THE third of the Harriers’ series of four Jubilee road races saw Lukas Siska take second place behind Tommy Harrison of Bolton United Harriers.

Bolton also beat Horwich into second place in the men’s team result.

But the series leader is currently Lukas, followed closely by Dave Smith of Leigh and Horwich’s Alastair Murray.

And in the ladies' series, it is Erica Booth of Horwich that holds top spot with Lyndsay Derbyshire of Burnden Road Runners.

In the junior street race, a very good turnout in race one saw Cian Healy (u11) again stride ahead for first place in 5mins 25secs, while Ethan Isaacs, Daniel Porter and Lydia Johnson all made the top 10.

In race two, Harriers’ Lewis Wilkes was first and Matthew Flatters finished second after overtaking Blackburn’s Harries Thomas in the final strait of a keenly-contested race.

The juniors also featured strongly at the last ever running of the Lancashire Fire Brigade Relay behind Blackpool Zoo. Horwich had six teams of three runners taking part with the legs 4km long.

Horwich Junior Boys had a superb result, finishing third overall with Tom Massey recording an excellent time of 14.59. Matthew Flatters and Luke Brindle backed that up to beat many senior teams.

The other Horwich Junior Boys team of Robert Seddon, Nathan Lancaster and Toby Middleton finished fifth.

The Junior Girls team of Freya Whittle, Milly Lever and Lydia Johnson finished 14th overall and third overall ladies team. The other Horwich girls team of Livia Sutcliffe, Alyssia Jackson and Emily Greenhalgh finished 16th.

The men’s team of Glynne Lever, Jason Middleton and Tony Hesketh finished 13th and the Horwich mixed team of Brenda Hesketh, Derek Whittle and Janet Middleton finished 22nd.

At Harrock Hill, with Paul Muller suffering a torn hamstring early in the race, Paul Boardman assumed the mantle of Horwich’s leading runner, finishing 35th in a field of more than 200 runners.

Results: Jubilee road race (Rivington) – 2nd Lukas Siska 27:29; 5th Alastair Murray 28:39; 17th Richard Marlton 33:16; 25th Erica Booth 35:14; 32nd Rudolf Maciejkowicz 35:40; 57th Pete Bland 39:48; 65th Julie Williamson 43:07; 75th Peter Scott 50:21; Harrock Hill fell race – 35th Paul Boardman 41:07; 54th Michael Kay 43:16; 84th Mark Swindell 46:33; 85th Suzanne Budgett 46:39; 90th David Barnes 46:58; 108th Michael Crook 48:46; 154th Michele Sunter 54:00; 155th Albert Sunter 54:01.