LSARRC News 14th July 2015

Start of the St Annes Carnival 5k

The 20 Barriers Fell Race last Tuesday was selected as the 3rd race in the local inter club race series.  The 5.5 mile course starts at Carnforth High School and takes in field paths, local trails and canal towpath.  Conditions were cool and windy with the rain coming down as runners were finishing.  Unfortunately, the race didn't go without hitch with coloured tape which was being used as markers being moved sending runners who didn't know the course off on a false trail.  This mainly affected runners at the front and runners at the rear and was obviously quite annoying.  The race was won by Tom Tipping of Helm Hill in 32:46 with Lytham's Joe Greenwood having another excellent race to finish in 3rd in 34:06 whilst Joanna Goorney was 1st lady in 39:43.  Greg Oulton was 96th in 48:54, Pam Hardman was 128th in 52:15, Jeremy McCandless was 138th in 53:09 and Debbie Cooper was just behind in 53:10.  Sadly, Dawn Lock was one of the tail enders affected by the sabotaging of the course and after ending up in Carnforth Town Centre, eventually got back to the school in about 90 minutes.

Greg Oulton

On Thursday night, Greg Oulton was racing again, this time at Bull Hill Fell Race, Hawkshaw, Bury.  The race, organised by Radcliffe AC was the first race in the Radcliffe AC 3 Day Challenge.  First home in the 5.5 mile course (1099 ft of ascent) was Ashley Holt of Rossendale Harriers in 36:01 with Joanna Nelson of Darwen Dashers first lady in 42:12.  Greg Oulton was 191st out of 231 finishers in 1:00:20.

It was the annual Junior Presentation evening also on Thursday night.  This is the junior section's big social event of the year and commenced with pre- presentation games and ended with a post presentation barbecue.  It was well attended with juniors, parents, coaches and senior members.

The Coaches’ Cup which is awarded to the athlete who, in the opinion of the coaches, has shown the highest level of dedication to the sport, was awarded to Simon Holt.

Simon Holt being presented by Nigel Simpkin

Track & Field Champions – U11 Boys Simon Holt, U11 Girls Georgia Norman, U13 Boys – James Nicholas, U13 Girls Hollie Winstanley and U15 Girls Chloe Norman.

Cross Country Champions – U11 Boys Zane Seddon, U11 Girls Rebecca Tate, U13 Girls Hollie Winstanley, U15 Girls Ella Moulding.

Monday Junior Handicap Shield – 1st Ruby Hodgkinson, 2nd Shay Menzies, 3rd  Elsie Dalton

Ella Moulding represented Lancashire Schools at the English Schools championships which, this year, were staged at Gateshead International Stadium. The event is known as the Schools Olympics with competitors having had to achieve very high standards in order to be considered for selection by their county team. Ella competed in the junior girls 1500m and ran a very strong race in her heat to finish 7th in a personal best time of 4:45.16, just 0.22secs short of qualifying for the following day’s final.

The St Annes Carnival 5k Race and 1500 metre Fun Run were hosted by the club on Sunday morning.  Taking place on the town's seafront under blue skies in bright and breezy conditions, record times were the order of the day.

In the Carnival 5K, both the men's and women's records fell with the race winner, one of Britain's top-ranked junior middle-distance runners, 19 years-old Matthew Shirling of Liverpool Harriers, posting an excellent 16.37.  Hannah Oldroyd, 11th overall, finished well ahead of the rest of the women in 18.25.

LSARRC runners and marshalls

Joe Greenwood in 4th place was first home for the host club in a PB of 17.19 and with good support from Andy Draper, 9th in 18:19, and Neil Tate, 12th  in 18:32, the Lytham St. Anne's Road Runners trio collected the men's team prize.  A fine run in 19:30 for 23rd place earned 15 year old Lytham junior Michael Hayes the under-17 prize.

Claire England was LSARRC's first woman in 23:03 with another of the club's talented juniors, under-15 prize winner Chloe Norman, only 20 seconds adrift. Fiona Geldard, 25:20, completed Lytham's first- placed women's team. Pam Hardman's 25:35 was good enough to win her the W55 prize.

The finishing crew

Full LSARRC 5K results: 4 Joe Greenwood SM,17.19; 9 Andy Draper SM, 18.19; 12 Neil Tate SM, 18.33;15 Tom Howarth SM, 19.00; 22 Graham Webster M60, 19.47; 23 Michael Hayes U17 19.50;,39 Richard Storey M40, 21.40; 45 Colin Laidlaw M60, 22.08; 46 Alan Elstone SM, 22.10; 47 Dave Dunn M50, 22.15; 51 Ian Tate SM, 22.56; 52 Harry Fellows U15, 22.57; 53 Claire England, F50, 23.03; 55 Chloe Norman U15, 23.23;59 Nigel Simpkin M55, 23.50; 61 Jeremy McCandless M50, 25.12; 64 Fiona Geldard f50, 25.20; 69 Pam Hardman F55, 25.35; 82 Jim Whitworth M65, 28.00; 111 Paula McCandless W50, 34.39.

Fun Run start

The Carnival 1500m Fun Run attracted a best-ever 127 entries.  Ten year old Louis Eunson, 4th in 5.50, was the best of the club's juniors closely followed by 9 years-old Morgan Pritchard, 5:59. Twelve years-old Isla Gordon, 6:25, and 10 year old May Talbot and 9 years-old James Emsley, who finished together in 6.39, also gave good accounts of themselves. The Fun Run alone wasn't enough for 13 years-old Harry Fellows, 6:44, who doubled-up to also run the 5K.

Full LSARRC Fun Run results: 4 Louis Eunson M10, 5.50; 7 Morgan Pritchard M9, 5.59; 16 Isla Gordon F12, 6.25; 23 May Talbot F10, 6.39; 24 James Emsley M9, 6.39; 26 Harry Fellows M13, 6.44; 27 Georgia Norman F11, 6.45; 32 Redford Baines M8, 7.07; 39 Charlotte Thompson F8, 7.19; 43 Connor Norman M8, 7.27; 81Charlotte Storey F9, 8.59; 84 Sophie Tate F7, 9.19.

Louis Eunson