Well done to our own Tom McGuinness who represented England at the weekend at Hochfelln mountain race. A brilliant run finishing in 19th place out of 250 entrants. See below article with full details: http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics-news/valuable-international-experience-for-england-u23-team
The North of England Road Relay Championships took place on Sunday 25th September 2016 at Sportcity in Manchester. Races ranged from under 13’s up to the seniors. Conditions were pretty good, with the odd shower through the day and ECH athletes competed against the best runners in the area. The under 13 girls finished a …
The pride of Tameside sports awards 2016 took place on Friday evening the 23rd September at Dukinfield Town Hall. The event consisted of a 3 course meal, a question and answer session with ex-England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and the main part being the awards ceremony. Other special guests included legend runner Ron Hill. The …
Well done to our 4 ECH athletes who completed the Great North Run Half Marathon today in Newcastle. Andrew Cole was first back home for ECH in a time of 1.32.32, followed by Lee Buckley in 1.50.14, Julie Kinniburgh-Dickie 2.31.21 and Lucy Davidson 2.57.50. Left to right: Lucy, Julie and Lee
There were some good team performances this weekend at the North West Counties Road Relays at Delamere Forest on 10th September. The under 13 girls team finished 9th overall and 4th in Greater Manchester with good runs from Libby Kilbourne (15.36), Rose Barlow (15.21) and Christie Allen (14.53). The under 15 girls team ran brilliantly …
On Sunday September 3rd several senior runners “did” the Bullock Smithy Hike, which is a 56 mile race !!!!!! Five East Cheshire athletes took to the challenge; Angela Oldham, Janet Grint, James Fairfield, Simon Grundy and Melanie Kay. Angela Oldham and Janet Grint completed the distance in a very impressive time of 13hrs 22mins. Melanie …
Manchester League: Match 1- 15/10/2016 – Wythenshawe Park, Manchester (no under 11’s) Match 2 – 12/11/2016 – Boggart Hole Clough, Manchester Match 3 – 03/12/2016 – Heaton Park, Manchester Match 4 – 14/01/2017 – University playing fields, Wythenshawe Match 5 – 11/02/2017 – Woodbank Park, Stockport TIMES AND APPROXIMATE RACE DISTANCES *N.B. NO U11’s MATCH ONE 12 noon …
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Kevin Jowett took part in the British Masters 10,000m track event on Sunday 31st July at Birmingham’s Alexandra Park Stadium. In tough windy conditions Kevin managed a solid run finishing 3rd place in his Vet 40 category in a time of 35.03. His time was the 16th fastest for his age in UK this year. …
East Cheshire’s very own annual Black Knight Charge 6 mile multi-terrain race took place on Wednesday 27th July. There were a total of 106 finishers on the night in good conditions. Ex East Cheshire athlete Gareth Raven now of Sale won the event 34.25, with Clive Fitzpatrick of Trafford 2nd in 35.34 and Rob James …