by Matthew Wood | Sep 11, 2018 | News
A weekly newspaper which was entitled “Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle” provides athletics historians with the most detailed accounts of the races run by professionals during the years of its publication, from 1822 to 1886. It was founded by Robert Bell,...
by Robbie | Feb 1, 2018 | News
Britain’s fastest middle-distance runner for almost 40 years from the 1880s onwards was a Lancastrian. Francis John Kynaston Cross, known familiarly as “Frank”, had been born in Eccles, which was then in Lancashire and is now part of Greater Manchester, on 14 November...
by Robbie | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Prodigious teenage milers have long figured in the development of the event in Britain, though I wonder how many “Northern Athletics” followers could immediately call to mind the fact that the current UK junior record stands not to the credit of Messrs Coe, Cram or...
by Robbie | Jul 2, 2015 | News
Douglas, Isle of Man – Saturday 7th March 2015 This took place in conjunction with the Ascot Hotel Open Meeting, organized by Manx Harriers. Conditions on the traffic-free road circuit surrounding the National Sports Centre were very cold and extremely...
