Radcliffe AC was represented by five teams at the Northern Road Relays, with both ladies and men running legs of 5.6km around the two-lap Blackpool course.

In the first Radcliffe entry for eight years, many runners got a new personal-best time for the mile, or the 5km distance.

The first men’s team ran a combined total of six laps of the course in 2hrs 9mins 21secs.

Lap results: Men’s first team - Andrew O’Donnell 20:48, Steven Fawcett 21:07, Mark Taylor 22:50, Khama Banda 20:01, Alex Field 22:31, Ryan Hallworth 22:01; men’s second team - Joe Bramwell 25:33, Pete Warr 30:55, Ken Smith 27:14, Steve Crowe 37:40, Brennan Tighe 28:20, Dominic Parry 24:40.

The ladies had three teams present, with the first team finishing the four laps in 1:42:46.

Lap results: Ladies’ first team - Donna Cartwright 24:42, Mia Derbyshire 25:11, Lisa Antrobus 27:47, Emma Horner 25:05; ladies’ second team - Sheila Jones 25:46, Grace Williams 34:37, Chemane Thomas 27:57, Alison Howarth 30:42; ladies’ third team - Sarah Wilson 31:46, Lucie Tighe 31:08, Sara Parry 42:02, Tracy Wroe 34:35.

There was a dynamic duo of Radcliffe men running the Warrington running festival Half Marathon last weekend, with Andrew O’Donnell finishing the 13.1 miles in 1:40:20, followed closely by Dominic Parry, in 1:40:57. Sara Parry ran the 10k distance at Warrington in 1:17:09, and the junior race featured Grace, Skyler and Heidi.

Elsewhere, Louise Shield ran the multi-terrain Thompson Millennium Green 10k in 1:04:50, and Michael Scott completed the Rochdale Harriers 5k Track Time Trial in 36:31.