On Sunday September 3rd several senior runners “did” the Bullock Smithy Hike, which is a 56 mile race !!!!!! Five East Cheshire athletes took to the challenge; Angela Oldham, Janet Grint, James Fairfield, Simon Grundy and Melanie Kay. Angela Oldham and Janet Grint completed the distance in a very impressive time of 13hrs 22mins. Melanie …
Manchester League: Match 1- 15/10/2016 – Wythenshawe Park, Manchester (no under 11’s) Match 2 – 12/11/2016 – Boggart Hole Clough, Manchester Match 3 – 03/12/2016 – Heaton Park, Manchester Match 4 – 14/01/2017 – University playing fields, Wythenshawe Match 5 – 11/02/2017 – Woodbank Park, Stockport TIMES AND APPROXIMATE RACE DISTANCES *N.B. NO U11’s MATCH ONE 12 noon …
We need the views of your volunteers England Athletics plans to invest significant focus in our future work with volunteers, but first we need to test a number of well-established views to better understand both the barriers and motivations in volunteering before we take action and impact real sustainable change. We would therefore like you …
Kevin Jowett took part in the British Masters 10,000m track event on Sunday 31st July at Birmingham’s Alexandra Park Stadium. In tough windy conditions Kevin managed a solid run finishing 3rd place in his Vet 40 category in a time of 35.03. His time was the 16th fastest for his age in UK this year. …
East Cheshire’s very own annual Black Knight Charge 6 mile multi-terrain race took place on Wednesday 27th July. There were a total of 106 finishers on the night in good conditions. Ex East Cheshire athlete Gareth Raven now of Sale won the event 34.25, with Clive Fitzpatrick of Trafford 2nd in 35.34 and Rob James …
The annual Millbrook Monster 10k and Junior 4k took place on Wednesday 27th July 2016 hosted by Hyde Village Striders. Good conditions on the night produced some good running and fast times. East Cheshire’s Joe Steward won the event in an impressive time of 35.27 only 8 seconds away from the course record showing the …
The Tour of Tameside took place at the weekend with some great performances all round from ECH. There was one race added to last year so the tour consisted of 4 races in 4 days including a 10k trail race, 6 mile fell race, half marathon and finishing with 7 miles in Hyde. Derek Hughes …
John Trotman competed at The Greater Manchester Track & Field Championships in Macclesfield over the weekend. John competed in the 400m on Saturday winning the gold medal in a new personal best time of 51.29. To top the weekend off he competed in the 800m on the Sunday, again winning the Gold and running a …
The London Marathon took place at the weekend on Sunday 24th May, with 6 ECH athlete’s taking part. First home was Lee Grantham, who has been training in Thailand especially for this event and has been looking forward to this for a while now. Lee ran a brilliant time of 2.27.24 and can be seen …
See picture for details of our annual Black Knight Charge 6 mile multi-terrain race and 2 mile junior race. Online entry available at http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2016/ See link below for PDF printable version: black knight race entry form 2016Â