Men The roar wasn’t quite as deafening as when Manchester City knock in another goal but when it came over the tannoy could a Lincoln Wellington representative come forward and collect the medals for the first B team home in the Northern Athletics senior men’s relay then the excitement matched those on the terraces of […]
Men’s 12 Stage In a drastic change from the women’s race, the men’s 12 Stage had a variety leaders throughout most of the stages. 63 teams had entered and they got away on time at 12:00 for this long leg. Stockport’s Ross Millington was first back and as per the women’s race, this proved to […]
Combined Autumn Relays at Sportcity, Saturday 16th September 2017 Senior Men: For the second successive year, Sportcity hosted this championship event around a traffic free course on the Etihad campus. The facility has excellent parking and spectator facilities. With the start and finish on the track, this created an excellent atmosphere for everyone. Leg 1: […]
Northern Athletics Combined Autumn Relays at Sportcity on Sunday, 25th September 2016 Current holders Derby, silver medallists Liverpool Harriers and bronze medallists Morpeth, were all expected to be at the front again alongside the Manchester duo, Sale and Salford, and the perennial medal winners from Leeds City. 126 teams entered, with 116 teams lining up […]
Jessica Ennis-Hill was the star of the show as she continued her Olympic preparations in style. She won titles in her strongest event, 100 hurdles and her two weakest, shot and javelin as well as running a quick heat in the 200. Conditions were far from ideal when she lined up for the hurdles on […]
It was mixed fortunes for Northern clubs at the national road relays at Sutton park at the weekend. Northern champions Derby AC narrowly missed out on adding the national title to haul this season when they finished second to Tonbridge AC. An exciting last lap saw Richard Weir take Derby from sixth to second place […]
