MANCHESTER'S Sportcity was once again the setting for the Northern Athletics 6-Stage, 4-Stage and 3-Stage relays – the regional road championships – with Bolton United Harriers well represented.

Post-race disqualifications seemed to be a prominent feature of this year’s edition, but Bolton was not affected in any categories and laddered up.

The senior men followed up their strong showing in the county road relays, with the A team finishing in the top 10 per cent and qualifying for the nationals.

Results: BUH&AC Senior Men A – 13th of 130 starting teams in 2hrs 7mins 3secs: Jonothan Kay (9) 19:55, Karl Darcy (4) 20:05, Anthony Valentine (9) 21:12, Tommy Harrison (15) 21:21, Declan Toomey (17) 22:28, John Knowles (17) 22:02; BUH&AC Senior Men B – 82nd of 130 in 2:32:35 Mark Wolstencroft (94) 24:03, Stephen Bonney (92) 24:16, Chris Povey (86) 24:02, Chris Pickford (81) 24:14, Joshua Sabery (92) 28:10, Paul Turner (93) 27:50.

The BUH&AC Senior Women were one of the 83 starting teams, but lacked the four members to form a complete team. Good performances came from Katie Oakley (21) 22:30 and Rebecca Kay (24) 23:51.

There was strong opposition for the juniors, but they were not deterred with both the girls’ teams finishing well.

Results: BUH&AC U17 Girls – 17th of 25 in 47:29: Maddie Erzan-Essien (21) 15:15, Francesca Fordham (21) 16:42, Molly Philbin (18) 15:32; BUH&AC U13 Girls – 38th of 58 in 45:20: Millie Bracey (47) 15:00, Lily Philbin (34) 14:16, Hannah Swales (40) 16:04.

The BUH&AC U15 Boys featured just one competitor – Ben Pickford (41) finishing in 12:17.

Elsewhere, the Bury 10K featured five Harriers finishers among the field.

Results: 53rd Craig Kenny 40:56, 209th Cameron Donnelly 44:59, 382nd John Grimshaw 50:36, 406th Alex Donnelly 49:53, 1,200th Gerard Tucker 1:03:54.