Street Athletics Manchester Final And Grand Final
Laying a sprint track across a civic square and running heats out of the city’s neighbourhoods is the most ambitious idea in this archive, and the entry describes it plainly: local heats all summer, a final in the square, retired sprinters back in town for the grand final.
Street athletics has since been copied in other cities. The crowd management it needs is the subject of Matchday.
Throughout the summer, runners from across Manchester’s communities will be competing in heats for the chance to gain a place at the Manchester Street Athletics Final which will take place on a special 60m sprint track in Albert Square (25 Sept), to be crowned Manchester's street athletics champion.
The Grand Final (26 Sept) will see Linford Christie and Darren Campbell return to the city, as the fastest youngsters from across England will be racing to become the Street Athletics Grand Final winner 2009.
Kick-off times move. Dates in the archive are the dates as published in 2008–09.