Athletics: There were some excellent performances from our region's athletes in the Yorkshire Track and Field Championships at Princess Mary's, Cleckheaton.

Hot favourite for the 5,000 metres was Bradford Airedale's Richard Findlow, and he won easily in 14min 24sec from Morpeth's Robert Holladay, adding this to the West Yorkshire and Northern cross-country titles earlier this year.

There was a major surprise in the men's 1,500m where Bingley's Phillip Tedd secured his first race victory. The 22-year-old Keighley-born athlete, studying for a music degree at Durham University, followed in the footsteps of Sebastian Coe and Peter Elliott as winners of this event.

Longwood's Ian Mitchell covered the first lap in a 'suicidal' 57 seconds, but was still ahead in the final lap before Tedd eased past with 200 metres to go to win in 3min 51.24sec. Skyrac's Chris Bryan notched bronze to give him a double medal haul after being runner-up in the 800m to Shaftesbury Barnet's Paul Cooper. Keighley's 'Alfie' Atkinson got bronze in a tight finish.

Shot-putter Ian Lindley, in his 18th year of competition, duly won his event, only hours after landing from a holiday in Tenerife.

In the hammer, Bingley pair Sam Broadley and Cassie Wilson were medallists, while team-mates Oliver Brewer and Stephen Jack won gold and silver in the under-17 men's 100m hurdles.

Bingley's women's captain Leone Dickinson was out of the medals in the high jump, won by Britain's No 2 Jo Jennings (Essex Ladies), Wakefield's Kerry Jury taking silver which gave her six medals over the weekend.

Bingley's Nicole Crosby took bronze in the 200m behind Trafford's Janine Whitlock and Jury, but there were wins for Rebecca Smith in the under-17 800m and Rebecca Long in the under-13 girls 800m.

Otley's Ian Fisher won the Keswick Half Marathon by over four minutes, and it could have been more decisive as he lost time by veering off course at the start and was then obstructed by a caravan on the narrow bridge at Grange.

In the Home International fell race at Knockdhu in Ireland, England swept the board in all categories, apart from the men's open race which went to Scotland. Bingley's Rob Jebb was third overall and Bradford Airedale's Steve Oldfield seventh in an event which saw his veteran's side beat the English seniors team. Pudsey and Bramley's Robert Hope was eighth and team-mates Jane Clarke (fourth) and Sally Corbin (tenth) enabled the English women to win.

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