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07-08-2025
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Bury AC's seniors secure promotion to top flight
It was a momentous day for Bury AC at the Leigh Sports Village last Saturday as the senior team came second in the final North of England Track and Field League fixture of the season. Having started the day at the top of Division One (West), the squad only needed to place fourth to secure promotion to the Premier Division. Second place overall on the day behind a strong Preston team saw Bury run out as commanding champions and will see them compete in the top division next year, much to the delight of team managers Byron Edwards and Hannah Lucas. This is only the third time in 50 years the club has made the top division. The standout performance of the day came from Matthew Wheatley in the A 100m. The 17-year-old won in a new personal best of 10.8secs - a time that moves him into the top 40 in the UK in his age group and is the fastest by a Bury athlete for many years. Martin Clark and James Brown were convincing winners in the 5,000m A and B races, with Martin winning the A with 15mins 26.2secs and James winning the B in his club debut with 15:46.9. Conor Wilkinson produced a gutsy finish in the B 800m, clawing back the leader to secure victory with a dip on the line in 2:04.2, while Roger Morley, in his 50th year of competing in the league, won the B hammer with 11.78m. Alia Braithwaite had a busy afternoon, winning the B 3,000m in 11:11.4 as well as scoring vital points in the 800, 1500 and 100m. Rachel Marshall won the 2,000m steeplechase in 8:06 and also competed over 1500 and 3,000m. Lizzi Cheshire had her usual busy day for the club, competing over several events and securing a victory in the B 100m hurdles with 21.1, while Leah Osunkoya won the B 400m hurdles in 1:23.4. The men's 4x400m relay squad made sure the day ended with a Bury victory. The quartet of Peter Gardner, Jayden Dacosta, Luke Harreld and Conor Wilkinson performed brilliantly. The squad was missing a number of key individuals due to the holidays, but the team spirit shone through. Young combined-event athlete Jemima Miles scored vital points across the long jump, shot, javelin, 100m hurdles and high jump, while throwers Halle and Esme Davies-Fernyhough and Lucy Hill scored vital points in their events, as did sprinters Carraghen Spence and Leticia Da Silva. Matthew Nolan put in a great shift for the men's team in the throws and the jumps, while Harvey Rossington-Rose made a great return to the club with a strong performance over 400m hurdles, teaming up with Patrick Babb. Distance runners Luke Harreld, Jack Griffiths and Paul Johnston covered several events, as did young sprinter Luke Drinnan. As well as athletes, the club also secured points through supplying officials. The team on the day comprised of Chris Lucas, Jeremy Gold, Fiona Healy and Jacqui Cross among others and all made a vital contribution to the success of the Bury team. The next team fixture will be the Mid-Lancs League on August 16 at Blackpool with the women's team currently holding third place in Division One and the men topping Division Two and looking in a strong place to secure promotion.
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06-05-2025
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Teen hurdler's incredible grit to cross finish line after three falls
Teen hurdler's incredible grit to cross finish line after three falls Three medals for Thomas Farrell - gold in the soft javelin, bronze in the 600m and bronze in the standing long jump (Image: Contributed) A WARRINGTON athlete fell over three times in a race and showed incredible grit to cross the finish line. And not put off, tough cookie Leah Russek showed her mettle again when she returned to the track later in the day in a different event and achieved a personal best time. The day started well for the Warrington Athletics Club under 13s competitor. Russek made her debut in the 70m hurdles in the Warrington AC Hurdles Festival and Junior Open staged at Victoria Park on Sunday. She won in 17.13secs but it was in the second running of the event a little later that she suffered three falls. Russek hit a hurdle and fell but did not give up, returned to her feet and continued. But she hit the next hurdle and hit the deck again. Undeterred she got up again and continued only to hit the final hurdle and fell for a third time. The determined youngster got up to finish in 26.32 seconds - after picking up her shoe which had come off! For some, that might have been enough for one day but not Russek. After having been persuaded to get first aid treatment, she ran in the 800 metres and finished fourth in a personal best 3mins 05.01secs. Meanwhile, Olivia Crawford won both runnings of the under 17s women's 80m in 11.79secs and 11.73secs respectively. In the under 20s men's 110m, Lewis Shaw continued his winning streak by smashing his PB with 14.76secs – going under 15 seconds for the first time and moving to third place on the UK rankings. In the under 17s women's 300m hurdles second claim member Evie Elliott running under Bury AC set a new personal best time of 46.50 seconds. Luis Davidson ran superbly in the under nines boys' 600m to win in 2mins 00.05secs. Behind him in third place, Thomas Farrell, who was also third in the standing long jump, won the soft javelin in 15.72m. Georgia Clarke won the under nines girls 75m in 13.98 seconds, while in the standing long jump and soft javelin Linda Szekely came out on top with 1.41m and 7.33m respectively. In the under 11s age group, Otis Milliken won the soft javelin in 16.36m.
