by Matthew Wood | Sep 3, 2018 | News
The North of England dominated a class field in both the men’s and women’s races. The scarcity of inter area team barring ourselves and the Midlands women did not detract from a well organised and competitive race (Thank you Altincham Harriers and Dave...
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 10, 2017 | News
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...
by Robbie | Feb 7, 2016 | News
The 2015 N A 10K road championship, rescheduled after the cancellation of the flood hit Ribble Valley race, was incorporated in the Dewsbury 10k held Sunday 7th February With an early 9.00 start , just yards from the Northern Athletics office, the race has an early...
by Robbie | Jan 31, 2016 | News
The legendary Joe Lancaster died last month at his home in Italy aged 89. Joe started running for Manchester Athletic Club in 1949 and six years later set the World 2 Hour Record covering 22 miles 418 yards finishing 140 yards ahead of Gordon Pirie. He contracted TB...
