Tom takes over the lead as a point separates the top three men, while Kay joins Anest and Ellie in the top three women. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp

Joe Shellhorn,President, West Cheshire AC.
We regret to announce that Joe Shellhorn passed away peacefully at home overnight of April 2/3, aged 86.
He was awaiting a heart valve replacement, which sadly did not take place in time.
Joe, who was born in Doncaster, was widely known in athletics largely due to his role as a Field Events official.
Joe came into athletics in the early 1970’s due to his two daughters’ participation in the sport while at school.
Moving to Chester in 1972 from Cheltenham, along with his wife Ruth, they soon became involved in helping and officiating. They rapidly became known as accomplished officials and Joe mentored many officials over the years he was involved in athletics.
Joe was due to receive the British Athletics long service award in recognition of his 40 years’ service as an official at the annual Officials’ Conference on April 19, 2015.
Although Joe’s wife sadly passed away in 1988, he continued his involvement in the sport and officiated at all levels.
He was involved with his local club, which is now West Cheshire AC, taking on a number of committee roles throughout his time in Chester and was its current president.
For many years he was the officials secretary for Cheshire County AA and was instrumental in ensuring that the county and its clubs, recruited officials.
He was also the current President of the Cheshire County AA. Joe enjoyed the sport immensely and made many friends in all parts of the World.
He was just as happy at a local schools event as being at an International level meeting. On a number of occasions he was at the World Master’s T&F Championships in a variety of countries working with the technical team of officials – with many amusing stories to tell.
We will miss him greatly and we send our condolences to his family.
The words sent by Malcolm Rogers on learning of the news sum up Joe : : “Sad news indeed. Joe was a mentor to hundreds of officials and was one of life’s absolute gentlemen”.
Joe’s funeral will be held at Blacon Crematorium, Chester on Friday, April 24, at 2pm.
There will be a celebration of his life after the service at a venue to be decided.
In order to gauge numbers would all those intent on attending please send an e-mail to Joe’s daughter: [email protected] ASAP. Thank you.
Alan Morris and John Driscoll, West Cheshire AC.

Both competitions are tight at the end of March, as the first three women maintain their February places, and previous winner Mark breaks into the top three men, with Tom and Andrew close behind. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp

Results from the 2015 running of the Falésia 5k in Portugal, and progression of age group records in the race, can be found via clicking on the Results tab above the fixtures on the home page, or via https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/fixtures

Stanney track is now open again, after the repairs that took place between March 16th and 18th.

First three women in 2014 currently in reverse order at the end of February; track convert Tom is in among the usual vets in the male competition. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp

A new event for 2015: Spartan Ten Thousand 10k trail race, Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 12:30, from Manley Village Hall. First and last km on closed roads, the rest on fire tracks and single file packed earth trails. Free admission to Manley Village Spring Fair for runners and their children. See http://www.delamerespartans.org.uk/spartan-blog/ten-thousand

Thanks and congratulations to all who took part this season. Provisional results from round 4 on 07-02-15, and provisional final standings, are now available at https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/Offroad/crosscountry/junopenschoolscc

Cross-country and Borders League races see Dave Tiernan, Tom Booth and Mark Davies in among 2014 high finishers as at the end of January 2015, and helps to put 2014 third-placer Anest ahead of 2013 and 2014 winner Kate. See https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/pointscomp

John Driscoll has compiled rankings of distance performances by WCAC members in road and track races for 2014 – see if you can spot yourself at https://www.westcheshireac.co.uk/roadracing/roadperform