Press Report: Club Celebrates Year of Success

WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club has celebrated its annual awards presentation evening.
The purple and gold-vested outfit attracted more than 100 members, parents and friends to the successful event held at Cheshire View, Christleton.
Lewis Davey, who won a bronze medal in the men’s 4x400m relay at the Olympic Games in Paris, was the guest speaker.
Emma Holmes was named winner of the women’s cup, and Joseph Morrison was the winner of the men’s cup.
Eleanor Wheeler was presented with the Chris Goodwin Cup by John Goodwin, while Daniel Hooker won the Wright Trophy, and Dennis Wall was named Club Person of the Year.
Emma Nutt, Joy Hickman, and Clare Mallon were presented with first, second and third-placed awards respectively for the women’s Endurance Points Competition, and Michael Young, Mark Davies, and Andrew Clague were the top three men respectively in their Endurance Points Competition.
Saskia Keresturova, Mollie Cooke, and Felicity Snowden won the under 11 girls awards, while Finlay Edwards and Jack McWilliams were presented with the under 11 boys trophies.
Nia Manson, Amelia Snowden and Violet Thorne collected the under 13 girls awards, and Leon Betteridge and Atharva Ganesh won the under 13 boys cups.
Erin Barnard, Arwen Thorne and Ruby Billington were recipients of the under 15 girls awards, and Seb Whiteley and Will Rawson collected the under 15 boys trophies.
Cosette Wearden and Sidney Shorrock won the under 17 ladies awards, while Dan Walker, Lewis Morris and James Rawson secured the under 17 men’s trophies.
Jodi Bemand won the under 20 lady’s award, and Matthew Jones, Alex Rutherford and Fergus Garland collected the under 20 men’s cups.
Emma Nutt and Danielle Erskine won the senior ladies awards, while Will Scott and Alan Littler were the senior men’s winners.
Joy Hickman and Sharon Stoll were the veteran ladies winners, and Neil Hershaw and David McKay secured the veteran men’s awards.
NIA MANSON won the under 13 girls race at the latest round of the North Wales Cross Country League.
Nia posted eight minutes 49 seconds to finish three seconds clear of her nearest rival at Wrexham and was backed-up by Poppy McKenna (fourth in 9:20), Amelia Snowden (fifth in 9:27) and Heidi Wetherall (ninth in 10:25) to win the team event.
Felicity Snowden (third in 6:49), Saskia Keresturova (fourth in 6:49), Hermione Allison (ninth in 7:36) and Isla Lambert (11th in 7:54) completed the under 13 girls race.
Niall Betteridge was fourth in the under 11 boys race with a time of 9:32, ahead of Jack Arnold (fifth in 9:40).
Emilia Pyper was fourth with a time of 11:41 in the under 15 girls race, while Leon Betteridge (sixth in 11:30) and Atharva Ganesh (15th in 13:21) completed the under 13 boys race; Lewis Morris was seventh with 21:40 in the under 17 men’s race; and Dylan Gledhill posted 18:06 for 11th spot in the under 15 boys race.
Claire Harris (first over-35 lady and 14th overall in 23:56), Emma Nutt (eighth senior lady and 25th overall in 25:39), Anest Muller (seventh over-40 lady and 45th overall in 26:56), Joy Hickman (second over-55 lady and 71st overall in 28:39), and Debra Bemand (11th over-50 lady and 120th overall in 31:40) earned West Cheshire AC second team spot in Division Two on the day and second team position after two rounds.
Andrew Clague (first over-55 man and 67th overall in 35:28)), Paul Morrison (21st senior man and 72nd overall in 35:50), Neil Hershaw (second over-60 man and 74th overall in 36:03), Dave Alexander (second over-55 man and 88th overall in 36:56), Jeff Gifford (fifth over-60 man and 103rd overall in 38:09), and Mark Davies (18th over-45 man and 124th overall in 40:40), earned West Cheshire AC sixth team spot in Division Two in the day and fifth team position overall after two rounds.
The next round of the North Wales Cross Country League takes place on Saturday, November 30, at Aberystwyth University.
WEST CHESHIRE AC coaches will be delivering Sportshall Athletics in the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Sportshall between 6-8pm on Fridays from November 1, with the aim of helping youngsters prepare for the Schools Sportshall Athletics fixtures early next year. Please come along and support the sessions.
ENTRIES for all age groups are now open for the UKA Cross Challenge fixture being held at Sefton Park, Liverpool, on Saturday, November 23. The entry link is: https://www.entryhub.co.uk/british-athletics-cross-challenge-liverpool-2024
DATES and venues for this season’s Borders Road Running League are: November 3 at Tattenhall; December 8 at Cybi Striders; January 26 at Deestriders; March 16 at Ellesmere Port; April 6 at Buckley Runners; May 7 at either Prestatyn, Chester Tri, or West Cheshire (Presentation Evening).
All races are on Sundays and start at 11am except for the final race which is on a Wednesday evening with a 7pm start and is a relay event.
THIS winter’s Sale Harriers Manchester Indoor Open Meetings will be held at the Regional Athletics Centre, Sportcity, Manchester. M11 4FF, on the following Sundays, December 1 and 22; January 12; February 2; February 16; and March 9. The online entry link is: https://www.saleharriersmanchester.com/index.php/events-fixtures/winter-indoor-series
THE West Cheshire AC AGM will be held in the EPSV Trackside Room on Tuesday 26th November 2024, at 8.15pm.
> FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk

Posted by Dave Alexander
21st October 2024
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