by Robbie | Feb 21, 2018 | News
“Everything was right about him, as if he was running on air” When I went to interview one of the sons of Walter Rangeley some 16 years or so ago in the course of research for a biography which I was preparing of the 1936 Olympic 4 x 400 metres gold-medallist, Bill...
by Robbie | Dec 31, 2017 | News
Amateur athletics rapidly developed in the second half of the 19th Century in the North of England as factory-workers and the emerging middle classes sought respite on their Saturday afternoons off from their jobs in the throes of the Industrial Revolution....
by Robbie | Dec 5, 2016 | News
Stockport 10 mile at Woodbank Park on Sunday, 4th December 2016 The dry, sunny weather was in sharp contrast to last year’s wet and dull conditions, as nearly 1,000 runners set off on the track promptly at 10:00. Out of the track onto the flat paths of Woodbank...
by Robbie | Jan 31, 2016 | News
Witton Park again proved its status as one of the best cross country venues in the country with the the Northern Championships 2016 providing an excellent and tough test for all the athletes. The race route was described by many as a true cross country course and the...
by Robbie | Jan 17, 2015 | News
We had three new CBP’s and one equalled on the first day at the Northern Athletics Senior, U/ 20 and U/17 championships. Its normally difficult to single out one good performance over others especially when the athletes are setting CBP performances however, Adam...
