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 […]
Senior Men’s 6-Stage, 6 x 6.6K: The attraction of Blackpool on a September Saturday showed in the record senior men’s entry of a 125 teams, of which 116 lined up for the first leg. First back proved to be Derby in the shape of Ben Connor, given the same time of 19.51 as James Douglas […]
A wet but mild day in Partington did not stop a storming performance from the Northern lads and lassies in taking the top honours. The top performance was seeing Aly Dixon (stepping in for an ill Rebecca Robinson) take 1st place in the women’s race in a PB of 32.31. Alyson just arrived back from […]
6 Stage 6,000M There were a total of 140 men’s teams represented on the start line at Warrington’s Birchwood Park, out of the 155 teams that had entered. The first leg surprisingly produced the 2 fastest legs of the day, leader Mark Buckingham, Holmfirth, 18.07, and Andy Heyes, Hallamshire, 18.09 followed by Sale, Vale Royal, […]
