MIKE Howard put up a great show for Radcliffe AC at the Waugh's Well Fell Race, holding on for 16th place.

David Ferguson also had a super debut for the club in 25th place, but the lads were upstaged by the club's ladies, who won their team prize, superbly led in by Donna Allen.

Advertised as five miles of "pure fell running," with 1000 feet of climbing, it lived up to its billing.

Good weather meant the views were excellent up on the moor, leaving the runners with the feeling they had been somewhere a bit special.

Results: 16 Mike Howard 5th o/40, 35:25; 25 David Ferguson 37:08; 42 Peter McNulty 5th o/45, 39:21; 61 Tony Holt 19th o/40, 41:14; 64 Donna Allen 4th Lady, 41:25; 65 David Bartlett 41:26; 73 Brian Booth 9th o/50, 42:10; 77 Gerry Dewhurst 5th Lady, 42:18; 88 Derek Dewhurst 6th o/55, 44:30; 89 Steve Hamer 14th o/45, 44:51; 93 Carly Hancock 6th Lady, 45:11; 101 Shiela McNulty 1st Lady o/55, 46:11; 107 Tom West 6th o/60, 47:38; 124 Denise Sutcliffe 4th Lady o/45, 61:55.

The club had a good turnout at the recent Haigh Hall Five, with 15 enthusiastic members making the most of a warm summer's evening by tackling a course made more difficult than it usually is by changing it to three undulating laps.

Adrian Harris once again claimed the headlines, 23rd and 2nd among the over-45's, representing a good return for his evening's efforts.

A time of 29 min 25 sec showed that the ol' fella can still put 6 minute miles together.

Anna Lupton did well too, achieving 4th place among the ladies.

In 3rd place among the over-60's, Al Sumner hung in there, and Glenda Garry came in 3rd among the over-45 ladies.

Denise Sutcliffe deserves a special mention.

She entered the Waugh's Well Fell Race the night before, almost dropped out but rallied well enough to finish, and then went over to Wigan and put up a creditable performance to get round the course in 48 minutes.

You don't have to be a star to achieve a good performance.

Results: 23 Adrian Harris 2nd o/45, 29.25; 79 Tony Holt 19th o/40, 33.09; 84 David Bartlett 33.25; 93 Gary Wilson 34.10; 98 Anna Lupton 4th Lady, 34.36; 108 Steve Hamer 16th o/45, 35.01; 131 Jim Sutcliffe 36.57; 134 Carly Hancock 11th Lady, 37.12; 136 Alan Sumner 3rd o/60, 37.15; 143 Gerry Dewhurst 15th Lady, 37.41; 153 Mark Jackson 38.35; 154 Glenda Garry 3rd Lady o/45, 38.39; 155 Tom West 4th o/60, 38.39; 159 Iain Harris 11th o/55, 39.05; 191 Denise Sutcliffe 7th Lady o/45, 48.00.