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| Patrick Houghton |
A combination of the Olympics and the school summer holidays
has meant that it has been a quiet time for Lytham St Annes Road Runners, and
especially their junior section. This has not stopped the junior’s chairman and
chief coach, Tony Croft, from using the games in a positive way to promote
athletics.
In conjunction with the YMCA, Tony has led “taster” sessions
with examples of running, throwing and jumping all included. The latest one was
at Bridges Playing Fields in Warton on Thursday where 25 local children took
part by throwing dummy javelins and shot putts, jumping hurdles and running a
measured short course. The children’s’ ages ranged from four to fourteen and
they all joined in enthusiastically, especially in the relay race at the end.
These supervised sessions are free and three others are
scheduled, all in St Annes. Starting at 1pm they are at Waddington Park on 15th,
Blackpool Road on 22nd and Hope Street Park on August 31st.
Pre-booking isn’t required.
One junior member of the club was in action this week. At the
season’s penultimate Mid-Lancs track and field meeting in Preston on Saturday
Lytham’s only representative was Patrick Houghton. Running in only his second
meet, Patrick was fifth in the under-15 boys’ 800m with a time of 2:30.1.
In the Northern Vets 10k Road Championships in Bispham on
Sunday Graham Webster won the vet 60 category. The full results are still
awaited.
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