Our next club race is the Macclesfield Shield 10 miles, which will take place from the Ex-Service Men’s Club in Sutton on Saturday, March 29th, starting at 1.00 p.m. The venue will be open from noon. As usual, it will be really helpful if you could let Dave Evans at dave.evans08@hotmail.co.uk know if you are attending and in what capacity. This will also assist Marshall in terms of the catering.

Fifty six years ago in 1969, Suttom Macclesfield hosted the Northern 10 miles championships on an out and back course towards Langley. When the press of the day suggest the going was ‘rather stiff’ regard this as a gross understatement! I paid the price for dueling with Jake Warhurst and was hanging on for dear life in the closing stages as Ron closed. I paid the price once more that night, up and down with stomach cramps. However, it was a breakthrough performance on my part and I remember being distraught that there was no report in the Athletics Weekly. It was memorable too for our team victory, especially as the fourth counter, Don Warren was a Sutton boy, born and bred. In addition it marked Ron Wallwork’s resurgence from his 1968 disappointment at not making the Mexico Olympics.