LSARRC News 5th July 2016

Rachael Wignall

The fourth fixture in the Mid Lancs Track and Field league took place on a windy but dry Sat 2nd July at Salt Ayre Sports Centre, Lancaster.

Lytham’s sole representative on the track was the versatile under 13 boy Simon Holt. Simon's first event was the 800m and in conditions not conducive to good times he performed well in a field of 15 to finish in a time of 2m 48.2s taking 3rd place in division and picking up 4 points for the club. Simon’s next event on the track was the 200m where he finished in 3rd of 11 in 30.8s and 2nd in division 2 for a further 5 points. Simon transferred his attention to the field events competing in the shot where he achieved a distance of 6.69m finishing 4th of 11 and 2nd in division 2 for a further 5 points.

Simon Holt

Mid Lancs Track and Field, Lancaster

Rachael Wignall was Lytham’s only senior woman and in her first season competing at track and field for Lytham performed well. Rachael took 1st place in division 2 of the senior woman’s long jump with a jump of 3.02m earning 7 points. Rachael also picked up 5 points in the shot for her 2nd place in division 2 with a distance of 5.48m and 4 points in the discus with a distance of 14.29m finishing 3rd in division 2.

Jeremy McCandless was first up for the senior men in the hammer picking up 7 points for 1st place in division 2 with a distance of 13.99m. Jeremy was joined by Greg Oulton in the shot achieving distances of 6.26m and 5.59m picking up 2 and 1 points respectively for 5th and 6th place in division 2.  Greg also competed in the discus finishing 5th in division 2 with a distance of 12.94m earning 2 points and the javelin again finishing 5th in division 2 with a distance of 13.13m.

Chris  McCarthy ran the Lostock Hall Carnival 5k on Saturday lunchtime.  Dave Rigby of Salford Harriers fresh from his victory at the Freckleton Half Marathon a couple of weeks won by nearly a minute in 15:35.  Chris finished in 4th place in 17:41 out of 66 runners.

Saturday evening saw the second race of three in the Catforth Canter 5k Race Series. The race was won by Jason Parker of Preston Harriers in 16:25 with 72 finishers.  Richard Storey was LSARRC's sole representative finishing in 41st place in 21:55.

Lytham Hall parkrun

The 29th Lytham Hall parkrun took place on Saturday morning in bright but windy conditions.  Finishing first again was Paul Muller of Horwich RMI Harriers in 17:47 whilst Lytham's Felicity Wolohan was the first lady finisher in 14th place and 20:54.  10 year old George Denye running in his first parkrun had an outstanding run to finish in 11th place in a time of 20:18.  There were also a number of PBs for LSARRC athletes including Neil Bayntun-Roberts who was 10th in 20:17, Claire England who was 27th and 4th lady in 23:06,  junior Sydney Ramsden whowas 47th in 24:50 and Greg Outlon who was 53rd in 25:09.  There were 176 finishers.

Laura Bremner

Full Results: Neil Bayntun-Roberts 10th     20:17; George Denye 11th 20:18; Neil Tate 12th 20:19; Mark Selby 13th 20:31; Felicity Wolohan 14th 20:54; Gerry Browne 21st 22:29; Claire England 27th 23:06; Morgan Pritchard 35th 23:49; Terry Hellings 36th 23:53; Francis Morrison 41st 24:37; Laura Bremner 43rd 24:40; Sue Hawitt 45th 24:43; Sydney Ramsden 47th 24:50; Greg Oulton 53rd 25:09; Jeremy Mccandless 88th 28:26; Gillian Oliver 96th 29:05; Liz Boon 113th 30:29;

Neil Tate and George Denye

Roy Steven ran the St Peters parkrun in Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney,Australia for the 3rd week in succession in beautiful sunshine.  Hopefully this will be the last time because he is hoping his daughter will come home next year.  He got another PB for this course, which has a mega hill, in 23.32 and his fastest 5k this year.  He finished 81st out of 283 finishers.

Thursday night saw the Club's monthly handicap race, the third in this year's series using the summer course of 4.35 miles.  It was a wet, wet evening with the course disrupted by road works also but nevertheless a close race ensued.  Two newcomers were welcomed to the handicap; Steve, yet another of the Tate family, who ran an excellent veteran's time and Joanne Cain who was the quickest lady.

Another excellent well attended Jacob's Join was enjoyed afterwards back at the Club's headquarters at Lytham YMCA.

Full Results: 1 Jeremy McCandless 36:51; Hannah McCandless 39:12; 3 Derek Caborn 39:.06; 4 Sue Hawitt 34:44; 5 Colin Laidlaw 31:53; 6 Claire England 33:03; 7 Alex Tate 27:12; 8 Greg Oulton 35:53; 9 Graham Webster 28:24; 10 Debbie Cooper 33:42; 11 Gerry Brown 31:57; 12 Joe Greenwood 24:35; 13 Alan Elstone 29:41; 14 Tom Howarth 25:52; 15 Neil Tate 26:43; 16 Chris McCarthy 25:16; 17 Pam Binns 42:51; Est Steve Tate 35:28; Est Joanne Cain 32:21;

23rd - 26th June saw the Europe Corporate Games take place in Liverpool in which companies, businesses and other social sector services compete in various sports from poker to dragonboat racing, swimming to football.  On the Saturday, Graham Webster ran as a guest competitor for CSC business in the 5k at Ormskirk University winning a silver medal over an undulating course in 20:13 for V60 category.  2 hours later, he ran in the 4 x 1 mile relay leg bringing his team to finish 5th overall in a time of 6:10.