the six meetings for the end of season awards. He used his football referee's whistle to start some of the last races before presenting the awards.

Wilmslow Half Marathon 25th March 2012

Congratulations to all our members who ran in the Wilmslow Half Marathon. We had over 30 running and a large number of those were supporting the 12-12-2012.

• Read the full article here.
• Photographs here.
• Results table
• Donate here and see how many donations have already been given.

Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) and the Kilomathon events ~ 26th and 27th May 2012

Ladies Day at the Races

The 2012 Northern Vets. Cross Country Championships were held at the usual venue, Victoria Park Fields, Warrington, on Sunday 4th March. It’s a completely flat course, on grass, around football and rugby pitches.

Great North Western Half Marathon - Blackpool

Sunday saw Manchester Harriers compete in Blackpool on Sunday 26th February 2012 as part of the 12 in 12 in 2012.

Great day with a little wind but no rain and fairly mild. 6 Ladies and 2 Gentlemen from the club got there and on the start line for 11am, with supports on hand – Andrew Beresford, Andy Woodhead and Wendy’s Parents all ready with camera’s to capture the moment... read more

• Read the full article here.
• Photographs here.
• Donate here and see how many donations have already been given.

Northern Cross Country Championships 2012

Manchester Harriers and Athletic Club had a great day at the Northern Cross Country Championships.

Special praise is due for our Under 13 Girls team - Beth Barlow, Danielle Stringer, Eleanor Kenny, Zara Thompson and Megan Taylor who performed particularly well. We wish them well for the NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS on Saturday 25th February 2012 in London.

Read the full article here.

12 in 12 in 2012

Read two more accounts of our progress in our attempt to raise 12K to upgrade and repair our track facilities.

Liversedge Half Marathon – Sunday 12 February

Brass Monkeys – Sunday 22 January 2012

Donate here and see how many donations have already been given.

12 in 12 in 2012

12 half marathon's in 12 months with a minimum of 12 athletes in each marathon all with the aim of raising 12k to upgrade and repair our track facilities.

• Donate here and see how many donations have already been given.
• Information about the challenge and a article on the first marathon.
• Photographs

Annual Dinner 2012

The annual dinner will take place 16th March 2012 at the Village Hotel, Cheadle.

England Athletics North West Athletics Awards 2011

Manchester Harriers & A.C. have a successful evening!

We won the prestigious Development Club of the Year award, Brenda and Arnold Bradshaw won the Services to Officiating award and Ian Burnett was given an award for Services to Athletics

Manchester Harriers was the only club to win so many awards.

See our award headlined on the England Athletics website
Read our full article here.
Read the England Athletics write up of the evening including our successes
See the photographs here.

Track Appeal Launched

We have launched a Giving site for the Track Appeal and need to raise over £80,000.

Please read this newsletter to see how we can meet our target.

Donate to Track Appeal here.

Manchester Harriers Win Quadkids Under 11 Competition!

Congratulations to our athletes for finishing 1st in the U11 age group. A big well done to the individual winners also, in U9 Malikai came 1st in the boys category and in the U11’s Megan Taylor finished in 1st place & Beth Smyth 2nd in the girls. Sale Harriers took 1st place in the U9’s but our athletes pushed them all the way.

Read the full article here.

Star:track August 2011

This was our eighth year of staging an AVIVA ACADEMY STARTRACK Athletics Session. They have become more and more popular with each passing year. Over 100 youngsters, all from the local community and aged 7-15 years, took part this year.

Read the full article here.

Jessica Ennis, World and European Champion, visits Manchester Harriers

We were very lucky on Thursday 4th August to get a visit from Jessica Ennis, the World and European Heptathlon Champion who was visiting the area as part of the countrywide promotion of the AVIVA STARTRACK programme for UK Athletics.

Read the full article here.

Cruise to the Finishing Line

The cruise of a lifetime was turning out to be Butlins at sea – we were several hours late in arriving in the Caribbean; Joy and Nina’s luggage had been left out in the rain and the colours in their clothes had all run; gales were forcing P&O’s flagship vessel to stay at sea rather than visiting some of the ports we had booked to visit; there were fights over sunbeds; and passengers were generally running amok.

Read the full article here.

Edinburgh Festival Weekend

It all started with a passing comment on how it would be nice to organise a trip away with a race attached and by the time we had finished we were all on our way to the Edinburgh Festival Weekend with a choice of 5k, 10k and Junior races.

Read our personal accounts of a great weekend here.

Wilmslow Half Marathon 2011

Sunday 27th March saw a Marvelous turn out from the Senior Section of Manchester Harriers & A.C. to compete in the Wilmslow Half Marathon 2011, with some running for the first time with a number of experienced and well practiced runners. Read more & results

Mayor of Stockport presents awards

Jenni Cunniffe leaving party March 2011

Northern Vets Cross Country Championship

Primary School Cross Country League Saturday 6th November 2010

Norwich Union Star:track Summer Athletics Week

Inca Trail Marathon by Rachel Gorajala

North of England Track and Field meeting at Woodbank Park
~ Stockport Saturday 31st July (Round 4)

Flying coach visit (Shelley Quarin)

Stockport Schools Sports Partnership QuadKids
~ 15th June 2010

Lorraine Kelsey and Rachel Gorajala
~ Edinburgh Marathon May 2010