LSARRC News 4th August 2015

(the first ever) Lytham St Annes 4x100m Relay Team at Hyndburn T&F

The Northern Vets AC had a track and Field meet on Wednesday night at Leigh Sports Village and incorporated the NVAC 5,000m Championships.   Jeremy McCandless competed in the 5000m for age categories V35, V40, 45, 50 and 55 knocking 30 seconds of his PB helped by the friendly supportive atmosphere.  Graham Webster also had a good night on the track.  In the 2nd  5000m race for age categories V60, 65, 70 75, he was 3rd vet 60 in a time of 19:27 and then just 10 minutes later was 1st out of 7 in the open 1500m with a time of 5:22.  Jeremy also competed in the Javelin and Discus but no results are currently available.

Thursday night saw the 4th race in the club's monthly handicap series.  The calm summer's evening provided nearly perfect running conditions and a number of PBs.  Sue Hawitt was first home with her 3rd win in four races and another PB.  Hot on her heels, was Tom Hawarth followed only 6 seconds later by Jeremy McCandless.

Full results: 1 Sue Hawitt 36:32 PB; 2 Tom Howarth 24:51 PB; 3 Jeremy McCandless 36:27 PB; 4 Justin Allitt 28:02 PB; 5 Roy Upton 31:27; 6 Roy Stevens 33:28; 7 Neil Tate 26:45; 8 Sylvia Gittins 38:33; 9 DawnLock 55:40; 10 Alex Everest 35:14; 11 Alan Elstone 31:38; 12 Pam Binns 40:15; 13 Joe Greenwood 25:28; 14 Ian Tate 32:19; 15 Julia Rolfe 38:25; N/C  - Ross McKelvie 26:47; Rachel Scott 41:21; Rachael Wignall 38:20; Oliver Hirsh 34:55; Andy Unsworth 26:53;

On Saturday morning, only a week after completing the Lakeland 50, Mark Willett was at the Cuerden Valley Parkrun.  He finished in 10th place in 21:23, just seconds outside his PB for the course.



 
Heavy downpours were the unforecasted(!) feature of the 5th MidLancs Track and Field Meet at Hyndburn on Saturday afternoon.  Despite the weather though, there was still a good turnout of athletes with a record 5 juniors and 7 seniors competing from Lytham St Annes.

The first event of the afternoon on the track was the 800m and unfortunately most of the runners ended up with quite a soaking.  Graham Webster was in the senior men's 800m where he finished 9th in 2:44.70 finding conditions quite slippy after accidentally leaving his spikes at home.  He was on the track again for the 1500m where he finished 4th in 5:27.80.  He was joined by Russ Chew who was 5th in 6:01.00 and Jeremy McCandless who was delighted to break the 7 minute barrier with 6:50.60 for 6th place.  In the 5000m, Graham was 6th in 11:24.00, Terry Hellings was 8th in 12:29.70 and Russ Chew was 9th in 12:47.40.  Jeremy McCandless was also in action on the field along with Greg Oulton.  In the Shot Putt, Greg finished 8th with a throw of 5.42m.  In the Discus, Jeremy was 10th with 16:58m and Greg was 11th with 14.24m.  Greg then went onto throw the javelin a distance of 12.87m for 4th place and Jeremy threw the hammer 14.20m for 8th place.

Hannah McCandless

Luckily by the time the senior women came to run the 800m, the rain had just stopped.  Joanna Goorney was 2nd in 2:37.50 and Hannah McCandless was 4th in 3:10.6.  In the 1500m, Joanna was 2nd in 5:17.10 whilst in the 3000m, she finished third in 11:30.20.

Simon Holt was the first of the juniors in action on the track in the Under 13 Boys 800m Heat 1.  Having only just turned 11, he was delighted to knock a second off this PB to finish in 6th in 2:34.30.  He was in action again in heat 2 of the Under 13 Boys 200m finishing 3rd in 29.40.  James Nicholas had a superb afternoon with PBs in both the Under 13 Boys 100m and 200m.  In the 100m, he clocked 13.20 for 2nd place and in the 200m, knocked nearly a second off his previous PB to finish 1st in 27.70.

Terry Hellings

Ella Moulding had a great run in the Under 15 Girls 300m to just be pipped into 2nd place in 44.20.  She also dominated from the gun in the under 15 Girls 800m finishing a clear 1st in 2:23.20.  Chloe Norman was 7th in 2:33.40.  Georgia Norman was 3rd in the Under 13 girls 100m Heat 5 in 15.30 and also 3rd in Heat 2 of the 200m in 32.00.  After only just finishing the 800m. Chloe was back in action in the U15 Girls Long Jump finishing 8th with 4:13m and then equalled her PB in High Jump to finish equal first with 1.40m.  Georgia was involved in the U13 Girls Long Jump finishing 11th with 3.60.

Men's 4x400m Relay Team

Rounding of the afternoon, was the relays.  For the first time ever, Lytham St Annes women had a 4x100m relay team.  Consisting of Joanna Goorney, Hannah McCandless, Chloe Norman and Georgia Norman, they finished 2nd in 65.10.  The men's 4x400m relay team (Graham Webster, Terry Hellings, Russ Chew, Jeremy McCandless) were also 2nd in 5:23.40.

On Sunday, it was the annual Prudent Riverside (formerly known as the Wagon and Horses) 10mile Road Race from Lancaster.  The race was won by Grant Johnson of Salford Harriers in 53:44 and had 145 finishers.  Mel Koth was Lytham St Annes' sole representative finishing in 43rd in 1:15.0.