Dave McKay and Andrew Whitton headed the medal haul with stunning performances at their home venue, Stanney Oaks, Ellesmere Port, which was hosting the event for the first time.

McKay launched a winning grade one throw of 65.64m, a new personal best, to land the men's javelin title, just edging ahead of second-placed Romanian-born Dorel Greta, who finished with a grade one distance of 64.26m.

Dave also finished second in the men's hammer with 41.14m, behind Will Lowndes (Liverpool Harriers) who unleashed a new championship best of 54.82m.

And Dave rounded off his busy schedule by adding second spot in the long jump with a leap of 5.38m.

Andrew Whitton, who was sidelined for most of last season through injury, bounced back brilliantly to notch a championship best of 12.86m for victory in the junior men's triple jump.

Nicola Gore powered her way to four gold medal displays in the ladies throwing competitions. She grabbed 32.33m in the hammer, spun the discus to 33.20m, launched the javelin 26.50m, and hit 10.43m in the shot.

Oliver Wedgewood completed a hat-trick of titles with victories in the under 13 boys 200m (28.2), 75m hurdles (15.1), and long jump (4.63m).

Laura Rigby scored success in her debut championships appearances with a time of 13.1 seconds in the U13 girls 70m hurdles; and Bryony Potter rounded the U17 Ladies 300m in a winning time of 41.7 seconds.

Chris Goodwin illustrated his strength and stamina to lead the U15 boys 1500m final from gun to tape and cross the line to clock 4:28.4 for the
gold medal.

Michael Lyness bagged an U17 men's winning hat-trick, with victories from the javelin (39.03m), discus (36.33m), and high jump (1-80m).

Stephen Jones (25.5), Adam Howell (26.0), and Joseph O'Riordan (26.9) secured West Cheshire a 1-2-3 in the under 15 boys 200m.

Emily Clarke won the under 17 ladies 100m (13.7), and Tom Booth grabbed victory in the under 17 men's 100m hurdles (15.0) and 400m hurdles (61.7).

Emily Done battled her way to a gold medal in the junior ladies 400m with a time of 60.3, and Josh Smith won the under 13 boys 100m in 14.0 seconds.

Leah Ferrie (13.0), Danielle Erskine (13.0), and Alice McMahon (13.2) finished in a West Cheshire 1-2-3 in the under 15 girls 100m.

Sian Kelman bagged the junior ladies 200m (27.1) title, while Sam Galley and Bryony Potter finished in a one-two in the under 17 ladies 200m with the same time, 26.2.

Adam Howell cleared 1-50m and Michael Willis achieved 1-45m to finish first and second respectively in the under 15 boys high jump.

Multi-eventer Carl Van Schie cleared 3.60m for victory in the men's pole vault, and long jumped 6.35m for top spot.

Yousef Khalifa (1-30m), Alex Kirk (1-23m) and Chris McCartney (1-20m) finished in a West Cheshire 1-2-3 in the under 13 boys high jump, and Ruth Pritchard won the junior ladies javelin title with 23.29m.

Danielle Bentley, a Whitby High pupil representing Sale, celebrated a grade one championship best performance of 40.99m to win the under 17 ladies javelin.

Meanwhile Stephanie Owens hit a distance of 42.74m to claim the under 20 women's North Wales Championships hammer title which was staged at Ellesmere Port because of a problem with the hammer cage at Deeside Stadium.

And Louis Humphreys posted 17:09 for 31st place at the Christleton 5k Road Race, ahead of James Ellis in 17:12 for 34th place.

Other West Cheshire AC finishers included Andrew Clague (55th in 18:00), Paul Price (81st in 18:47), and Charles Thackray (204th in 27:10).

* Fixtures this weekend include the Chester Half Marathon, on Sunday (9.30am start from the Old Dee Bridge) and Fun Run (9.45am start from the Roodee).

West Cheshire AC's Young Athletes Track and Field League second round match at Litherland, takes place on Sunday.

Any West Cheshire AC member, parent, or friends not travelling to Litherland are requested to volunteer at the Chester Half Marathon and should assemble on the Roodee for 8.30am.

* Further details about West Cheshire AC can be obtained by logging on to: www.westcheshireac.co.uk