BOYS representing Vale Royal Athletics Club claimed two gold medals during the Northern Cross Country Relays in Sheffield on Saturday.

The under 15s boys, already crowned regional relay champions on the road this year, added another title to their collection at Graves Park.

Ben Lee anchored the trio, which also included John Humphries and Alfie Bould.

Ollie Waring, in the B team, clocked the second-quickest leg in the field at 6.57.

Vale Royal’s under 17s boys’ team, consisting of Cameron Weaver, Arun Dight and Josh Betteley, finished six seconds clear of closest rivals Rotherham in their race.

There was a medal too for debutants Alisha Archer, Grace Roberts and Holly Weedall in the under 11s girls’ age category after they crossed the line third overall.

Another medal almost followed for the under 13s boys’ trio of Ed Pettitt – who ran the fifth fastest leg in the field – James Lanni and Alfie Dexter, but they were beaten to bronze by rivals from Salford.

Katie Gerrard was sixth fastest in the senior women’s field, in which Vale Royal narrowly missed out on the top 10.

The under 17s girls, with Sophie Smith, Cara Gibbons and Chloe Dooley on duty, classified seventh in their race.

“We had a brilliant day with some impressive performances across the board,” said coach Andy Carter.

n Results

Northern Cross Country Relays

Senior men: 12. Vale Royal A (Matthew Sheen, Stuart Doyle, Oliver Williams, Jon Chatten) 44.39; 32. Vale Royal B (Gareth Williams, Matt Rowlinson, Nathan Williams, Geoff Fawkes) 52.10; 38. Vale Royal C (Mark Pilliner, Simon Bridge, Euan Dunbar, Brian Dooley) 1:04.12.

Senior women: 11. Vale Royal (Katie Gerrard, Chloe Broad, Lucy Burch) 40.13.

Under 17s boys: 1. Vale Royal (Cameron Weaver, Arun Dight, Josh Betteley) 21.35.

Under 17s girls: 7. Vale Royal (Sophie Smith, Cara Gibbons, Chloe Dooley) 26.42.

Under 15s boys: 1. Vale Royal A (John Humphries, Alfie Bould, Ben Lee) 21.24; 10. Vale Royal B (Oliver Waring, Jonathan Dufty, Sam Washington) 23.01; 14. Vale Royal C (Alex Doyle, Harper Whitehead, Charlie Fawkes) 23.36.

Under 15s girls: 11. Vale Royal (Holly Smith, Cerys Pilliner, Lucy Smith) 25.52.

Under 13s boys: 4. Vale Royal (Edward Pettitt, James Lanni, Alfie Dexter) 17.40.

Under 13s girls: 14. Vale Royal (Beth Latham, Faye Conboy, A N Other) 19.42.

Under 11s girls: 3. Vale Royal A (Alisha Archer, Grace Roberts, Holly Weedall) 16.55; 17. Vale Royal B (Tarlia Higginbotham, Anna Preston, Scarlett Stapeleton) 19.10.