WARRINGTON Athletics Club runner Steve Watmough, from Lymm, represented Great Britain in two events at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga recently, helping bring home a silver medal.
Steve competed in the 5000 metres for over 55’s at the Carranque Sports Centre in Malaga, where he finished in an excellent 8th place in a high class race recording a time of 17 minutes 01.40 seconds.
Then Steve finished in a fabulous 6th place in the over 55’s Half Marathon recording a time of 1 hour 19 minutes 12 seconds to lead the British team to the Silver Medals behind the Spanish team.
The team was Steve along with Nick Martin (Mile High/South West Masters) 21st in 1 hour 25 minutes 18 seconds and Mark Halls (Brighton & Hove/South East Masters) 23rd in 1 hour 25 minutes 58 seconds for a total time of 4 hours 10 minutes 28 seconds to Spain’s 3 hours 53 minutes 51 seconds with Ireland taking the Bronze Medals with 4 hours 29 minutes 29 seconds.
Photo – Steve competed in the 5000m race in Malaga (number 3423):
