Month: January 2015

The Primary Schools Cross Country League has moved to Wythenshawe Park for the reminder of the season. It was muddy but the children enjoyed it,

The League is still free to all schools. We’ve been running the League for more than 40 years with about 350 runners enjoying each meeting. Schools receive results by email after each meeting and full results at the end of the Season

Here are some photos of today’s event

Manchester Harriers Under 13 girls secured a stunning team victory at the North of England Cross Country Championships at Pontefract on Saturday.

The team consisting of Alice Stiles, Grace de Campos, Beth Smyth and Georgia Fazakerley coped brilliantly with the tough windy conditions to secure a comfortable victory ahead of Sale Harriers who were second with Liverpool Harriers third. All four girls finished in the top twenty individually with Alice 6^th, Beth 11^th, Grace 15^th and Georgia 16^th. The result represents Manchester Harriers first victory in the Northern Championships at any age group since the mid 1980s.

The under 13 girls have had an unforgettable season so far, with the victory in the Northern Championships adding to their recent success in the Greater Manchester Championships together with 2^nd place in the North West Road Relays and 3^rd place in the Northern Cross Country Relays. In addition Alice, Grace and Georgia have all been picked to represent Greater Manchester in the Inter Counties Championships in March.

The girls have a tremendous work ethic and a wonderful team spirit which is a credit to themselves and their coach Carl Summers.

Let’s hope that they can continue this form for the rest of the season.

Details here for Saturday’s event, including timetables, parking, directions, etc

http://www.northernathletics.org.uk/events/northern-athletics-cross-country-championships/