LINDSEY Brindle starred on her England debut with a second-place finish in the Snowdon International.

Horwich RMI Harriers club-mate Chris Farrell also pressed his claim for an England call-up when he beat two members of the national team and was the first non-international to finish.

They were two of nine Horwich members in the race, four of whom were competing for their country.

Brindle was the club’s sole female representative, gaining her first England vest.

Two of her England team-mates were ahead of her on the climb but the Brindle showed her devastating descending skills to reward the selectors' faith and finish first England counter, only beaten by defending champion, Ireland’s Sarah McCormack.

Chris Farrell turned around in 12th place after the climb but had a brilliant descent to gain five places and finish a magnificent seventh, ahead of two of the England team and winner of the open race for non-internationals.

The prestigious mountain race was able to be run with its full length from Llanberis to the peak of Snowdon and back.

Ian Conroy, running for Ireland, had an impressive climb, reaching the summit in fourth place with just three Italians ahead of him.

He lost a number of places on the descent but still achieved an excellent 20th place in such a high calibre event.

Killian Mooney reached the summit just behind Farrell and held his position on the descent to finish 12th and first counter for the Republic of Ireland. The third Horwich member of the Ireland team, James Kevan, was less fortunate, suffering a heavy fall, and had to walk off the mountain.

Horwich's Michael Cayton and Nick Leigh were close on Conroy's heels, finishing 23rd and 26th, respectively.

Paul Massey was an excellent 51st and second V45. Ali Murray was 107th and Dave Massey 349th.

Horwich’s presence was further enhanced with two who started out as Horwich juniors – seven times Pike Race winner Rob Hope was fourth, running for his sponsors, international Team Salomon, and Gary Priestley, running for England, was ninth.

It was a remarkable achievement for the club that seven of the first 25 men and the second woman in this top international race are either members or have strong connections with Horwich RMI Harriers.

Results: 1 Emanuele Manzi (Italy) 1:10:18, 4 Rob Hope (Team Salomon) 1;13:08, 7 Chris Farrell 1:14:37, 9 Gary Priestley (England) 1:15:10, 12 Killian Mooney (Ireland) 1:15;51, 20 Ian Conroy (Ireland) 1:17:53, 23 Michael Cayton 1:18:21, 26 Nick Leigh 1:18:52, 40 Lindsey Brindle (England), 2nd female 1:24:13, 51, Paul Massey (V45) 1;25:58, 107 Alastair Murray (V40) 1:33:58, 345 Dave Massey (V45) 1:53;15.

The club was well represented at the third Jubilee Road Race of the summer.

This scenic and challenging race has been organised by Horwich RMI Harriers for nearly 40 years and those representing the club showed that it is a club for all levels of runners.

First Harrier to finish was Chris Essex-Crosby in 14th place while Rudolf Maciejkowicz showed many half his age a clean pair of heels for another V60 victory and 27th overall.

Results:14 Chis Essex-Crosby 31:31, 27 Rudolf Maciejkowicz (V60) 33:14, 42 Paul Lewis 35:29, 43 David Unsworth (V50) 35:31, 44 Paul Sykes (V40) 35;33, 89 Bernadette Unsworth (F50) 42:36, 92 Julie Williamson (F45) 43:35, 101 Martin Hammond 48:15, 102 Emma Renshaw (F40) 48:19, 105 Lynn Smith 58:38, 106 Lesley Davidson (F60) 59:55.

Horwich Juniors made up 47 of the 79 runners in the The Street Race held just before.

Results: 2 Luke Massey (U17) 5:41, 3 Lewis Wilkes (U15) 5:57, 4 Cian Healy (U11) 6:24, 5 Luke Brindle (U13) 6:26, 6 Matthew Flatters (U11) 6:29, 8 Nathan Lancaster (U13) 6:49, 9 Jake Glendenning (U15) 6:50, 12 Toby Middleton (U13) 6:53, 16 Ella Pendlebury (F13) 6:59, 18 Robert Gibson (U17) 7:03, 20 Finley Reid (U11) 7:12, 21 Niamh Speakman (F13) 7:16, 24 Harriet Foley (F15) 7:22, 25 Isaac Keating (U11) 7:25, 28 Ellie Baker (F15) 7:32, 29 Isaac Battye (U11) 7:32, 30 Freya Whittle (F11) 7:34, 31 Milly Lever (F13) 7:36, 32 Matthew Hill (U13) 7:37, 34 Charlie Darbyshire (U9) 7:39, 35 Harrison Stokes (U9) 7:40, 36 Max McLean (U11) 7:40, 37 Lydia Johnson (F11) 7:41, 40 Callum Mosley (U11) 7:50, 41 Joshua Houghton (U13) 7:52, 43 Lucas Zarins (U11) 8:03, 46 Jess Jackson (F11) 8:12, 47 Sam Slater (U11) 8:15, 48 Samuel Speakman (U9) 8:16, 49 Livia Sutcliffe (F13) 8:18, 51 Molly Clarkson (F11) 8:22, 53 Elliot Whittle (U9) 8:27, 54 Theo Middleton (U9) 8:28, 55 Jess Glendinning (F15) 8:31, 57 Olivia Baker (F13) 8:36, 60 Grace Pendlebury (F9) 8:48, 61 Ellie Green (F9) 8:49, 63 Isabella Keating (F15) 8:52, 64 Ben Flatters (U9) 8:57, 69 Skye Nicholson (F13) 9:15, 70 Isaac McLean (U13) 9:43, 72 Jessica Parker (F9) 9:49, 75 Isabelle Walton (F9) 10:18, 77 Thomas Humphreys (U9) 10:36, 78 Sam Nelson (U11) 12:01, 79 Leah Stokes (F7) 13:43.

Horwich members Ian Hamer and Albert Sunter became Ironmen on Sunday when they completed UK Ironman in 12:40:00 and 15:31:09.