SIX Warrington Athletic Club competitors took part in the Run Through Alton Towers event on hilly courses.

On Saturday, three under 11s ran in the junior race with Leonard Broadhurst finishing 78th overall and 65th boy, while twins Edie and Bella McArthur finished in156th and 187th places overall and were 34th and 40th girls.

Under 15s Alfie Blizzard and Oliver Davenport ran in the 5k race where the former obliterated his personal best time in 11th place in 17mins 42secs - an improvement of 3mins 26secs.

Oliver finished in 40th place with 19mins 36secs.

In the half marathon Alfie’s mum Louise Blizzard was 74th overall with 1hr 33mins 51secs placing her second woman and first over 45s woman.

The British and Irish Masters International Cross Country event was held at the Billy Neill MBE Country Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday with two Warrington Athletics Club runners taking part.

In the aged 50 to 64 men’s race, Steve Watmough was part of the England over 60s team and finished 48th overall placing him seventh in his age group.

England won the team event but Watmough was the fourth runner and his score did not count for the team.

In the over 65s race, Dave Watson represented Wales and finished in 25th overall placing him 18th in the 65 to 69 age group.

Wales finished fourth with Watson as the third scorer for the team.

The Preston 10 miles Road race incorporating the Northern Masters Championships was held on Sunday with Warrington AC’s Dave Gill finishing 89th overall in 69mins 13secs placing him second overall in the over 65 age group.

Gill improved on his silver medal in last year’s Northern Masters taking the gold medal with the overall age-group winner not being in the Northern Masters.

Five Warrington AC runners competed for Altrincham’s Loreto Grammar School in the regional round of the English Schools Cross Country Cup

Annie Noone was a counting runner in the intermediate girls team that finished fourth in the north west meeting at Sedbergh School in Cumbria.

She finished in 28th place, while her clubmate Allanah Donlan was also a member of the squad and came home in 54th but was not in the scoring four runners.

In the senior girls, Sinead Gregory led by finishing in 20th place and was supported by her twin sister Cara in 23rd and Sarah Ashcroft 29th in a team which finished sixth.