TONY Chew recovered his composure to win the six-mile Barley Fell race in 27.44 after a crashing fall on the descent of Pendle had wiped out his 200m lead.

Clayton team-mate Simon Thompson was a close second in 27.51. The next four were covered by seven seconds with Mark Brown just ahead of Anthony Waterworth, Gary Wilkinson and Andrew Hartley. Geoff Gough (eighth), Graham Cunliffe (11th) and Paul Brannon (16th) were the leading veterans with Barry Mitchell (17th) the top M50.

Clayton took all the top 20 positions in this the sixth round of the Pendle and Burnley Grand Prix, and also fielded the ladies winner Vanessa Peacock. Debbie Gowans of Accrington RR was second. Richard Packer of Red Rose was first over 65, his third class win in the series.

Results: 1 Tony Chew 27.44, 2 Simon Thompson 27.51, 3 Mark Brown 28.17, 4 Anthony Waterworth 28.20, 5 Gary Wilkinson 28.23, 6 Andrew Hartley 28.24, 7 Phil Hall 28.39, 8 (first M40) Geoff Gough 28.44, 9 Andy Payne 29.04, 10 Andrew Stubbs 29.30, 11 (second M40) Graham Cunliffe 30.05, 12 Andy Black 30.18, 13 Steve Whittaker 30.26, 14 Neil Worswick 30.53, 15 Stephen Roberts 30.55, 16 (third M40) Paul Brannon 31.21, 17 (first M50) Barry Mitchell 31.34, 18 Andy Orr 31.50, 19 (fourth M40) John Tomlinson 31.52, 20 John Rutter 31.58.

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