Wesham's Taylor-made team triumph

Wesham turned out in numbers as the Sweatshop 10-Mile at Bispham was this week's main race in the area.
Ugis Datvas finished fifth in the Sweatshop 10 at Bispham on SundayUgis Datvas finished fifth in the Sweatshop 10 at Bispham on Sunday
Ugis Datvas finished fifth in the Sweatshop 10 at Bispham on Sunday

Wesham’s first finisher was David Taylor in an excellent third place overall with a time of 59:18, while Ugis Datvas was fifth in 60:36.

Lee Barlow came 10th and finished as first M45 as well as winning the incorporated Northern Masters championship in 1:01.25.

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Garry Barnett was 16th, making sure that Wesham’s men were the winning team.

Helen Lawrenson was eighth woman in 1:12.05 with Kath Hoyer 23rd in 1:19.07 and winning the Northern Masters category.

Sara Ward (1:25.54) was 38th woman and 140th overall, while Vicky Gore set a PB of 1:26.11 as 41st woman and 144th overall.

Nicola Unsworth (1:26.42) was 42nd and 146th overall, leading in Debbie Myerscough (1:29.11), Sharon Cooper (1:31.03), Northern Masters W45 winner Tanya Barlow (1:31.10) and Sue Rigby (1:56.50, PB).

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In the men’s ranks, Peter Cruse (1:05.49) was 22nd, finishing ahead of Steve Myerscough (34th, 1:08.46), Nigel Shepherd (42nd, 1:10.11), Carl Groome (46th, 1:10.51), Martin Bates (56th, 1:12.16), Alan Hudson (58th, 1:12.40), Elliot Costello (60th, 1:12.49), Sean Murray (90th, 1:16.52), Phil Leaver (115th, 1:21:49), Peter Bartlett (131st, 1:24:48), Steven Gore 145th, 1:26:11), Finlay McCalman (176th, 1:31.33) and Paul Carter (179th, 1:32.27).

There were a few Wesham runners in the Dentdale 14 mile race on Saturday.

Paul Gregory was the first finisher in 32nd place with a time of 1:34:56, ahead of Steve Myerscough (1:35.01) with the two given the same chip time of 1:34.52.

John Collier was 77th in 1:43.47 with a chip time of 1:43.38.

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Jen Salt finished as 67th woman and 278th overall in 2:09.15 (chip time 2:08.37), while Chris Moss was 386th in 2:31.54 (chip time 2:31.06) in a race featuring 418 runners.

Paul Hetherington finished the Jackals Run 10K trail race on Sunday in second position with a time of 55:44.

Simon Denye ran the Fastrax 5K and was 37th in 23:29, the third race in the series at Barrowford.

Stuart Topping finished 211th in the Silverstone Half Marathon in 1:29.12, while Jason Blagden was 436th in 1:34.13.

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David Taylor (19:17) was the first Wesham finisher at the Lytham Hall, ahead of Sue Coulthurst (21:00), Simon Denye (21:13), Phil Leaver (25:15), Fran Hodskinson (28:40. PB), Graham Cunliffe (26:00, PB). Kerry Eccles (27:00) and Clive Berry (30:36).

In the Preston parkrun Robert Brown ran 25:46 and Debbie Bell 31:14, George Flanagan (35:13) ran at at Tolcross Park in Glasgow, while Emma Pass completed the Lancaster event in 31:11.

The Gores travelled to the Erddig parkrun near Wrexham, Steven finishing in 20:42 with Megan and Vicky back in 36:46.

At Blackpool, Mark Belfield ran 19:56, Helen Lawrenson 21:07,Jonathan Lawson 22:31, George Kennedy 22:38, Anne Mayers-Smith 24:13, Ben Wrigley 25:15, Dave Young 26:20 and Peter Cooke 27:54.

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