Lytham club members are making a habit of scoring at
the Mid Lancs League track and field meetings and once again at the fifth round
of the competition at Hyndburn on Saturday, they took away a good score. On a
mainly dry, overcast and mild day, throwers Jeremy McCandless and Greg Oulton
were responsible for adding 21 points between them. This gave the Club a total
of 153 for the season and sufficient to hold onto their 8th position in Men's
Division II, one of their best in recent years. First on the field was
McCandless with his best event, the hammer, in which he threw 13m45 for 6th
longest of the day and his biggest points score of 5. He followed this with
tenth-place throws of 6m5 in the shot putt (3 points) and 17m07 in the discus
(4 points). Team-mate Oulton threw two counting javelin attempts with his
longest, 16m58, a PB and also gaining his highest points score of 4. Oulton also achieved PBs in the shot
putt (6m22, 12th, 2 points) and the discus (15m41, 11th, 3 points). Sole
representative on the track was Graham Webster in the Senior Men's 1500m where
he ran 5:13:6 for 14th, pipped for the remaining second division points by new
league members Knowsley Harriers.
Combining a relaxing break away with some
challenging but scenic Manx road competition, LSARR members Kevin Ashworth ran
the full Isle of Man marathon, and Laura Ashworth, Pamela Hardman, Pamela Binns
and Janice Cobley took on the half marathon in the same event. The results for
the Lytham collective represented a sweep of victory: on Sunday’s race, Kevin
Ashworth, running his first ever marathon, finished in an astonishing 3:28:24
in 29th place overall. In the half marathon, Laura Ashworth won 2nd place in her VF35 category in a
time of 1:48:18, Pam Hardman won 2nd
place in her age group finishing in 1:56:59, Janice Cobley won 3rd place in her
age group in a time of 2.15.39 and Pam Binns won 2nd place in her age group in
2.12.04. The jubilant club members returned with an event glass plaque.
Fiona Geldard and Graham Webster competed in
the Northern Vets AC 10k championships at Bispham on Sunday. The undulating
course presented a challenge to the 172 entrants, run in windy conditions and
the threat of rain. Geldard and Webster crossed the finish line in 41.00 and
58.12 respectively, in positions 54 and 161. Webster took the 3rd vet 60
category and Geldard, returning to competition after a prolonged period of
injury, was happy with her performance.
Also on Sunday a group of six Club members met at Tockholes
visitor centre for one of the social summer runs. The emphasis on these runs is
less on the competition and more on the group and social aspect, but certainly
no less of a challenge. This week the five mile course looped up and round the
heights of Darwen tower, treating runners to beautiful local views, landscapes
and countryside terrain. Luckily the rain held off but the winds were strong at
height and the skies dramatic. Debbie Cooper, Ness Horne, Mark Willett,
Catherine French, Bill Lock and Dawn Lock concluded the run at the visitor Cafe
where chips, barms and hot brews were the order of the day.
Julia
Rolfe and Mark Willetts took part in the Pilling 10k last Wednesday on a warm
evening. The race started near the Elletson Arms and the course followed quiet country
lanes. Rolfe made an impressive finish as 1st FV 50 in 50.03 and Mark Willetts was 6th Male in 40.40.
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