Sale Harriers Manchester

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Sale Harriers Manchester
Sale Harriers Manchester athletics club logo.jpg
Founded1910
GroundCrossford Bridge
LocationDanefield Road, Sale M33 7BG, England
Coordinates 53°25′59″N2°18′45″W / 53.43306°N 2.31250°W / 53.43306; -2.31250
Website official website

Sale Harriers Manchester is a British athletics club based in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. The club is based primarily at Crossford Bridge on Danefield Road but also trains at Wythenshawe Park and SportCity in the Manchester Regional Arena. [1]

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History

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Darren Campbell

The origins of the club began when a Sale Harriers club was formed during 1891. [2]

The club were refounded in 1910 during a joint meeting at the Temperance Rooms in Cross Street and gained affiliation with the East Lancashire Association on 30 September 1911. [3] In 1923 the club used the Moss Lane ground of Altrincham F.C. for their first track events and in the early 1950s, the Sale Borough Council made a rental agreement for land at Crossford Bridge. [3]

The first Olympian connected to the club was Steve Hollings who raced in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. [4]

From 1977 to 1987 the women's section of the club won the English National Cross Country Championships seven times and with one of the club's athletes Kathryn Binns winning the individual title in 1979. [5]

From 2002 until 2016, the club went by the name City of Manchester Athletic Club after forming a partnership with Manchester City Council and won the British Athletics League three times during that period in 2007, 2011 and 2014, while the women's section won the UK Women's Athletic League four times from 2007 to 2010. [6]

In 2004 Darren Campbell won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens as part of the 4 x 100 metres British team. [7]

Club stalwart and former coach Morris Jefferson died in March 2025. [8]

Honours

Notable athletes

Olympians

[9]

AthleteEventsGamesMedals/Ref
Steve Hollings 3,000m steeplechase1972
Michelle Probert-Scutt 400m, 4x400m1980, 1984 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Andy Ashurst pole vault1988
Sue Crehan marathon1988
Diane Edwards-Modahl 800m1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Stephi Douglas 100m1992—1996
Paula Fryer 800m1992
Kevin McKay 1500m1992, 1996
Ann Williams 1500m1992
Darren Campbell 100m, 200m, 4x100m1996, 2000 2004 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Owusu Dako 200m, 4x100m1996
Tony Borsumato 400m hurdles2000
Allyn Condon 4x100m, bobsleigh2000, 2010
Keri Maddox 400m hurdles2000
Lorraine Shaw hammer throw2000, 2004
Philippa Roles discus throw2004, 2008
Kate Dennison pole vault2008, 2012
Alexander Nelson 200m2008
Alex Smith hammer throw2012
Stuart Stokes 3,000m steeplechase2012
Chris Baker high jump2016
Kelly Massey 4x400m2016 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Sonia Samuels marathon2016
Jona Efoloko 4x100m2020
Abigail Irozuru long jump2020
Aimee Pratt 3,000m steeplechase2020

References

  1. "Our Locations". Sale Harriers Manchester. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. "Sale Harriers" . Manchester Courier. 5 October 1891. Retrieved 11 January 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "A History of Sale Harriers". Sale Harriers Manchester. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  4. "Friday" . South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times. 26 August 1972. Retrieved 29 March 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and results, pages 73. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.
  6. "Sale Harriers Manchester". National Athletics League. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  7. "Sale Harriers Manchester". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  8. "Tributes to 'legend' of Greater Manchester athletics and running". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  9. "Sale Harriers Manchester". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2025.