BURNDEN picked up two first places at the Two Lads Fell Race.

Steve Nolan was first M55 and 16th overall in the 5.2-mile event in 38min 8secs while Paula Pilling came second in the women’s race and first F40 in 41:42.

Marcus Taylor was third M45 in 39:08 and Sally Cottrill second F50 in 58:23.

Ged Turner (46:55) and Mark Butler (47:02) completed the club representation.

Four members challenged the best in the country at the British 5k Road Championships, part of the Horwich Festival of Racing. Steve Nolan was the first to finish in a time of 18:20, followed by Gwen Kinloch in 20:31.

Mel Walker was third M75 in 23:38 and Andy Warburton crossed the line in 23:45.

David Broadhurst took part in the Liverpool Castle 5k and came home in a time of 23:26.

Sarah Woodiwiss was first F45 at the Father’s Day 10k in Lancaster, crossing the finish line in 53:24.

Adrian Ashburn and Tony Woodiwiss finished together in 47:46.

The multi-event Tour of Tameside saw Dawn Evans compete every day.

She covered the 10k on the first day in 1:19:22, and followed up with 1:21:27 on the aptly-named Hell on the Fell on day two, before posting 2:58:55 for the Hero Half Marathon, and 1:26:46 for the Hyde 7-Mile finale.

Jackie Oakes registered a personal best at the Hero Half with a time of 1:46:50.

In the same event, David Newman was third M60 in 1:51:16 and Bill Kelly finished in 3:16:35.

Debra Hennessey also ran the Hyde 7-Mile race and crossed the line in 1:14:37.

Pete Whiteside travelled to the Wirral Way Half Marathon and posted a time of 2:59:50.

Kerry Stevenson completed the Crazy Cow 10k in 55:42 ahead of Tracey Lowe who registered 57:59, while Denise Hodgkinson ran the Colshaw 10k in 54:15.

At the Horwich Festival of Racing, Marcus Taylor took on the Club Challenge triathlon, completing the three disciplines in 58:24. He finished the 400m swim in 9:27 before taking 30:25 to cover the 16k, bike course and 18:33 for the 5k run.

Ann Hardman took part in the NHS Triathlon, part of the same event over the same distances, and finished in 1:33:54. She was out of the pool in 16:15, and took 40:08 to complete the bike section before running the 5k in 37:32.