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Lower YDL – Trafford 18.5.19
Well done to team Altrincham on Saturday! We had a great turn out and our U13 Girls won the 4x100m Relay (as pictured). Another well done to Ben Lomas for winning the U15 200m race. Looking forward to the next event!
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Manchester League Race 2 – U13 girls 3rd
The second Manchester XC League fixture is always interesting as it's the first of the season for U11s and the first for U13s without a school clash. For the U11 boys, we could do very well this year if we can get the numbers out. It was disappointing to only get two...
U13 girls make top 20 in National XC Relays
If you'd asked me last year what the best performance was from our U13 girls, I'd have said their amazing 28th place at Mansfield. On that occasion a stunning performance by Aisling in particular bumped them well up the order. It would be a huge challenge this year to...
Pawprints – November 2018
U13 girls 8th in first Manchester League
The first Manchester League of the season is a struggle for us. We always have a clash with the local school race that we host and this year lost a good portion of our team to that. Nevertheless, we did manage to get an U13 girls team out and an U13 boy, with Thomas...
Pawprints – October 2018
NW Relays – Girls Show Strength in Depth
For the second year in a row the girls were out in force at the NW Road Relays. We had three teams out for the U13s and two teams out in the U11s, matching last year's five teams when we gave this event a big push for Don Nichol's retirement celebration. This time the...
Pawprints – September 2018
Trafford 10k Race Information
Altrincham & District Athletic Club present the TRAFFORD 10km ROAD RACE SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2018, 9:30am START Thank you for your entry to the Trafford 10k. Please take note of the following important information: Numbers and chips: Your race number can be...
Trafford 10k Entry Lists
TRAFFORD 10K Sunday September 2nd 2018 List of all entries (in race number order) If you have entered this years race, please check that your information is all correct, and notify us of any errors by emailing trafford10k@gmail.com We hope that your training is going...
Pawprints – August 2018
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YDL Match 1 Report
From team manager Mark Simpson.
Pawprints – April 2018
Results for 22 March Track Meeting
U9s win medals at Ashton XC
It's always exciting to see how new athletes get on when they take part in a club competition for the first time. Every great athlete needs to start somewhere and many will be able to point to a modest first performance as where it all began. Club competition is...
Pawprints – March 2018
U13 Girls Complete Team in National XC
The National Cross Country is perhaps the best event on the British endurance running calendar. The quality is immense, but also the numbers competing are impressive. No venue brings it home quite like Parliament Hill. Seeing the masses of runners...
Trafford 10k 2018 Race Information
Altrincham & District Athletic Club are proud to be organising the Trafford 10k on Sunday March 4th 2018. If you have entered this years race, you should have received the following information via email. Numbers and chips: You will need to go the Registration...
Manchester XC League – Junior Season Review
Now that the cross country season is coming to close it's time to reflect on how the season has gone and how we are progressing as a club. As the Manchester XC is our local regular competition, it is an important indicator. To start with let's go into Mark Twain...
Wythenshawe Mud Pie
The rain was beating down hard on the window. The street was full of puddles. Do I really have to go out in that? That was me being soft. Imagine young athletes wanting to go out in that? Just try and stop them! Wythenshawe Park is one of the flatter courses in...
Pawprints – February 2018
U13 Girls 25th Team in Northern XC
For this year's Northern XC we went to Harewood House, north of Leeds. Little was known about the course beforehand, but we should have been able to guess - lots of hills and mud! It was a good course for spectating, providing opportunity for non-runners to destroy...
U11 Girls in top 3 teams at Woodbank Park
I'm coming to the conclusion that Woodbank Park is the toughest of the Manchester XC League courses for the juniors. This year not only did it have the killer hill and 'the cliff', but it was full of mud. Several of our athletes lost their footing during the run...
Pawprints – January 2018
Juniors Impress in M’cr League XC
We had 18 juniors in action at Wythenshawe Sports Ground this weekend. We managed to field full teams in four age categories, despite illness and conflicting events claiming a few of our athletes. A mention must go to Aisling McHale who continues to rise up the ranks...
Pawprints – December 2017
Aisling Wins Inter Schools North West Regional Final
Aisling McHale produced another stunning Cross Country performance at the weekend to win the inter schools North West regional final. She claimed the scalps of several runners who had been faster than her over the course of the track season. This is inherently a team...
Great Junior Turnout at Boggart XC with Holly Newton 3rd and U11 girls 2nd team
I don't know what our record junior attendance is in the Manchester XC League, but the numbers that took part in the event at Boggart Hole Clough were way in excess of those in recent years. In total we had 21 taking part, 23 if you include our two U20 lads, Dan...
U13 Girls National XC Relay Team Finish 28th
After a top 40 finish in the National Road Relays and some very promising early season cross country performances, our promising U13 girls team took on the best in the country at the National XC Relays in Mansfield. We had the same A team as at Sutton Park, with...
Pawprints – November 2017
U13 Girls 3rd Team in Heaton Park XC
The first Manchester Cross Country League fixture of the season is particularly interesting. It offers a guideline as to how the clubs match off against each other and how athletes are performing compared to the previous year's races. The race at Heaton Park was for...
U13 Girls Relay Team Tackle Sutton Park
Our senior men may not have qualified for the National 6 Stage this year, but the club were still represented at Sutton Park by our fantastic U13 girls team. Racing over 3.88km is a new experience for these girls and is a little on the far side for their age group. ...
John Leigh Park Schools XC Round-Up
At last, we're back to that time of year when it starts to get colder, darker, wetter and muddier. Yes, that means everyone can run cross country, for many youngsters perhaps for the first time. Saturday 30th September was the first in a series of 3 schools cross...
Pawprints – October 2017
Northern Road Relays – Juniors
We've been fortunate enough to have a great men's team in this event for a long time, but this time the highest placed team was our U13 girls. The A team of Aisling McHale, Verity Charnley and Beth Robinson came home in an impressive 22nd place, and have been moved...
North West Road Relays – Juniors
The club hasn't had a much of a presence at this event in previous years, especially in the junior section, so it is quite astonishing that we managed to complete 7 full teams at Blackpool. This is partly down to the introduction of the U11 section of the event for...
Final Cheshire League Match of 2017
We waved bye bye to the 2017 track & field season with our final fixture on the glorious blue track of Warrington. The meeting saw us lock horns with hosts Halton & Frodsham, Trafford, Crewe & Nantwich, Stockport and Bury. In total we had 18 athletes...
Pawprints – September 2017
Bank Holiday PBs at Trafford
Altrincham had an impressive turnout at the latest Trafford Medal meeting, particularly among the U11s. In total 15 athletes laced up their trainers, several attending one of these high quality medal meetings for the first time. The biggest improvement from the club...
Juniors Finish Impressive 3rd in YDL
Great Show from U11s at Cheshire League
We had our best turn out for a long time among U11s at the Cheshire League, including managing to field relay teams in both age categories. There were 4 boys (Dylan Hanrahan, Fred Vaughan-Hawkins, Henry Bellingham and Josh Mulholland-Wells) and 2 girls (Alexa Watkins...
Long Jump/Triple Jump Results – 29 June 2017
Pawprints – August 2017
Jade is Alty’s Multi-Event Queen
A big congratulations to Jade Buckley-Ratcliff who has had multiple successes in multi-event competitions held at Woodbank Park, Stockport. First up was the Tri-Athletics held across several week nights. The idea of these events is that your best jump, throw, sprint...
Cheshire League at Eccles
Altrincham had 8 junior athletes in action at Salford Met's Eccles track for the second match in this season's Cheshire League. While this is a far lower number than we would have liked, their were still some great athletic displays from our athletes. Jade...
Pawprints – July 2017
Aisling Wins Gold Number 3 in ISA 600m Final
On Monday 19 June Aisling McHale went to Birmingham for the Independent Schools Association 600m final. Aisling had put in fantastic performances to win this event the previous two years and had hopes of completing a hat-trick of titles. She has been in fantastic...
YDL Match 3 – Juniors 4th in Very Competitive Match
Alty Athletes Win Greater Manchester Schools Medals
Junior Power of 10 Rankings 2017
Coach and YDL team manager Mark Simpson has sifted through Power of 10 to bring an update of those juniors at the club that have managed to attain the standard required to get a Power of 10 national ranking during 2017. [pdf-embedder...
YDL Match 2 Report – Alty up to 2nd
Dunham Massey Park 5K (race 2) provisional results
ALTRINCHAM & DISTRICT ATHLETIC CLUB Dunham Massey 5K results - 15th June 2017 1 542 MARTIN, Patrick Male Senior Stockport Harriers 14.49 2 136 NICHOLLS, Damian Male Senior Wilmslow Running Club 16.02 3 590 RACLE, Daniel Male Senior Altrincham and District 16.07 4...
BOWDON 5K
ALTRINCHAM & DISTRICT ATHLETIC CLUB Bowdon 5K results - 8th June 2017 1 136 NICHOLLS, Damian Male Vet 35 Wilmslow Running Club 16.16 2 456 SPEAKE, Peter Male Vet 40 Wilmslow Rc 16.34 3 466 GREEN, Jack Male Senior Warrington Ac 16.38 4 111 CHESHIRE, Jonathan Male...
Pawprints – June 2017
Dunham Massey Park 5K (race 1)
ALTRINCHAM & DISTRICT ATHLETIC CLUB Dunham Massey 5K results - 25th May 2017 1 136 NICHOLLS, Damian Male Vet 35 Wilmslow Running Club 16.30 2 380 RACLE, Daniel Male Junior Altrincham & District AC 16.33 1st MJ 3 111 CHESHIRE, Jonathan Male Senior Wilmslow...
Javelin/Shot Results 18 May 2017
High Jump Results – 20 April 2017
Pawprints – May 2017
YDL Match 1 Full Report
Team manager Mark Simpson's full report on our great start to this year's YDL.
Cheshire League at Ashton
Altrincham took 13 athletes to the Cheshire League meeting at Ashton-under-Lyne this Sunday. It was particularly good to see a four U11 boys take part, meaning we had enough to field a relay team. Ethan Brown, Harry Waddell and Isaac Oderinde were making their track...
May Day Medal Meeting
Bank holidays are for athletics. At least that's what our young girls seem to think as well as one solitary boy. 17 Altrincham athletes made it to Longford Park for some May Day madness. Some of the athletes were experimenting. Aisling McHale took the brave plunge in...
Easter Monday Trafford Medal Meeting
Trafford Medal Meeting 17 Apr Easter Monday was not to be spent solely eating chocolate for many of our young athletes as they opted to test themselves in the bank holiday open meeting at Trafford. Again, this was well attended with 19 athletes (that's two more than...
National 12-stage relays
Congratulations to the senior men's team who placed 53rd in Saturday's National 12-stage relays. The event was held on the iconic Sutton Park course, comprising alternating long (5.5 miles) and short (3.2 miles) legs. Running for Altrincham were (team position in...
Pawprints – April 17
Success at East Cheshire Harriers Open XC Race
The sun was shining in Ashton-under-Lyne as plenty of our primary school youngsters displayed their cross country potential with impressive performances. This was the second staging of this event, and has caught the attention of plenty of clubs in the Manchester area....
Pawprints – March 17
National XC – Juniors
National XC - JuniorsWhat makes a good cross country course? Hills? Tree roots? A pancake flat route? How about mole hills and streams? Yes, streams! Streams are awesome. They increase the mud factor exponentially. Every athlete should come back caked with mud on...
Club training T-shirts for sale
Training T-shirts for sale £10 each or Red and black £15 for 2 , they'll be available at the track every Tuesday from Carole Harrison.
Woodbank Park XC & Series – Juniors
The juniors were again out in force at Woodbank Park in the final race of this year's Manchester XC League. The U11 girls had six representatives, even though four of the girls that did the last two races were away for half term. The A team finished a creditable 5th...
Pawprints – February 17
Junior Girls Win School XC Medals
On a lovely day at Heaton Park lots of our girls were running in the Greater Manchester Schools XC Championship. Qualification for this event was based on the local schools XC leagues, with most of our girls representing the borough of Trafford.In the U11 girls race,...