Ramsey electrician Liam Parker won the gruelling Parish Walk challenge for the second time in three years late on Saturday evening when completing the 85 miles in a time of 15 hours 44 minutes and six seconds.

Having been fifth on his debut 12 months ago, colourful Frenchman David Vandercoilden was second across the finish line at the War Memorial on Douglas Promenade some 23 minutes behind in 16:07.08.

Robbie Callister racked up his 17th Parish Walk finish in third place in a time of 16:38.20, ahead of the vastly improved Paul Sayle in 16:53.19. Castletown centurion Andrew Titley was fifth in 17:10.05 and and Terry Moffat sixth in 17:30.58.

Five-time winner Richard Gerrard stopped at Andreas after less than 10 hours of walking, he was one of several leading names to succumb to the hot and sunny conditions.

Emma Shilling was thoroughly exhausted when she crossed the finish line to win the women's race in seventh place overall with a time of 17:47.09.

The Douglas woman's time of gave her a winning margin of almost 28 minutes over Karen Lawrie (18:15.14) in joint 11th place.

Early leader Jayne Farquhar retired at Kirk Michael, shortly before half-distance and 2018 winner Bernie Johnson slowed significantly in the final 15 miles to finish third (18:32.22) in 14th place overall.

A total of 158 walkers completed the event within the 24-hour time limit.

More in Tuesday’s Isle of Man Examiner plus an eight-page special pull-out in Thursday’s Manx Independent featuring report, interviews, photographs and results.