Longwood Harriers staged the club’s annual cross country and sealed handicaps at Newsome.

The Senior course is over footpaths and fields by the most direct route the runner can find to Farnley Tyas and back.

However, each runner must run up to the Victoria Tower on Castle Hill on the way out.

This year’s winner, on handicap, was James Scholes in 31 minutes 16 seconds and he was followed by club president Ian Mitchell in 33-06.

Third was Donald Kennedy in 38-14 and the fastest was 15-year-old Nathaniel Stock, who recorded an actual time of 35-22, but with a two minute handicap he finished fourth overall.

In the Junior races, up to the Victoria Towe’ and back first home was ‘scratch man’ James Clark in 12-01, but the winner on handicap was Luke White in a time of 12-03 and he was followed home by Elliott Thompson in 13-17 – while Clark won the prize for the fastest time.

The first girl home, on handicap, was Rebecca Morris in 16-06, chased home hard by Natalie McGuire in 16-13 and the Under 11 race was won by Jack White in 11-36.