Junior Maddy Markham wins a silver at Blackpool Athletics meeting, along with other impressive performances by the junior athletes.
Five Lytham juniors made the short trip to Stanley Park to compete in the Blackpool Open Track and Field meeting on Sunday 9th September.
On a very wet and windy day not conducive to good performances under 11 girl Clemmie Tierney reaped the rewards of her hard work in training performing very well in the long jump taking 5th place with a personal best distance of 3.34m beating her previous best by 59cm. Clemmie went on to finish 5th in her heat of the 80m with a time of 13.1s.
Under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher ran an excellent 70m hurdle race to finish in 4th place just 0.1s away from a bronze medal. Rebecca withdrew from the high jump with an injury and competed in the discus instead. With no under 13 competition Rebecca had to compete in the under 15 event and did exceptionally well to finish 3rd with a distance of 17.63m, a personal best distance using the heavier under 15 discus. In what is proving to be her most successful event Rebecca went on to take gold in the shot with a distance of 17.63m. Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe jumped 3.31m in the long jump for 11th place with team mate Olivia Bielec making her debut for Lytham and in her first ever track and field competition did well with a best jump of 3.22m for 14th place. Amara and Olivia both went on to compete in the 100m finishing 3rd and 5th in their heats with a times of 15.4s and 15.8s respectively. Amara also ran well to finish 4th in her heat of the 200m with a time of 32.8s.
Under 15 girl Maddy Markham also in her first track season ran well in the 1500m to finish 2nd in a time of 5m 38.3s. Maddy also ran in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and finished 17th overall and 1st in her age group at in a time of 22m 27s
Lytham had 5 athletes running the Park View junior parkrun taking third (Jayden Richardson, 7m 55s), fourth (Oliver Thomson, 8m 38s) and fifth (Archie Bellfield 8m 44s). Brothers James and Joshua McAfee finished 37th and 38th in 14m 06s and 14m 07s with Joshua improving his personal best by over a minute.
Not to be out done 5 senior runners completed the Great North Run over the weekend. Kevin Murray was first home for Lytham in 1:56:31, followed by Sue Hawitt in 2:00:12. Not far behind was Kathy Gaunt in 2:00:35, Nicola Wiseman in 2:09:24 and Jackie Murray in 2:15:17.
Hawitt said it was a tough run because the weather was so warm for this time of year, however the support in terms of showers on route was very welcome. The crowds in Newcastle to South Shields were amazing lining the streets with jelly babies, orange segments and ice pops.
The race accommodated 57,000 people (approximately) and from my experience was so well organised.
As usual several Lytham runners completed the Lytham parkrun, and other club members were tourist park runners elsewhere.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun the first 3 spots were achieved by Lytham runners Joe Greenwood, Chris McCarthy and Alistair Leivers. Trevor Roberts ran a personal best time.
Full Results: Joe Greenwood 17:33 (1st), Chris McCarthy 17:45 (2nd), Alistair Leviers 18:34 (3rd), Neil Tate 19:38 (6th), James Buckley 21:12 (12th), Maddy Markham (22:27), Jennifer Hill 23:07 (24th), Claire Markham 24:39 (39th), Trevor Roberts 27:12 (73rd), Michelle Sheridan 34:54 (11st) and Julie Wiseman was the tail walker (volunteer who completed the course in 44:49.
Roy Stevens was 78th overall at the Ballincollig parkrun in a time of 26:01. Another parkrun tourist Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun in 22:41 for 14th. Two Lytham runners completed the Lancaster parkrun on Saturday, Catherine Carrdus and John Bertenshawe. Both ran great times and Carrdus was first female home in 20:55 and Bertenshawe was 25th overall in 22:52.
At the Fleetwood Promenade park run Darran Ames attending coming 14th overall with a time of 20:59. Closer to home at the Blackpool parkrun held at Stanley Park Olivia Johnson Allen of Lytham attended, running the course in 28:44, for 72nd overall and 16th female.
At the Hazlewood parkrun Gerry Browne finished the course in 22:37 and Julia Rolfe ran the Wyre Forest parkrun in 26:19.
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