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.