Women’s 6 Stage 63 women’s teams had entered and the real question was, would it be Leeds City or Rotherham Harriers who would dominate this time? Rotherham won in 2017, with Leeds 2nd; Leeds won in 2016, with Rotherham 2nd. In 2015, Leeds won, Stockport sneaked into 2nd, with Rotherham 3rd. The first leg results […]
The life story of many an old Olympian was recounted in newspapers the length and breadth of Britain during 2012 when the Games came to London. One amongst them was Jack Potts, almost entirely ignored even by diligent athletics historians for more than 70 years but one of the finest distance-runners in the country during […]
Lewis Payne was the winner of the International Cross-Country Championship in 1927 and died in 2008 at the age of 100. Yet despite his long life he remains one of the least known of Britain’s athletics title-holders of the 20th Century. He was only 19 years old when he gained his greatest triumph, and yet […]
Lincoln Wellington were once again the top act as far as the senior competitions were concerned at the Northern Athletics Cross-Country Relay Championships held at a wind-swept Graves Park, Sheffield. The men’s quartet of Joe Wilkinson, Tom Straw, Shane Robinson and Matt Bowser were defending the title the club won last year while the women’s […]
Combined Autumn Relays at Sportcity, Saturday 16th September 2017 Women’s 4-Stage: Leg 1: Some 5 minutes after the men’s start, 83 women lined up on their first leg. Laura Hesketh, Clayton, was first home in a time of 20.26, some 26 seconds ahead of Rachael Burns, Liverpool Harriers, who was quickly followed by Valeska Wills, […]
Louise Bloor of Trafford AC captured her fifth NA senior women’s 100m title at an overcast SportCity on the opening day of the senior and under 20s championship. A remarkable feat by any standard Louise was a clear winner in a time 11.52. Blackpool’s Katy Wyper took the silver with Rebecca Campbell of ‘s City […]
