Everything is in place for a successful end to our year’s fixtures on Saturday, December 6th in Simister. The village hall will be open from 11.30 a.m. and the race proper will commence at 1.00 p.m. As is usual it would be really helpful to let Dave Evans know if you are able to attend and in what capacity – see dave.evans08@hotmail.co.uk.

Hopefully in the next month, ahead of Christmas, I’ll post a number of partly historical pieces, which you will find of interest.

1. Ron Wallwork has pulled together all the LWC results achieved in the highly thought of Stretford Track and Field League from 1967-1974. Fascinating.

2. Following on from Tom Bosworth’s revival of the One Mile track walk, we will look back at the history of this ‘Blue Riband’ sprint event and its significance for young, up and coming athletes. There was an Amateur Athletics Association Junior One Mile championships, in which Ron Wallwork finished third in 1959 and was the champion in 1960.

3. We’ll also dig out more results from Xmas races across the years. I tripped over this one from 1968, where I lost out to Dave Vickers in a dip-finish – fifty-six years ago!