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Harold Wood, Wigan miner, World-ranked marathon runner

Sam Ferris and Ernie Harper are understandably the best remembered British marathon runners of the 1920s and 1930s. Both of them were Olympic silver-medallists. Yet neither won as many marathons as did the much lesser known Harold Wood, who raced the distance on 29...

NA team Report Brussels 2016

For the second successive year, Northern Athletics elected to send teams to the Iris Brussels Cross. A great event which sees quality athletes from across Europe (and Africa) come together soon after the European Cross and what has recently shown to be a springboard...
Northern Athletics Under 17s Championships 2015

Northern Athletics Under 17s Championships 2015

The impressive new Middlesbrough Sports Village hosted the largest athletics competition the town has seen in the last 30 years at the weekend. The last time the Northern championships were held in Middlesbrough was 1984 when the senior men’s competition was held with...
Northern Athletics Under 17 Championships Day 1 Report

Northern Athletics Under 17 Championships Day 1 Report

The under 17s championships returned to an overcast Wigan for the first since 2008 and although rain was forecast it remained dry but the blustery conditions ruled out the prospect of cbp on the track. A change in weight implements for females in under 17 shot and...