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David Crosdale 1944-2017

David Crosdale 1944-2017

Northern Athletics are saddened to learn of the death of David Crosdale on 16th October 2017, following the reoccurrence of a previous illness. David was a long time active member of Blackley North Manchester AC, he was an a coach and an active timekeeper within the...
Photo Gallery National Road Relays

Photo Gallery National Road Relays

Dave Hewitson has once again kindly supplied us with a selection of photos from the 2017 National  road relay championships held at Birmingham on 7th October 2017 More photos from this event are available on Dave’s own website Sport for all pic  Vale Royal come home...

The Yorkshire-born Olympic marathon men who ran for Canada

The most famous Olympic marathon of all is that of 1908 in London, in which the Italian, Dorando Pietri, was disqualified after passing the finishing-line and victory went instead to Johnny Hayes, of the USA. Another feature of this race was the failure of the large...