Athletics: Pudsey and Bramley's former British champion Gary Devine won the Burnsall Classic Fell race to end ten years of Bingley Harriers' domination.

Taking full advantage of the fact that some of the region's top talent are altitude training in Davos, Switzerland in preparation for next month's World Championships, Devine lead from start to finish.

He reached the summit in 9min 50sec, with international team-mate Paul Sheard in hot pursuit, and maintained his lead throughout the rough descent to win in 14min 13sec.

Mark Horrocks (Clayton-le-Moors) just held off Bingley's top man and former junior winner Robin Lawrence for third.

Pudsey and Bramley had Gary Oldfield in fifth, but the former Bradford Airedale man still has five weeks of his nine-month qualifying time to serve, so the club depended upon Gavin Lamb (19th) to give them a team victory with 22 points.

Andy Styan of Holmfirth, who previously won the event as a 26-year-old in 1972, was first over-50 veteran in a highly creditable time of 16min 03sec.

England selector Dave Hodgson (Fellandale) completed the race for the 40th time, having first run in 1955. His sons Chris and Michael were 24th and 76th respectively.

Rounding off a memorable day for the Hodgson family, daughter-in-law Sara won the women's race.

Fellandale team-mate Alison Curle finished second and Bingley's promising Sharon Taylor was third.

The demanding Burnsall ten-mile road race had a clear winner in Salford's Duncan Mason, whose time of 52min 54sec in hot, humid conditions was almost three minutes clear of last year's winner Paul Muller.

Veteran Alan Clarkson (Clayton-le-Moors) made it a Lancastrian clean sweep with third. Neil Cayton stormed home in fourth to lead Otley AC to the men's team prize.

Erika Nutter (Ripon) won the women's race in 66min 03sec, just having the edge over Valley Striders' veteran Kath Kaiser, Sue Carey (Todmorden) holding off Baildon's Julie Holdsworth for third.

The fell race at Gargrave was won by Bradford Airedale veteran Steve Oldfield, who proved too strong for Keighley and Craven's Alfie Atkinson. Chasing a £50 prize to break the course record, Oldfield surged ahead on the ascent and completed the four miles in 22min 36sec to finish 20 seconds outside the mark.

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