14/09/2026
The North West road Relays incorporating the Cheshire Championships were held in Heaton Park Manchester on Saturday 12 September with Warrington Athletic Club being represented in 9 of the of the 10 races.
In the under 12 girls the A team of Sophie Hickey (9:29), Alice Astbury (8:46) and Saffron Llewellyn (9:17) for a total time of 27 minutes 34 seconds finished in an excellent 3rd place and took the Cheshire Gold Medals. The B team of Autumn Illingworth (10:22), Ffion Lawton (9:51) and Lisa Weir (9:42) finished 13th in a total time of 29 minutes 56 seconds to take the Silver Medals in the Cheshire. The C Team of Maya Li (10:09), Lily-Mae McMullen (10:37) and Summer Llewellyn (12:27) for a total time of 33 minutes 15 seconds to finish 31st unfortunately missing out on making it a clean sweep of the Cheshire Medals as the finished 4th.
In the under 12 boys the A team of Callum Meakin (8;00), Thomas Farrell (8;33) and Luis Davidson (8:00) for a total time of 24 minutes 33 seconds finished 6th and won the Cheshire Silver Medals. The B team of Ben Peers (9;01), Austin Horman (8:45) and Brandon Kippax (10;54) for a total time of 28 minutes 42 seconds finished 33rd and 4th in the Cheshire.
In the under 14 girls the A team of Ivy Davidson (12:57), Bella Parkinson (12:44) and India Seymour (14:11) finished in an excellent 2nd place and won the Cheshire Gold Medals with a total time of 39 minutes 53 seconds. The B team of Saffron Talbot-Barka (16:46) and Nolah Bothwell (16:23) was incomplete.
In the under 14 Boys the A team of Alex Farrell (11:55), Alfie Furnival (12:02) and Hugo Stanford (12:16) finished in an excellent 5th place with a total time of 36 minutes 15 seconds to win the Cheshire Gold Medals. The B team of Luke Horman (14:07), Sebastian Hughes (12:23) and Noah Culley (13:46) finished in 17th with a total time of 40 minutes 17 seconds to win the Cheshire Silver Medals.
In the under 16 girls the team of Grace Rashud (12:16), Grace Taylor (13:10) and Bethany Roberts (14:21) finished in 12th place with a total time of 39 minutes 48 seconds to win the Cheshire Bronze Medals.
In the under 16 boys the team of Ashton Illingworth (11:29), Ethan Barratt (12:06) and Eddie Walker (11:07) finished in 5th place with a total time of 34 minutes 44 seconds to win the Cheshire Gold Medals.
In the under 18 men the team of Euan Lawton (18:44) and Joseph Barratt (19:12) was incomplete.
In the Senior Women The A team of Lucie Davies (19:10), Alison Roberts (20:07) and Jess Connolly (19:56) finished in 9th place with a total time of 59 minutes 14 seconds to finish 4th in the Cheshire. The B team of Claire Andrew (21:12), Faye Lawton (23:38) and Sarah Wharton (28:36) finished in 43rd place with a total time of 1 hour 13 minutes 27 seconds placing the 10th in the Cheshire.
In the Senior Men the A team of Cameron Field (16:18), Dan Fox (16:13), Jack Wadsworth (17:03) and Jack Pilkington (16:49) finished in 9th place with a total time of 1 hour 06 minutes 24 seconds to take the Cheshire Silver Medals. The B team of Matthew Jenson (17:13), Paul Mainwaring (18:12), Dave Norman (21:45) and Alex MacDonald (16:59) with a total time of 1 hour 14 minutes 10 seconds finished in 41st place and 8th in the Cheshire.
With four Gold four Silver and one Bronze in the Cheshire and a second and third in the North West it turned out a good day for the club.