LSARRC News 17th December 2019

LSARRC member enjoying a pre-xmas
social on the sand dunes

Barbara Holmes ran at the Worden Park Festive 5k at Leyland on Saturday, the weather was not very festive, with icy wind and hail. Barbara finished as 4th lady in a time of 22:32.and was rewarded with a glittery medal and a selection box.

Eleven members ran a very wet and muddy Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning. Alistair Leivers was in 1st position in a time of 18:25,. Neil Tate, Chris Bowker, Darran Ames, Lewis McAfee, Dan Gregson, Claire Markham, G Browne, Maria Tierney, Jeremy MacCandless and  Robert Parker also ran. Elsewhere, Liz Abbot ran at Preston parkrun, Claire England at Fleetwood and Joanna Goorney at Blackpool.

On a breezy but sunny Sunday morning 13 members (a mix of seniors and juniors) many in fancy dress, had a pre-Christmas social run on the sand dunes between the Beach cafe and Fairhaven Lake, running up to 10k over the dunes, finishing with sausage sandwiches and hot drinks in the Beach Cafe.

Ben Gregson at Lytham Hall parkrun

On Saturday 6 of Lytham’s junior athletes braved the hail storm to take part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun. 1st home for Lytham’s junior athletes was Oliver McIntyre finishing 4th overall and 1st in his JM15-17 age group in 20:43. Despite the conditions Matthew Holton ran well to produce a personal best performance finishing 6th overall and 2nd JM11-14 in 21:00. Also representing Lytham were Maddy Markham 19th overall and 1st JW15-17 in 23:15, Ben Gregson (21st in 23:25), Freddie Markham (32nd and 1st JM10 in 24:27) and Charlie Ormerod (90th in 28:57).

Maddy Markham followed by Freddie Markham at Lytham Hall parkrun

Sunday’s junior parkrun was cancelled due to a flooded course but 11 year old Georgina Andrews was not to be deprived of her run and competed in the Worden Park 1 Mile Fun run running well to finish 2nd overall and 1st girl in an excellent personal best time of 7:05.
On Monday 9th December the young athlete of Lytham St Annes RRC’s Monday training group competed in an indoor athletics competition against Kirkham Grammar Junior School. Everyone competed in the speed bounce and also either long jump, triple jump, standing high jump or javelin. Next were the 4, 3, 2 and 1 lap races with some athletes competing in more than one of these races. Final 2 events of the competition were the relay with nearly all of the children running in either the boys or girls events followed by the obstacle relays which included the high stepper for the first time.

There were some excellent performances, with athletes demonstrating great determination, sportsmanship and enthusiasm. LSARRC won the boys’ competition and Kirkham the girls. So honours were shared. Well done to all and thank you to all of the coaches who gave up their time to officiate and to the parents who came along to cheer them on.