LSARRC News 25th October 2014

MID LANCS. LEAGUE CROSS-COUNTRY (1) HYNDBURN - SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2014

U11 Girls ready to go

The new Mid-Lancashire Cross-Country League season opened with a well-attended meeting at Hyndburn where more than 800 runners competed over interesting courses that mixed open terrain with meandering woodland trails. Many Lytham St Anne’s Road Runners had eagerly awaited a return to off-road racing and the club was well-represented with competitors in many age categories. 

LSARRC's runners at Hyndburn: Dawn Lock, Graham Webster,
Greg Oulton, Joe Greenwood, Willie Richmond, Sylvia Gittins,
Barbara Holmes, Felicity Wolohan & Joanna Goorney

In the Senior Men’s 10k race Lytham came 5^th in division 3.  Joe Greenwood in 57^th place was the club’s leading finisher and Graham Webster performed strongly to finish 139^th and 3^rd MV60.  Further counters for the team were Willie Richmond 161^st, Mark Selby 189^th, Nigel Simpkin 260^th, and Greg Oulton 244^th.  Webster, Richmond, Simpkin and Oulton also combined to finish 3^rd team in MV40 division 3 while Webster, Richmond and Simpkin featured again in the team that finished 7^th in the MV50 division.

Joe Greenwood, first Lytham finisher in the Senior Men's race.

In the Senior Women’s 6k race Jo Goorney, 11^th overall and 2^nd LV45, led the Lytham team with good support from Mel Koth, LV35, and Barbara Holmes, LV55, finishing together in 55^th and 56^th places were the club’s leading trio and the same three finished 4^th in both Senior division 2 and  the WV35 division.  The Lytham ladies’ greatest success of the day came in the WV45 division where Jo Goorney, Barbara Holmes and Fiona Geldard, 107^th, finished in top spot.  The WV55 team of Holmes, Sylvia Gittins and Dawn Lock also finished strongly for a hard-earned 2^nd place.  In the seniors’ race Felicity Wolohan ran well to finish 109^th and 5^th for Lytham.

Harry Fellows, U15B

U11 Boys struggle up the muddy bank

In the junior races Lytham was delighted to field an under-13 girls’ team for the first time and Holly Winstanley, 29^th; Rosie Taylor, 30^th and , Isla Gordon, 44^th finished very creditably as 7^th team.  Other juniors were Georgia Norman, 37^th , under-11girls, and under-11 boys Zane Seddon, 6^th; Aaron Forshaw 20^th and Daniel Forshaw 38^th.  For the under-15s Chloe Norman was 21^st girl and Harry Fellows 40^th boy.

Seven seniors participated in the Fairclough 5 Miles from Wyre Country Park.  Top finisher for Lytham was outstanding veteran Graham Webster, 13^th overall and 1^st MV60 in an excellent time of 32:17 while MV40 Mark Willett was 19^th in 33:19.   FV50 Fiona Geldard was 47^th in 39:13; MV40 Greg Oulton 54^th in 40:12 and FV50 Julia Rolfe 58^th in 40:47.  Although now a WV65, Sylvia Gittins nonetheless achieved a 5 miles PB of 43:12 for 73^rd while fellow WV65 Dawn Lock came 98^th in 65:05.

Bill Lock, press report- writer, officiating on the finish 

Senior Men's race winners