Season 2025-26

League Relay and Presentation Evening – Nova Centre, Prestatyn, 6th May 2026

10 clubs entered a total of 34 teams for this event, with a scratch 35th made up from two athletes from different clubs who couldn’t raise any teams. An easterly breeze provided the runners with a second-half tailwind on an out-and-back route along the coastal embankment.
Winners of the main categories (times in brackets) were as follows:
Senior Men: Buckley RC (20.20)
Senior Women: Prestatyn RC (25.53)
Veteran Men: Buckley RC (21.56)
Veteran Women: Buckley RC (25.15)
U20: Wallasey AC (25.15)
In addition, there was also an “Open Mixed” category, won by the “B” team of Wallasey AC (22.38)
 
The results include as much detail as was supplied. Only one club added individual leg times in post-race submissions.
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Race 5, Hoylake Promenade, 22nd March 2026

The originally planned venue planned by hosts Wirral AC for this race was New Brighton. However, this was belatedly vetoed by the local authority. Fortunately, just enough time remained to arrange an alternative venue, using the 7.5K coastal course along Hoylake Promenade. On a chilly but dry morning, more than 360 athletes lined up at the start, opposite the RNLI station.  
Winners of both the Mens’ and Womens’ races were athletes returning to League competition after significant absences.
Joseph Morrison (West Cheshire AC) last competed in the final race of of the 2019-20 season, just before the Covid lockdown. He won that race, as a U20, so his 26-second victory, ahead of Alex Haggard Kearney (Deeside AC), made it two in a row.
Fay Hughes (Wirral AC) was making her first appearance for two years – the 2022-23 champion finished 30 seconds ahead of Jennifer Rambaldi (Buckley RC).
So far as the team competitions were concerned, Helsby RC continued their relentless march towards a “quadruple”. Their Mens’ Division 1 victory on the day (ahead of Buckley RC) was achieved by getting all 10 counters home in the top 34, while in Womens’ Division 1 they finished equal 1st on the day with Chester Tri. Their Veteran Men won easily on the day, while a 2nd place finish for the Veteran Women retained a very sizeable lead in the standings.
Meanwhile, Prestatyn RC have all but guaranteed themselves a double promotion out of the two Division 2s – this having been accomplished by the Men with a win on the day (ahead of division leaders West Cheshire AC), by the Women with a 2nd place on the day (behind division leaders Wirral AC).

UPDATE 16th April 2026:
The cancellation of Race 6 is confirmed. Intended hosts West Cheshire AC were informed that work being undertaken at Delamere Forest would render the course unavailable for several weeks.
Therefore all awards, as well as promotions & relegations, will be determined on the basis of the Individual and Team Standings in the links below.
The respective HTML pages have been duly amended on this basis, with award winners highlighted.

Finalised results below:
Individual Results
Team Results
Final Individual Standings
Final Team Standings
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Race 4, Birkenhead Park, 1st March 2026

Difficulties with the Wrexham local authority made it impossible for the originally designated hosts, Wrecsam Tri, to find a venue for this race. Many thanks are due to Bob Brimage and Wallasey AC – not only for resurrecting this fixture, but being able to stage a parallel trial of an alternative chip-timed race service, provided by Nifty Entries. They were well supported by a group of volunteers and marshals recruited from a number of clubs.
On a dry late winter morning, just under 400 athletes made their way to the start line of a new and shorter course, traversing 3-and-a-bit laps of the Upper Park, with a net uphill.
Both the Mens’ and Womens’ race featured club 1-2s, with Josh Griffiths (Deeside AC) galloping away from the rest of the field to win the Mens’ race by more than a minute from his clubmate Alex Haggard Kearney, who in turn had a 25 second margin over the third placed finisher. Jordan Foster (Wirral AC) similarly finished a comfortable 35-seconds ahead of her club colleague Fiona Nuttall.
So Helsby RC may not have featured in the individual highlights of the day, but their formidable strength in depth ensured they emerged winners on the day in all their team competitions – Mens’ and Womens’ Division 1, and Mens’ and Womens’ Veterans. Already leaders in the standings for all these competitions, a “quadruple” now looks more likely than not. To be fair, their nearest rivals in Mens’ Division 1, Buckley RC, almost matched them, losing out by just 1 point on the day, and remaining just 49 points adrift in the standings. 
Mens’ Division 2 saw Prestatyn RC and West Cheshire AC take advantage of a much weakened Deeside AC turnout; the Welsh club winners on the day and moving up to challenge Deeside for the second promotion spot. 2nd place for the English club ensured them a significant lead in the standings.
In Womens’ Division 2, a huge win on the day once again for Wirral AC saw them jump into the second promotion place in the standings, close behind Prestatyn RC, who were joint second on the day with UTS RC.
 
The results have now been finalised.
Individual Results
Team Results
Individual Standings
Team Standings
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Race 3, Wirral Country Park – Thurstaston, 1st February 2026

With advance warnings having been given about the wet surfaces on the course, the field of some 400 runners must have felt a degree of trepidation as they listened to an extended pre-race safety briefing. However, the decision by Pensby RC – to stage their League race on a shortened version of the challenging course used last time, run in reverse – was vindicated. The rain held off and the athletes were able to enjoy a typically competitive  League race.
Luke Burgess (Deeside AC) returned to winning ways in the Mens’ race, crossing the line with a relatively comfortable 14 second margin over the host club’s Ben Taylor. The Womens’ race saw Hannah Cowley (Helsby RC) record her 13th League win (her first for three years), finishing 36 seconds ahead of Wirral AC’s Jordan Foster.
There was little in it in Division 1 of the Mens’ team competition – four clubs all packing well, getting their 10 counters home in the top 80 and separated by just 57 points on the day. Wrexham AC‘s victory ahead of Chester Tri helped put a decent margin between themselves and the relegation zone. Buckley RC and Helsby RC, leaders in the division standings, were separated by 1 point on the day.
A Division 1 victory on the day for Helsby RC‘s women, ahead of Deeside AC, enabled them to extend their lead significantly at the top of the standings as their nearest challengers West Cheshire AC slipped back somewhat.
Mens’ Division 2 saw West Cheshire AC move up into 2nd place in the standings with a low-scoring victory on the day, ahead of leaders Deeside AC. Meanwhile in Womens’ Division 2, Wirral AC‘s win on the day, over Pensby RC, featured their 4 counters coming home in the top 24, a performance which thrusts them into contention for a promotion spot.

Results have now been finalised.

Individual Results
Team Results
Individual Standings
Team Standings

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Race 2, Trac Mon (Anglesey), 7th December 2025

The second Borders race of the season was marked by two special individual achievements.
At the third attempt, following the two storm-related postponements from last season, the Anglesey weather relented and allowed hosts Cybi Striders to stage a smoothly organised 5 mile race.
317 athletes – the highest turnout ever for this venue – assembled on the start line in breezy, but drizzly conditions, to run the usual two and a bit undulating laps around the race track.
The Mens’ race saw the 16 year-old Lewis Morris (West Cheshire AC) lead from start to finish to record his first League win, by a 30 second margin over second-placed Luke Burgess (Deeside AC).
Not only was it his first ever BL win (in his third race), the 16 year-old achieved it in a course record time of 25:17 and became the youngest ever recorded winner of a Borders League race. The previous youngest known winner was Wrexham AAC’s Luke Northall, back in season 2000-01.
Remarkably, some five minutes later, this feat had been emulated in the Womens’ race. Deeside AC’s Heather Watson (also 16) crossed the line in a time of 30:28, with 18 seconds separating her from Buckley RC’s Jennifer Rambaldi. The previous record here had been set more recently, with a win in 2022 by Wirral AC’s Keira Brady-Jones.
In the team competitions, Mens’ Division 1 saw two dominant teams – defending champions Helsby RC, and Buckley RC – both get all their 10 counters home in the top 60 finishers, with the former taking the win on the day. Already both are well clear of the rest of the division.
Helsby RC‘s Women were also victorious on the day in their Division 1, with a narrow margin over West Cheshire AC, and here too, it would seem that the remaining 5 clubs in the Division are out of contention for honours already.
An emphatic win on the day for Deeside AC‘s Men put them well clear at the top of Division 2, ahead of second-placed Prestatyn RC – and a familiar pattern was repeated in Womens’ Division 2, with Ellesmere Port RC‘s narrow win over Prestatyn RC leaving the two teams well clear of the rest of the Division.

These results below have now been finalised.
Individual Results
Team Results
Team Standings

Individual standings will appear after Race 3
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Race 1, Tattenhall, 28th September 2025

The new Borders League season got under way in autumnal sunshine at the venue where it all began, 41 years ago. The first race of the season, impeccably hosted by Chester Tri, saw a field of some 450 athletes of all ages and abilities battle their way round the familiar, hilly 9.8K course.
The Mens’ race resulted with a Deeside 1-2 – Luke Burgess having an 18 second margin over his club colleague Josh Griffiths, with both runners home inside 31 minutes.
The Womens’ race appeared more open than usual in the absence of defending champion Emily Kearney. Wirral AC’s Jordan Foster took her chance, getting clear of her nearest challengers before halfway, and recording a convincing victory by a margin of over a minute from 2nd placed Keely Smith (West Cheshire AC).
In the team competitions, Mens’ Division 1 saw defending champions Helsby RC just edged out a strong challenge from Buckley RC and Chester Tri to record a narrow victory on the day, while in Womens’ Division 1, West Cheshire AC had their first 4 counters finish in the top 10 to win on the day ahead of Helsby RC.
Deeside AC, relegated from Mens Division 1 last season, were far too strong for the rest of Division 2. Spearheaded by the aforementioned 1-2, and with their whole team home in the first 55 finishers, they recorded a big win on the day, ahead of Prestatyn RC. The latter club’s Women did have more success however, taking an early lead in Division 2 ahead of Pensby RC.

No further updates or corrections to the results have been notified since 30th September, so these are now finalised.

Individual Results
Team Results


NB: Following inconclusive discussion at the AGM, Improvers scores and targets are based on 7-man/4-woman teams, irrespective of division.
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You can find results of previous years’ races in our Results Archive.

Updated 25/05/2026