QUITE a few Wesham Road Runners completed their second race in two days in a 4.9-mile event at Kirkham on May 13. About a dozen of them also ran the Blackpool 10k on the Sunday.

Alex Rowe claimed his second handicap victory by knocking eight seconds off his previous time. Ten runners made their debut.

Results: 1 Alex Rowe 26:33 pb (personal best time); 2 Martin Bates 27:57 (pb); 3 Dave Waywell 28:51 (pb); 4 Tony Howard 29:52 (pb); 5 Peter Cruse 30:13; 6 Alan Hudson 30:22 (pb); 7 Sam Moss 30:40; 8 John Bertenshaw 31:19; 9 Barry Peatfield 31:23; 10 Trevor Rayner 31:25 (pb); 11 Derek Buckley 31:34; 12 Ian Cosh 32:24; 13 Phil Leaver 33:24 (pb); 14 Dette Dickinson (pb); 15 Peter Cooke 34:16 (pb); 16 George Kennedy 34:43; 17 Peter Waterman 35:47 (pb); 18 Mark Midgeley 36:35 (pb); 19 Geoff Everall 36:50 (pb); 20 Dave Hyland 37:00 (pb); 21 Howard Henshsaw 37:05 (pb); 22 Dave Young 37:13 (pb); 23 Rev Michael Gisbourne 37:36; 24 Reg Chapman 37:42; 25 Ian Rawcliffe 39:29; 26 John Whiteman 40:48 (pb); 27 Keith Gresty 40:49 (pb); 28 Celia Gregory 41:28; 29 Peter Earnshaw 43:28 (pb); 30 Pat Swarbrick 45:09; 31 Dawn Lock 49:02.

Last Thursday Wesham's Martin Bates clinched third place with a time of 27:21 in the latest Shawes Arms 4.8-mile race at Preston. He finished behind Preston Harriers Matt Livingstone (25:13) and Dave Parkington (27:01).

Wesham's Sam Moss recorded his best ever Shawes position - 11th in 29:53. Dave Hyland finished 30th in 35:09

Thirty seven runners completed the course.

The next in the Shawes Arms race series, which is free to enter, is on June 20, starting at 7.30pm The race starts and finishes on the Boulevard, Frenchwood, Preston.