THREE Norden High School of Rishton pupils claimed a convincing team win in the North District final of the GHS 10-mile competition for riders under the age of 16 years.

Held on the Garstang course on Saturday afternoon, Jon Steer was second fastest overall with a time of 24mins 21secs, Grant Howarth was seventh with 26m 41s and James Kenyon, in his first-ever competitive event, clocked 29m 40s for 13th place to give the Blackburn and District CTC members first team prize. Overall winner of the event was James Bell of Carlisle with the excellent time of 22m 26s. The national final of the 30-year-old GHS competition will be held in Kent in September.

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