LSARRC News 28th July 2015

Wesham Inter Club

Last Monday night saw the 5th race in the Inter-Club Road Race Series.  Wesham Road Runners were the hosting club for this race providing a 4.6 mile loop from BNLF Salwick Social Club.  Weather conditions were almost perfect with just a light breeze although the marshals clearing up after the event weren't quite so lucky being caught in the downpour which followed.  A buffet was then provided back at the club's head quarters at Kirkham Cricket Club. 

First of the 248 runners home, was Rob Danson of Wesham Road Runners, continuing his winning streak finishing in 23:17, nearly a minute clear of 2nd place.  Emily Japp of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde was again 1st female in 25th place in 27:31.  First home for Lytham was Joe Greenwood in an excellent 8th place whilst Joanna Goorney was first lady home for the club in 42nd place and 3rd female in a time of 28:47.

Richard Storey, Debbie Cooper and Dawn Lock at the IC

In the team competition, LSARRC were 5th overall, 4th in the ladies category, 4th in the Vets and 5th in the vet 50s.  The Club's best result was in the vet 60 category where they were 1st with Graham Webster, Terry Hellings and Coling Laidlaw making up the team.

Full LSARRC results: Joe Greenwood 8th 25:10; Tom Howarth 18th 26:55; Andy Unsworth 29th 27:58; Neil Tate 32nd 28:05; Simon Denye 40th 28:41; Joanna Goorney 42nd 28:47; Graham Webster 50th 29:17; Mark Willett 54th 29:35; Justin Allitt 55th 29:37; Terry Hellings 77th 30:56; Richard Storey 91st  31:32; Colin Laidlaw 106th 32:20; Mel Koth 116th 32:54; Willie Richmond 120th 33:18; Claire England 121st  33:35; Dawn Bloor 128th 34:05; Des Heron 133rd 34:25; Ian Tate 136th 34:44; Roy Stevens 137th 34:48; Nigel Simpkin 142nd 35:11; Greg Oulton 153rd 36:02; Brian Porter 163rd 36:42; Alex Everest 173rd 37:40; Jeremy McCandless 180th 38:32; Debbie Cooper 183rd 39:08; Hannah McCandless 185th 39:16; Sylvia Gittins 200th 41:02; Pam Binns 201st 41:14; Bill Lock 225th 45:27; Dawn Lock 245th 56:27;

The 3rd race in the Harrock Hill Fell Race series was on Wednesday night.  Four Lytham athletes, Terry Hellings, Greg Oulton, Hannah McCandless and Jeremy McCandless made the trip to Parbold for this fun fell race of 5.3 miles.  Unfortunately no results are available yet.

The Fireman's Relays

The Lancashire Firemen's 3 Person Relays was on Friday night where each runner took on an approximate  2.67 mile lap of Herons Reach Bridle Path, near Blackpool Zoo.  After years of past beautiful evenings, early heavy downpours promised a change in fortune for this year's race.  Just in time the rain cleared on the eve of the 7:15pm start to give ideal cool still running conditions.

A large ten-team contingent of Blackburn Harriers included nationally ranked U20 Joe Monk who zoomed round the course in a dominating 13:57 for the fastest time of the evening.

Tom Howarth, Oliver Hirsh and Neil Tate
4th team at the Fireman's Relays

A good field of 106 runners included four Lytham teams with the Club's leading team, Lytham Spearhead Attack, doing exceptionally well to finish fourth.  Oliver Hirsh led the team out on A leg, followed by Neil Tate on B and Tom Howarth on C.  Tom blasted round in a very creditable 15:13, 10th overall followed in seven places later by Tate in 15:53.  Oliver finished 60th in 19:09, his best run since injury, bringing the team back in 50:15.

The Lancashire Rockets an over sixties team consisting of Graham Webster, 28th in 16:55, Terry Hellings, 43rd in 17:51 and Colin Laidlaw, 57th in 18:56 finished 15th overall in a total time of 53:42.  Lytham Mixed Blessings, and over 65 team lead in by Nigel Simpkin in 20:25 and 77th place, came 30th in 1:10:06.  Sylvia Gittins and Bill Lock finished in adjacent positions, 99th and 100th in 24:47 and 24:54 to complete the Mixed Blessings.  An eclectic team of father and daughter Jeremy and Hannah McCandless with Dawn Lock, the Lytham Leftovers, finished 33rd in 1:14:17.  Hannah McCandless was the quickest in 21:22 beating her father for the first time by exactly one minute in 85th and 91st place respectively.  Dawn was 105th in 30:33.

The 4th Mid Lancs Track and Field Fixture took place on Saturday afternoon at the excellent facilities at Leigh Sports Village, home of Leigh Harriers and AC.  There was slight panic at the start with the minibus for Barrow and Furness Striders breaking down on route to the fixture.  With 5 officials on board, there was a quick hunt for some more so that the meet could still go ahead!  Although, sunny for most of the afternoon, there was quite a stiff breeze down the back straight.  Lytham St Annes was well represented with 6 seniors and 4 juniors making the trip.

LSARRC Seniors at Leigh

Graham Webster was the first senior man to run coming in 5th in 2.38.6 in the 800m.  He then went onto compete in the 1500m finishing 3rd in 5:43.  In the 3000m, Graham was 7th in 11.42.5, Terry Hellings was 8th in 12:23 and Greg Oulton was 9th in 13:48.6.  The men rounded the afternoon off on the track taking on the 4x400m relay finishing in 5:38.9 (Graham Webster 1:12.3, Terry Hellings 1:21, Jeremy McCandless 1:34.0, Greg Oulton 1:31.7).

On the field, in the Shot Putt, Greg Oulton was 4th with a throw of 5.93m whilst Jeremy McCandless was 5th with 5.65m. They were both in action again in the discus with Jeremy throwing 16.57m for 6th place whilst Greg was 7th with 15.72m.  Greg's last field event was the Javelin where he threw 14.15 m for 5th place.  Jeremy took part in the Hammer competition with 13.92 for 3rd place.

Joanna Goorney and Hannah McCandless kicked off their afternoon in the senior ladies 800m.  Joanna was 2nd in 2:42.2 whilst Hannah 4th 3:11.0.  In the 1500m, Joanna was 1st in 5:18.3 and was 2nd in the 3000m in 11:31.5.  Hannah ran the 200m to finish in 3rd in 37.2 then went onto the field to throw the Shot Putt a distance of 5.09m for 6th place.  This was Hannah's first track and field meet and showed great determination.

LSARRC Juniors at Leigh

The 4 juniors, James Nicholas, Simon Holt, Chloe Norman and Georgia Norman also had a full afternoon.  James Nicholas ran the U13 boys 100m in Heat 1 to finish 2nd in 13.4.  He then went on to run the U13 Boys 200m also in Heat 1 for 3rd place in 28.6.  Simon Holt, also ran the U13 200m but in Heat 2, finishing 1st in 30.00.  He also competed in the U13 Boys 800m finishing 8th in an 2:38.7.  Georgia Norman, also an Under 13, had a superb afternoon with 2 PBs, firstly in the 100m where in Heat 4 she was 1st with 15.0 then in the Long Jump where she was 7th with 3.78m. She was also 3rd in Heat 3 of the 200m with a time of  32.4.  Elder sister, Chloe also had a PB in the Under 15 High Jump finishing 4th with 1.40m. In the 800m, she was 5th in 2:32.4 whilst she was only just outside her PB in the Long Jump finishing 7th with 4:43m.

Mark Willett was in the Lakes on Saturday for the Lakeland 50, an ultra race which is a 50 mile tour of the Lake District with 3100m of ascent.  The route starts from the northern end of Ullswater and finishes in Coniston.  Mark had a great run to finish in 111th place in 11:26:00.