It's been a busy weekend for racing with Lytham members busy at the track on Saturday and on the road on Sunday with a fell race thrown in mid-week for good measure. Locally, the Beaverbrook's Blackpool 10K is as popular as ever but this year is in competition with the mass-participation Manchester City 10K and, on a smaller scale, the Blacksticks Blue 10K.
Starting the weekend was the second round of the Mid Lancs League's track and field match at Litherland in Merseyside. Both seniors and juniors from LSARRC attended and took part in a range of events including sprints and middle -distance on the track and four field events.
With a great team effort, LSARRC amassed a total of 41.4 for 6th place out of the twelve teams in Division 2 and an excellent start to the season.
On the track Joe Greenwood, Thomas Howarth and Graham Webster tool part in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m where they were joined by Terry Hellings and Jeremy Mccandless to score collectively the maximum 7 points. The former four joined forces to compete in the 4 x 400m for a good collective time of 4:47.8 and 5 points.
Greg Oulton confined himself to the field, having already completed a tough fell race in the week, taking part in the shot putt, discus and javelin while Maccandless mixed disciplines with shot, discus and, introduced to the Mid Lancs only this season, the hammer where he was delighted to score the full 7 points for his team.
Juniors also were in evidence with Simon Holt, U13B, running 200m, 800m and doing long jump. U15G Chloe Norman did the 800m and long jump with sister Georgia, U13G, competing in the 100m and 800m. They were joined by Ella Moulding, U15G, and Holly Winstanley, U13G, in the 1500m. All scored team points with the best, Ella's 7 points for first in the 1500m. Simon finished 3rd in the 800m.
FULL RESULTS: 100m - G. Norman, U13G, 10th in 15.1: 800m - G. Norman, 11th in 3:03.0, S. Holt, U13B, 3rd in 2:44.2; C. Norman, U15G, 5th in 2:38.1; J. Greenwood, SM, 8th on 2:22.0; T. Howarth, SM, 9th in 2:32.8; G. Webster, 11th in 2:40.0: 1500m - H. Winstanley, U13G, 6th in 5:39.6; E. Moulding, U15G, 1st in 5:02.5; J. Greenwood, SM, 4th in 4:45.5, T. Howarth, SM, 6th in 4:59.7; G. Webster, SM, 7th in 5:26.4: 3000m - ; J. Greenwood, SM, 4th in 10:04.0, T. Howarth, SM, 5th in 10:44.1; G. Webster, SM, 8th in 11:29.5; Terry Hellings, SM, 10th in 12:29.2, J. Maccandless: LONG JUMP - S. Holt, U13B, 13th for 3.29m; C. Norman, U15G, 11th for 4.15m: HAMMER - J. Maccandless, SM, 7th for 14:16: SHOT - J. Maccandless, SM, 5th for 5.56; G. Oulton, SM, 5th for 5.59: JAVELIN - G. Oulton, SM, 6th for 12.89: DISCUS - J. Maccandless, SM,7th for 16.71; G. Oulton, SM, 8th for 14:03.
The Great Manchester Run attracted 40,000 runners causing crushes and a slow start but didn't stop Melanie Koth managing a excellent 42:34, 39th woman and 760th overall. Koth was 5th in her V40 category. In the children's version also in Heaton Park with Paula Radcliffe causing a lot of interest, George Denye, ran the 2 mile park loop in 14:22 finishing a high 21st in a field of 159 and Sydney Ramsden finished 37th out of 143 in the girls version
Several club members were out on Blackpool Promenade on Sunday for the 30th running of the Beaverbrooks 10K which annually attracts around 4000 competitors and is popular with all the Fylde clubs. Lytham was represented by Simon Denye, Neil Tate, Graham Webster, Fiona Geldard and Nigel Simpkin amongst others.
Those members of the Club preferring hillier challenges eschewed the flat Blackpool Prom for the Blacksticks Blue 10K. Starting at Whitechapel Village in the Forest of Bowland, the race climbs to the road circulating Beacon Fell before descending precipitously back to finish in the local school to which race profits are directed. Mark Willett was LSARRC's first home 39th in 44:03. Richard Storey took 47:16 for 62nd and Greg Oulton, V45, running his third competition of the week, 51:55. Sylvia Gittings, V65, managed a very creditable 58:38.
Earlier in the week Oulton, a prolific races and particularly fond of fell racing, took himself to Rawtenstall for the Fo Edge Fell Race. In spite of a seriously wet course which hampered competitors, Oulton finished 10 minutes up on last year's time in a self-timed 53 minutes.
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