Latest Handicap event sees a low turnout at club

Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde AC’s November Handicap had only eight participants.

- by Sports Reporter

But there were no ladies competing for perhaps the first time in 40 years, on an almost ideal morning for a run.

Results: Ian Close (32:27), Danny Higgins (29:13), Graham Davies (40:29), Tony Croft (40:29), Steve Browne (29:47), Ian Dawson (24:19), Peter Gibson (36:32), Chris Wylie (29:20).

Two athletes took themselves up to the Lake District for the scenic Derwentwater 10-Mile Road Race. Anthony Blight, however, warmed up for this the day before by trotting 24 miles round the Ullswater Way in just over seven hours.