WILLIAM Rabjohns pulled off an improbable victory in the Liverpool round of the British Athletics Cross Challenge.

The Poole AC youngster’s hat-trick bid seemed to have shredded with the tyre of his father’s car on the motorway.

Arriving at Sefton Park just 15 minutes before the off, Rabjohns stuck to his race-plan, achieving a win by seven seconds.

The under-13 completed a muddy 3km in 10:29.

Club-mate Ben Lewis finished 10th in the under-17 men’s 5.5km (18:36). Melissa Courtney was 15th senior woman (8.1km in 28:54). Ashia Wilson was 20th in the under-15 girls’ 3km (11:41), while Isobel Rabjohns clocked 13:35.

Meanwhile, Emily Shaw of Wimborne AC and Sean Harnett (New Forest Runners) each achieved second places in the Hampshire Cross-Country League at Popham Airfield.

Poole AC’s Izzy Taylor was fifth among the under-17 women, while David Long and Craig Palmer achieved top-10 finishes for Bournemouth AC in the senior men’s event.

Hampshire Cross-Country League at Popham Airfield leading local senior men results: 8 David Long (BAC) 31:06, 9 Craig Palmer (BAC) 31:15, 19 Rob McTaggart (BAC) 31:59, 30 Joshua Cole (BAC) 32:42, 31 Chris Alborough (PAC) 32:44, 37 (4th veteran) Steve Way (BAC) 33:06, 47 James Share (PR) 33:35, 48 Stuart Nicholas (BAC) 33:36, 52 Mark Smith (BAC) 33:53, 56 Tom East (PR) 34:10, 58 Dominic Willmore (PR) 34:11, 66 James Macaffery (PAC) 34:57, 70 Pat Robbins (BAC) 35:11, 73 Laszlo Toth (BAC) 35:13, 94 Gareth Alan-Williams (PAC) 36:36, 101 Sanjai Sharma (BAC) 36:57, 102 Steve Cook (PAC) 37:02, 109 Richard Wade (BAC) 37:20 Team - Div 1: 5 Bournemouth AC 103, 9 Poole AC 345 Div 2: 1 Poole Runners 432 Veteran Team: 4 Bournemouth AC 39, 6 Poole AC 50, 14 Poole Runners 182

Under-17 Men: 16 Michael Johnson (WAC) 17:13, 34 Samuel Hughes (WAC) 18:55

Under-15 Boys: 2 Sean Harnett (NFR) 12:22, 17 Ben Martin (WAC) 13:18, 18 Tom Fuller (WAC) 13:20, 21 Seth Lake (WAC) 13:26, 24 William Brodie (PR) 13:28, 25 Thomas Farwell (BAC) 13:33, 29 Josh Smith (PAC) 13:38, 38 Charlie Davies (WAC) 13:49, 42 Oliver Rawles (WAC) 14:15 Team: 4 Wimborne AC 56

Under-13 Boys: 12 Connor Corbin (PAC) 10:43, 17 Tristan Green (WAC) 10:47, 28 George Mahon (PAC) 11:02, 39 Cameron Corbin (PAC) 11:18, 55 Samuel Farwell (BAC) 11:44, 60 Finlay Nunn (PR) 11:52, 63 Jay Dunn (WAC) 11:58 Team: 6 Poole AC 79

Senior Women: 14 (4th under-20) Serena O’Connor (PR) 22:13, 20 Amy Bond (PAC) 22:40, 27 Harriet Slade (BAC) 23:25, 33 Nikki Sandell (BAC) 23:58, 45 Joy Wright (BAC) 24:56, 58 Yvonne Tibble (BAC) 25:33, 70 Kirsty Drewitt (BAC) 26:40, 80 Sarah Swift (PR) 27:28, 93 Jessica Kennedy (WAC) 29:08, 107 Annette Lewis (PR) 32:20 Team: 6 Bournemouth AC 105, 14 Poole Runners 201 Veteran Team: 3 Bournemouth AC 36

Under-17 Women: 5 Izzy Taylor (PAC) 19:44, 7 Madeleine Johnson (DAC) 19:53, 15 Lita Short (PR) 20:33, 24 Caitlin Rogers (WAC) 22:32

Under-15 Girls: 2 Emily Shaw (WAC) 13:31, 8 Fern Kimber (PR) 14:18, 10 Holly Nixon (WAC) 14:29, 17 Demi-Marie Goddard (PAC) 14:49, 21 Maddy Herbert (DAC) 15:02, 31 Charlote Piper (PAC) 16:04, 34 Anya Sandell (BAC) 16:12, 39 Heidi Taylor (PAC) 16:35, 53 Gina Phillips (PR) 18:59, 55 Leala Eskander (PR) 20:15 Team: 5 Poole AC 87, 7 Poole Runners 116

Under-13 Girls: 28 Sarah Graham (WAC) 12:04, 55 Isabella Cox (WAC) 13:09

Key to Clubs: BAC – Bournemouth AC, DAC – Dorchester AC, PAC – Poole AC, PR – Poole Runners, WAC – Wimborne AC