LSARRC News 5th November 2012

Saturday saw the Club on fine form with Lytham St. Annes RRC fielding four teams for what has become an annual trip to the ECCA Cross-Country Relay Championships. The event was held at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, where the event has been staged since 1989.The sleet and rain at the start of the day was a little disparaging but later sunshine and blue skies improved the outlook for club morale and all competing.

Some of our ladies at Mansfield

 First out on the undulating course were the women's A and B teams lead by Sylvia Gittins and Pam Binns who put in good first legs in 17.23 and 18.20 respectively to take their teams into 118th and 119th places. Second leg A team runner Janice Cobley ran a good leg of 16.48 before handing over to Fiona Geldard who brought the team in five places up with the team's fastest leg of 16.26. Lytham's A Team finished in 50:38 and 102nd.

Terry Hellings was the men's captain for the day and he split the men into two evenly matched teams. In the men’s competition Terry Hellings and Willie Richmond raced against each other. They finished 40 seconds apart with Richmond finishing in 21:06 to Hellings 21:46 for 167th for the B Team against 175th for the A team. The margin widened slightly on the second leg with Stan Greenhalgh finishing in 22:33 and 164 for B and Greg Oulton in 26:37 and 174 for A. Third leg runners Nigel Simpkin, 24:02, 162nd and Steve Quarmby, 21:55, 174th finished well but left A Team's Thomas Howarth with too much to do to catch B Team's Graham Webster in spite of doing the faster leg and the club's best. Howarth finished in 20:21 to Webster's 20:32. The two teams finished in 145th in 1:28.15 (B Team) and 151st in 1:30.41 (A Team).

FULL RESULTS: SENIOR WOMEN - LSARRC'A': 50.38.05 102 / 102: (1) S. Gittins,17:23.3 (118); (2) J. Cobley,16:48.3 (107); (3) F. Geldard, 16:26.4 (102); LSARRC'B': (1) P. Binns, 18.20.9 (119); (2) D. Lock, 20.42.0 (109). SENIOR MEN: LSARRC'B': 1.28.15, 145 / 157: (1) W. Richmond, 21.06.8 (167); (2) S. Greenhalgh, 22.33.2 (164); (3) N. Simpkin, 24.02.6 (162); (4) G. Webster, 20.32.3(145); LSARRC'A': 1.30.41, 151 / 157: (1) T. Hellings, 21:46.0 (175); (2) G. Oulton, 26.37.7 (174); (3) S. Quarmby, 21.55.6 (165); (4) T. Howarth, 20.21.7 (151).

Andy Sneddon

Sunday. Andy Sneddon not only survived the tough Helvellyn 15k trail race but also achieved his best finish so far. In freezing conditions, against an icy wind and on slippery terrain he completed the race in 1:47:01 finishing 315^th out of 392. John Wild also ran for LSARRC, and finishing in 277^th place.  

Pam Hardman, Rebecca Willets and Peter Cruse were entrants in the Derwent 10 miler. The day was cold and sunny, with the Keswick course affording gentle undulations and spectacular views of Derwent Water and the snow capped mountains.

Trevor Willoughby flew the flag for Lytham running an 8.5 miler through the Yorkshire villages, finishing in 71:21. It was a well marshalled race, boasting good prizes and an outstanding hotpot served up to replenish competitors afterwards.

 

Over on Australian shores at the weekend Mark Willett ran in the Sydney 10k, sneaking in under 40 minutes with a sprint inside the Olympic stadium!