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| Katharine Hoyland putting in the hard work at Mid Lancs League XC. |
On Saturday
at the sixth and final fixture of the Mid Lancs League Cross Country
2013, at Beacon Country Park, Skelmersdale runners were treated to the most
favourable conditions of the season. This just a week after Sunderland's deep snow and icy conditions,
the sun shone and spring really
seemed to have arrived. Amongst the junior XC competitors Lytham had
three running in the U11s. U11
girl Olivia Aberra finished 29th
in 10:38. U11 boys Simon Holt and James Nicholas ran the same 2k course finishing respectively in 19th
place and 8:44 and 29th place and 9:32.
This marked a triumph for Simon by earning him his first top twenty placing.
In the Seniors' race the Women followed a small lap with one large lap while the men did a small lap and two large laps. Leading in the women's full team was Katharine Hoyland who has put some hard work in to keep Lytham's Senior Women in Division 1. Hoyland, who finished in 23:18 to a winning time of 19:11, gained her highest position of the series, 22nd, and having completed five of the six fixtures has finished in a well-deserved 20th place overall in the individual standings. Also scoring in the Senior Women's Division 1 team was Felicity Wolohan, 58th in 26:33, and Fiona Gelard, 70th in 28:46. Geldard together with Janice Cobley, 73rd in 29:22, and Pam Binns, 76th in 31:01 made up the WV35 team that came 13th and the WV45 team that came 13th. Another success for the Ladies came in the WV55 when Cobley and Binns teaming with Sylvia Gittins, 77th 31:20, finished second to the strong Southport Waterloo AC to take the first silver medal to be awarded in this age category for several years. Dawn Lock, also a WV55, finished 85th in 38:51.
The Senior Men scored a season success by taking second in the Senior Men's Division 4 and promotion to Division 3 for 2013 - 2014. After a series of relegation slides they finally turned the tide. Running at Skelmersdale were Thomas Howarth, one of Lytham's strongest cross-country runners who finished 58th in 35:10 for an excellent 29th in the season's individual standings, his highest to date; Graham Webster, 82nd in 36:49, Colin Laidlaw, 128th in 40:30 and Colin Nelson, 137th in 42:14. Webster, in his first year as a MV60, has run superbly. Finishing 2nd WV60 at Skelmersdale to add to his four firsts and a second, he has easily taken the gold individual award scoring 4 to the next best competitor's 10.
In the Seniors' race the Women followed a small lap with one large lap while the men did a small lap and two large laps. Leading in the women's full team was Katharine Hoyland who has put some hard work in to keep Lytham's Senior Women in Division 1. Hoyland, who finished in 23:18 to a winning time of 19:11, gained her highest position of the series, 22nd, and having completed five of the six fixtures has finished in a well-deserved 20th place overall in the individual standings. Also scoring in the Senior Women's Division 1 team was Felicity Wolohan, 58th in 26:33, and Fiona Gelard, 70th in 28:46. Geldard together with Janice Cobley, 73rd in 29:22, and Pam Binns, 76th in 31:01 made up the WV35 team that came 13th and the WV45 team that came 13th. Another success for the Ladies came in the WV55 when Cobley and Binns teaming with Sylvia Gittins, 77th 31:20, finished second to the strong Southport Waterloo AC to take the first silver medal to be awarded in this age category for several years. Dawn Lock, also a WV55, finished 85th in 38:51.
The Senior Men scored a season success by taking second in the Senior Men's Division 4 and promotion to Division 3 for 2013 - 2014. After a series of relegation slides they finally turned the tide. Running at Skelmersdale were Thomas Howarth, one of Lytham's strongest cross-country runners who finished 58th in 35:10 for an excellent 29th in the season's individual standings, his highest to date; Graham Webster, 82nd in 36:49, Colin Laidlaw, 128th in 40:30 and Colin Nelson, 137th in 42:14. Webster, in his first year as a MV60, has run superbly. Finishing 2nd WV60 at Skelmersdale to add to his four firsts and a second, he has easily taken the gold individual award scoring 4 to the next best competitor's 10.
The Northern Vets XC Championships were held at Victoria Park, Warrington
on Sunday. This competition is open to men over 40 and women over 35 from
the whole of the North of England. Lytham competitor Graham Webster finished
the 10k course in 12th place overall. In the competitive Vet 60 category he
finished 3rd MV60 in a time of 42.09. Terry Hellings finished in 15th
overall and 1st MV55 in a time of 42.46.
11 Lytham runners were amongst the 374 strong field of competitors at
the Stanley Park 10k on Saturday, the course taking in 2 laps of the Blackpool
park. Peter Cruse finished first for the club, crossing the line in 15th
position in 37.25. Oliver Hirsh, putting in an impressive performance for his
debut 10k race, was next home in 44.26, for 88th position. Neil
Bayntun-Roberts finished in 47.22, 129th followed by Adam Tostevin
in 150th place, 48.37. Rob Goodall’s stream of PB success charged on
strong and unbroken in this race; his 52.17 time for 200th place was
his fastest by 1 minute. In close pursuit were Graham Young, 52.43, 205th
and Pippa Hughes, 52.59, 207th. Bec
Willetts was 223rd finisher overall in 53.43, Jeremy McCandless came
in comfortably under his 55 min goal in 54.50 for 239th place, James
Whitworth finished 312th in 1.01.25 and Paula Macandless, another
10k debutante, completed the race in a creditable 1.03.40.
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