CLAYTON Harriers won the battle of the local clubs in the Calderdale Way Relay when the finished in third place just ahead of the Rossendale 'A' team.

Clayton completed the energy sapping event in a combined time of 5 hours 57.07 seconds -- 18 minutes ahead of Rossendale.

Bingley 'A' were first across the line with a time of 5.46.35 just over a minute ahead of second placed Pudsey and Bramley who finished in a time of 5.47.39.

Mark Horrocks and Sean Livesey got Clayton off to a steady start on leg one which started in Copley across Norland Moor and finishing above Mytholmroyd.

Horrocks and Livesey completed the leg in 1.07.47 before handing over to Simon Thompson and A Stubbs who ran a fast leg of 57.45 which took in Stoodley and Todmorden.

Jason Harbour and A Orr ran the short third leg to Blackstow Head in 28.10.

Will Sullivan and P Thompson ran leg four from Heptonstall above Hebden Bridge through Peckett Well and on to Wainstalk in 1.08.18.

Gary Wilkinson and A Black ran a fast fifth leg in 52.52 which went over the moors to Shelf to hand over to Mark Brown and A Hartley who raced back to Copley in 1.13.16.

Rossendale's first leg pairing of Martin Lee and Thornton Taylor handed over to Steve Duxbury and Steve Clawson after 1.11.46.

Duxbury and Clawson finished leg two in 1.00.34 with Ray Rawlinson Gary Sumner covering leg three in 38.17.

Phil Taylor and Mervyn Keys ran leg four in 1.10.23 and handed over to Dave Schofield and Eric Richardson who finished in leg five in 58.03.

Rossendale secured fourth place overall with Nigel Gotts and Chris Walsh completing the last leg in 1.19.11.

Todmorden 'A' finished in eighth place with an overall time of 6.29.27.

Their split times were Leg One: Robert Glover/Paul Bronmigan (1.15.46); Leg Two: Shaun Willis/P Prescott (1.05.50); Leg Three: S Kuterescz/S Galloway (40.51); Leg Four: Andy Wrench/Eric Erkardt (1.09.02); Leg Five: Mark Anderton/ M Horrin (1.03.33); Leg Six: Andrew Horsfield/Shaun Anderton (1.14.05).

Clayton 'B' made sure the club had to top 10 finishes after coming home in ninth position with a combined time of 6.31.02

Their split times were -- Leg One: Paul Targett/ Mark Theaker (1.12.34); Leg Two: A Life/Lee Pusco (1.03.57); Leg Three: M Brady/M Podmore (42.22); Leg Four: S Whittaker/Craig Watson (1.21.07); Leg Five: G Shaw/P Hindman (57.17); Leg Six: N Worswich/D Gregory (1.13.48).

Todmorden Vets finished in 25th position overall with P Hodgson and A Mellor getting them under way, completing the first leg in 1.26.44.

Other leg times were -- Leg Two: A Barclay/M Roberts (1.07.54), Leg Three: J Crummett/B Schofield (44.50); Leg Four: D Collins/S Brandwood (1.15.27); Leg 5: R Leonard/D Rawlinson (1.07.37); K Parkinson/L McCluskey (1.25.17).

Clayton Vets 'B' team finished in 30th place with a realy team that included B Mitchell and T Brierley (Leg One), J Holt and M Targett (Leg Two), D Scott and G Murray (Leg Three), N Nicholson and J Pickup (Leg Four), J Hickie and A Firth (Leg Five) and P Browning and P Booth (Leg Six).

Rossendale B team finished in 36th place overall.