WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club`s youngsters are celebrating a promotion campaign.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based squad won the final round of the U13/U15 Youth Development Track and Field League at Bebington Oval to secure second spot overall in the Northern Premier Two Division.

Many new personal bests were achieved by the purple-vested team as they completed the league season in stylish fashion.

Lauren Jones catapulted herself to success in the under 15 girls pole vault with a new personal best clearance of 1.90m, having only started to vault last winter.

Ella Dimbylow (13.6 seconds) and Jodie Bemond (12.9) both clocked new personal bests for a double success story in the under 13 girls 70m hurdles, while Stephanie Jones (4.28m) won the under 13 girls long jump with a new personal best, and Issy Whittlestone grabbed glory in the B high jump with 1.20m.

Abigail Pawlett (12.0 seconds) and Emily Misantoni (12.3) teamed up for a double success story in the under 15 girls 75m hurdles, while Tamsin O`Keefe won the B long jump with 4.58m.

Michael Maxwell (1-35m) and Dylan Bugg (1.20m) combined for maximum points from the under 13 boys high jump, and Will Scott (31.02m) and Adam Howe (24.65m) teamed up for success in the under 15 boys discus.

Ewan Bradley cleared 2.80m for victory in the under 15 boys pole vault, while Isaac Tait (4:54.7) and Ethan Butler (5:08.1) both registered new under 13 boys 1500m personal bests for success, and Ivor Smith won the under 13 boys B shot put with 6.17m.

Ambre Richards, Stephanie Jones, Lara Battersby and Ella Dimbylow teamed up for a winning time of 56.2 seconds in the under 13 girls 4x100m relay.

Anna Crayston, Tamsin O’Keefe, Abigail Pawlett and Emily Misantoni combined to win the under 15 girls 4x300m relay in a new personal best time of 3:00.2.

Michael Ozoemelam posted new under 15 boys 100m (12.1) and 200m (25.5) personal bests alongside Harvey Culverhouse and Dan Pagan who clocked a new 200m best of 27.9.

Matthew Webb rounded the under 15 boys 300m in a new best of 42.4 alongside Sonny Dean (43.1) who then clocked 2:16.3 in the 800m alongside Harvey Tegg, who posted a new best of 2:29.9.

Matthew Douglas, Charlie Potts, Nathan Partington, Jacob Simmonds and Daniel Pond provided valuable point-scoring back-up in the under 15 boys events.

Ethan Stanworth clocked new under 13 boys 100m (13.2) and 200m (27.1) personal best times alongside Uzezi Onomerike and Isaac Tait in the short sprints, while Dylan Bugg and Henry Robinson (new 800m best of 2:43.3), Gabriel Ford, Alex Head, and Charlie Hyde, who hit a new under 13 boys personal best of 26.56m, added valuable support.

Emily Misantoni (44.6) and Lily O’Gorman (46.3) clocked new under 15 girls 300m personal best times alongside Anna Crayston (2:25.8) and Tamsin O’Keefe (2:27.4) with new 800m best times.

Molly Jones posted a new under 15 girls 1500m best time of 5:45.3 alongside sisters Laura and Chloe Mount, and Jessica Hall.

Ambre Richards clocked a new under 13 girls 75m best of 11.0 seconds, while Ella Dimbylow (21.3) and Lara Battersby (21.8) posted new 150m best times, alongside Imogen Pughe (new 1200m best of 4:13.5) and Lucia Pyne (4:15.8).

MATCH RESULT: 1 West Cheshire 499.5 points; 2 Leeds City 488.5; 3 Wirral 474.5; 4 Harrogate 428; 5 Kingston Upon Hull 423.5; 6 Rotherham 221.

OVERALL STANDINGS (after four rounds): 1 Leeds City 22 league points (2037 event points); 2 West Cheshire 1980.5 (18); 3 Wirral 1956 (18); 4 Harrogate 1818 (12); 5 Kingston Upon Hull 1814 (10); 6 Rotherham 1163.5 (4).

WEST CHESHIRE duo Isobel Griffin Morris and George Hyde represented England at Ashford, Kent, in the Home Countries Schools International Match.

Griffin Morris secured second spot in the discus, and Hyde finished fourth in the shot put.

WEST CHESHIRE AC member and Chester University student Sophie Percival has been selected to represent England in the womens javelin at an Under 20 Track and Field International at Cardiff on Wednesday this week.

WEST CHESHIRE AC will host the second round of the Borders Road Running League on Sunday, November 6.

The full list of dates and host clubs is: October 9 (Eryri Harriers); November 6 (West Cheshire); December 4 (Birkenhead); January 22 (Deeside); March 12 (Wirral); April 9 (Helsby); April 26 (Wrexham).

FIXTURES this weekend include West Cheshire`s final round of the U17/U20 Youth Development Track and Field League at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Sunday (11.15am start for field events, and 11.40am start for track events).

GEORGE HYDE and Isobel Griffin Morris have powered their way to national titles.

The West Cheshire Athletic Club duo were crowned English Schools Track and Field Championship title winners at Gateshead and will now represent England at the Home International Meeting in Kent this weekend.

Hyde hit a new personal best of 15.54m for victory in the intermediate boys shot put final, and Griffin Morris spun the intermediate girls discus to a winning mark of 39.18m.

Club colleague Emma Howe launched the intermediate girls javelin to a new personal best mark of 43.98m for third position.

Emily Ball hit 11.90m for sixth position in the senior girls shot put final and Evie Tipping achieved 39.59m for ninth spot in her junior girls hammer final.

Maisie Tipping clocked 47.10 seconds for seventh spot in her heat of the intermediate girls 300m hurdles, and Matthew Pagan finished third in a time of 49.94 seconds in his heat of the senior boys 400m.

WEST CHESHIRE celebrated a series of impressive performances at Warrington in the penultimate round of the Cheshire Track and Field League

Franklin Onomerike cleared a winning height of 1.45m in the under 17 mens high jump, while Will Scott (34.33m) and Matthew Webb (31.77m) combined for a double success story in the under 15 boys javelin.

Onomerike was backed up in his age group by David Dentith, Joseph Morrison, Alex Mason, Jac Goodall, Ethan Greenland, Patrick Tait, Rory Willson and Sam Grinter, while Scott and Webb were supported in the under 15 boys age group by Jacob Simmonds, Sonny Dean, Sion Roberts, Matthew Douglas, Ben Grinter, Aaron Scott, Charlie Clarke, Harvey Tegg and Paul Morrison.

Abigail Pawlett secured success in the under 15 girls high jump (1-50m) and shot (9.80m), alongside Emily Misantoni, Lauren Jones, Lily Moorhouse, Molly Jones, and Jess Hall.

Alan Littler, Liam Davoren, Bob Benson and Peter Smith teamed up for the senior men, while Beth McMahon and Lauren Dimbylow combined for the under 17 women alongside senior team mates Ellen McMahon, Ellie Robinson, Anest Muller, Joanne Lacking, and Anne-Marie Tait.

Ella Dimbylow, Lara Battersby, Stephanie Jones, Ambre Richards, Imogen Pughe, Fatoumatta Bojang, Isobel Whittlestone, Abigail Cartwright, Jodi Bemond, Isla Shillington, Dervla Desouza, Henrietta Duffey, Kate Braley, Nia Forshaw, Grace Scott, and Ceris Gaffney teamed up for the under 13 girls.

Ethan Stanworth, Dylan Bugg, Uzezi Onoemerike, Ben Mustafa, Henry Robinson, Gabriel Ford, Alex Head, Jack Brett, Harrison Lupton, Ethan Butler, Michael Maxwell, Ivor Smith, Leon Moorhouse, and Ben Milligan combined for the under 13 boys.

Harley Shakespeare-Wetton, Harry Bugg, Fergus Garland, Charlie McMullan, Zac Grinter, Leo Green, Carys Roberts, Ruby Wisbey, Martha Willetts, Sara Pearson, Jessica Lark, Milly Mustafa, Alice Lee, and Freya Harvey all starred for the under 11 team.

TEAM RESULTS

MALE: 1 West Cheshire 272 points; 2 Warrington 271; 3 Colwyn Bay 229; 4 Macclesfield 213; 5 Vale Royal 154; 6 Handforth & Wilmslow 121; 7 Salford Met 95.

FEMALE: 1 Warrington 263; 2 West Cheshire and Macclesfield 198; 4 Salford Met 182; 5 Colwyn Bay 125; 6 Vale Royal 70; 7 Handforth & Wilmslow 69.

UNDER 11s: 1 Macclesfield 150; 2 West Cheshire 126; 3 Vale Royal 118; 4 Warrington and Salford Met 95; 6 Colwyn Bay 45; 7 Handforth & Wilmslow 29.

MARK DAVIES of West Cheshire AC finished third at the Deestriders Off Road Race at Shotton, clocking 27 minutes 51 seconds.

He was backed up by club colleagues Graham Wells (sixth in 28:26), George Dewhurst (16th in 30:17), Andy Carter (21st in 30:54), Bob Benson (34:30), Mark Povey (39:53), Tony Kennedy (37:18), Brian Beattie (41:58), and David Brierley (49:25).

ROSEMARY Rogers of West Cheshire AC completed the Tour of Merseyside Race Series in a time of seven hours 22 minutes, a series of six races in seven days to secure 13th position in the women`s standings out of 122 finishers.

CHRISTLETON won the Chester District Primary Schools Sports Day Team Competition at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Athletics Track.

Christleton scored 85 points to finish ahead of runners-up Upton Heath with 50 points, and third-placed Upton Mill View with 37 points.

WEST CHESHIRE AC will host the second round of the Borders Road Running League on November 6.

The full list of dates and host clubs is: October 9 (Eryri Harriers), November 6 (West Cheshire), December 4 (Birkenhead), January 22 (Deeside), March 12 (Wirral), April 9 (Helsby), April 26 (Wrexham).

FIXTURES for West Cheshire AC this weekend include the final round of the Under 13 and Under 15 Youth Development Track and Field League at Bebington Oval.

No change in both male and female top three places, but Mark and Andy continue to pull away, as do Ellie and Anest. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp/

WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club`s seniors produced a battling display in their penultimate Division One home match of the season.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based squad secured third position at the third round of the Northern Track and Field League.

Shona Valentine, who will miss the final round due to her marriage, demonstrated the team’s fighting spirit with a memorable run in her leg of the 4x400m relay by overtaking two rivals to secure the squad of Beth McMahon, Alice Jennings and Danielle Erskine second spot in 2:18.0.

Valentine had contributed only seconds earlier towards a team victory in the 4x100m relay alongside Alice McMahon, Georgia Barlow and Erskine who clocked 49.3 seconds.

Jennings added 68 seconds in the 400m hurdles, 16.8 seconds in the 100m hurdles, 1.50m in the high jump, 63.5 seconds in the B 400m, and 9.83m in the B triple jump, and was backed up by Erskine’s 5.08m long jump, 9.98m triple jump, 77.3 seconds in the B 400m hurdles, 17.6 seconds in the B 100m hurdles, and 22.17m in the B javelin.

Alice McMahon (12.6 in 100m and 25.5 in 200m) joined forces in the short sprints with Georgia Barlow (12.8 in B 100m and 26.5 in B 200m), while Issy Clarke (2:27.7 in 800m), Beth McMahon (2:33.8 in B 800m), Ellie Robinson (1500m), Lisa Davies (B 1500m), Joanne Lacking (3000m), and Anest Muller (B 3000m) contributed points from the middle distance and endurance races.
Emily Ball spun the discus to a winning distance of 37.49m and added valuable points from the javelin (26.12m and shot (11.47m), alongside Georgina Moulton (16.36m in B discus, and 5.54m in B shot).

Alice Barnsley (4.21m in B long jump) and Debra Erskine (24.37 in the hammer) completed the purple-vested female contingent.

Team manager Dave McKay led by example with a winning throw of 56.38m in the javelin, 11.65m in shot, 19.3 in 110m hurdles, 45.83m in hammer, 31.48m in discus, 9.84m in B triple jump, and 1-55m in the B high jump).

Newly crowned North West Schools decathlon champion James McMahon contributed 6.46m in the long jump, 3-50m in the pole vault, 30.44m in the B discus, and 9.10m in the B shot.

Alan Littler (1.65m in high jump, 16.15m in B hammer, and 22.79m in the B javelin) was supported by Mark Hearn (11.8 in 100m and 51.4 in 400m), Josh Ford (24.8 in 200m, and 5.10m in B long jump).

Richard Farley (2:00.9 in 800m and 10.83m in triple jump), Joseph Morrison (2:09.5 in B 800m), Ethan Greenland (1500m), Mark Davies (3,000m steeplechase and B 1500m), Andy Carter (5,000m and B 3000m steeplechase), and Dave Alexander (5,000m) posted middle distance and endurance running points.

Zac Barnsley (12.0 in B 100m), Liam Davoren (25.5 in B 200m), and Alex Kearns (55.3 in B 400m) accounted for West Cheshire`s other importance point-scoring performances.

MATCH RESULT: 1 Preston 390 points; 2 Wakefield 377; 3 West Cheshire 346; 4 Kingston Upon Hull 328; 5 City of Sheffield 316; 6 Blackburn 288.

SIX West Cheshire AC members will be representing Cheshire at this Friday and Saturday`s English Schools Track and Field Championships being held at Gateshead.

George Hyde, Matthew Pagan, Emma Howe, Isobel Griffin Morris, and Evie and Maisie Tipping will line-up for their county, while Ewan Bradley and Ethan Milligan have been named as reserves.

CHESHIRE celebrated a 243-201 points success in their annual Year Seven Track and Field Match against Merseyside on Monday night at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Track.

FIXTURES for this season`s North Staffs Cross Country League series have been released.

Round One, on Saturday, October 1, will be held at Knights Grange, Winsford, and the second round will be staged at Park Hall Country Park, on Saturday, October 29; while round three is at Keele University on Saturday, November 19; and the final round is at Stafford Common on Saturday, December 17.

FIXTURES this weekend for West Cheshire AC include the third round of the Cheshire Track and Field League at Warrington`s Victoria Park on Sunday (12 noon start).

Please note: There is NO training at Stanney track this Monday (July 4) and Thursday (July 7). Tonight`s cancellation of hurdles training is due to a Cheshire v Merseyside Year 7 Schools Match. Thursday`s cancellation is because the Chester Primary Schools Athletics Championships is taking place on that night.

JAMES McMAHON scored top marks to win the North West Schools Combined Events Championship title.

The West Cheshire Athletic Club all-rounder starred for Cheshire at Blackburn`s Witton Park to book his place in September`s English Schools Senior Boys Decathlon Championship scheduled to be held at Exeter.

McMahon posted 5,708 points after clocking 11.3 seconds in the 100m, long jumping 6.26m, hitting 11.97m in the shot put, clearing 1.73m in the high jump, and rounding the 400m in 54.8 seconds on the first day.

He opening his final day by posting 15.5 seconds in the 110m hurdles, hitting 32.62m in the discus, clearing 3.10m in the pole vault, launching the javelin 40.05m, and posting 5:21.4 in the 1500m.

West Cheshire duo Abi Pawlett and Emily Misantoni teamed up in the junior girls pentathlon.

Pawlett secured 2,775 points for sixth spot after clocking a new pb of 11.7 seconds in the 75m hurdles, hitting 9.44m in the shot, clearing a new pb of 1.54m in the high jump, long jumping 4.79m, and rounding the 800m in 2:56.0.

Misantoni registered 2,601 points for eighth position after posting 12.1 seconds in the 75m hurdles, hitting 7.92m in the shot, clearing 1.45m in the high jump, long jumping 3.96m, and clocking 2:31.1 in the 800m.

Will Rattray was the other West Cheshire member in action, finishing 14th with 2,852 points in the intermediate boys octathlon.

Rattray long jumped 4.67m, spun the discus to a mark of 34.17m, hit 12.07m in the javelin, clocked 58.1 seconds in the 400m, posted 17.8 seconds in the 100m hurdles, cleared 1.37m in the high jump, hit 8.10m in the shot, and clocked 5:34.4 in the 1500m.

WEST CHESHIRE remain top of the Under 17 and Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League after finishing third at the penultimate round held at Oldham.

Maisie Tipping headed the club`s charge at Oldham by securing success in the under 17 womens 300m (43.2 seconds), 300m hurdles (47.5), and then combing with Lauren Dimbylow, Emma Howe and Sophie Percival for a winning 4x100m relay time of 54.7.

Issy Clarke won the under 17 womens 1500m (5:11.6), while her sister, Katie, rounded the under 20 womens 3,000m for victory in 10:34.9, and Isobel Griffin Morris won the under 17 womens discus with 40.73m.

Daniel Berg and George Hyde teamed up for success in the under 20 mens hammer and shot events, while Franklin Onomerike won the under 20 mens high jump with 1.55m, alongside 3,000m winner Harri Britton, and B 800m winner Joseph Morrison.

Other important West Cheshire team members included Sophie Carter, Charlie Douglas, Ewan Brandon, Jake Gibson, Alex Kearns, Ethan Greenland, Patrick Tait, and Rory Wilson.

MATCH RESULT: 1 Border Harriers 461.8 points; 2 M60 Nomads 413.5; 3 West Cheshire 365.5; 4 Blackpool Wyre and Fylde 296.8; 5 Bury 203; 6 Horwich 162.3.

DAVE BISH of West Cheshire won his over 70 age group in a time of 52:52 at the Colshaw Hall 10k Road Race.

He was joined at the event by club mates Andrew Carter (sixth V45 in 38:45), Ellie Robinson (fifth FV40 in 44:49), and Peter Smith (266th in 49:49).

ROSEMARY PRICE of West Cheshire won her over 65 women`s age group with a time of 51:35 at the Penny Lane 10k Road Race.

The Christleton to Waverton Fun Run takes place on Thursday from Christleton Primary School (7pm start).

Fixtures this weekend include the Northern Track and Field League Division One match being hosted by West Cheshire at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Sunday, and the annual Cheshire against Merseyside Year Seven Schools Athletics Meeting will be held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Monday (5pm start).

SEVERAL West Cheshire Athletic Club members have enhanced their prospects of representing Cheshire in Gateshead next month.

Ewan Bradley, George Hyde, Ethan Milligan, Isobel Griffin-Morris, Emma Howe, and sisters Evie and Maisie Tipping all produced impressive displays for their club and county with the English Schools Track and Field Championships scheduled to take place on July 8 and 9.

Bradley cleared 2.60m in the pole vault while representing Cheshire at Birmingham`s Alexander Stadium in the Mason Trophy Inter-Counties Schools Championships.

Hyde won the shot put with a new personal best of 14.95m, while Milligan cleared 1.85m for fourth spot in the high jump, Griffin-Morris spun the discus to a mark of 38.55m for second spot, and Howe finished second in the javelin with 41.51m.

Evie powered the hammer to 37.24m for second position, and Maisie clocked 46.77 seconds for third place in the 300m hurdles.

Other West Cheshire members in action at Birmingham included Sonny Dean, who posted a new 800m personal best of 2:10:65; Anna Crayston who long-jumped to a new under 15 girls personal best of 4.99m; Abi Pawlett who clocked a new under 15 girls 75m hurdles best of 11.86 seconds; Will Scott, who hit a new under 15 boys personal best of 31.68m in the under 15 boys discus; Jac Goodall, who rounded the under 17 mens 1500m steeplechase in 5:18.0; Lauren Dimbylow, who cleared 1.46m in the under 17 womens high jump; and Daniel Berg, who hit 45.14m in the under 17 mens hammer.

Several youngsters headed to Darlington on the following day to help West Cheshire finish second in the penultimate round of the Youth Development Under 13/Under 15 Track and Field League Premier Division.

Crayston achieved a memorable leg in the under 15 girls 4x300m relay to bring the team from fifth to third place, while Lauren Jones cleared 1.70m to earn valuable points in the under 13 girls pole vault.

Abi Pawlett (12.1) and Emily Misantoni (12.6) teamed up to score a double success in the under 15 girls 75m hurdles.

They were backed up by Harriet Alexander, Jess Hall, Evie Tipping, Tamsin O`Keefe, Molly Jones, Lily Moorhouse, Raimi Harrison, and Lily O`Gorman.

Maximum points were delivered by Will Scott in the discus and B javelin, Adam Howe in the B discus, Harvey Culverhouse in the B 100m, and by Michael Ozoemelam in the B 200m.

Jacob Simmonds won the 300m and B 200m, while Sion Roberts clocked a new 1500m personal best of 4:38.4, and they were supported by Matthew Webb, Harvey Tegg, Charlie Potts, and Daniel Pond.

Michael Maxwell cleared a winning height of 1.33m in the under 13 boys high jump, and clocked a winning time of 15.1 seconds in the B 75m hurdles. Uzezi Onomerike, Dylan Bugg, Isaac Tait, Gabriel Ford, Henry Robinson, Ethan Butler, Leon Moorhouse, and Ivor Smith all provided back up in Maxwell`s age group.

Imogen Pughe, Lara Battersby, Ella Dimbylow, Ambre Richards, Lucia Pyne, Jodi Bemond, Nia Forshaw, Ceris Gaffney, and Stephanie Jones combined for the under 13 girls squad.

TEAM RESULT (after three rounds): 1 Leeds City 1548.5 match points (17 league points); 2 Wirral 1480.5 (14); 3 West Cheshire 1481 (12); 4 Harrogate 1389 (9); 5 Kingston Upon Hull 1389.5 (8); 6 Rotherham 949.5 (3).

SOPHIE PERCIVAL powered her way to a bronze medal in the javelin competition at the England Under 23 Championships at Bedford.

OLIVIA MONTEZ-BROWN ended her university season in America at the NCAA
National Finals in Bradenton, Florida, where she produced a new heptathlon personal best and university record of 5,254 points, (100m hurdles – 14.37; high jump – 1.61m; shot – 10.45m; 200m – 25.56 (pb); long jump – 6.08m; javelin – 32.53m (pb); and 800m – 2:22.77 (pb). The West Cheshire all-rounder then achieved 5.96m and 6.08m in the long jump to break the university record she already held.

ROSEMARY PRICE of West Cheshire won the over 65 lady age group prize with a time of 51:41 at the Mersey Tunnel 10k Road Race.

ANDY CARTER, Anest Muller and Antony Wood represented West Cheshire at the Tattenhall Tough Team Mixed Race and finished third with a time of 72:56.

Alex Staniforth, David Tait and Ian Gloyne-Phillips finished seventh in the men`s team event, and other West Cheshire finishers included Dave Alexander, Mark Davies, Ellie Robinson, Lisa Davies, Clare Mallon, Lorraine McFaul, and Peter Smith.

FERGUS GARLAND of West Cheshire won the under 11s Henri Lloyd Abersoch 3k Beach Race in a time of 13:13.

FIXTURES this weekend include West Cheshire`s Under 17 and Under 20 Youth Development Track and Field League match at Oldham on Sunday, and the Colshaw Hall 10k Race near Knutsford on Sunday.

Gaps begin to appear as Mark and the two Andys, Ellie, Anest and Clare make up the male and female top three. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp/

WEST CHESHIRE Athletic Club have taken another big step towards promotion.

The Ellesmere Port Sports Village-based outfit`s under 17 and under 20 squad secured a team success at the second round of the Youth Development Track and Field League held at Blackburn`s Witton Park.

Maisie Tipping, Emma Howe, Lauren Dimbylow and Alice Barnsley combined to celebrate victory in the under 17 womens 4x100m relay.

Tipping grabbed glory with a new 300m hurdles personal best before adding valuable points from the 200m and 300m, alongside Howe who delivered success in the javelin, Dimbylow who won the 80m hurdles and high jump, Keane Harrison who won the B javelin and B 300m, and Beth McMahon.

Georgia Barlow continued her impressive form on the back of a double success at the Cheshire Championships by winning the under 20 womens 100m at Blackburn.

She was backed up by Georgina Moulton who won the discus, and by Katie Clarke who secured success in both the 3000m and in her 1500m steeplechase debut.

George Hyde powered his way to victory in the under 17 mens shot put alongside B winner and team mate Will Rattray.

Ethan Milligan catapulted his way to top spot in the high jump alongside B winner Franklin Onomerike.

David Dentith celebrated success in the B 400m, while Christy Mageean finished second in the 800m, and the other important under 17 points scorers included Ewan Brandon, Jake Gibson, Alex Mason, Harri Britton, Josh Ford, Rory Willson, and Ethan Greenland.

Mageean teamed up with Brandon, Dentith and Gibson for victory in the 4x100m relay.

Zac Barnsley and James McMahon wrapped up West Cheshire`s impressive performance by contributing valuable points in the under 20 men’s events.

ABI PAWLETT of West Cheshire AC clocked a new under 15 girls 75m hurdles personal best of 11.92 seconds at Trafford’s Bank Holiday Monday Meeting to better her previous best time of 12.18, and long jumped 4.89m.

PAM ACKROYD of West Cheshire AC celebrated a huge new personal best time at the Birkenhead Park 5km parkrun. Ackroyd, who has been training hard with West Cheshire AC members at Thursday evening sessions on the Ellesmere Port Sports Village track, posted 24 minutes 37 seconds which improved her previous best by 77 seconds.

Her son, Ethan, also clocked a new personal best time of 16:59 at Birkenhead Park to finish fourth overall and first in his age category.

ANEST MULLER was the first lady finisher at the Ellesmere Port 5k parkrun. The West Cheshire AC race ace posted 20 minutes 46 seconds, ahead of team mates Rob Freeman (10th in 21:18), Liam Farrell (11th in 21:26), Imogen Pughe (second lady in 21:42), Vince Hodges (15th in 22:24), Clare Mallon (third lady in 23:19), Rosemary Rogers (sixth lady in 24:22), Peter Smith (36th in 24:24), Harvey Tegg (37th in 24:29), Paul Morrison (40th in 24:55), and Dave Hough (55th in 27:41).

CHRISTLETON, The Queen’s School, and Neston all secured success at the West Cheshire AC Schools Track and Field Cup competition.

Christleton won the combined boys and girls competition with 186 points, ahead of Neston with 162 points and third-placed Whitby with 144 points.

Queen`s School won the girls event with 127 points, ahead of Christleton with 113, and Whitby with 85.

And Neston won the boys competition with 85 points, ahead of runners-up Christleton on 73, and third-placed Ellesmere Port Catholic High with 68.

THE first round of the Deestriders Off Road Grand Prix will be held on Thursday, (June 2), from Tata Sports and Social Club, Shotton (7.30pm start).

Other rounds are scheduled to take place at the same venue on Thursday, July 7 (7.30pm), Thursday, August 4, (7.30pm), and Friday, September 2 (7pm).

WEST CHESHIRE AC fixtures this weekend include the second round of the Cheshire Track and Field League at Longford Park Stadium, Trafford, on Saturday (11.30am start), and the second round of the Northern Seniors Track and Field League at Woodburn Road Stadium, Sheffield (11.30am start).

Forthcoming fixtures include the Birkenhead Park Five Miles Road Race on Wednesday, June 8, (7.30pm), preceded at 7pm by a young athletes race.

Andy, Graham and Mark make up the male top three after local races Chester Half-marathon and Christleton 5k, Clare, Anest and Lisa make up the female – see https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/competition/roadrunchamps