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Lostock AC organized its annual award ceremony last week in Spice Valley in Horwich and the members celebrated their achievements in the past 12 months.
The first prizes were awarded to the Fell team with Tony Marlow and Nikki Hamemeron winning the Championship in the middle of the week.
In the main championships, Robert Sharkey won the M40, Tony Marlow won the M50 and Mark Checkley M60, while Josie Greenhalgh won F50. The lakes were won by Tony Marlow and Josie Greenhalgh.
Then, to receive their awards, the multi-sport events where Andy Lycock and Rachel Hancock won the Duathlon prize, Mary White won the triathlon sprint, the Olympic Triathlon (standard distance) was won by Nikki Hamonton and David Wilkes. The long -distance triathlon was won by Paul Lacey and Melonie Goodall, who both finished the Ironman Bolton.
There have been excellent performances in the cross-country section with Paul Edwards, Jenna Wood, Rachel Hancock, Andy Lycock and Karen Taylor winning awards.
The road / trail section had a lot to celebrate. The mid -week championship was won by Hazel Hatfield and Greg Kilshaw, while in the female section, Hazel Hatfield won the FV40, Rachel Hancock at the head of FV50, Sheila Garewal won FV65 and Gill Caldwell FV70.
In males, there were mendières for Paul Lacey (MV40), Dave Parry (MV45), Gareth Pratt (MV50), Andy Lycock (MV55), Brian Halton (MV60) and Tony Maxwell (MV65).
There were additional celebrations for Chris Baker who won Rachel Hancock best who won a prize for competing in different disciplines and Jo McManus won the prize for having exceeded and beyond organizing the new club kit. A special thank you was also awarded to Kate and Scott Rotheram for all their work on Lostock 6.
Despite a night of celebrations on Friday, it did not dissuade the members from presenting themselves during the weekend.
Twelve Lostockers went to Smithills Sports Center to participate in the trotting race for Burnden Road Runners – the third race of the Central Lancashire Grand Prix series this season.
The race saw a new course for 2025, and the participants were eager to see what it involved. The race started on a steep hill on Smithills Dean Road, before turning right to explore the slopes and trails of Smithills.
It is a sustainable and undulating five -mile race with an altitude gain of almost 650 feet and the runners were rewarded with a quick finish before crossing the finish line.
Janet Rhodes had an incredible race and was the first Lostocker to finish in 40 minutes 25 seconds. She was fourth woman and the first in her age category.
Rhodes Was Followed by Gaz Foulkes (41:01), Greg Kilshaw (42:38), Andy Lycock (43:17), Chris Baker (44:40), Jo McManus (45:12), Rachel Hancock (45:24), Sally McCoy – Who Won Her Age Category – (46:18) White (47:39), Mike Berry (47:56), Tony Maxwell (48:06), Rachel Stevens (49:28) and Gill Caldwell (58:37).
Josie Greenhalgh participated in the Saddleworth 10 tanks race, organized by Craggrunner and provided participants with the choice to visit five, 10 or 15 local tanks along a set and not marked.
Greenhalgh has chosen to visit 10 and the route covered 27 miles of Hautes Landes and Valleys in the Saddleworth region with an altitude gain of 4,524 feet.
From Saddleworth Rangers RLFC, the runners crossed a mixture of paved paths, including Le Pennine Way, the tracks and open moors passing several control points along the way.
The land is difficult, with peat bogs and tufts followed by rocks and rock fields to cross. Stepped hills leading to the Landes above were worth the sentence for the beautiful views since the day was blessed with the sun and the clear sky.
Greenhalgh had a fantastic race, ending as 10th lady in the general classification and the first in her age category.
Elsewhere, Andy Ginty participated in the Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round Fell Race.
From the village village hall, the race begins with a mile of road towards the fall before a pulmonary climb at the top of the Hill. He then followed an unmarked route along the trails and opens moors at several control points and covers 9.4 miles and an altitude of 1,788 feet. Ginty had an excellent race, finishing in 1:48:45.
