The sixth round of the Inter Club series took place on Wednesday evening this week in Astley Park in Chorley between torrential rain storms and Rob Danson took the reins from the start and quickly saw off the chaser through the wood on the first small lap to build an unassailable lead from Luke Minns and Dave Rigby. Steve Litter worked through the field to come in 4^th place. The full results and report next week.

The Riverside 10 Mile race on Sunday along the waterfront in Lancaster and up and down the old Leeds Morecambe railway along the Lune banks saw Wesham’s Steve Littler take 2^nd place overall and 1^st M45 in a good 57:13, a double out-and-back course but mainly completely flat. Andrew Harling was 10^th and 5^th M35 in 1:06:38 and Steve Abbott 14^th and 1^st M40 with 1:08:47 to take the men’s team win. Similarly, with Helen Lawrenson 2^nd woman and 1^st W40 in 1:18:18, 37^th overall; Kay Twist 14^th and 69^th in 1:29:39, 4^th W45; and Antionette Holton 9^th woman and 110^th overall with 1:38:05; and the ladies also won the women’s team. Paul Lancashire headed the strong backup placing 31^st in 1:15:05 and 7^th M35; Stuart Clayton was 40^th and 3^rd M50 with 1:19:46; Martin Allison was 46^th in 1:22:00; James Danson 53^rd and 4^th M50 in 1:24:27 with a new 10-mile personal best time; and Stephen Twist 109^th in 1:38:05. Jo McCaffery was 41^st woman and 115^th overall in 1:39:37, 6^th W40; and Dawn Biggs and Sharlan Butcher finished 70^th and 71^st in 1:55:21, 155^th and 156^th overall.

The Caldervale 10 Mile on Sunday was a worthy counter to the main race that happens on Good Friday but this one runs the course in the other direction. There were just three Wesham members in action, with Paul Gregory leading the way finishing 25^th in 1:07:36 over the hilly course. Finlay McCalman was 114^th in 1:33:25 and Paul Carter 124^th with 1:37:31.

Wesham hosted the fifth round of this year’s Inter Club Grand Prix at Springfields in Salwick and came away with a good result and a turnout of 339 runners from the seven clubs. Rob Danson was the overall winner with a runaway lead of 1min 14sec over Preston’s Dave Rigby, completing the 4.6 miles in 22:45. The Wesham team finished 2^nd behind Preston with Simon Denye 12^th in 26:09 coming in with David Taylor 13^th in 26:20 and Ugis Datavs 16^th with 26:26. Andrew Harling was 24^th in 27:12; Paul Gregory 27^th in 27:28; Mark Belfield 28^th in 27:28; Steve Abbott 30^th in 27:30; Tom Crabtree 34^th with 27:56 and Lee Barlow 35^th (28:00). The Wesham women were 5^th team, with Carmel Sullivan leading the way in 6^th place with a time of 31:14 (95^th overall); Sue Coulthurst 12^th in 33:19 (131^st); Suzanne Leonard 23^rd with 35:15 (180^th); Alice Deacon 29^th in 36:31 (200^th); and Sara Ward 31^st with 36:33 (202^nd).