CARL VAN SCHIE finished third at the Northern Senior and Under-20 Combined Events Championships incorporated in the England Championships.

The West Cheshire AC decathlete included five new bests in the two-day competition and equalled his best points total of 6,352 to finish 11th overall in the England Championships.

He grabbed a new shot best of 11.10m before clearing a new high jump best of 1.83m on day one which also featured 11.71 seconds in the 100m, 6.26m in the long jump, and 50.68 seconds in the 400m.

Van Schie started the second day with a new 110m hurdles best of 16.44 seconds and added a new javelin best of 44.72m, and a 1,500m best of four minutes 32.83 seconds.

Van Schie’s other two results included a 33.70m throw in the discus, and a 3.76m clearance in the pole vault.

West Cheshire AC duo Dave McKay and Nicola Gore represented Manchester in the new Super8 Track and Field Meeting at Cardiff.

McKay finished fifth in the men’s javelin with a throw of 65.47m and Gore finished seventh in the women’s shot event with a put of 10.83m.

Saughall-based sprinter Lucy Evans, representing the host city Cardiff, finished sixth in the women’s 100m with a time of 12.06 seconds.

WEEKEND FIXTURES: The fourth round of the National Young Athletes Track and Field League at Wigan on Sunday.

The Northern Under 20 and Senior Track and Field Championships take place on Saturday and Sunday at Sport City, Manchester. And the Mason Trophy Inter-Counties Schools’ Track and Field Championships take place at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, on Saturday.