Press Report: Dozen in Village Bakery Half
GRANT DAVIES headed a squad of 12 West Cheshire Athletic Club members to the finish line at Wrexham on Sunday.
Grant rounded the Village Bakery Half Marathon in a time of one hour 13 minutes 24 seconds to finish 48th, behind eventual winner, Omar Ahmed (Birchfield Harriers) who clocked 1:04:35.
Dave Shearer was 43rd in his over-40 over age group with a time of 1:21:04, and Keely Smith posted 1:23:47 for fourth spot in her over-40 age category, behind overall first lady, Anna Bracegirdle (Salford Harriers) who registered 1:13:53.
Steve King (14th over-50 man in 1:24:38), Connor Lee (209th in 1:26:10), Mark Davies (49th over-45 man in 1:28:53), Emma Nutt (18th lady in 1:30:00), Jeff Gifford (fifth over-60 man in 1:31:14), Neil Field (62nd over-50 man in 1:41:25), Amy Mills (31st over-35 lady in 1:45:29), Brian Cremin (386th in 1:46:32), and Kimberly Morris (42nd over-45 lady in 1:57:05) completed the purple-vested contingent.
LOUIS GRIMES and Imogen Fives both celebrated personal bests in Sunday’s Manchester Indoor Open Track and Field Meeting held at SportCity.
Louis sliced 1.4 seconds off his previous 200m best to register 26.12 seconds, while Imogen posted new bests of 8.32 seconds in the 60m and 27.61 seconds in the 200m, alongside West Cheshire AC team mate Erin Barnard.
Lauren Higgins equalled her indoor 600m personal best time of 1:46, while Evie Whittaker and Freya Whittaker cleared 1-35m and 1-30m respectively in the under 15 and under 13 girls high jump competitions.
FAVOUR AKPAN achieved a new indoor senior women’s triple jump personal best of 12.07m while representing Nottingham in the British Universities and Colleges Indoor Track and Field Championships at Sheffield, alongside Jamie Richardson, representing Sheffield, who clocked a new 3,000m personal best time of 8:12.70.
FIXTURES this weekend include the English National Cross Country Championships, will be held at Parliament Hill, London, on Saturday; the UK Athletics Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday; and the Borders Road Running League at Trac Mon, Anglesey, on Sunday.
ENTRIES are now being accepted for the Chester Spring Five Miles Road Race being organised by West Cheshire AC on Wednesday, April 9. The online entry link is: wcac.niftyentries.com
THE UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships will be held at Nottingham, on Saturday, March 8; and the English Schools Cross Country Championships will be held in West Sussex, on Saturday, March 15.
West Cheshire AC will help organise the Chester Primary Schools Cross Country Championships at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Monday, March 24, and the Cheshire v Merseyside Year Seven Schools Cross Country Match at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Wednesday, April 2.
WEST CHESHIRE AC coaches will be delivering Sportshall Athletics in the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Sportshall between 6-8pm this Friday, with the aim of helping youngsters prepare for the Schools Sportshall Athletics fixtures. Please come along and support the sessions.
THE Cheshire Track and Field Championships will be held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11.
The Championships will have full electronic timing and photo-finish for track events and EDM for field events. The Roster competition management system will be used, providing live start lists and results via the Roster App.
As usual, medals will be awarded for the full programme of track and field events for all age groups from under 13s to seniors, together with a small number of events for the Under-11 age group.
Online entries will be accepted in early March.
WEST CHESHIRE AC will host the first-ever Cheshire Grand Prix Track and Field Meeting on Saturday, April 26, at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Athletics Track.
The Cheshire Grand Prix will replace the Cheshire Track and Field League and will comprise of four fixtures in total being held at EPSV, Macclesfield, and Warrington.
DATES and venues for this season’s Borders Road Running League are: February 23 at Trac Mon, Anglesey; March 16 at Ellesmere Port; April 6 at Buckley Runners; May 7 at Prestatyn (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 final winter Sale Harriers Manchester Indoor Open Meeting will be held at the Regional Athletics Centre, Sportcity, Manchester. M11 4FF, on Sunday, March 9. The online entry link is: https://www.saleharriersmanchester.com/index.php/events-fixtures/winter-indoor-series
FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk
