LSARRC News 26th December 2017

A Boxing Day record for Susan Samme.

Kirsten Burnett

 
On Boxing Day, several LSARRC runners attempted to atone for their Christmas Day excess in the annual Worden Park 10K in Leyland.  Held in the park and nearby country roads over a muddy and undulating course, there were some excellent performances.  Susan Samme, on excellent form, smashed the FV55 club 10K record with her time of 41:46.  Michelle Sheridan achieved a personal best of with 1:04:51.  Other results were:  Paul Veevers, in 11th overall in 37:12; Felicity Wolohan 41:06; Ian Tate 43:06; Kirsten Burnett 52:06 and Christine Walker 57:09.

The Christmas Cracker 10K was held in Lancaster on Christmas Eve.  This was a small, friendly event with good running conditions over a flat course.  Both Lytham runners went home with prizes as Ross McKelvie took 2nd place in the race with 38:26 while Kirsten Burnett was 4th lady to finish and 1st FV40, finishing in 50:40.

Ross McKelvie

On Saturday 23rd December the Red Nose 5-mile race took place in Blackpool.  Most runners wore festive fancy dress and it had a fun feel with several cross-country touches over the muddy trail route, including several large puddles.  James Buckley was first back for the club in 39:22, followed by Greg Oulton in 47:49 and Kirsten Burnett in 48:52.

Also on Saturday 23rd December many Lytham members completed the 5k parkrun at Lytham Hall.  Andrew Draper was first home overall in a good time of 17:24, he was followed by Christopher McCarthy and Alex Tate who came 4th and 6th respectively.  Catherine Carrdus was first female and 12th overall in 18:37. Amazingly, Lytham ladies secured the first 4 female positions in the parkrun and Brian Porter managed to run a person best time of 24:19.

Full Results:  Andrew Draper 17:44 (1st), Christ McCarthy 18:19 (4th), Alex Tate 18:26 (6th), Catherine Carrdus 19:59 (12th overall, 1st female), Joanna Goorney 20:18 (17th overall, 2nd female), Graham Webster 20:22 (18th), Neil Bayntun-Roberts 20:31 (20th), Felicity Wolohan 20:39 (22nd, 3rd female), Gill Draper 20:46 (24th overall, 4th female), John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:07 (26th), Neil Tate 21:27 (29th), Terry Hellings 21:45 (33rd), and Darran Ames who was the tail walker and finished the course in 48:54.

Several Lytham runners ran other park runs around the country.  Greg Oulton completed the Blackpoll parkrun in a time of 28:28. Mark Hughes travelled to Birkenhead and ran the course in 22:50.  Travelling North, Kevin Murray ran the Dunfermline parkrun in 23:02 and Pamela Binns managed the Brighton parkrun in 31:33.

14 junior Lytham members completed the 2k parkrun at Parkview in Lytham on Christmas Eve, lots of children dressed up in festive outfits and lots of fun was had.  First home was Morgan Pritchard in 7:48, followed by Emily Balshaw for 2nd overall and first female spot.   Lewis Bentley managed 8:35 for 4th, not far behind him was Eric Wrigley in 8:44 for 7th.  Leoma Gill achieved a new personal best of 10:12 as did Rosa Gill.

Full Results:  Morgan Pritchard 7:48 (1st),  Emily Balshaw 8:04 (2nd), Lewis Bentley 8:35 (4th), Eric Wrigley 8:44 (7th), Jayden Richardson 9:00 (8th), Clemmie Tierney 9:39 (14th), Jake Balshaw 9:43 (15th), Amara Thorpe 9:51 (16th), Finlay Hughes 10:07 (20th), Leoma Gill 10:12 (21st), Blair Selbie 10:30 (23rd), Ella wiseman 11:07 (28th), Rosa Gill 12:06 (36th), and Sophie Tate 14:25 (50th).

LSARRC News 19th December 2017

Lytham’s Sue Samme’s return to form continued with an impressive run at the 3-1-5 5k in Lancaster on Saturday 16th.  The race is a fast flat, traffic free out and back course on a cycle path following the river Lune.  Sammé, in her first race as an FV55 and on her birthday, finished as second woman and ninth overall in a time of 19:53 (her fastest time for five years).  Sue also smashed the club FV55 record by nearly 3 minutes, achieved a club diamond standard time, took the lead in the Founders Trophy (an award for the best age related performance) and moved up to 6th in the country in her new age category in 2017.  Not everyone’s ideal way to start their birthday but Sue was very pleased with her performance. 

Lytham St Annes Road Runners’ Club had a winner in Ross McKelvie on Sunday in the Christmas Cracker 10K in Lancaster.

Ross reported that it was a wet day with constant rain and a naughty little headwind on the on the way back. The course was otherwise fast and predominantly flat that took the racers out to Morecambe before turning and heading back into Lancaster across the Lune Millenium bridge. After a brief uphill near the end, the final 200m was round a grass field through slippery mud to the finish.

In second place until the final kilometre, Ross put in a great sprint to win in 37:17, a comfortable 23 seconds in front of the next competitor. Jen Fisher also ran well to finished twelfth overall in 44:30.

The juniors held their annual competition against Kirkham Grammar Junior School last Monday. Lytham had 15 athletes competing, although were a little short on boys and so some of the girls were in the boy’s teams!

The event started with the Speed bounce competition, with the boys winning their competition. There were great performances from the winning team of Charlie W, Archie, Freddie W, Matthew, Sophie and Samantha with Olivia doing 59 speed bounces in 20 seconds which was a record for the evening. Also performing well for the girls were Caitlin, Cleme, Amara and Leoma who all managed at least 50.

Archie achieved 2nd place in the boy’s Long jump competition, Freddie was 2nd in Triple jump and Olivia and Samantha were 1st and 2nd in the Vertical jump (boy’s team). Amara won the girl’s Vertical jump and Cleme the girl’s Javelin. The children then took part in the 1,2,3 and 4 lap races where they worked hard to achieve their positions.

Finally were the 4x1 and Obstacle Relays, where Lytham worked well as a team. Overall Lytham won the boy’s competition and Kirkham won the girl’s. The juniors from both teams enjoyed a super evening with every athlete competing in at least 5 events. It was lovely to see the smiles on the faces of the athletes. Despite many of the Lytham team being much younger than the Kirkham team they still gave their all.

In the Lytham Parkrun on Saturday Neil Tate was the first Lytham club runners in third, while Justin Allitt set a new pb of 19:01 to come fifth. James Buckley in sixteenth was the only other from the fifteen Lytham club runners to set a new pb.

On Sunday, in the Lytham Park View Junior Parkrun, Lytham’s George Denye and Charlie Ormerod were second and third respectively, while Emily Balshaw, in fifth overall, was the first girl. Jake Balshaw and Rebecca Fisher both set new pbs.

LSARRC News 12th December 2017

LSARRC at Longridge 7

Saturday 9th December saw the third fixture of the Mid-Lancashire cross country series.  Runners knew this was going to be a difficult day given the icy weather conditions.  However, the senior men’s team of, Christopher McCarthy, Joe Greenwood, Andy Draper, Paul Veevers, Neil Tate and Graham Webster secured an excellent 6th position overall.  Out of 230 runners McCarthy and Greenwood finished in the first 30 runners.  Greenwood pushed McCarthy all the way and only 2 seconds separated them.

Terry Hellings

Full Results: Christopher McCarthy in 40:38 for 24th, Joe Greenwood 40:40 for 26th, Andrew Draper in 42:28 for 44th, Paul Veevers in 42:56 for 48th, Neil Tate in 44:49 for 68th, Graham Webster in 48:38 for 120th, Terry Hellings in 50:12 for 156th, Mark Hughes in 54:53 for 206th and Greg Oulton in 1:05:08 for 226th.

In the Senior Men’s (Vets) over 40 team, LSARRC secured 16th place with Webster, Hellings, Hughes and Oulton.  Ninth place went to the Senior Men’s (Vets) ove4r 50 team which consisted of, Webster, Hellings and Oulton.

In the Senior Ladies race the club was represented by 6 runners, the first team of Catherine Carrdus, Kirsten Burnett, and Julia Rolfe finished 16th overall.  The second team of Alexandra Everest, Pamela Hardman, and Dawn Lock came 27th.  Catherine Carrdus had a fantastic race, in difficult running conditions to come 16th overall.  LSARRC came 12th in the Ladies over 35 team, 5th in the over 45 category the team came 5th and the team of Rolfe, Hardman and Lock came 2nd in the over 55 category.

Alex Everest and Kirsten Burnett in the senior ladies race

Full Results: Catherine Carrdus ran 23:56 for 16th, Kirsten Burnett in 28:36 for 70th, Julia Rolfe in 29:21 for 77th, Alexandra Everest in 30:24 for 86th, Pamela Hardman in 31:49 for 105th and Dawn Lock in 47:28 for 135th.

Under 15 girls at Leigh XC

Two under 15 girls represented the club, they were Laura Bremner who the course in 13:39 for 31st, and Lucy Bohannon who ran 15:14 for 42nd.

Rebecca Fisher

In the under 13 boys race the sole competitor for Lytham, Morgan Pritchard ran the course in 12:39 to gain 36th spot.  In the girl’s race, Sophie Bohannon and Rebecca Fisher ran for the club. Sophie finished 9th in 8:14 and Rebecca finished in 11:03 for 65th position overall.

There were more juniors in the under 11 races.  In the boys, the team came 10th with Eric Wrigley, Finlay Hughes, and Lewis Bentley who all finished close together.  Full Results:  Eric Wrigley ran 7:27 for 46th, Finlay Hughes ran 7:30 for 48th, Lewis Bentley ran 7:52 for 55th and Jack Greaves 10:28 for 75th.  In the girls race the team of Jessica Ramsden, Amara Thorpe and Leoma Gill came 13th overall.  Full Results:  Jessica Ramsden was first home in 8:05 for 33rd, Amara Thorpe ran 8:25 for 42nd, and Leoma Gill ran the course in 8:56 for 51st.

Not as many club members attended parkruns because of the cross-country fixture at Leigh on the same day, and the difficult running conditions. At the Lytham Hall park run on Saturday 9th December 12 LSARRC members completed the 5k course and 3 runners achieved new personal bests.  First home, with a new personal best was Justin Allitt in a time of 19:09 for 2nd place.  Jennifer Hill ran the course in 21:11 for 9th position overall, and second female spot.  Darran Ames wasn’t far behind her in 10th position in a time of 21:28, and Kev Murray ran 21:55 for 11th.  Other finishers were:  Ian Balshaw who completed the course in 25:32 for 38th position, Christine Walker 27:25 (66th and a new personal best), Laura Byrne 27:41 (71st position), Ruth Bye 28:30 (84th and a new personal best), Robert Parker 29:00 (89th position), Jeremy McCandless 29:03 (90th position), Michelle Sheridan ran 30:16 for (107th position), and Sarah Bagshaw 32:26 (121st position).

Felicity Wolohan completed the Princes parkrun in Liverpool, and achieved a time of 20:22 for the 4th female position and 12th overall.

Greg Oulton at the Longridge 7

On Sunday 10th December, the Longridge 7 Xmas pudding race.  The club was very well represented even with the very cold conditions.  A tough, undulating seven mile course over the beautiful Longridge fells, all on roads, but still a great pre-Christmas fun and friendly, fully marshalled event.  Full Results:  Ian Tate 0:51:05, Kevin Murray 0:56:43, Kitty Churchill 0:58:46, Peter Reid 1:0:48, Greg Oulton 1@05:57, Juli Wiseman 1:11:40, Jacqui Murray 1:12:40, Kirsten Burnett 1:17:26, Sylvia Gittins 1:17:29, Michelle Sheridan  1:17:29, Penny Morrison 1:22:08 and Sarah Bagshaw 1:22:31.  Special mention to Gittins who came 1st in FV70 and taking home a bottle of wine for her husband.

LSARRC Results: Peter Reid 1:0:48; Greg Oulton 1:05:57; Juli Wiseman 1:11:40; Jacqui Murray 1:12:07; Kirsten Burnett 1:17:26; Sylvia Gittins 1:17:26; Michelle Sheridan 1:17:29; Penny Morrison 1:22:08; Sarah Bagshaw 1:22:31.

Finlay Hughes followed by Jayden Richardson at Park View junior parkrun

Several junior members braved the wintry weather on Sunday and completed the junior parkrun at Park View, in Lytham.  There were 8 Lytham runners, who amazingly secured 2nd,3rd,4th,5th and 6th positions, and 1st female spot, with a new personal best for Jayden Richardson, well done to all.  Full results:  Lewis Bentley 8:27 for 2nd, Eric Wrigley 8:33 for 3rd, Finlay Hughes 8:47 for 4th, Jayden Richardson 8:48 for 5th, Amara Thorpe 9:31 for 6th and 1st female spot, Blair Selbie 10:22 for 11th, Morgan Pritchard 12:17 for 21st and Sophie Tate 15:00 for 31st.

LSARRC News 5th December 2017

LSARRC impress at the Lancaster Half Marathon.

Tom Howarth

The Lancaster Half Marathon which includes a 5K Fun Run took place on Sunday 3rd December.  The Half Marathon started on the Lancaster cycle path alongside the River Lune and then headed towards the pretty village of Caton, before looping back towards Lancaster passing the start line.  The course then passed the Millennium Bridge, the Maritime museum and Carlisle Bridge and then the route continued down the Lancaster Quayside before heading for home.  Five Lytham members completed the route and they didn’t disappoint.  Mike Toft came 2nd overall after a fantastic run and Thomas Howarth wasn’t far behind in 13th.  Graham Webster ran a fantastic race, continuing his good form of late.  Full results:  Mike Toft 2nd place in 01:16:29, Thomas Howarth 01:23:37 (13th), Graham Webster 01:34:18 (38th), Chris Bowker 01:49:11 (88th), and Kirsten Burnett 01:54:29 (104th).  In the 5K fun run first position went to Ross McKelvie of LSARRC in a time of 18:00.  Well done to all.

Felicity Wolohan

Also on Sunday 3rd December saw 8 LSARRC participants in the Myerscough 10. This is a 10-mile road race, starting and finishing at Myerscough College, Bilsborrow, that has replaced the annual Guys 10 race.  Some of the course follows the old Guys 10 route but much of it is different as it meanders along some of the quiet rural lanes around Inskip. There were 258 runners enjoying the near perfect conditions for distance running. The race was won by Jack Wood of Ilkey Harriers in 53:54, with the first lady being local runner Emily Japp of Blackpool Wyre & Fylde AC in 1:00:41. First home for LSARRC was Felicity Wolohan in an impressive 01:07:23 for 31stplace overall. Elsewhere Julia Rolfe won the 1st FV55 prize finishingin 01:24:45, 140th overall.

The full list of LSARRC finishers are: 31st for Felicity Wolohan in 01:07:23, 56th for Ian Tate in 01:12:13, 89th for Richard Storey in 01:17:28, 101st for Roy Stevens in 01:19:06, 119th for James Buckley in 01:22:12, 140th for  Julia  Rolfe in 01:24:45, 172nd for  Greg  Oulton in 01:30:15, and 226th  for Pam Binns in 01:44:23.

Joanna Goorney (Courtesy of Beau Dog Photography)

Sunday also saw the Bill Fox Gravy Fell Race Fell Race take place, which was attended by Joanna Goorney of Lytham.  The race started in Tintwistle, near Glossop.  The pleasant and well-organized race was five and a half miles long with a thousand foot of ascent onto the moors with a very muddy descent through woodland.  Goorney finished 48th overall, 7th female and 1st vet 45 out of a field of 224 runners, in a time of 47:05.

The previous weekend, on Sunday 26th November Greg Oulton took part in the David Staff Memorial Fell Race, named in honor of a member of the organisers, Darwen Dashers, who died aged 17 of cardiac arrest, profits form the race were donated to Cardiac Risk in the Young.  Starting ins Sunnyhurst Woods, near the Kiosk pub, the race heads up to Darwen Tower, round the moors and back, taking in Aggie’s Staircase at the mid-way point, finishing back in Sunnyhurst Woods near the bandstand.  Oulton described the course as tough, with snow on the ground with 800 feet to climb over 4 miles.  Oulton finished the course in just over 50 minutes, and with this being the day after the Liverpool XC this was a good achievement.

Paul Veevers at Lytham Hall parkrun

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 2nd December there were 26 Lytham runners, and some outstanding results were achieved.   Seven Lytham runners came in the top ten with Draper gaining first spot and Veevers 3rd.  Goorney was the first female home and Samme with a new pb was second female overall.  Third female position went to Gill Draper of Lytham, 4th to Jennifer Hill and 5th female spot to Emily Balshaw.

Full results: Andrew Draper 17:48 (1st), Paul Veevers 18:25 (3rd), Ross McKelvie 19:16 (4th), Neil Tate 19:29 (5th), Justin Allitt 19:37 (6th pb), Joanna Goorney 20:00 (7th), Susan Samme 20:06 (8th), Gill Draper 20:45 (13th), Jennifer Hill 21:14 (15th), Emily Balshaw 21:36 (16th), Graham Webster 21:37 (who supported Emily Balshaw, 17th), Morgan Pritchard 21:40 (18th), Mark Selby 21:43 (19th), James Buckley 22:05 (24th), G Browne 23:15 (33rd), Kirsten Burnett 24:30 (53rd), Ian Balshaw 24:33 (54th pb), Eric Wrigley 25:31 (62nd), Greg Oulton 26:17 (74th), Christine Walker 27:37 (86th pb), Kate Benett 28:40 (103rd), Pat Bullen 28:52 (106th), Michelle Sheridan 30:15 (136th), Jeremy McCandless 31:13 (141st), Penny Morrison 31:31 (145th), and Sarah Bagshaw 31:36 (147th).

At other parkrun around the country Emily Hargreaves of Lytham attended the South Manchester parkrun and completed the course in 20:19, she was 19th overall and first female.  Terry Hellings ran the Basildon parkrun in a time of 22:19 for 8th position.  Finlay and Mark Hughes travelled to Birkenhead and ran the course in 23:15 and 23:19, respectively. 

The junior parkrun at Park View in Lytham was held on Sunday again there were a few Lytham juniors, 4 in total.  First home was Morgan Pritchard in 7:42 gaining first spot.  Lewis Bentley was second home for the club in 8:44. Jack Greaves ran 10:26 and Holly Anderson 15:13.