An athletics club from Cumbria is celebrating after storming its way to the West Division 2 title. 

Border Harriers Athletic Club, who train at Sheepmount Athletics Stadium in Carlisle, secured the title win ahead of Leigh Harriers after amassing an impressive 527 points, with the second-placed club earning 466 by comparison. 

Each match sees the club compete in around 40 A and B string track and field events, such as high jump and long jump, shot put, hammer throw discus, javelin, hurdles and steeplechase.

The club combined with Border Seaton for 2023 and was able to attract more athletes as a result, and it has certainly paid dividends with this season's results. 

Karrie Mundell, who helps run the club, said: "It’s drawn more athletes together as a group and it has made us a much better force to tackle the league. We had a really good run and won a lot of matches this year. We are against eight clubs, the majority of which are down in Manchester.

"We’ve gone along with this combined team and beaten them quite significantly this year. Even in our last match, which was at Sport City in Manchester, we managed to win by a lot. In nearly every event this year, we managed to come first, second, or third, so we racked up the points very quickly."

The league title win is even more impressive for the club when you consider the travel that is involved for each of their matches, with just one home game in the season. 

Increases in fuel prices and the cost-of-living crisis have also meant that travel has become more expensive but Border Harriers are still able to attract some of the best track and field athletes in the north. 

The club's main source of income is the Brampton to Carlisle 10-mile road race, which has happened annually since 1952 and is set to take place again in November this year. 

Border Harriers will now compete in the West Division 1 next season after the superb title win.