LSARRC News 3rd July 2018

Gold in the 1500m for talented junior Sophie Bohannon at 4th Mid-Lancashire fixture.

Sophie Bohannon

On 30th June seven of Lytham’s juniors made the trip to the fourth fixture in the Mid Lancs Track and Field League, which was hosted by Southport Waterlool AC and held at Litherland sports arena, Liverpool.  Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe was first on the track for Lytham finishing third in her heat of the 100m and third in division 2 earning 4 points for the club.  Amara also finished first in her heat of the 200m in 32.4 for a further 2 points and sixth in division 2 in the long jump with a jump of 3.5m for one more point.  With her preferred event of the hurdles not available at this fixture under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher chose to compete in three field events with considerable success.  In the high jump Rebecca equalled her pb with a jump of 1.3m finishing third in division 2 and earning 4 points for the club.  In her first ever shot-put competition Rebecca performed very well and managed a distance of 7.16m for top slot in division 2 and picking up a further 7 points.  Rebecca also took top spot in division 2 with a distance of 19.13m in the discus, a total of 18 points earned for Lytham.  Under 15 girls Maddy Markham and Brogane Murphy finished with identical times of 15.8s in 4th and 5th places respectively in their heat of the 100m.  Maddy went on to compete in the 1500 and with a fast finish managed to take 4th place overall and 2nd place in division 2 earning 5 points for Lytham.  Brogane chose the 800m and with another excellent sprint finish also finished 4th overall but first in division 2 in a personal best time of 2m 41.9s for 7 points.  Under 13 girl Sophie Bohannon switched from her usual 800m to the 1500m and her first attempt at distance proved a huge success winning comfortably by 30 plus metres in a time of 5m 24.9s and picking up a further 7 points for the club.  Sophie also made her debut over 200m and earned another 3 points for the club finishing 4th in division  2 in 31.1s.  Under 17 Laura Bremner also ran a personal best time in the 800m of 2m 44.3s to take first place in division 2 and earning 7 points for Lytham.  Laura made what turned out to be a good last-minute decision to run in the 200m as she finished 2nd in division 2 with a time of 32.4s for a further 5 points.  Lytham had just two under 13 boys, Frankie Ball and Morgan Pritchard, competing and both performed well.  Frankie’s first event as the 800m and in a very competitive heat finished 5th just outside his personal best in a time of 2m 30.7s (a time which would have won heat 2 comfortably) but 1st in division 2 for 7 points.  Frankie moved on to the long jump and on his last jump made a minor adjustment to his approach to make his best jump of the competition of 4.03m for 2nd place but first in division 2 for a further 7 points.  After a hard day Frankie finished with the 200m and again in the most competitive heat finished 5th but second in division 2 in 29.8s for 5 points, a total of 19 on the day for Frankie.  Under 13 team mate Morgan Pritchard ran in the 1500m and with his traditional sprint finish took 6th place but firsts in division 2 earning 7 points for Lytham. Morgan also picked up 4 points by finishing 3rd in division 2 in the 200m with a time of 33.1s.  A very successful day that saw the male team move up to third place in division 2 and the female team move up to fourth.

Greg Oulton also competed in the senior’s men’s competition and achieved the following.  shot 5.41m for 2nd in division 2 and 5 points.  javelin 14.5m 2nd in division 2 and 5 points, and discus 14.16m 2nd in division 2 and 5 points.

Special mention to Dawn Lock, Graham Webster and Greg Oulton of Lytham for officiating to enable our young athletes to compete.

Earlier in the week on Wednesday Terry and Greg Oulton travelled to Parbold to enter the Harrock Hill fell race. the race was preceded by a minute’s silence for the competitor who died during the race the previous month. At 5.25 miles and 750 feet, a tough race in normal conditions but in the current heatwave not for the faint of heart. Unfortunately, there are no results available yet.

On Thursday the club Handicap took place. With eleven runners competing, including two guests, the race was won by Steve Tate in 37:07 with the only Season Best of the night. Followed by Graham Webster (29:50), Roy Stevens (35:31), Alan Elstone (32:04), Sarah Gough (43:11), Trevor Roberts (43:07), Pam Binns (46:57), Lewis McAfee (37:47), Gillian Oliver (46:05), Sarah Bagshaw (52:03) and Dawn Lock (1:10:38). The leaders in the Championship re Alan Elstone (111 points), Steve Tate (107 points) and Roy Stevens (102 points).

On Sunday 1st July Greg Oulton went over to Colne to run the Trawden 7 trail race. Totalling just over 600 feet of climb in blistering heat his time of 1:15:30 was 7 minutes down on his last attempt but given the conditions he was more than happy with his performance.

Southport HM / 10k

On Sunday 1st July it was the Southport Half Marathon/10 K returning for its 6th and biggest edition to date. With an increased capacity and increased entertainment and music on the traffic free route which included Lord Street in Southport town centre and a start/finish area with live music and entertainment in Victoria Park.

Several Lytham female members attended the event and the results were as follows:  In the 10K, Kathy Gaunt ran 52:53 finishing 8th in her age category.  Kate Bennett ran 67:12 and Michelle Sheridan completed the 10K in 69:35.

For the Half Marathon Sue Hawitt completed the course in 2:09:35, Julie Wiseman ran 2:19:50 and Kirsten Burnett 2:19:51  Julie Wiseman ran fantastically well and achieved a 4-minute personal best time for Half a Marathon.


Michelle Sheridan described it as a great event, we set off to a live band of drummers called Batala Samba Drummers.  The conditions were unforgiving due to the heat. But we had great support including race angels.

At the Lytham parkrun on Saturday several Lytham runners braved the soaring heat.  Alex Tate was 5th overall, and 1st for Lytham in 18:55.  Mark Selby finished 8th in 20:44 followed by Darran Ames in 21:24 for 10th.  Jennifer Hill was 3rd female in 22:19. Juniors Leoma Gill completed the course on 28:58 and Rosa Gill in 32:02.  Other Results:  James Bickley 21:50, Stephen Tate 26:06, Gillian Oliver 30:12, Karen Lanigan 30:24, Bob Clough 31:18, Susan Hawitt 33:25, Laura Byrne 33:26, Neil Tate 33:27, Claire England 34:47, Michelle Sheridan 36:19, Amy Fletcher 36:53, Kate Benett 37:26, Jeremy McCandless 37:43, Ruth Bye 41:32 and Maria Tierney 48:44.

At the junior parkrun in Lytham, held on a Sunday, Jayden Richardson was 1 second of equalling his pb.  He ran 7:31 for 1st place.  Finlay Hughes was 4yh in 8:22 and Ella Wiseman was 17th in 9:58.

Terry Hellings, Graham Webster and Greg Oulton went to Cuerden Valley parkrun on Saturday on the way to Mid Lancs Track & Field in Ormskirk. On a hot day the hilly course was quite demanding with its 300 feet of climb. Terry Hellings finished in 24:00, Graham Webster in 25:10 and Greg Oulton in 30:04.