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 25, 2017 | News
Lewis Payne was the winner of the International Cross-Country Championship in 1927 and died in 2008 at the age of 100. Yet despite his long life he remains one of the least known of Britain’s athletics title-holders of the 20th Century. He was only 19 years old...
by Robbie | Oct 11, 2016 | News
Sad news today (10th October 2016) that David Parry finally succumbed after a long battle with illness and died this morning. A great character and supporter of local athletics Dave was a member of Mandale, NYMAC and most recently Esk Valley. For years he almost...
by Robbie | Mar 28, 2015 | News
Northern Athletics long relays returned to Sefton Park in Liverpool, a course which is perfectly suited for road relay racing remained the same as 2012 when we last held this event here, although for the women the format had changed slightly with 2 of the 6 legs...
