Mannings leads the way

LOCAL clubs Oldham & Royton Harriers and Royton Road Runners were both well represented in the annual Frank Hodgson Saddleworth 6 road race.



Mike Mannings of Oldham & Royton Harriers finished fifth in a time of 33 minutes, 17 seconds, just under four minutes off the winner, and club colleague Owen Flage finished tenth with a time of 34:29.

Daniel Timperley also ran well for the club after completing the route in 38:48 seconds to finish in the top 50.

The race, which runs a six-mile route through Greenfield, was won by Andi Jones of Salford who finished in a excellent 29:36. He was closely followed by David Proctor, of Rochdale Harriers, in 32:9 seconds with club-mate Matthew Proctor just behind in 32.33.

Royton Road Runners had five of their athletes finishing in the top 60. Bernie Goodwin was their highest-placed runner with a time of 36:48 for 28th place. Bernard Cassidy posted a time of 36:56 to finish a place behind Goodwin.

Colin Green and David Hall finished within a second of each other with times of 39:07 and 39:08, respectively, while David Emanuel recorded 39:16 for 51st.

The times for other local runners were:

David Smith - 39:52 (Oldham & Royton Harriers), Robert Kellett - 39:55 (Royton Road Runners), David Whittam - 40:07 (Royton Road Runners), Ian Casey - 40:53 (Royton Road Runners), J Higgins - 41:24 (Royton Road Runners), Steven Shaw - 41:31 (Royton Road Runners), Stuart Hulme - 41:33 (Oldham & Royton Harriers), Andrew Tyas - 41:45 (Royton Road Runners), Deborah Shaw - 41:49 (Royton Road Runners), Jane Augsburger - 44:52 (Oldham & Royton Harriers), Emily Hughes - 46:51 ( Oldham & Royton Harriers), Louise Saunders - 48:26 (Royton Road Runners), Michael Bowler - 49:21 (Royton Road Runners), Paul Taylor - 49:49 (Oldham & Royton Harriers), Trevor Grundy - 50:05 (Royton Road Runners), David A Smith - 51:21 (Royton Road Runners), Brent Armistead - 51:40 (Oldham & Royton Harriers) and Brian Hurst - 1:13:03 (Royton Road Runners)