Manx Harriers Open Walks and 10km run meeting takes place this Saturday on the NSC perimeter road.

Entries are now closed and there will be no entry on the day.

Lap recorders, marshals and other volunteers are needed to support the meeting, please call Allan on 473354 or Bridget on 497594 if you are able to help out for an hour or two.

The meeting will incorporate the Nihill Shield junior International match between Ireland and England RWA junior athletes.

Manx Harriers juniors Alice Bellando and Abbie Edwards have been selected to represent England RWA.

More details on www.manxharriers.com

Vet’s 20-mile race

IoM Veteran Athletes’ Club annual open 20-mile road running race takes place on Sunday week, March 4 over the NSC perimeter road.

Entry forms can be downloaded from www.iomvac.co.uk (fees are £5 affiliated, £8 unaffiliated).

Online or postal entries close at midnight on Friday, March 2. Please make cheques payable to IoMVAC and send to: Mandine Wilson, 92 Ballanorris Crescent, Friary Park, Ballabeg.

It will be possible to enter on the day for an extra £3 (before 8.45am), subject to the race limit. The event will start at 9am.

firemen’s finale

The sixth and final round of Northern AC’s Ramsey Bakery-sponsored Firemen’s Road Running Series takes place next Thursday, March 1, commencing from Ramsey Fire Station with a massed-start at 7pm.

Sign on from 6pm; a choice of one lap (1.7 miles) or three laps (five miles).

All runners must wear hi-vis clothing.

A prize presentation will follow in the Mitre Hotel on the quayside.

partington in muller indoor grand prix

Tom Partington is competing for the Great Britain junior team at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow this Sunday. He is in the 3,000 metre walk.