WCAC Endurance League

Andy and Keely are in the lead of their respective competitions at the end of September, with Steve, Michael, Mark, Rosemary and Kate all vying for top three places. See the Races page for full tables.

WCAC Schools Cross-country

Well done to all who took part in Saturday’s second round of the WCAC Schools Cross-country League. Provisional results are now available at the bottom of the off-road page of the club website.

WCAC Newsletter #344, 01-10-21

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Many happy returns to the following Club members who celebrate their birthdays this week: Emma Ashcroft, Jack Falkingham, Tom Ogilvie, Kara Stoll, Daniel Pagan, Charlotte Austin, Daisy Cooke, Bernard Longman, Eva Renshaw, Joahua Wollaston, Nicholas Nowell.

And Next Week: Sharon Dodd, Uzezi Onomerike, Nathan Partington, Thomas Robinson, Charlie Clarke, Evie Holland, Michael Dennis, Neil Finegan, Aiden Head, Florence Page-Evans, John Driver, Alfie Lane.

GOOD LUCK!

Best wishes to all Club members competing, officiating, and helping out at this Saturday’s West Cheshire AC Schools Cross Country Races at Ellesmere Port Sports Village (10am start), and the North Wales Cross Country League first round at Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham (1pm start), as well as Sunday’s Chester Marathon (9am start) and London Marathon (9am start).

DISTRICT SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY DETAILS…

The Chester & District Schools Cross Country Championships for girls take place at Christleton High on Monday 4th October, 4pm start, on an all grass course.

The timetable is: Minors – Year 7 (2km), Juniors – Years 8 & 9 (3km), Inters – Years 10 & 11 (4km), Senior – Years 12 & 13 (4km), Inters and seniors run together.

THE Chester Boys District Cross Country Championships take place on Monday 11th October at Bishop Heber High School, Malpas, at 4pm (same timetable as girls above).

ANY YOUNGSTERS attending Ellesmere Port, Neston, or Helsby high schools should attend the Halton & Ellesmere Port District Schools Championships at Helsby High School, on Tuesday 19th October, 4pm start.

THESE fixtures are qualifying events for the Cheshire Schools Cross Country Championships and an important step towards the English Schools National Championships.

ANYONE wanting to run in the girls or boys events should inform their PE teacher.

MANCHESTER AREA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE UPDATE…

The Club has completed its entry for the Manchester Area Cross Country League, consisting of the 35 runners named below. For those who have yet to enter but might want to run in any of the rounds, you are able to enter the league individually up to a period of several days before each round, via: https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2021/

An individual entry will cost £7, which will allow you to compete in however many rounds remain at the time of your entry – ie you only enter once. Club entrants: Dave Alexander,

Jodi Bemand, Debra Bemand, Anna Birkett-Evans, George Brown, Fraser Campbell, Andrew Carter, Andrew Clague, Mark Davies, Alex Duffey, Henrietta Duffey, Steven Fernyhough, Neil Finegan, Dylan Gledhill, Caitlin Harding, Claire Harris, Sophie Haslam, Richard Hayes, Sammy Hollins, Phil Howe, Jessica Lark, Harry McKenna, Ruby Phillips, Jamie Richardson, Thomas Rimmer, Isabella Rimmer, Carys Roberts, Eleanor Robinson, Henry Robinson, Traci Shipley, Angela Tegg, Julian Tegg, Kate Titlow, Noah Woolgar, Anna Woolgar.

BORDERS ROAD RUNNING LEAGUE UPDATE…

For any Club member in the Under 17s age group and upwards who is interested in the Border League races, you might like to join Borders Road Running League Facebook group to get updates.

Confirmed races to put in your diaries are:

Race One: 17th October, Host Club: Helsby, venue: Delamere Forest (11am start). Car parking will be £5.

Race Two: 14th November, Host Club: Ellesmere Port, venue: Capenhurst (11am start).

Race Three: 5th December, Host Club: Birkenhead, venue: Birkenhead Park (11am start).

Other races, dates and venues are yet to be decided.

This season we will be using a barcode system for races and results. More information on the system will be announced soon.

Any new members who have not previously run a Borders League race will need to email their details for registration to club road running secretary, John Parlevliet at: [email protected]

All new runners must be registered at least 48 hours prior to the race. No new runners will be accepted on the day of the event.

FOUR VILLAGES HELSBY HALF MARATHON ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

Entries for the Four Villages Helsby Half Marathon to be held on Sunday 16^th January 2022, are now open at: https://helsbyrunningclub.niftyentries.com/38th-Essar…

Due to more limited car parking, the new start location and continued COVID uncertainty, entries are limited to 1,000 (compared to 2,000 in recent years).

The new start will be a new Helsby Community Sports Club.

SELF-ENTRY FOR NORTH STAFFS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

For the 2021 season, entry to the North Staffs Cross-country league, to which West Cheshire AC is affiliated, will be via an online entry system, providing a single race number that participants will wear for all four rounds of the league. The league has reduced the overall affiliation fee that each club pays to take part in the league, while introducing entry fees for participants in each round.

While this system makes sense practically, it would mean a big rise in costs to the club if the club paid both the affiliation and entry fees. Given this, and as the online entry procedure seems clear and flexible to allow members to self-enter, the club committee has agreed that the club will continue to pay the affiliation fee, but that it will not pay club members’ entry fees from the 2021 season onwards.

The club still supports the league and will publicise each round via our website and social media, but if you wish to run in any of the four rounds and are a fully paid-up first claim member of West Cheshire AC, please visit the entry website: https://www.avtiming.com/nsccland make sure that you enter before the relevant closing date, in order to take part in any or all of the four rounds. Entry fees, as shown on the website, are as follows:

Series Fees (ie all four rounds):

Juniors & U20’s – £7.00 (+£1.00 Admin Fee).

Senior & Vets – £14.00 (+£1.50 Admin Fee).

Closing Date for Series Entries is 6pm on the 16th September.

Per Race Fees:

Juniors & U20’s – £1.75 (+£0.65 Admin Fee).

Senior & Vets – £3.50 (+£1.00 Admin Fee).

Closing Date is 6pm on the Thursday prior to each race.

By entering all four rounds in advance, juniors and under 20s would pay £8, as opposed to £9.60 if entering all four rounds separately. Equivalent figures for seniors and vets are £15.50 versus £18.

The club is also active in both the Manchester Area Cross-country League (all age groups) and North Wales Cross-country League (under-17s upwards); it is proposed that the club will continue to pay members’ entry fees to these leagues, presuming that there are no significant changes to the leagues’ own entry procedures.

More details are available athttp://www.nsccl.org.uk/. If you have any questions, please feel free to select “Cross country officer” from the contact page of the club website.https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/contact/

MANCHESTER INDOOR ATHLETICS FIXTURES

Sale Harriers Manchester is organising a series of indoor open athletics fixtures at SportCity, Manchester, on Sunday, December 5, Sunday, December 19, Sunday, January 9, Sunday, January 30, Sunday, March 6, and Sunday, March 13. Further details can be found at: www.saleharriersmanchester.com and the online entries link is here: www.race-results.co.uk

CONGRATULATIONS ROSEMARY!

Rosemary Rogers sliced three minutes off the over-70 ladies age group club record with a time of 59:39 to win her age category at the Mersey Tunnel 10k Race.

Other West Cheshire AC finishers included Brian Wright (second over-65 man in 45:55), and Sarah Hibbert (12th over-50 lady in 61:01).

Neil Finegan was first over-45 man in 35:23 at the Farndon 10k Road Race, ahead of club mate, Steve Hillier (17th over-40 man in 45:05), while James Robinson ran 1:28:45 for 31st place in the Warrington Half Marathon.

WELL DONE HARRIET!

Harriet Wheeler won the under 15 girls Throwathon title at the Wrexham Final Fling Competition, after winning the javelin and finishing third in the hammer, discus and shot put events, while Kara Stoll won the hammer, finished second in the discus and was second in the throwathon, and Rose Duggan finished second in the shot and fifth in the discus.

Megan White posted a winning time of 2:35:73 in her under 17 ladies 800m at Trafford.

Jessica Lark clocked a winning time of 2:26.0 in the under 15 girls 800m at Warrington, ahead of second-placed team mate Aimee Phillips (2:32.5) who won the 300m in 44.2.

Ruby Phillips won the under 13 girls 800m at Warrington in 2:25.2, and clocked 14.2 in her 100m, while Ruby Carlile won the under 15 girls high jump with 1-35m.

Satine Wearden posted 35.5 in under 13 girls 200m, 16.7 in her 100m, and long jumped 3m, while her sister, Cosette, was fourth in the under 15 girls 800m.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

West Cheshire AC’s Annual General Meeting will be held online on Friday 26th November 2021. More details will be announced soon.

PLEASE RETURN CLUB EQUIPMENT

Eddie Gore is asking any club coach and athlete who has borrowed equipment to return the items to the club by the beginning of November so that he can carry out his annual inventory of items stored in the containers.

SHREDDER URGENTLY NEEDED

Please get in touch with Dennis Wall if you have a shredder or you know someone who has a shredder to deal with brambles, twigs and branches currently alongside the EPSV Track Container Office. Whoever does the job can keep the mulch for their garden. Dennis’s email address is: [email protected]

NEW CLUB TRAINING REGISTRATION ARRANGEMENTS…

All Club members are being requested to enter the EPSV Track through the blue gates and register at the Container Office before joining their training group. Please remember to register before training because the Club needs to compile a register of who is on the site for health and safety reasons, and also ensure everyone training pays for their training session.

CLUB DISCOUNT AT RUNNERS NEED CHESTER STORE

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At Runners Need, they source the latest innovations in performance fabrics and footwear, high-tech gadgets and training and nutrition science, so that you get the most out of every run.

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Press Report: Free Cross-country welcomes back youngsters

NEARLY 200 youngsters represented 37 schools at the opening round of the West Cheshire Athletic Club Schools Cross Country Race Series.

The free of charge enter on the day event, held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village, continues this Saturday with the goal of encouraging youngsters to stay fit and active.

“After the sadness and heartache of the pandemic lockdown, it was great to see so many youngsters taking part in athletics once again,” event organiser, Dennis Wall said.

“West Cheshire AC wants to help pupils who attend local schools experience the thrill of running and all the benefits that brings, and we are delighted to have the opportunity of organising a four-round series of races for anyone in year three, four, five, six, seven or eight.

“Our next event takes place this Saturday and anyone wanting to take part should turn up and register in the EPSV Trackside Room (years three and four from 9.30am) before the first race which starts at 10am.”

Ethan Edge (Christleton) and Jack Arnold (Upton Heath) finished first and second respectively after clocking the same time of 4:16 in the year three boys race, ahead of third-placed Joseph Whitehart (Newton) with 4:24.

Hettie Skrme-Walter (Kings) won the year three girls race in 4:54, with Eva Clapham-Hardy (Chester Bluecoat) in second with 5:05, and Daisy Bennett-Tyrrell (St Clares) third in 5:18.

Annabelle Smith (St Martins) won the year four girls race in 4:29, just one second ahead of second-placed Ava Holmes (Newton) and third placed Elsie Jones (Willaston) in 4:34.

Arthur Williams (Tattenhall) won the year four boys race in 3:46, ahead of Benjamin and Joseph Stenton (both Acresfield) who were second and third in 4:01 and 4:06.

Ben Brassington (Newton) won the year five boys race in 6:36, ahead of second placed Sidney Carr (Acresfield) and third-placed Charlie Pace (Saughall All Saints) with 6:40 and 6:55.

Emma Gauller (Willaston) posted a winning time of 7:01 in the year five girls race, three seconds ahead of second placed Tilly Griffiths (Lache), with Lucia Connor (Overleigh St Marys) third in 7:18.

Lucy Renshaw (Saughall All Saints) and Anna Birkett-Evans (The Firs) finished first and second respectively in the year six girls race with the same time of 7:23, and Alice Fotheringham (Chester Bluecoat) was third in 7:27.

Logan Sefton (Kings) won the year six boys race in 6:08, with Leo Anstey (Boughton Heath) and Dylan Chandler (Christleton) second and third with 6:18 and 6:19.

Thomas Rimmer (Kings) won the year seven boys race in 8:26, ahead of Upton pair Kieran Stewart (10:55) and Syed Salman (14:12).

Bishop Heber duo Emilia Pyper (10:06) and Eleanor Wheeler (10:28) finished first and second in the year seven girls race, ahead of third placed Sophie Brennan (Christleton) in 13:32.

Daniel Walker (Tarporley) won the year eight boys race in 11:44, ahead of Christleton’s Noah Woolgar (11:51) and Joseph Smythe (11:52).

ROSEMARY ROGERS, of West Cheshire AC, sliced three minutes off the over-70 ladies age group club record with a time of 59:39 to win her age category at the Mersey Tunnel 10k Race.

Other West Cheshire AC finishers included Brian Wright (second over-65 man in 45:55), and Sarah Hibbert (12th over-50 lady in 61:01).

NEIL FINEGAN, of West Cheshire AC, was first over-45 man in 35:23 at the Farndon 10k Road Race, ahead of clubmate Steve Hillier (17th over-40 man in 45:05).

JAMES ROBINSON ran 1:28:45 for 31st place in the Warrington Half Marathon.

HARRIET WHEELER won the under 15 girls Throwathon title at the Wrexham Final Fling Competition.

Wheeler won the javelin and finished third in the hammer, discus and shot put events, while Kara Stoll won the hammer, finished second in the discus and was second in the throwathon, and Rose Duggan finished second in the shot and fifth in the discus.

MEGAN WHITE posted a winning time of 2:35:73 in her under 17 ladies 800m at Trafford.

JESSICA LARK clocked a winning time of 2:26.0 in the under 15 girls 800m at Warrington, ahead of second-placed team mate Aimee Phillips (2:32.5) who won the 300m in 44.2.

Ruby Phillips won the under 13 girls 800m at Warrington in 2:25.2, and clocked 14.2 in her 100m, while Ruby Carlile won the under 15 girls high jump with 1.35m.

Satine Wearden posted 35.5 in under 13 girls 200m, 16.7 in her 100m, and long jumped 3m, while her sister, Cosette, was fourth in the under 15 girls 800m.

FIXTURES this weekend include the opening round of the North Wales Cross Country League, at Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham, on Saturday (1pm start), and the Chester Marathon on Sunday (9am start).

WCAC Schools Cross-country

Well done to all who took part in Saturday’s opening round of the WCAC Schools Cross-country League. Provisional results are now available at the bottom of the off-road page of the club website.

Press Report: WCAC succeed on all surfaces

MICHAEL YOUNG achieved a record-breaking performance at the Chester Half Marathon.

The West Cheshire AC runner smashed the club senior men’s and overall male half-marathon record with a time of one hour 11 minutes 22 seconds.

He was joined at the Town Hall square finishing line by club mates Neil Finegan (third over-45 man in 1:17:51), David Shearer (seventh over-35 man in 1:18:02), Steve Fernyhough (10th over-40 man in 1:22:40), Steve King (ninth over-45 man in 1:23:35), Steve Duffy (13th over-40 man in 1:23:48), Graham Wells (11th over-45 man in 1:24:30), Wullie McGarrell (fifth over-55 man in 1:24:51), Ben McKean (27th over-35 man in 1:28:30), and Andy Carter (sixth over-50 man in 1:28:59).

Fiona Cook achieved third spot in her over-35 lady age category with a time of 1:29:07, ahead of team mates Andrew Clague (seventh over-50 man in 1:29:30), Danny Paddock (60th in the 17-34 age group in 1:35:26), Colin Berry (18th over-50 man in 1:37:08), Brian Wright (fourth over-65 man in 1:44:20), Steve Hillier (82nd over-40 man in 1:45:50), David Irving (86th over-35 man in 1:47:58), Stephen Ball (103rd over-40 man in 1:48:44), Claire Williams (16th over-45 lady in 1:49:54), David Sefton (134th over-35 man in 1:58:22), Sarah Hibbert (28th over-50 lady in 2:09:01), and Mark Povey (2:25:03) who has been struggling with an illness.

ELOISE ECCLES, of West Cheshire AC, was second lady finisher and sixth overall in the Self Transcendence 24 hour Track Race at Battersea Park Millenium Arena, where she achieved 133 miles which is a Spartathlon auto qualifier, plus a 100 mile split time of 16 hours 47 minutes.

RUBY CARLILE, Harriet Wheeler, and Sophie Haslam, of West Cheshire AC, produced top two positions at the Liverpool Jumps and Throws Competition.

Carlile won the under 15 girls triple jump with 8.14m and cleared 1-35m for second spot in the high jump, while Wheeler won the under 15 girls javelin with 37.29m, and Haslam achieved 4.14m for second spot in the under 15 girls long jump.

THE West Cheshire AC trio of Ruby Phillips, Jessica Lark, and Luke Parker all achieved podium places at the opening round of the North Staffs Cross Country League.

They all secured second-placed finishes in their age group races held at Betley Court Farm, near Crewe.

Phillips completed the under 13 girls race, while Lark headed the under 15 girls team of Aimee Phillips (sixth), and Cosette Wearden (11th) to top spot, and Parker finished ahead of team mate Ellis Hancock (14th) in the under 15 boys event.

Daniel Walker (11th) and Mack Tordoff (31st) completed the under 13 boys race, while sisters Georgina and Henrietta Duffey finished 12th and 13th respectively in the under 17 ladies event, and their mum, Alex, finished 94th in the ladies race.

Paul Morrison completed the under 20 men’s event in sixth spot, while Steve Fernyhough (27th), Dave Alexander (42nd) and Andrew Clague (48th) completed the senior and veteran men’s event and are third overall in the Division Two team event.

NATHAN BRASSINGTON scored 2,236 points while representing Cheshire in the English Schools Combined Events Championships at Bedford.

The West Cheshire AC junior boy pentathlete clocked 12.95 seconds in the 80m hurdles, hit 10.13m in the shot put, long jumped 5.08m, cleared 1-68m in the high jump, and rounded the 800m in 2:40.30.

JESSICA LARK ran the mile at Bebington Oval and clocked a new West Cheshire AC under 15 girls age group record time of 5:34.1.

FIXTURES this weekend include the West Cheshire AC Schools Cross Country Races at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Saturday (9.30am registration for year 3 and 4 pupils, with a 10am start). There will be races for year 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 pupils.

WCAC Newsletter #342, 17-09-21

HELP NEEDED FOR CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURE

Dennis Wall is looking for helpers and officials for the opening round of the West Cheshire AC Schools Cross Country Race Series at Ellesmere Port Sports Village, on Saturday, 25th September, (9.30am registration, for 10am start for first race).

If you can help Dennis set up the course from 8am, help on the registration desk from 9.30am, be a course marshal or race hare from 10am, and/or tidy up from about 12 noon, please email Dennis ASAP at: [email protected]

CLUB WELFARE TEAM VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED

Club Welfare Team Volunteers are needed to ensure that we provide a safe, supportive set-up in which any welfare or safeguarding issues can be reported and dealt with fairly, efficiently, and in line with England Athletics guidelines. Details of the role can be found at https://england-athletics-prod-assets-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/2020/03/England-Athletics-Welfare-Officer.pdf

If you would like informal advice on what is involved, please feel free to email club secretary Julian Tegg at: [email protected]

NEW TRAINING REGISTRATION ARRANGEMENTS

All Club members are being requested to enter the EPSV Track through the blue gates and register at the container office before joining their training group. Please remember to register before training because the Club needs to compile a register of who is on the site for health and safety reasons, and also ensure everyone training pays for their training session.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

West Cheshire AC’s Annual General Meeting will be held online on Friday 26th November 2021. More details will be announced soon.

PLEASE RETURN CLUB EQUIPMENT

MULTI-TERRAIN LEAGUE

The next round of the Wirral Multi-Terrain League takes place at Harrison Drive, Wallasey, on Tuesday, (September 21), at 6.30pm; and at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, on Tuesday (September 24) at 6.30pm. Online entries are being accepted at: https://wirralmultiterrain.niftyentries.com

MANCHESTER AREA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

West Cheshire AC has re-affiliated to the Manchester Area Cross-country League for the 2021-22 season. There is a one-off fee for entrants to enter all five rounds of this league, which WCAC has agreed to pay for its members, on the understanding that they participate in at least two rounds of the league. If you and/or your child are interested, and feel that you can commit to this, please could you email: [email protected] by Saturday September 25th with the name(s) of those who wish to enter.

MEDALS GALORE AT COUNTY ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The club grabbed a fistful of medals at the Cheshire Road Relay Championships, claiming six podium places at the event hosted by Spectrum Striders at Birchwood, Warrington.

Jamie Richardson (18 minutes 29 seconds), Sammy Hollins (20:48), and Nathan Broomfield (23:55) combined to win the under 17 men’s 3 x 5.8km County title and Richardson clocked the fastest leg.

Nia Manson (7:02), Amelia Snowden (6:54), and Olivia Zarac (6:50) teamed up to earn silver medals in the under 11 girls 3 x 1.4km event.

Daniel Walker (11:15), Noah Woolgar (12:43), and Thomas Renondeau (12:19) secured silver medals in the under 13 boys 2.9km race.

Harry McKenna (6:14), William Watts (6:15), and Dylan Gledhill (6:33) combined for bronze medals in the under 11 boys 1.4km event.

Aimee Phillips (11:41), Amelia McLintock (13:21), and Jessica Lark (11:40) celebrated bronze medals in the under 15 girls 3 x 2.9km race.

Imogen Pughe (10:44), Jodi Bemand (11:16), and Carys Roberts (11:10) secured bronze medals in the under 17 ladies 3 x 2.9km event.

Luke Parker (9:53), Ellis Hancock (11:20), and Andrew Barratt (11:11) combined for fourth spot in the under 15 boys 3 x 2.9km race.

Lucia Khanijay (14:59), Emilia Pyper (13:04), and Ruby Billington (14:08) were fifth in the under 13 girls 3 x 2.9km event.

Jac Goodall (21:13), Fraser Campbell (21:26), Paul Morrison (24:04), and Matthew Douglass (20:39) finished seventh in the Senior Men’s 4 x 5.8km race, ahead of the quartet of Andrew Clague (23:14), Andy Carter (22:39), Mark Davies (21:35), and Steve Fernyhough (20:53) who were ninth.

And Kate Titlow (23:45), Ellen McMahon (30:39), and Deb Bemand (27:13) were 10th in the Senior Ladies 4 x 5.8km event.

WELL DONE JESS AND AIMEE!

Jessica Lark and Aimee Phillips have both broken Club age group records.

Jessica clocked a new under 15 girls 3,000m Club record at the Menai Open Meeting with a time of 11:18.29, and Aimee posted a new under 15 girls one mile record and winning time of 5:43.65 as well as equalling her 300m pb of 44.70 for success.

Aimee’s younger sister, Ruby won the 800m, and Ellis Williams achieved three under 13 boys personal bests with victory in the 75m hurdles (13.95), and second spot in the 100m (14.81) and 200m (29.88).

DAVID HEADS CHARGE AT SANDSTONE TRAIL RACE

David Shearer headed the Club’s contingent at the Sandstone Trail 17.5 miles Race with a time of 2:06.12 for sixth spot, ahead of Neil Finegan (eighth in 2:11:27), Steve Fernyhough (16th in 2:17:22), Andy Carter (89th in 2:50:58), and Angela Tegg (34th lady in 3:15:36).

Jack Gannon finished second with a time of 1:18:55 in the 10.5 miles B race, ahead of club mates Clare Mallon (10th lady in 1:38:12), and Tony Kennedy (52nd in 1:42:38).

REGISTERING FOR BORDERS LEAGUE RACES

John Parlevliet is vetting the Borders League registration list for West Cheshire AC members wanting to compete this season.

Eligibility requires EA membership (for competition) paid as part of your club membership.

John will be removing many names due to non-current membership. If you wish to compete in this series including:

* new members (or renewing any time from now onwards)

* newly eligible (eg 15 and 16 year olds), or

* just never registered for this league previously….let John Parlevlet know ASAP.

Coaches feel free to discuss with athletes if this competition is right for them.

Eligibility 15yrs+ at end of September and 1st claim club membership with EA membership. Please email John ASAP at: [email protected]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Many happy returns to the following Club members who celebrate their birthdays this week:

Jayne Noble, Abigail Pinnells, Ewan Watson, Dakota Fleming, Joe Williams, Isabella Wollaston, Richard Hunt, Matthew Webb, Halle Howell, Dan Willetts, Martha Willetts, Maya Jennings, Harriet Pritchard-Bibby, Ava Hancock, Joseph Watkin.

And Next Week: Amy Mills, Cerys Rowlands, Colin Berry, Xander Brocklehurst, Eve Cochrane, Madison Cobb, Rhianna Cooke, James Haslam, Dave McKay, Ava Byrne, Rose Duggan, Ethan Gilgeours, Craig Smith, Javier Arechaga, Ian Carscadden, Georgia Broomfield, Matthew Jones, Hugo McLintock, Jamie Richardson, Mark Davies, Laura Parry.

CLUB DISCOUNT AT RUNNERS NEED CHESTER STORE

Runners Need are offering members 20% discount until the end of September. Show code in-store or enter it at the basket page online: RN20PERCENT

Full T&Cs apply.

Press Report: Team Effort at Birchwood

WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club grabbed a fistful of medals at the Cheshire Road Relay Championships.

The purple-vested outfit claimed six podium places at the event hosted by Spectrum Striders at Birchwood, Warrington.