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Radcliffe Athletic Club members enjoyed bright and icy cross country conditions at Heaton Park.

Five juniors and six seniors were in action in the second fixture of the South East Lancashire Cross Country League.

Kath Davies clocked 41:09 to finish 31st, and third WV55, in the 8K ladies’ race. She was two places ahead of Karen Doherty who ran 41:34.

In the men’s 10k race, Radcliffe’s first finisher was Craig Norman who was 32nd in 40:35. Rob Shiels ran 41:33 – just hours after clocking 22:51 in the 5k parkrun at the same venue – and also running were Ian Swan (43:59) and Simon Foulkes (45:24). The men’s team was ninth.

In the junior events, Lucas Paxton ran 11:30 in the 2k under-11s boy’s race while Aoife Warr clocked 12:02 over the same distance in the girls’ race.

Rounding off the results were Oliver Swan with a time of 19:11 in the under-13s boys’ 3k race. Duncan Whalley ran 17:17 in the 4.5k under-15s boys’ race and Robbie Parkinson 35:11 in the men’s under-17s 6k race.

Lee Turner completed the eight-mile Hoofstones Fell Race in Todmorden, taking on 1,302ft of climbing. He ran 1:32:00, with freezing fog in the valley giving way to beautiful blue sky on the climb.

Frosty conditions greeted members who took part in a variety of parkruns. At Heaton Park, Mark Taylor ran 24:32, Sheila Jones was first VW65 in 24:48 and also running were Charlene Leyden (26:25) and Cheryl Gallagher (46:07).

Results from elsewhere: Brueton, Solihill – Elaine Bailey (first VW60 28:50); Cheadle Hulme – Vince Ashton (volunteer tailwalker 62:22); Peel – Mike Kontowtt (21:16); York – Stephen Crowe (27:42), Helen Kay (29:59) and Bev Quinton (37:05).