MAIRE Irlam, Sue George and Jane Whiskens face the camera after Fenland Running Club fielded their first ladies vet 45 team in the Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championships.

The trio battled with a muddy and slippery 5.8km course at Priory Park, St Neots, on Sunday.

Irlam (22nd, 26:30) led the way by claiming bronze in the vet 45 section, while George (50th, 32:20) and Whiskens (54th, 33:44) also finished.