LSARRC News 19th October 2014

GREEN DRIVE FIVE - SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER

 

Start of the 15th Green Drive Five - 11am Sunday 19th October 2014

Green Drive provided a lovely setting for the fifteenth running of the Green Drive Five held Sunday in bright autumn sunshine and attracting many participants from the local clubs.  Doubling as the Lancashire AA 5 Mile Championship it was an important race for the area's serious runners.

Race Winners: Rob Danson, 3rd, Rob Webb,
1st, and  David Rigby, 2nd on the start line. 

Race winner and Lancashire Champion was Rob Webb of Rossendale Harriers in a time of 26:17 with Preston Harriers David Rigby second in 26:24 and Wesham RR's Rob Danson in third place another 10 seconds back.

Joanna Goorney, first woman and Lancs
AA Women's 5 mile Champion with
presenter and club benefactor Bill White

Joanna Goorney of Lytham comfortably took the woman's prize in

31:31, 31st overall and with it the Lancahire Woman's 5 Mile Championship.  Catherine Carrdus of Wesham was second, 37th overall in 32:06 and Caroline Betmead of Blackpool Wyre & Fylde AC, third, 40th overall in 32:19.

With such a high proportion involved in helping and marshalling, organizers Lytham St. Annes Road Runners Club did well to field twelve runners who achieved the pleasing results of fourth men's team and third women's team. 

First back for Lytham was Joe Greenwood who finished in 29:09, running at under 6 minutes per mile for 13th place.  Completing the fourth-placed team and finishing close on each others' heels were Thomas Howarth, 33rd and Neil Tate, 34th.   Both averaged 6.24 per mile for 32:01 and 32:02 respectively.  The team accumulated 80 points against Lancashire Team Champions Blackpool Wyre & Fylde's 35. 

Other Lytham men competing were Mark Willette, 60th in 34:14, Russ Chew, 105th in 38:41 and Alan Elstone who managed 42:30 for 156th in his first 5 mile race.

 

LSARRC at the GD5: Neil Tate, Joanna Gourney, Joe Greenwood,
Ruth Wheatley, Fiona Geldard, Felicity Wolohan, Mark Willett,
Russ Chew and Alan Elstone

The six Lytham women won three prizes and medals between them and were third team.  Joanna Goorney with Barbara Holmes, 97th in 37:55, and Felicity Wolohan, 99th in 38:00, made up the team scoring 28 points to the Wesham leader's 16 points, a very good result for the Club.  Holmes together with Fiona Geldhard, 113th in 39:15, won their age category prizes and Lancashire gold medals in the FV55 and FV50 categories.  Wearing green for the first time, new recruit Ruth Wheatley put in a good performance to set a 5 mile PB 144th in 41:47.  Julia Rolfe finished 160th in 42:38.

 

Blackpool Wyre & Fylde bother and sister
winners: Jessica and Jamie Jackson

Twenty-six of the Club's Junior Section ran the Green Drive Mile putting in sparkling performances that would be the envy of many of their elders.

 

Simon Holt, 4th and first Lytham
member home

Simon Holt, aged 10, led home the contingent of the Lytham runners in 4th place running the mile in 6:16.  A trio of Lytham runners followed in 10th, 11th and 12th places all given 6:37: Chloe Norman, 14, was third girl, Harry Fellows, 13, and Louis Eunson, 9, were 8th and 9th boy across the line. 

Other results for LSARRC members at the Green Drive Mile: 14th

LSARRC's first girl Chloe Norman

Hollie Winstanley, 11, 6:39; 15th Aaron Forshaw, 10, 6:43; 16th George Winstanley, 9, 6:44; 17th Rosie Taylor, 11, 6:48; 19th Wade Agar, 13, 6:52; 21st Louisa Hart, 13, 7:03; 22nd George Denye, 8, 7:04; 23rd Spencer Unsworth, 10, 7:04; 24th Danny Forshaw, 8, 7:07; 26th Francis Morrison, 9, 7:13; 27th Isla Gordon, 11, 7:15; 30th Natasha Hart, 9, 7:20; 31st Rebecca Tate, 11, 7:21; 34th Emma Savidge, 10, 7:42; 35th Georgia Norman, 11, 7:43; 36th Olivia Aberra, 9, 7:46; 38th Charlotte Thompson, 8, 7:53; 42nd Jessica Addy, 8, 7:58; 48th Sydney Ramsden, 9, 8:13; 50th Eliza Booth, 9, 8:21; 56th Hollie Whiteside, 8, 9:15; 58th Leah Dawson, 10, 9:25.    

OTHER RACES 
Elsewhere Greg Oulton preferring the hillier challenges to the flat Green Drive Five ran at Littleborough in the White House Fell Race, his 38th race of the year.  He finished the 4.5 miles in 48:35.  Further afield Graham Webster returned to home territory to run the massive the Great West Run in Exeter.  Completing the half marathon in an excellent time for his age, he was 99th out of 2663 finishers and first MV60 in 1:30:34.