Press Report: Carol and Danny are Christmas Champions

DANIEL CLIFFE and Carol Parsons celebrated success at the Chester Round The Walls Race.

The duo completed the 6km Boxing Day fixture organised by West Cheshire Athletic Club which featured 407 finishers at Chester Racecourse.

Cliffe, representing Hercules Wimbledon AC, posted 20 minutes 34 seconds at the finishing line, ahead of Buckley Runners duo Ben Biggs and Sam Bellis who clocked 20:50 and 21:47 for second and third positions respectively, while Craig Fishwick (Hallamshire) was fourth in 22:06, and Tom Booth (West Cheshire AC) finished fifth in 22:09.

Chester-based Parsons, competing for Cheshire Dragons, posted 24:12 to claim the women’s title, well clear of runner-up Sarah Hunter (Ackworth Road Runners) in 24:46, and Kate Titlow (West Cheshire AC) was third in 25:53, while Sharon Johnstone (Wilmslow) finished fourth in 27:10, and Alison Cole (Cheshire Dragons) was fifth in 27:29.

Other local finishers included West Cheshire AC’s Neil Finegan (sixth in 22:28), Steve Fernyhough (15th in 23:32), and Henry Robinson (19th in 24:01), Craig Connor (Tattenhall Runners), seventh in 22:33, Jonathan Girvan (Chester), ninth in 22:39, Buckley’s Jez Brown (18th in 23:56).

Kerry Riley of West Cheshire AC finished sixth lady in 27:35, ahead of Denbigh’s Emma Collins (seventh in 28:145), Chester Tri’s Anna Woolgar and Rachel Hollins (eighth and ninth in 28:20 and 29:06) and Jodi Bemand (West Cheshire AC) who was first under 20 lady finisher in 30:41.