LSARRC News 7th June 2016

Start of WCR 2016

Emily and Steve Hargreaves

Lytham St Annes RRC went on tour this last weekend for the 2016 Welsh Castles Relay, a 2 day 20 stage 211 mile staggered relay from Caenarfon to Cardiff.  With the sun shining all weekend, the 23 club runners and supporters had a great time with the team finishing 32nd overall out of the 64 teams taking part.  There were some fantastic performances by club members, especially in the heatwave conditions.  Special mention goes to the club's golden couple Emily and Steve Hargreaves.  Emily was 1st lady on stage 4 and Steve was 1st vet on stage 11 both winning coveted yellow stage winner T-shirts.  Other notable performances included Joe Greenwood who finished 15th in his debut at the relay on the tough mountain stage 14 and Chris McCarthy who managed a top 10 finish on stage 15 also making his debut.

Full LSARRC results: Stage 1 Nigel Simpkin 52nd 01:21:31; Stage 2 Dave Dunn 41st  01:24:16  ; Stage 3 Terry Hellings 39th 01:33:15; Stage 4 Claire England 52nd 01:16:21; Stage 5 Emily Hargreaves 11th 01:05:08; Stage 6 Graham Webster 24th 01:15:26; Stage 7 Neil Tate 27th 01:09:14; Ian Tate 53rd 01:32:38; Stage 9 Alex Everest 52nd 01:10:54; Stage 10 Tom Howarth 28th 01:30:02; Stage 11 Steve Hargreaves 5th  01:15:24; Stage 12 Mel Koth 43rd 01:23:13; Stage 13 Steve Ashton 54th 01:28:26; Stage 14 Joe Greenwood 15th 01:12:34; Stage 15 Chris McCarthy 9th 01:18:39; Stage 16 Alan Elstone 54th 01:15:30; Stage 17 Sue Hawitt 54th 01:19:41; Stage 18 Richard Storey 35th 01:11:08; Stage 19 Pam Hardman 47th 01:09:40; Stage 20 Joanna Goorney 37th 1:10:09;

The finish - Cardiff

Neil Tate - Stage 7

 

 

The first race of 3 in the Cuerden Valley Badger 10k Trail race series took place on Thursday night at Cuerden Valley Park.  Mel Koth was the club's sole representative finishing 8th lady and 75th overall in a time of 49:26 out of the 192 finishers.

On Sunday, 3 junior members of the club took part in the Blackpool Aquatics (BATS) Northern Triathlon Festival from Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool.  This was the first time any of the juniors had taking part in first multi discipline event and all excelled.  Conditions were very warm in the morning for the running part of the aquathons and sweltering in the afternoon for the duathlon which started 3:15pm not helped by it all in direct sunlight.

Sydney Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden was first up in the Aquathon (8-10 years) (50m swim followed by 600m run (grass)) She was 2nd overall and 1st girl (swim 1:07, T1 0:46 and run 2:49).  Sydney Ramsden took part in the Aquathon  for 11-12 years (100m swim and 1200m run).  She was 2nd overall and 1st girl with a swim 2:03, T1 0:46 and 5:00 run (fastest run overall).  George Denye competed in the Duathlon (1,500m run (grass), 5,000m bike (track) and 1,500m run (grass)).  George was first overall (second race victory) after a recent second at Manchester with a run 6:07, T1 0:28, cycle 12:47, T2 0:20 and run 6:00.

Liz Boon and Johnny Wild successfully completed the Coniston Trail Marathon Challenge on Sunday 5th June.  As well as a tough course, the runners had to endure the hottest conditions the event had ever experienced.  Liz and Johnny finished in joint 145th place out of 287 entrants in 6hr 27min.

Johnny Wild

Olivia Johnson Allen

The 26th Lytham Hall parkrun attracted 206 runners on Saturday morning with Paul Muller of Horwich RMI once again being 1st finisher in 17:41.  First finisher for the club was Ross McKelvie in 6th with 18:47.  Neil Bayntun-Roberts had an excellent run for  9th in a new PB of 20:31  Barbara Holmes, fresh from her triathlon success last weekend in Portugal was motoring at the parkrun with another PB of 21:20 for 2nd lady and 12th overall which gave her an outstanding age grading of 84.84%.  Not far behind was 3rd female Michelle Hook who also ran a PB with 21:44 and Gerry Browne in 22nd place who knocked over half a minute of his PB with 22:19.

Full LSARRC results: Ross McKelvie 6th 18:47; Neil Bayntun-Roberts 9th 20:31 PB; Barbara Holmes 12th 21:20 PB; Michelle Hook 17th 21:44 PB; Gerry Browne 22nd 22:19 PB; Morgan Pritchard 64th 25:00; Olivia Johnson Allen 100th 27:26 PB; Graham Young 115th 28:28; Clemmie Tierney 120th 28:56 PB; Gillian Oliver 123rd 29:00;Eric Wrigley 133rd 29:59;

Over in Liverpool at the the 270th Princes parkrun, Felicity Wolohan also had an excellent run finishing 2nd lady only 6 seconds behind the 1st lady in 22nd place with a PB of 21:10.