Athletics news from the Chorley Citizen

Chorley fell runners take to the hills and dales

6:09pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

Veteran Chorley athlete Lynne Clough took the honours at the Pen y Ghent fell race in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Competition hots up for Chorley athletes as club fell races get under way

5:10pm Wednesday 5th June 2013

Two of the four 2013 Inter-Club fell races have now taken place at Wardle Skyline and Wray Caton Moor and the Chorley athletes have put down some serious results.

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Chorley athletes head for the hills in bracing wind

5:39pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

On a lovely evening but with a bitter wind, the first Harrock Hill race of the year saw 14 Chorley athletes compete.

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Chorley athletes brave the rain

6:15pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A typical summers day of rain greeted Chorley competitors at the second Mid Lancs Track and Field event in Preston.

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'Golden girls' win ladies team prize

4:47pm Wednesday 20th March 2013

DESPITE an icy wind, nearly 200 runners ran in the 25th Roddlesworth Roller and Daffodil Doddle multi-terrain races.

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Personal bests are order of the day for Chorley athletics team

5:57pm Wednesday 27th February 2013

After the regional finals where Evie Barclay, U13, took fourth and seventh place and Charlotte Walsh, U15, ranked tenth in North West, with third and seventh places in their individual events, the Chorley team completed their first Lancashire Sports Hall league in seventh place.

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Athletes race in cross-country championships

5:35pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

Five Chorley athletes chose to represent the club at the South-east Lancashire cross-country fixture at Leigh sports village.

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Witton run for junior athletes

5:13pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

The club’s senior athletes had the joy of arriving at Witton Park, Blackburn to find their U11 juniors colleagues dancing in the car park having all won medals after securing a highly prized second team in the Lancashire cross-country championships.

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Runners brave 'hardest fell face'

11:16am Tuesday 27th November 2012

Five Chorley athletes took part in arguably Lancashire’s hardest fell race, The Tour of Pendle 16.8mile and 4,800ft of climbing.

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Centenery year success for Chorley athletes

2:20pm Thursday 25th October 2012

A small band of Chorley athletes took on the first SE Lancs cross country at Heaton Park in its centenary year.

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Veteran John takes two victories

5:39pm Wednesday 17th October 2012

International race walker and senior coach, John Payn, undertook the tortuous Macclesfield 10K in sunny but very chilly conditions.

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Success on the fells for Chorley runners

2:52pm Wednesday 10th October 2012

Chorley runners competed in the prestigious Ian Hodgson Fell relays on Sunday and achieved their best performance ever.

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Athletes record personal bests, despite weather

1:25pm Wednesday 11th July 2012

A damp and windy day in Macclesfield, did not prevent personal bests by Chorley athletes at the North of England Track and Field competition.

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Ian’s gold standard

5:09pm Wednesday 20th June 2012

An outstanding gold medal performance for Chorley Athletic and Triathlon Club

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