A member of West Cheshire  AC won a medal for Great Britain on his international debut.

Zack Holland, 15, contributed to a  team gold medal for his country at  the World Biathle Championships  held in Cyprus.

Holland finished as the third fastest  British athlete at the event – which  featured a 1,000m run, a 200m swim,  and then another 1,000m run – to  finish just 22 seconds behind the  winner and clinch GB top spot, ahead  of runners-up Egypt.

Holland had qualified for the final  by finishing fourth in a time of 10  minutes 12 seconds in his heat, and  he clocked 9:46 in the final to finish  just outside his personal best.

His proud father Ian watched Zack  presented with his medal on the podium where the team stood to hear  the national anthem.

Holland is planning to compete in  this Sunday’s North West Biathlon  Championships which features a  1,600m run and 200m swim. He will be  hoping to qualify for the National  Individual Finals at the end of  November, which leads to the National Schools Championships at the  end of March.

Francis Martinez represented  West Cheshire AC at the Chester  Marathon and clocked a new personal best of three hours 46 minutes  31 seconds for 932nd position. He was  joined at the event by club colleague  Peer Ovesen, who posted 4:04:02

West Cheshire AC’s David Bish  and his wife Lynda finished second in  their age groups at the Congleton  Half Marathon.

David finished second in the over-70  men’s age group with a time of 1:52:13,  and Lynda secured second spot in the  over-60 women’s age category in the  quarter marathon with a time of  1:13:47.

Tamsin O’Keefe, of West Cheshire  AC, won the under 11 girls race at the  opening round of the North Wales  Junior Cross Country League at  Bangor in a time of 8:51.

Adam Howe finished fourth in the  U11 boys race with a time of 12:28.

He finished ahead of Daniel Pace  who was 13th in 13:41, and Harri  Britton finished ninth with 19:58 in  the U15 boys race.

Entries are being accepted for this  year’s ESSAR Chester Round the  Walls Race being promoted by West  Cheshire AC on Boxing Day (10.30am  start). Further details can be found  on the West Cheshire AC website:  www.westcheshireac.co.uk.