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Our Club

Welcome to Radcliffe Athletic Club!

We are proud to have been established for 40 years, training, supporting and encouraging runners of all abilities.

At our club you are guaranteed a warm welcome, plenty of support and the opportunity to make friends with like-minded people.

The club is based at Bury Livingwaters Church (Close Methodist), Dumers Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2GB. We meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8.30pm.

There is a choice of training sessions, from beginners through to competition racing.

On Mondays there is normally a 5/6.5km run and two 10km runs, based on ability and choice, for adults (age 16 and over). Each group has a run leader to oversee the session and provide support.

On Wednesdays we alternate between a hill session, which leaves from the club, and a track session at Bury Track, Market Street, Bury, BL9 9FX. 

There are also strength and conditioning sessions at the club at 7pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Our juniors (ages eight to 16) meet at the club at 7pm on Mondays.

Latest News

Radcliffe AC heads far and wide for mud and medals
22/02/2026 11:42 PM
 
 
With members now well and truly back into race season, Chris Mihalyi kicked off the week's races on Saturday at the Standish Hall 10k Trail Race. Having headed over to Wigan in search of a medal and the event’s free pie, Chris sped to the finish line to pick up the goods in only 48.28.
 
Chris Paknik–Riley celebrated the huge milestone of 250 parkruns over at Heaton Park in 37:05. Junior Lexi also set another PB at the same event in a fantastic time of 23:09, along with Oliver whose time was an also impressive 25:06!
 
Emma Wolstencroft took part in the York Half Marathon Winter Warmer comprising of four laps round York Racecourse, benefiting from some very muddy sections, finishing in 2:21:56.
 
Jack Porter flew to Italy for the Napoli City Half Marathon, a race through the most beautiful and historic parts of the city, running beside the sea with Vesuvius in the background. Jack completed the course on Sunday in a phenomenal time of 1:22:45.
 
21 members hit the year’s first fixture in the Central Lancashire Grand Prix, the Lostock 6 mile. First back for the club was Neil Swithenbank (41:00) followed by Mark WIlliams (1st MV60) (41:48), Rob Hall (42:59), Mike Kontowtt (44:27), Daniel Hunt (44:20), Paula Abernathy (46:48), Dominic Parry (47:01), Nathan Walker (47:24), David Bartlett (51:49), Sheila Jones (51:48), Sharon Bowden (56:37), Wayne Holden (57:58), Catherine Jones (58:47), Stephen Crowe (59:51), Elaine Bailey (1:01:20), Peter Warr (1:01:48), Ella Henry (1:06:42), Graham Jones (1:09:12), Helen Kay (1:09:16), Tracy Wroe (1:09:22) and Sara Parry (1:17:15).
 
Another of the races in the club championship, the Stockport Trail Half Marathon, saw 11 members race along the picturesque Middlewood Way and Macclesfield Canal, with Steven Fawcett back first for the club (3rd MV45) (1:29:10), joined by Neil Greenhalgh (1:52:04), Chemane Thomas (1:54:14), Jack Connor (1:57:53), Emma Horner (1:59:00), Amanda Callan (2:04:31), Lisa Antrobus (2:04:52), Laura Tracey (2:05:00), John Szubert (2:06:48), Kath Biddle (2:10:58) and Laura Aiken (2:11:54).
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fawcett flies through the Great North West Half Marathon
15/02/2026 11:38 PM
 
 
Steven Fawcett of Radcliffe AC raced the the Great North West Half Marathon in a spectacular 1:25:44 this Sunday. Whilst this course along Blackpool’s Central Promenade is a fast and flat one, windy and rainy conditions on the day made Steven’s 28th place performance particularly impressive.
 
Meanwhile, club treasurer Stephen Crowe spent the morning again volunteering, this time as tail runner over at the Run Media City Half Marathon. Stephen supported the last participants to the finish line in 3:17:45. Teammate Emma Horner also took part in this two lap course which started and finished at Media City UK, heading around Salford and Eccles, with footpaths around Salford Quays, finishing in 01:43:59.
 
Although only the club’s Steves were out racing this week, plenty of members hit various parkruns across the country. Daniel Hunt celebrated his 100th event at Heaton Park despite the weekend’s freezing temperatures in 25:32. Khama Banda also took third place at Sale Water Park in 18:15.
 
Bolton – Bev Quinton (42:33). Clarence – Alison Howarth (30:05), Phil Hopkins (30:49). Heaton Park – Richard Parkinson (23:09), Lexi (24:14), Dominic Parry (23:43), Sheila Jones (24:40), Kath Biddle (25:31) , Steven Fawcett (26:05), Alex Field (27:44), Helen Kay (32:19), Stephen Crowe (32:42), John Szubert (37:31), Sara Parry (39:36), Isla (52:57). Highcliffe Beach – Laura Aiken (26:31). Peel – Tracy Wroe (33:53). Stretford – Lucie Tighe (24:02), Mark Taylor (24:03). Watergrove – Karen Doherty (31:05). Worsley Woods – Rob Lister (29:46).
Ultra-challenging miles for Kath Biddle of Radcliffe AC
8/02/2026 11:54 PM
 
 
Khama Banda continues to impress, this week over in London. Usually seen leading the way at road races, Khama hit the London Cross Challenge Saturday, a 10k cross country race at Parliament Hill, completing the multi-lap course in only 45:16.
 
On the same day, Kath Biddle set off from Barley Village Hall in Barley, Pendle, for Pendle Way in a Day. This challenging winter ultra-trail event was a circular 45-mile route with 6,100ft of ascent through the South Pennines, which Kath finished in 14:11:01.
 
Six members took on Windy Hill on Sunday, a 12 mile fell race starting near the Rams Head Inn in Denshaw, Oldham. With over 2000 feet of brutally tough climbing, this race took runners towards Piethorne Reservoir and over Blackstone Edge, following the Pennine Way via a wide range of terrain. Ian Swan was the first back in 1:51:52, followed by Christopher Mihalyi (2:01:21), Neil Greenhalgh (2:06:45), Lucie Tighe (2:24:23), Karen Doherty (2:50:49) and Kathryn Davies (2:51:07).