HYNDBURN men won their Division 5 Northern Men's League fixture on Saturday.

Competing at Bebington in the Stadium used to re-enact the Paris Olympics in the film Chariots of Fire, they responded to their surroundings with every competitor winning at least once.

Former international decathlete Rory Birbeck produced a mighty performance to win all the A string throws - hammer, discus, shot and javelin.

They also swept the board in the jumps with Colin Caddell taking the A triple jump and high jump and Joe McGuinness the A long jump.

Man of the moment Lee Passco won the A 5,000m, and there were B wins for John Bruce, Chris Clark, Shane Fitzpatrick, Mike Grime and Nick Rawcliffe.

BLACKBURN Harriers won the day in the twice switched Division 2 match which was eventually held at Barden.

Blackburn and Pendle have finished 1-2 in both fixtures so far to cement their places at the head of the league, but on home turf, Burnley improved from 6th to 4th.

As usual, Burnley looked to multi-eventer Colin Bailey to get their score ticking along, and as usual he responded.

His high jump effort was 1.90m, with the aid of a pole he cleared 3.50m and he took a third A victory with 16.3 in the high hurdles.

He added more points for the cause with 2nd in the 400m hurdles.

Sprinter Danny Whittaker won second places in the 100m and 200m, and used his speed to good effect by winning the triple jump with 11.59m.

PENDLE took maximum points in the discus as Tony Balko and Aaron Wilson threw 29.88m and 27.00m respectively, and Tony added a second spot in the A shot putt with 10:58m.

The 400m also proved to be a banker for the team with David Gray second in the A race but with the same time as the winner, and David Thornton winning the B.

Thornton's real moment of glory came in the 4x400m relay where he anchored the team to victory over Sale Harriers by a mere one tenth of a second.