Britain's best athletes gathered at the weekend at Sheffield's EIS Arena for the National indoor Championships with the crème de la crème seeking qualification for the World Indoor Championships in I...  more

At the Celtic Cup in Cardiff, Roy Ejiakuekwu grabbed some of the limelight from his training partner Clovis Asong. He recorded double wins in both 60m (in which he was a guest) and 200m. He also dest...  more

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2012 COMMENCING AT 8.30PM AT THE ATHLETICS FACILITY CROSSFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, SALE. Any items of business for the meeting includ...  more

COUNTY SCHOOLS RACES A big weekend of school's cross-country started on Friday at Longford Park with the Gtr.Manchester Catholic Schools Championships. Local School Loreto Grammar, with a dominant g...  more

SPORTSHALL LEAGUE During November/December 2011 and January 2012 Sale Harriers Manchester Primary section took part in the Greater Manchester Sports Hall League competing against 11 other athletics ...  more

Despite overnight snow and early morning fog and ice, Britain's fastest '5' mile race still took place. Despite the traditionally large, top quality field decimated by the conditions, more club membe...  more

Pontefract, one of Britain's most historic market towns in West Yorkshire, hosted the weekend's Northern Cross-Country Championships. An easily accessible venue, a reasonable course and a crisp, sunn...  more

The 4 Villages is a very popular half marathon which quickly reached its entry limit with 1621 finishers. The start was quite congested but on a windy day that was a good thing providing plenty of mo...  more

After the recent Sale Open, the arrival of the Northern Championships was going to be a significant test for the two youngest members of Team Bartram. Lydia Randles and Marnie Wells-Nicholls h...  more

Sale had another successful day in the fourth match of the MACCL league at Woodbank Park. In the U11 age-group Tia Blissett had a great run and finished 3rd and with Lizzie Twite 4th and Beth Th...  more

Vault Manchester, the annual meeting of UK Pole Vaulters took place on Saturday 14th January 2012 in Manchester for the seventh year in a row with over 80 vaulters. This is a very popular event ,...  more

An exhausting weekend of competition in Sheffield over the 7th and 8th January 2012 produced a national title, double first-time international selection, repeat Senior international selection and...  more

The Greater Manchester Cross-Country Championships were held on a wet and muddy Woodbank Park at the weekend. Particularly Sale Harrier's youngsters are to be congratulated for doing well on a to...  more

Four Harriers braved wet and muddy conditions in Reddish Vale at the weekend for the popular local 5 mile trail race. Jerry Smith ran 36.52 to finish as 2nd M55, closely followed by Zoe Gmerek wh...  more

The second club promoted indoor meeting at Sportcity at the weekend was another successful day, with a fine entry and good athletics. Nyef Abed led the sprinters with a 6.93sec clocking. Allyn...  more

Over a rainy and windswept weekend in Exeter, three young athletes from Chris Bartram's training squad competed very well in this prestigious end-of-season event, the jewel in the crown of the En...  more

At the weekend's NW Schools Championships the Sale Harriers youngsters claimed one individual victory and in two other age-groups and completed several runners in the top ten. Ciara Lydon (Lor...  more

Sun Jan 8th Meeting Parking Restrictions. Please note that parking restrictions are in operation on Sunday Jan 8th, due to the 1.00pm Cup Tie on that day. Please arrive early for your conven...  more

Every year the club chooses two of its outstanding young athletes, one male and one female, and honours them with the Darren Campbell MBE Award for their achievements through the year. This year ...  more

The Arts and Sports Trust, whose aim is to help young people up to the age of eighteen to pursue their dreams in the field of Arts or Sports, have made generous grants to four Sale Harriers Manch...  more

Whilst Sale Harrier athletes and teams have been doing very well, the club's technical officials have also been recognised by selection for major national events. Sale Harrier's club Secretar...  more

"These training weekends just get better and better!" Over 60 people took part in the latest Sale Harriers trip to The Newlands Adventure Centre near Keswick in The Lake District. Ages from 17 ...  more

The clue is in the title of this devilish race apparently...but that didn't stop over 4000 runners descending on Delamere Forest to take part in Hellrunner 2010 on Sunday 14th November. Descri...  more

Fancy a night with your friends celebrating all things Sale Harriers?  The club are hosting their Annual Winter Party at Sale Rugby Club, on Heywood Road, Sale on 5th February at 7pm. ...  more

With the icy conditions prevailing on the roads, we are again taking this Tuesday night's run from Crossford Bridge onto the Mersey banks.  Please bring headtorches and appropriate off-road ...  more

Memberships are coming in fast and furious keeping myself and Ann Jackson very busy, takings are slightly up as at this time 2010. We still need Coaches at all 3 sites to keep checking if th...  more

Agenda President's Report Chairperson's Report Treasurer's Report Roll Of Honour   Please click on each link to view report ...  more

Congratulations to Gaz Raven who represented GB & NI for the second consecutive year in the 9th European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria. He finished a creditable 25th and was the ...  more

If you like your road races to be cheap, low key, easily accessible and providing a fast course then pencil the BURTONWOOD 5 in for next year.  Others were attracted to the venue, 2 miles no...  more

Sale Harriers have hosted the Sale 10 for many years with many fine achievements. Gone are the days when a Sunday morning would see empty roads with little or no traffic. Modern day road race r...  more

Young, 16-year old Katie Byers, Britain's U/17 No.1 pole vault sensation is currently competing in the first Youth Olympics in Singapore. Her father, Andy writes from the opening ceremony," What ...  more

The weekend's London Grand Prix welcomed home the GB & NI team from the European Championships and among them were our own club athletes. Andy Turner, still celebrating his gold medal, e...  more

The club's top endurance specialist, Gaz Raven has again been selected to represent GB & NI at the World Mountain Championships in Slovenia on Sunday 5th September. He qualified by recently f...  more

The annual Bedford International Games on Sunday 15th August was the last chance for athletes to qualify for this Autumn's Commonwealth Games.  Two club throwers in particular will be p...  more

The Manchester weather could not dampen the spirits of Sale Harriers who attended the end of season bar-b-que at Crossford Bridge on thursday the 19th August 2010. The evening commenced with ...  more

Sunday August 22nd saw a beautiful summer morning just perfect for a jaunt around the roundabouts of Birchwood, well at least that was the plan! Sale Harriers had 10 runners taking part, first ho...  more

At Barnet Copthall stadium, in the final Club competition of the Track and Field Season, the Clubs' Cup Final, called The Jo Smith Trophy, Sale's combined men's and women's team were one of the c...  more

A relatively small field of 354 lined up for this Fylde coast 10K,  compared to the larger Beaverbrooks 10k , also on the Blackpool promenade which  attracts several thousand every year...  more

The bank holiday Sale '5' had the same winner & runner-up as in 2008. Salford's  Andi Jones topped a hectic weekend that involved pace-setting at the BMC Grand Prix to add the £200 top p...  more

The weather was terrible. There was no meat in the bolognese sauce.  A strange man in a yellow cardigan didn't seem to be able to take "no" for an answer.  But amidst all the adversity,...  more

The weekend of June 12/13 was the opportunity for our youngsters to strut their stuff in the various County Schools Championships. Congratulations to five harriers in the Cheshire Schools, two of ...  more

A formidable battalion of club soldiers took on the Welsh Castles Relay on the weekend of 12/13 June. They battles mountains and vales to finish 6th open team and 7th overall (a vets team finishe...  more

The North Cheshire bandwagon of 5 x 5k road races through Cheshire countryside rolled into Bowden village for its third race of the series on Thursday June 10th. If Dunham Massey's significant me...  more

Well done to club stalwart Catherine Jones for winning this month's Ronhill Challenge, featured in Athletics Weekly magazine.  Every month Atheltics Weekly welcomes nominations for unsung he...  more

"Age shall not weary them" was certainly applicable for club veterans who participated in the BMAF 5k Championships in Horwich on June 20th. With superb individual performances, our O/70 team ret...  more

Sandwiched between Germany surprise defeat and England's disappointing performance against Algeria in the World Cup, Altrincham AC's North Cheshire Grand Prix returned to scenic Dunham Massey Par...  more

On possibly the hottest day of the summer and one a busy one for races, it's no wonder only four green-hooped vests turned out for the undulating Lymn 5k, the final race of five in the North Ches...  more

The third Manchester Parks Grand Prix, The Platt Fields 10k on Sunday June 27th was a 'Sizzler' - not because of fast times (far from it!) but because of the hottest day of the summer. Frank Co...  more

MAY 5TH NORMAN POOLE 5k Our nationally acclaimed coach, Norman Poole's lifetime contribution to the region's elite endurance runners, was recognised in the Norman Poole 5k Cown Resevoir road r...  more

A large number of stars from yesteryear lined up alongside lesser mortals and fun runners to honour the life Angela Deegan, club stalwart and coach who died last year from cancer at the youthful ...  more

Eric Hughes, the Club's President, who masterminded the women's section to becoming one of the best in Europe, has written an autobiography that portrays his personal, sporting and business escap...  more

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Following the Street Sprints in Manchester City Centre on May 16th and the BUPA Great Manchester Run, there will be an after-race party for all the athletes to which Sale Harriers are invited. Th...  more

Welcome to Sale Harriers Manchester's new website. We've joined the pre- General Election campaign for 'Change'! Let's hope you'll now value this state-of-the-art club vehicle of communication th...  more

Matt Bond topped a fantastic year by making his international debut and then went on to win the race topping it with his latest PB.  Following PBs in last September's Cardiff 10k (30:11), 5-...  more

Every Spring, a group of the club's track and field athletes take off for warm weather training to Portugal. Of course, it's not all work with no play!!!! This year's group were Tim Jolly, Ash Pr...  more

It is doubtful that Manchester's Great Hall has ever looked so magnificent: the perfect venue decked out in green, white and red for the celebration of 100 years of the country's finest athletics ...  more

Manchester & SHM were truly on their feet for the Gt. Manchester 10k, Junior Run & City Sprints of the weekend of mid-May.  Club members of every age and section stretched their sine...  more

Sale Harriers Manchester was well-represented at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting on May 23rd, with many of the club's highest achievers commencing serious competition for the fir...  more

Our nationally acclaimed coach, Norman Poole's lifetime contribution to the region's elite endurance runners, was recognised in the Norman Poole 5k Cown Resevoir road race. Understandably, severa...  more

Just as the last daffodils of spring faded, the Dunham Massey 5k blossomed and announced the North Cheshire series of five 5k races through Cheshire countryside and a summer of 5k road races. The ...  more

Norman Poole pulled it off yet again! As President of the exclusive British Milers club that provides top level competition for the nation's elite athletes, our nationally acclaimed middle-distan...  more

Notice to all participants of the Indoor Meeting at Sports City on the 4th December Please note that car parking this Sunday 4th Dec, is restricted to Car Park 2  and Tennis Courts car par...  more

The November match of the winter's five cross-country races in the Manchester Area Cross-Country League took place on the tough undulations of Sherdley Park, St Helen's on Sunday 21. Compared to ...  more

FINE START TO 2011 IN M.A.C.C.L The penultimate of the five Manchester Area Cross-Country League matches (MACCL) took place at Woodbank Park, Stockport on January 2nd. The club saw in the New Y...  more

The weekend of January 8/9 saw most of the County Cross-Country Championships take place and the club are proud to have had medallists in four of the region's counties. Congratulations to Elean...  more

LONDON MARATHON. A Marathon is not for the faint-hearted! It's the ultimate challenge and those who fail to treat it with respect will be its victim. This year, the uncharacteristically warm d...  more

IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT…….     Apologies to the good people of Kersal, but, let's face it, the reason 558 runners journeyed there for the annual Salford 10k on Good Frid...  more

In a unique weekend of Manchester City winning the FA Cup, Manchester United winning their nineteenth League title and 36,000 people taking to the streets of Manchester with the further televised...  more

Elizabeth Twite achieved a rare hat-trick of victories in the Great Junior event held this year at Heaton Park. Moved from the traditional venue of Sportcity to facilitate the crowds watching Man...  more

In recent days, two 'special' relationships have been proclaimed on the airwaves - the Queen's historic visit to Ireland and President Obama's visit to England. I now confirm a third - that betwe...  more

THE SALE '5' For the second consecutive year and third time in four year Salford AC's Andi Jones (24.34) won our club promotion. In this second of five races in the Manchester Parks Grand Prix...  more

In recent weeks, some superb individual performances have been recorded. Matt Bond, currently living at altitude in Colorado, improved his 10,000m PB by a massive fifty seconds to record 29:39.68...  more

While Vettel is dominating the Formula 1 Grand Prix, Sale Harriers are making their presence felt in another Grand Prix. The Manchester Parks Series Grand Prix takes in the treasures of Mancheste...  more

NORTH CHESHIRE 5k SERIES Formula One lover Mike Hatch was the club's Lewis Hamilton of this year's North Cheshire 5k Series winning the series overall. In pole position for all five races thr...  more

Additional to last week's posting, congratulations to two further club members who recently made their international debuts. Sprinter Andy Robertson, who has represented England and GB in younger...  more

The club's veteran section (men 40+ and women 35+) is one of the largest and they're coy about major competition so it was difficult to get out teams for both the BMAF National & Northern Road...  more

ROAD RELAYS: The Seniors came seventh in the Northern 6 Stage and eighth in the National 6 Stage, being placed tenth in the National Cross Country Relays. Although from a position point of view t...  more

The 2010 track and field season was a little disappointing for the senior men.  The first priority in any season is to retain British Athletics League Premiership status and this was duly ac...  more

The Northern Men's 12 stage and Women's 6 stage Road Relay Championships took place this weekend. The 'meat' in the sandwich between the end of the cross-country and the beginning of the track an...  more

Mike Kilmartin had a great race - finishing in 1:16:04 in 17th position. James Ketley had a strong run finishing in 1:21:23 in 66th position. James Lambe was 'a little disappointed' with his...  more

Last week, we reported that Carl Cleghorn was half way through the world's toughest challenge, the seven day 250kms footrace across the Sahara Desert known as The Marathon des Sables. We reported...  more

Two weeks before the National 12-stage Road relays, team manager Dave Rodgers confidently informed his squad he was optimistic for a 'top six' place and, depending on team performance "we might b...  more

Bright blue skies and glorious sunshine greeted the senior women's team, as they met at Sutton Park to represent the club in the National Road Relays. Having started the week with 2 strong teams ...  more

It was a great weekend for the Club's children who took home all the silverware in this year's Great North Run weekend. In the mini-run, Elizabeth Twite again came first completing the Great Mini...  more

The English Half Marathon by Frank Cordingley             Runbritainrankings.com is a new website that allows runners to track their ...  more

Male team of the day came from the Under 13's A team who comfortably demolished the field with Adam Roden (10:10) running fastest leg for the team and joint 5th fastest for the day followed by Br...  more

As home club we had hoped for a repeat or better performance than the 2nd in the 12th stage back in March. However last minute team changes meant this wasn't to be but what it did enable was the ...  more

The senior women finished 11th in the 4-stage Northern Relay Championships hosted with the mens' 6- stage relays at Wythenshawe Park by Dave Rodgers and his team of volunteers as part of the Club...  more

Sandwiched between the road relay season and the MACCL cross-country league is a half marathon road racing season. Whilst teams were running the National Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham, others...  more

The men's 6-stage and women's 4-stage National Road Relays took place at the long-time Mecca for National Relays, Sutton Coalfield, Birmingham on Saturday October 16th. The annual event is a high...  more

The day following the 6 & 4-stage senior relays in Birmingham it was the turn of youngsters from clubs throughout the land to benchmark their ability against the best from up to sixty clubs a...  more

Jim Lambe had an astounding run in the Dublin Marathon at the end of October smashing his PB by half an hour to finish in 3:14.55. I'm in a state of shock" he said. "I was confident from the very...  more

The Festive '5' Mile Road Race will be held at Wythenshawe Park on Tuesday 28th December at 9:30am. - £1000 Total Prize Fund - First Three Men, First Three Women, Plus Vets Prizes (max one pri...  more

Reputed to be Britain's best 5-mile annual road race attracting all the top names, our Antony Ford showed the quality field a clear pair of heels to win's this year's Alsager '5' in fine style wi...  more

Almost a hundred members glowed in health and best finery for the club's annual Winter Ball held at Sale Rugby Club on February 5th. All ate, drank, danced, chatted and partied merrily to ensure ...  more

Sale has just celebrated its centenary.  It is a club well used to tradition.  But how many years do you need of something before it becomes a 'tradition'?  I would suggest that th...  more

The North Cheshire series staged its second of five races around the picturesque village of Hollins Green on Saturday May 5th. Traditionally, fewer club members turn out for this race than the ot...  more

The second of this year's Crossford Bridge club handicap runs took place on Tuesday night. The event was a great success, with over 50 people turning out. The winners were as follows: 1st Male:...  more

Many local races are run on a Sunday when we should be sensibly washing our cars or mowing the lawn. One notable exception is the "Rounds the Resers" multi terrain race up in Tintwistle near Glos...  more

See this year's video of the Sale Harriers team at the Wesh Castles relay on 12-13 June. Click here for YouTube video. Thanks to Mike Hatch for putting this year's video together! ...  more

Congratulations to Gaz Raven who represented GB & NI for the second consecutive year in the 9th European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria. He finished a creditable 25th and was the ...  more

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Results from the Manchester Sizzler series can be found on the Sportsoft UK Race Results web site. Direct links are provided below: Race 1  |  Race 2 ...  more

Sale Harriers have hosted the Sale 10 for many years with many fine achievements. Gone are the days when a Sunday morning would see empty roads with little or no traffic. Modern day road race rou...  more

The focus through the summer, inevitably, is the T & F leagues and championships but a large number still fly the green-hooped flag on road and fell races throughout the region. Elton Davi...  more

On the weekend of the 21st of August a contingent of Harriers made the journey to Wales for the annual race the train event held in the seaside town of Tywyn. The Friday group were greeted by Nao...  more

As the rain fell unabated last Sunday morning, me and my wife Pat arrived for the final race of the Manchester Parks Grand Prix in this North Manchester Park with time to spare.  It was only ...  more

This is the time of year when those preparing for the London and other Spring marathons put their long, winter training to the test in one of the North's 20-mile races. The Trimpbell '20' is one o...  more

Whilst most ran Wilmslow, two did the Liverpool half-marathon on the same day. L35 JOANNA ROBBINS knocked almost 3 mins of her previous PB at Wilmslow last year to clock 1:36.27. She said, "I g...  more

The club's participation in this year's Wilmslow half marathon was worthy of our centenary year with 37 participants and two brilliantly flying the flag at the sharp end finishing 2nd and 4th. We...  more

For those into the religion of running, the liturgy of Good Friday is enshrined in Good Friday's Salford 10k. Participants have to opportunity for empathy with the element of 'suffering' enshrine...  more

The senior women produced one of their best results for years at the National 6-stage relays held at the traditional venue of Sutton Park, Birmingham. They finished 8th and even more encouragingl...  more

"In terms of turn-out on the day, it was a reasonable result" was how hard-working team manager DAVE RODGERS summed up his team's 16th place in the National 12-stage relays. Having earned superb ...  more

On Sunday 25th April 2010, runners of all abilities made their ways across London to the start of the 30th London Marathon, 10 Sale Harriers amongst them.  As the runners made their final ...  more

The first of this year's Crossford Bridge club handicap runs took place on Tuesday night. The event was a great success, with over 40 people turning out. The winners were as follows: 1st Male: ...  more

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg put aside clandestine negotiations following this week's General Election results, joining war veterans at a service to commemorate the 65th anniversary...  more

Manchester & SHM were truly on their feet for the Gt. Manchester 10k, Junior Run & City Sprints of the weekend of mid-May.  Club members of every age and section stretched their sine...  more

Just as the last daffodils of spring faded, the Dunham Massey 5k blossomed and announced the North Cheshire series of five 5k races through Cheshire countryside and a summer of 5k road races. The ...  more

MAY 5TH NORMAN POOLE 5k Our nationally acclaimed coach, Norman Poole's lifetime contribution to the region's elite endurance runners, was recognised in the Norman Poole 5k Cown Resevoir road r...  more

The final list of those travelling to the German city of Kassel for the City's Marathon & Half- Marathon on May 16th. Thanks to STEFFAN SCHUMACHER, who hails from the City and his former athl...  more

It'd been a nightmare 12 months for GLEN COMISH going from illness to injury, to freak accident to injury.  He did this race in the early stage of recovering, demonstrated by clocking a belo...  more

This was a day-out on 'home' territory for the Beattie family. Son Ben (Steel City Striders) clocked 1:18.11, dad Geoff (O/55) 1:38.46 and Mum Carol (O/55 (Steel City Striders) 1:43.30. Who do yo...  more

JERRY SMITH had been training hard though the arctic conditions and, over an undulating course, recorded 1:28.54 just thirty seconds short of his PB. He was rewarded with first O/55 and a nice li...  more

How does he do it? Just a week after the Brass Monkey half-marathon, and the day following the Platt Fields Parkrun 5k, prolific racer O/55 GEOFF BEATTIE was at it again! Does our celebrity psych...  more

This was O/55 MIRAN APRAHAMIEN'S first race since October when he strained his ankle and so was very pleased with his time of 1:22:47. The course is a shortened distance 10 miles - round the Irwe...  more

A number larger than normal gathered for this monthly event on a dry, still but chilling morning.   TIM RAINEY was the first home in 19.22 (21st) followed by O/60 TERRY LONERGAN in...  more

Britain's premier '5' mile race always attracts the best and this year was no exception with seven breaking 23-minutes. ANTONY FORD was among this elite, smashing the 24-minute barrier for the fi...  more

Run in icy and cold conditions, JASON BOWERS clocked 79.15 to finish 16th. He described it as 'a return to some sort of form considering I missed most of the winter due to work commitments..... a...  more

This time evergreen TERRY LONEGAN was 1st O/60 in 46th place from almost 300 finishers. It was further good to see O/35 JO ROBBINS back on the circuit, finishing 2nd in her age category in a fine...  more

Altrincham AC's premier Spring promotion just gets better and better! It regularly attracts classy sub-30 minute runners and this year it went one better with three sub-30 times clocked and Alder...  more

A massive congratulations to Andy Turner, the club record holder for the 110m Hurdles, who won a bronze medal today at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Andy, the 2010 European and C...  more

The club's Primary section, based at Crossford Bridge, promoted one of it's major annual events this weekend and the heavy rain did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the 105 Sale athletes who to...  more

The final fixture of this season's National Junior League was held in Gateshead this weekend and saw the club finish 4th place overall behind Gateshead Harriers, Team Edinburgh and Team Glasgow.&...  more

As previously announced, the club had six athletes represent their Nation in the recent U/17 Home Countries International. Their selection was the result of their excellent performances in the ea...  more

Chris Bartram's training group members have taken more strides forward over the last few weeks. A large group went to Hexham over the weekend of 23rd/24th July to compete at the well-established...  more

The weekend's Aviva Trials and National Championships at the renovated Alexander stadium in Birmingham was the venue of dreams for those with World Championship ambitions.  The most prestigi...  more

Great news! Our National Junior Team has qualified for the National Junior League Final to be held at Derby on Sunday September 11th.Though they finished fourth on the Northern Area final a few w...  more

After a brave fight we had to concede the UK League Premiership title at Lee Valley on Saturday. To say we were depleted was an understatement. Initially, Stephanie Pywell, Laura Whittingham, Aht...  more

British League matches are hard to win and winning the league itself is even harder. Going into the 3rd match of the 2011 season at the Etihad Complex (formerly Sportcity) at the top of the Briti...  more

Regarded as the 'Kid's Olympics' and certainly the annual T & F pinnacle for many of the country's most talented youngsters, the club wishes "Good Luck' to an astonishing number of club athle...  more

One Gold, five Silver and one Bronze was the medal haul for Sale Harriers athletes at last weekend England U23 and U20 championships which this year were also the trials for the European U23 and ...  more

Over the weekend of 25/26th June, the youngest three members of Chris Bartrams' Combined Events Group made light work of securing their qualification for the National finals to be held in Exeter ...  more

In spite of a number of 'disasters', Sale's senior women retained their position on top of the UK National Premier League in the second match held in Edinburgh at the weekend. Last minute injurie...  more

The third match in the North of England League First Division took place on Sunday 3rd July at UCLAN Sports Arena, Preston. Athletes and spectators were greeted by glorious sunshine as we aimed t...  more

An amazing six Sale Harriers won National titles at the English Schools Championships, held at Gateshead last weekend. Dubbed the 'Kid's Olympics' that brings together England's most talented you...  more

Sale had two triple gold medallists in the U13 age group with Ben Moseley and Sophie Ullah. Gabbi George won a sprint double including a PB 200m of 26.7 seconds with Charlotte Worthington third ...  more

Congratulations to four athletes selected to represent GB & NI at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn (Estonia). They are George Caddick, who won senior 400m gold at the recent Engli...  more

On Saturday July 9th, Sale competed in eight relays at Ellesmere Port winning three, placing second in another and third in two more. The U11 girl's relay (3x600m) team of Tia Blissett, Verity Ga...  more

The club is still on track to retain the NW League after scoring a two hundredpoint victory over last year's runners up Blackpool AC and West Cheshire AC in3rd place. Weather conditions were poor ...  more

Fourteen Crossford Bridge youngsters took part in the AAA Tom Pink event at Sportcity on Wednesday June 1st as part of a City of Manchester team with opposition from Liverpool, Trafford, Crewe, B...  more

The weekends BMC Grand Prix of top middle distance races at Sportcity on the weekend was preceded with a series of 600m races for young athletes with the Mayor of Manchester presenting medals t...  more

NATIONAL YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE (Match 3) This weekend, the club made a massive step forward to retaining the NW Premier League title of the National Young Athlete's League. Whilst we went into...  more

UK WOMEN'S LEAGUE MATCH 1 From the original team selections, no fewer than nine top athletes had to drop out, all for genuine reasons, including Sara McGreavy, Katherine Endacott, Kelly Massey...  more

NORTHERN LEAGUE DIV.1 The club retained their leading position in the Northern Premier League, following an outstanding team performance at Lincoln. The sprinters, throwers and jumpers were imm...  more

The first British Athletics League match of the season has been re-scored after Newham and Essex Beagles were found to have used an ineligible athlete.  As a result, our 4th place finish has ...  more

CLUB RETAINS NORTH-WEST TITLE The club retained the NW title of the National Young Athlete League with a fine 117 point victory over friends and rivals Liverpool Harriers. As a result, the youn...  more

There was a fitting curtain raiser to the Northern Senior and U20 championships at Sport City Manchester, one of the 47 events that make up the McCain UKA Challenge series, as the men's hammer co...  more

2010 was another Track & Field season mission that was accomplished. Although finishing in 2nd spot behind the Blackburn squad, it was really tight, with 4 teams including ourselves threatene...  more

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The Primary Section was delighted to play host to nearly a hundred athletes from other local clubs for their traditional annual 'Over the Bales' even on Sunday March 27th, featuring separate race...  more

NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE (Match one) On a very unusual weekend, sandwiched between two bank holidays and a Royal wedding, it was always going to be difficult to assemble a strong team for the fi...  more

Congratulations to Matt Hunt, the club's number one Javelin thrower, who broke the long-standing club Javelin record while competing at the British Universities Championships at Bedford on Sunday...  more

For students at Britain's universities and colleges, there's only one early season competition that counts: the BUCS Championships, held annually at Bedford.  The championships took place on...  more

With some athletes away warm weather training and with others not wanting to start their seasons at the beginning of May, many clubs struggled to field complete teams in the Jo Smith Cup,  w...  more

NORTHERN TRACK & FIELD LEAGUE   (Senior Division 1). The opening match of the season held at Stanley Park, Blackpool was a huge success, with the Club winning with 389pts from Bl...  more

The club has a record seventeen athletes representing their nations at the XIX Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi between October 3rd and October 14th. This amazing number is not only a club ...  more

As I and  the rest of Team GB walked on to the floating stage in Marina Bay, Singapore for the opening ceremony of the first ever Youth Olympic Games (14-26 August), I heard the announcer sa...  more

Sportcity was buzzing with youthful exuberance and exceptional talent when the top eight athletic clubs in the country met in youthful combat for the prestigious National Young Athletes Final, ho...  more

Welcome to the club for Britain's best U/13 long jumper for twenty years! Just turned thirteen, Amy Williams' athleticism has been taking the region by storm. Formerly a member of West Cheshire A...  more

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Our multi-event star Jessica Taylor was excited beyond belief to win her first medal - bronze, at the recent England Athletics U/20 Combined Events Championships.  A few days later she recei...  more

The final days of January saw three club athletes make their international debut and achieve an athletic pinnacle that's the dream of every athlete and, of course, are the pride of the club. Cong...  more

Success for the Club's Combined Events Group coached by Chris Bartram continued at Sheffield over the weekend of 8th and 9th January when 8 members competed and came away with 5 medals. The most ...  more

Thanks to the Arts & Sports Trust, which aims to help young people up to the age of 18 years to achieve their dreams in art and sport, two of the club's talented young athletes have received ...  more

The Aviva National Indoor Championships & European Trials at EIS Sheffield last weekend was an excellent one for the club……. Andy Robertson - Made his first senior final at 60m, finishing 7...  more

The National Young Athletes League started with a four match North-West Premier League Championship involving nine of the regions clubs. In match one at blustery Blackpool, Sale had a clear win...  more

The club has five representatives in this week's European championships at Barcelona. Watch out for Britain's No.1 pole vaulter Kate Dennison and Britain No.1 110m hurdler Andy Turner. Gordan Ke...  more

They ran to celebrate the club's centenary and have the proceeds go to Cancer research in memory of club legend Alan Robertshaw!  Morris Jefferson organised the 5.5 mile route on paths from...  more

The third of our four league matches this summer took place at Eton on Saturday and, while the result (a close 5th - 3rd was just 15 points away and 4th just 5) wasn't necessarily the one that w...  more

The final fixture of the Northern League Division 1 held at Sportcity at the weekend saw the club achieve their objective in retaining Division 1 competition. We needed a strong turn out, and i...  more

Our senior women in the UK Premier Women's League triumphed to their latest league victory in a nail-biting conclusion at Eton on Sunday. It was a match they had to win and they did so in their t...  more

One highpoint of GB & NI most successful ever European Championships was our Andy Turner's magnificent gold medal in the 110m hurdles. Britain's third fastest ever hurdler and the 2006 bronze...  more

As a result of the club's U13, U15 and U/17 boys and girls being unbeaten all season and crowned North-West Champions of the National Young Athletes League, they qualified for the Northern Finals...  more

Because our U/17 & U/20 men and women finished third in the Premier Division of the National Junior League behind Team Edinburgh & Team Glasgow, Sale missed out on automatic selection to ...  more

Young, 16-year old Katie Byers, Britain's U/17 No.1 pole vaulter who competed in the first Youth Olympics in Singapore won the 'B' final with a jump of 4m. She then went on and attempted a new Br...  more

A strong wind at Lee Valley put paid to many hopes of quick times on the track and big distances in the field in this weekend's final league match of the season, but it was still a match of the h...  more

The football, the hot weather and the three hour journey to Gateshead for the third match of the National Junior League Premier Division this weekend meant Sale fielded a depleted team with many ...  more

4th July 2010: Entry form, 12th September 2010: Entry formAt Crossford Bridge, 12 noon start. Under 9's Girls & Boys Events _ 50m, 75m, 600m, Long Jump, Turbo Javelin Under 11's Girl...  more

This weekend saw the second of four British League fixtures, this time at Birmingham.  For our team, the football analogy would be that of the game of two halves, although here the distincti...  more

On Sunday July 19th, the club's U13, U15 and U/17 boys and girls won the final match of the National Young Athlete's league against Liverpool AC & Warrington AC and were crowned North-West Ch...  more

The Club has four athletes representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland at this week's IAAF World Junior Championships at Moncton, Canada, (19-25 July) Niall Brooks, coached at Wythenshawe P...  more

A depressing start and a glorious finish describe the second UK League Premiership match of the season at Sportcity. In her first 400 metre Hurdles race for two years, Faye Harding developed a ...  more

While for all club members it is great to pull on the green, white and red in league or championship competition, the bulk of the season is taken up with competing for individual glory in BMC rac...  more

Olivia Callaghan won her first international vest by winning the intermediate girls 100m at last weekend English Schools Championships in Birmingham. She will now represent English Schools at nex...  more

Sixteen year old Katie Byres, Britain's top young pole vaulter, is one of a group of 40 young athletes from 16 Olympic sports selected by the British Olympic Association to compete for Team GB at...  more

The weekend of June 12/13 was the opportunity for our youngsters to strut their stuff in the various County Schools Championships. Congratulations to five harriers in the Cheshire Schools, two of ...  more

Olivia Callaghan has every reason to feel on top of the world!  Following her 100m  gold medal at the England Schools Championships and consequent selection to represent English Schools...  more

The first English National Champions since 2006 were held at Gateshead on July 17/18 and several club athletes fared brilliantly despite the windy conditions and secured six national titles and a ...  more

Late call offs due to illness, injuries and overseas commitments meant we travelled to Birmingham on June 5th for the first UK Women's Premier League match of the season with a much depleted trac...  more

Sale Harriers Manchester athletes won 11 medals at these championships held at Leigh on Bank Holiday weekend. Most successful was Olivia Callaghan who won the U17 Women's 200m in 25.68 sec and wa...  more

The Club has a record number selected for the European Team Championships in Bergen, Norway from 19-20 June. Those part of the Aviva GB and NI team are:- Andy Turner (110mH) Alex Smith (Hammer...  more

Sale Harriers Manchester's record number of participants in the European Team Championships had a successful weekend, with the British contingent taking great satisfaction in securing a hard-earn...  more

There were some superb performances by Sale Harriers at the England Athletics U20 and U23 championships in Bedford this weekend, capped by superb gold medals for Ryan Oswald (U23 200m), Niall Bro...  more

The Club's U/13, U/15 & U/17 boys and girls scored a fantastic victory in the third of four matches in the North-West Premier League. Held on home territory, Sportcity, on 20th June, they sco...  more

Bathed in sunshine, Birmingham's Alexander stadium provided a perfect venue for three days of top class athletics from the Aviva European Trials and UK Championships. The highpoint of the Friday ...  more

Festive 5 Mile Road Race, 28th December.  Click here for details City of Manchester Indoor Open Meetings 2010/11. Click here for details ...  more

Click here to download an entry form. Click here to be directed to race results website for online entry. Dates   Sunday 8th January 2012 Sunday 19th February 2...  more

Two club coaches were recently honoured in the NW Regional Awards. Congratulations to Ann & Graham Marshall who won the award for Service to volunteering. Ann and Graham have led Sale Harrier...  more

The club organised a highly successful Sale Festival meeting for young athletes on June 12th despite continuous rain. Over one hundred Harriers took part with 50 medallists awarded 24 gold, 23 si...  more

The Principality proves to be a great success for the Harriers Sale Harriers broke with tradition and headed west rather than north for their bi annual training weekend. The Cwm Pennant va...  more

The long, hard, winter was well and truly launched this weekend with a host of endurance events held amidst miserable drizzle and rain.  Forty club members took off for the now well establis...  more

Cross country season is nearly upon us so it's time to sharpen those spikes and elbows in readiness. Jo Street is again organising the entries for the U20, Senior and Vets ladies for all this sea...  more

Some thoughts by one of our young runners from Crossford Bridge. Read on... ...  more

PRIMARY SECTION SUCCESS IN QUADKIDS On 25th September Sale Harrier's Primary Section took part in the 1st Quadkids event for the M60 and Manchester Athletics Network. The club entered two teams...  more

The club's Primary section, based at Crossford Bridge, promoted one of it's major annual events this weekend and the heavy rain did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the 105 Sale athletes who to...  more

I, Graham Wilson and my wife Linda, would like to thank those members of SaleHarriers who thought of us when my mother, Elsie Wilson, died aged 89 on 5 May,2011. We also thank Sale Harriers for i...  more

CLUB WITHDRAWS FROM EUROPEAN CHAMPION CLUBS CUP In 2010 the Women's team was successful in achieving promotion in the European Champion Clubs Cup by a convincing victory in the 'B' division in...  more

IAN SAUNDERS - REST IN PEACE Ian Saunders, one of the club's most influential racers in the 1970's, died on April 7th after a long battle with illness. Not only was he a talented sprinter but ...  more

ELSIE WILSON R.I.P The club mourns the death of Elsie Wilson, husband of Harold Wilson- club founder, secretary for over 40 year and President who died in 1999.   Elsie, with Harold, w...  more

The club extends deepest condolences to Glen Comish and his family on the recent death of his father after a prolonged illness. Glen's father was well known among Sale Harriers and he had many fr...  more