Blue skies turned grey as the rain tumbled, but even this didn’t perturb a class field with 23 men under 30.30. Chris Thompson eased to victory in 28.55, a new (new) course record. Chris was followed home by Richard Horton and Andy Maud 2nd and 3rd respectively. The North took the team victory with Patrick […]
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NA Cross Country Championships Report
Ben Connor bridged an 11-year-gap between titles to win the Northern Athletics’ Senior Men’s Cross Country crown at muddy Knowsley Safari Park, writes Trevor Baxter. But only 12 months after claiming the senior women’s accolade at Witton Park, Blackburn, Claire Duck returned to the Championships to defend her senior women’s title. Both winners made running […]
Welsh under 20 International Report
The annual Welsh Athletics sponsored under 20 International competition took place on Wednesday 20th June at Cardiff Athletics Arena. The team representing England North came away from the meeting with a first ever victory in the event taking the title by 9 points over England South and England Midlands with Wales under 20 in fourth […]
Northern Athletics Indoor Champs Day 2 Report
British Heptathlon star Katarina Johnson- Thompson (Liverpool H) returned to competition following injury by retaining her senior women’s long jump title as expected, but in the process, she also managed to eclipse one of the oldest CBPs of these Northern Indoor championships. Fiona May’s CBP of 6.45m had stood since 1991. It was a something […]
England U20 – North Team Welsh Athletics International 15 July 2014
The England U20 North team was selected from the Northern U20 competition held in Manchester 14 / 15 June 2014 England Athletics offered the winning U20 athletes the opportunity to compete for England in their respective areas ie North, Midlands and South. The England North team was managed by Shaun Hird and Jill Hodgson who […]
