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FOUR St Helens Sutton A.C.’s male veterans took part in the 2 Lads Fell race which starts and finishes on the outskirts of Horwich and then covers 8.4kms of undulating country land with a total climb of 274m.

Leading the group was Ian Hayburn (V45) who finished in the top 10 per cent of the field in 14th place with a time of 37 min.25secs and fourth in his age group.

Greg Carns (V45) finished in 42 min.33 secs taking 48th place, Mark Liptrot (M50) was 66th with a time of 44 min.04 secs. and Gary Oldham (M45) was in the top half of the field with 76th place in 45 min.36 secs.

Running in the Northern Athletics Senior Championships at Manchester’s Sports City Darren Scott ran the 100m. in 11.81secs. and the 200m in 22.73secs.

Rachel Fairclough ran 18 min.39.9 secs in the 5km.

Competing in the Joe Moran Veterans Meeting at the same venue, was first in her age group in the 200m with her time of 32.7secs, second in the 100m with 15.3secs and first in the long jump with a clearance of 3.58m.