LEWIS Wilkes and Thomas Massey produced huge personal best times at the Greater Manchester Schools Championships 1500m on Saturday.

Representing Bolton at Stretford the junior boys did themselves proud with Wilkes knocking 15 seconds off his previous best time, and Massey an even bigger 19 seconds.

Wilkes set an impressive pace to lead out a high quality field closely followed by Oldham athlete Marcus Dey to complete the first 400 metres in a blistering 65 seconds.

Although dropping off the lead slightly he showed determination to grind out a impressive eighth position in 4mins 40.35secs.

The youngest runner in the field, Massey put in a gallant attempt to finish 14th just outside the illusive five-minute mark for him, posting an impressive 5.04.12.

Nick Leigh finished second at the Haigh Hall 4 mile race last Wednesday in 22:17. David Barnes finished 51st of the 91 finishers in 29:46.

In the first race of the Rochdale Three Day Event, the Norden Six Mile Road Race, Rob Jackson finished fourth in 36:19 with Paul Boardman 20th in 40:12, amongst 114 finishers on Friday evening.

The second event on Saturday saw Jackson cross the line in sixth in 42:41 and Boardman 22nd in 46:29 amongst 85 finishers.

On Sunday's Knowle Hill Fell Race, which was also part of the Lancashire Fell Grand Prix, attracted a bigger field with 191 competing in the six-mile race containing 1300 feet of ascent.

Jackson was 21st in 50:13, Garry Chadderton 29th in 51:38, Chris Maher 31st in 51:46, Boardman 45th in 53:27, Nick Kelly 47th in 53;41, John Monks 58th and first V60 in 55:19, Sandra Kelly 84th and 1st FV45 in 58:52 and Lawrence Pinnell 148th in 69:47.

In the series Rob Jackson finished fifth and second V45 and Boardman was 14th and first V50.

Andy Ford finished an excellent 21st in the Passing Clouds Fell Race on Sunday completing the 10-mile race containing 1,900 feet of ascent in 1:22:18.

Thursday's Two Lads Fell Race, organised by Horwich RMI Harriers was subject to a last-minute cancellation due to a fire having broken out on Winter Hill.

Thirty minutes before the start of the race the chief fire officer of Lancashire deemed it would be unsafe for the runners.