LSARRC News 28th July 2014

On Friday night, Sylvia Gittins ran the 35th Wedding Day 7k which was a multi terrain race run within the bounds of Bushy Park in Twickenham over an out and back course starting and finishing on the Hampton Hill side of the park.  She finished in 40:10 in 359th over all.

Junior and senior LSARRC athletes at the Preston Mid Lancs Track and Field Meet

It was the 4th Mid Lancs Track and Field Meet of the year at Preston's Uclan Arena on Saturday.  In heatwave conditions, track athletes found the going tough resulting in slightly slower times.

Lytham St Annes RRC were well represented in both the junior and senior races.  Chloe Norman was in action firstly in the under 15s 800m finishing 13th in a time of 2:41.90.  In the Long Jump, she finished 10th  recording 3.80m and 6th in her heat in a time of 30.70 in the 200m.  Hollie Winstanley ran 6:00.40 to finish an excellent 2nd in the under 13 girls 1500m.

Terry Hellings in the 3000m

In the seniors races, Graham Webster finished 12th in the 800m in a time of 2:34.00 while Joanna Goorney was 1st in the 800m in a time of 2:36.50.  In the 1500m, Graham finished 9th in a time of 5:16:00 whilst in the ladies race, Joanna finished 1st in at time of 5:16.00.  The final event of the day, was the 3000m with had three LSARRC athletes in it.  Graham Webster was 3rd male in a time of 11:24.00, Terry Hellings was 4th male in a time of 12:15.70 whilst Joanna Goorney was 2nd female in a time of 11:35.40.

Tony Norman throwing the javelin

Tony Norman was busy in the field events.  In the shot putt, he was 3rd throwing 9.28m.  In the discus, he was 5th throwing 24.00m and in the Javelin recorded 24.76m to finish 9th.

On Saturday night, Simon Denye was in action in the Lancaster 5k to finish 10th in a time of 17:44.