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Matt Clowes: inaugural Wilmslow winner

MICK HALL

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DECEMBER 4

WILMSLOW FESTIVE 10km, Wilmslow

CARDIFF’S Matt Clowes secured victory at the inaugural running of this event with the James Thie-coached athlete breaking the tape in a season’s best 19:55. Clowes who started to break away around the 5km mark held off a strong challenge from Liverpool Harrier Dan Cliffe (30:07) with Sale’s Matt Bond (30:10) finishing in third around the picturesque Cheshire countryside.

In the women’s race, Faye Fullerton took top honours with the Havering athlete also running a season’s best 34:27, just ahead of Charnwood’s Jane Potter (34:31) with Kirsty Longley completing the top three.

Overall (10km): 1 M Clowes (Card) 29:55; 2 D Cliffe (Liv H) 30:07; 3 M Bond (Sale) 30:10; 4 L Gunn (Der) 30:33; 5 T Spencer (Cov) 30:44; 6 B Russell (Liv H) 31:06; 7 B Riddell (Unatt) 31:24; 8 T Raynes (B’burn) 31:32; 9 A Slodowicz (Salf) 31:47; 10 J McNally (Liv H) 32:26; 11 D Bradford (Bed C) 32:28; 12 R Challinor (Liv H) 32:30; 13 M Wigelsworth (Prest, U20) 32:38; 14 K Acton (Stock H) 33:55; 15 H Maguire (Tip) 33:58; 16 J Cheshire (Wilm, M35) 33:59; 17 E Fazakerley (Manc H, M45) 33:59; 18 P Wathan (Eryri) 34:00; 19 R Coen (Unatt) 34:02; 20 M Dunne (Unatt) 34:11; 21 R Downs (Wilm, M50) 34:11; 22 J Fowler (Sheff RC, M40) 34:19; 23 F Fullerton (Have, W) 34:27; 24 S Sussex (Wrex, U20) 34:30; 25 J Potter (Charn, W35) 34:32

M40: 2 L Hughes (Lymm) 35:14. M45: 2 G Milligan (Stock H) 35:33; 3 C Yorke (NWRRC) 35:39. M50: 2 G Callaghan (Liv PS) 37:16. M55: 1 T Morris (Unatt) 36:41; 2 D Brooksbank (Barns) 37:38; 3 N Holding (W Penn) 37:55. M70: 1 B Blyth (Macc) 43:15. U20: 3 A Aldridge (Unatt) 35:29

Women: 1 Fullerton 34:27; 2 Potter 34:32; 3 K Longley (Liv PS, W40) 35:45; 4 D Mcvey (Wilm) 35:57; 5 S Howard (Liv H) 36:31; 6 T Robinson (Salf, W35) 36:45; 7 R Douglas (Bord H) 37:32; 8 K Johnson (G’dale) 38:51; 9 E Carr (Unatt) 39:26; 10 S Davies-foxton (Unatt, W45) 39:27; 11 M Ball (Liv H) 39:42