LSARRC News 30th January 2018

Lytham runners impress at the St Anne’s 10 miler on Sunday 28th January 2018.

LSARRC runners at the St Anne's 10 Miler

Lytham had two top ten finishers in the 10-mile race on Sunday, with Joe Greenwood in 61 minutes and Andrew Draper just under 62 minutes.  Neil Tate ran well to come 12th and Jennifer Hill was 13th female.  The course was won by Rob Danson of Wesham who ran the course in 00:52:59. LSARRC was well represented, with lots of runners braving the cold and breezy conditions, which made for very tough running conditions. Even with difficult conditions Michelle Sheridan ran 3 minutes faster than she did last year.

Full Results:  Joe Greenwood 01:01:00 (6th), Andrew Draper 01:01:54 (9th), Neil Tate 01:02:44 (12th), Alex Tate 01:05:21 (27th), Thomas Howarth 01:06:42 (35th), Ross McKelvie 01:18:14 (40th), Neil Baynton Roberts 01:10:11 (58th), Graham Webster 01:11:24 for (64th), Jennifer Hill 01:14:04 for (81st and 13th female), Terry Hellings 01:14:19 for (83rd), Gavin Stanfield 01:15:08 (88th), Darran Ames 01:15:42 (92nd), Kevin Murray 01:16:21 (94th), James Buckley 01:18:04 (106th), Richard Storey 01:22:01 (130th), Kathy Gaunt 01:22:03 (131st, 26th female), Roy Stevens 1:22:11 (132nd), Chris Bowker 1:23:04 (140th), Peter Reid 01:25:05 (156th), Louise De-Gier Flood 1:28:37 (183rd overall, 43rd female), Susan Hawitt 01:28:41 (186th overall, 46th female), Matthew Hill 01:29:33 (193rd), Greg Oulton 01:31:16 (213rd), Ian Balshaw 01:33:45 (228th), Jacqui Murray 01:36:35 (250th), Laura Byrne 01:39:44 (272nd overall, 86th female), Kirsten Burnett 01:39:59 (275th overall, 87th female), Christine Walker 01:41:18 (290th overall, 98th), Julie Wiseman 01:41:40 (293rd), Pam Binns 01:43:58, (304th, 107th female), Sylvia Gittins 01:48:18 (331st overall, 125th female), Michelle Sheridan 01:51:34 (334th overall, 136th female), Penny Morrison 01:53:21 (348th, 140th female), Sarah Bagshaw 01:53:35 (349th overall, 141st female) and Amy Fletcher 02:22:57 (363rd overall, 154th female).

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 27th January, the first 3 spots went to Lytham runners, Chris McCarthy was first home, followed by Alex Tate and then Andrew Draper.  Graham Webster was the first in his age category to finish and Jennifer Hill of Lytham was the first female overall.  Two juniors Frankie Ball and Leoma Gill gained new personal best times.

Full Results:  Chris McCarthy 18:05 (1st), Alex Tate 18:58 (2nd), Andrew Draper 19:25 (3rd), Graham Webster 20:57 (9th), Frankie Ball 21:11 (12th), Neil Tate 21:12 (14th), Jennifer Hill (21:21), Terry Hellings 21:37 (16th), Kevin Murray 21:57 (18th), Darran Ames 22:00 (19th), Richard Harry Storey 22:22 (25th), Morgan Pritchard 22:42 (26th), Eric Wrigley 23:48 (35th), G Browne 23:59 (38th), Greg Oulton 26:08 (64th), Stephen Tate 27:07 (74th), Leoma Gill 28:26 (93rd), Jeremy McCandless 30:12 (115th), Ruth Bye 30:24 (118th), Rosa Gill 33:16 (134th), Julie Wiseman 43:18 (volunteer) and Nicola Wiseman 43:19 (volunteer).

Three Lytham members completed the Blackpool parkrun at Stanley Park.  Mark Hughes ran 22:24 for 23rd position, Heidi Haigh ran 22:56 for 30th position overall, and 2nd female, and Olivia Johnson Allen ran 28:47 for 92nd position overall, and 14th female spot.

Also on Sunday 28th January, 6 junior members of the club ran the 2k parkrun at Park View, in Lytham.  Finlay Hughes was the first to finish, in a time of 8:46 for 6th place overall.  Jayden Richardson finished the course in 9:17 for 11th place, Blair Selbie ran 10:44 for 24th, Ella Wiseman ran 11:12 for 30th, Jack Greaves was 32nd in 11:24 and Sophie Tate completed the course in 14:00 for 50th