Lostock AC held their annual Treasure hunt this week. This is always a fun event, with members racing around West Houghton and Aspull trying to find the answer to clues prepared by Member Mark Smith.
Members covered distances of over 5 miles and many got lost, including one team that spent time wondering around a field. There is a mad dash to the finish as for every minute runners are late, 10 points are deducted from their score. This was the unravelling of some teams whose desire to find the answer to more clues resulted in them being almost 10 minutes late!
The victorious team was Ian Johnson, Janet Rhodes, Sally McCoy and Heather Soden. In second place was Ian and Lee Burns and in third place was Josie Greenhalgh and Tony Marlow. Lostock AC would like Janet and Ian Johnson for hosting the event.

Race report by Gareth: A whopping turnout of 25 Lostockers out of a field of 126 once more headed to Chorley for the first of this years Astley Park race series. Seeing as we do this race 3 times a year (for the last 3 years) I won’t go into too much detail on the ... Astley Park Race 1
Race Report by Gareth: Sunday saw another mega turnout of 19 Lostockers taking part in the 5th instalment of this year’s road champs, the Chorley 10K. This belter of a town centre 10K has gone from strength to strength in recent years and this year’s iteration brought another sellout, 3000 runners across the 2K & ... Chorley 10k
Fountains Abbey Parkrun Matt Carney 25:19 Haigh Woodland Parkrun Greg Kilshaw 22:34 Nikki Hamerton 25:04 (4the female and 1st in age category) Sally McCoy 26:28 (first in age category) Matt Withers 27:12 Lee Burns 28:23 Ian Burns 29:34 (second in age category) Rachel Stevens 29:51 Bev Atherton McKenna 29:52 Janet Rhodes 29:52 (2nd in age ... Parkrun Results – 2 May 2026