BURNDEN’S women claimed silver at the British Masters Open Relay Championships at Sutton Coldfield.

The women’s over-55s team held off formidable challenges by strong teams from across the country to secure second place in the hugely-competitive national standings.

The trio of ladies captain Gwen Kinloch, Anne Ferguson and Kate Ellis completed the relay in a combined time of 1hr 8mins 4secs.

Kinloch ran the second fastest leg of the day in the category, posting a time of 21:23.

Ferguson’s time of 23:14 was the eighth fastest and Ellis registered the 10th quickest in 23:27.

The club sent four teams to the championships.

The women’s over-35s team of Kelly Sullavan, Rhian Vickers, Louise Wall and Sheila Christie recorded a combined time of 1:52:03.

Sullavan set them on their way with 26:56, the fastest leg of the four, followed by Vickers (28:34) and Wall (29:09) before Christie powered through the last leg in 27:24.

Paul Duke, Marcus Taylor, Andy Warburton and Paul Christie represented the club in the M35 section.

Duke set them on their way with a stunning time of 18:54, followed by Taylor in 20:18.

Warburton ran his leg in 25:46 before Christie completed the final leg in 26:08.

The club’s M55 team had a combined total of 1:06:32, made up of Tony Wall’s first leg of 21:37, Ged Turner’s 23:03 and Keith Thomas’s final leg of 21:52.