Four Burnden Roadrunners Ladies finished in the top 12 to take third place in the South East Lancashire Cross Country League team competition.

They wer also second over-35s team and first in the over-40s category.

Izzy Hughes and Shirley Staveley were first and second in the o40s, Anne Ferguson was first over-50 and Lesley Fisher second over-45.

Burnden’s men’s team finished sixth and the veterans fifth out of the 21 clubs competing.

Results Men: Andy Staveley 40:05; Andrew Duffy 42:07; John Knowles 43:11; Martyn Pollitt 43:57; Paul Christie 44:28; Don Nichol 50:32.

Women: Lesley Fisher 32:36; Izzy Hughes 33:02; Shirley Staveley 34:05; Anne Ferguson 34:21.