Press Report: Success in Last Lap of Grand Prix

WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club members celebrated victories and personal bests at the final round of the Cheshire Grand Prix at Macclesfield on Saturday.

Joy Hickman achieved a new over 60 women’s club record 200m time of 35.99 seconds, just one week after achieving a new 400m club record of 82.76 seconds.

Dylan Gledhill broke the under 15 boys javelin club record with a winning throw of 44.76m.

Heidi Anstey was crowned under 11 girls Quadrathlon champion after clocking 11.03 seconds for the 75m, 2:11.25 for the 600m, long jumped 3.23m, and hit 7.82m with the howler.

Abby Gamble finished third in the under 11 girls Quadrathlon courtesy of a winning 600m time of 2:04.06 and 11.50m howler throw.

Kade Harris posted a winning time of 26.06 seconds in the under 15 boys 200m A final.

Kara Stoll (42.49m), Megan Kettle (37.62m), Dun Xue (37.20m), Sharon Stoll (23.61m), and Debra Erskine (22.85m) all impressed in the hammer throwing age group events.

Saskia Keresturova won the under 13 girls 800m B Final (2:59.41), hit a javelin personal best of 17.64m, and clocked 29.63 seconds in her 200m.

Arwen Thorne won the under 17 ladies javelin (39.56m) and long jump (4.81m).

Evie Whittaker cleared a winning height of 1-55m in the under 15 girls high jump and posted 28.46 in her 200m.

Atharva Ganesh hit a new under 13 boys javelin personal best of 15.08m.

Rosie Grimsditch rounded the under 13 girls 800m in a new personal best of 2:46.11.

Leon Betteridge clocked a new under 13 boys 800m personal best of 2:32.54 for second spot in the A final.

Luke Gardner achieved a new under 13 boys 800m personal best of 3:00.36 for fourth place in the B final.

Hayley Holland rounded the under 20 women’s 800m in a personal best of 2:32.20 for second position.

John Velasquez long jumped 4.09m, rounded the 300m in 43.21, and the under 15 boys 200m in 27.04m.

Freya Whittaker cleared 1-35m in the under 13 girls high jump, while Arianwen Setters clocked 13.03 (75m) and 2:21.23 (600m) and long jumped 3.15m in the under 11 girls events alongside Ivy Bowden with 13.61 (75m), 2.44m (Long jump), 2:25.03 (600m), and howler throw (5.71m).

Max Molloy posted 11.61 (75m), 1:565.84), long jump (3.46m), and 16.57m (howler throw), alongside Niall Betteridge who clocked 11.90 (75m), 1:53.36 (600m), 3.27m (long jump), and 10.86m (howler) in the under 11 boys competition.

Lauren Higgins posted a new 300m under 15 girls personal best of 50.58 seconds.

Alan Littler rounded the senior men’s 400m in 55.92 seconds, and George Grimsditch clocked 2:29.36 in his under 15 boys 800m.

ANDREW GORE achieved a new over 40 men’s club pole vault record of 3.30m for victory in West Cheshire’s final round of the Northern Track and Field League at Trafford.

SAM OLIVER was first home for West Cheshire AC at the opening round of the Wirral Multi Terrain League held at Royden Park, clocking 28:02 for sixth spot, ahead of Duncan Harris, Noah Woolgar, Adam Harris, Andrew Clague, Andy Manson, Jeff Gifford, Emilia Pyper, Mark Davies, Ian Pritchard, Phil Gent, Andy Carter, and Tony Kennedy.

FIXTURES this weekend include the Trafford AC Combined Events Classic on Saturday and Sunday; the North West and Cheshire Road Relay Championships, at Birkenhead Park, on Sunday; and the Helena Tipping Wrexham 10k Road Race on Sunday.

ENTRIES are now being accepted for the Guilden Sutton 10k Road Race being organised by West Cheshire Athletic Club on Sunday, September 21. The race will be fixture 7 in the 2025 Cheshire AA Road Running Grand Prix series and the entry fee is £15 for UKA Affiliated Runners (£17 for non-affiliated runners). The online entry link for is: https://wcac.niftyentries.com/

WIRRAL AC are accepting entries for their Evening Open Track and Field Meeting being held at Bebington Oval on Wednesday 17th September. The online entry link is: https://www.race-results.co.uk/

FORTHCOMING fixtures include the Northern Road Relays at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday 21st September.

ENTRIES for September’s Tuesday night Multi-terrain series have opened. 

The remaining dates and venues are: 16th at Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston; and 23rd at Arrowe Park.

Everyone who enters the whole series will get a free Multi Terrain Series T Shirt. For those who don’t enter the full series there will be the opportunity to purchase at £15 later on.

The online entry link is: https://wirralmultiterrain.niftyentries.com/

FIXTURES for this season’s Borders Road Running League are: 28th September, Tattenhall (hosted by Chester Tri); 16th November, Delamere (West Cheshire AC); 7th December, Trac Mon, Anglesey (Cybi); 1st February, TBC (Pensby); 1st March, Wallasey; 22nd March, Promenade (Wirral AC); 6th May, Prestatyn, Relays.

THE dates for the four round West Cheshire AC Schools Cross Country Race Series being held at EPSV field (behind the leisure centre), this winter are: Saturdays, October 18; November 29, January 31, and March 7.

THIS winter’s Manchester Indoor Track and Field Open Meetings will be held on Sundays, 30 November 2025; 21 December 2025; 18 January 2026; 22 February 2026; 15 March 2026.