LSARRC News 3rd April 2018

Silver for junior athlete Rebecca Fisher in the high jump at Stretford and a 15-minute personal best for Ross McKelvie at the Easter London half marathon

Rebecca Fisher

It was a busy Easter weekend for LSARRC members on Saturday 31st March, junior LSARRC athlete Rebecca Fisher impressed at the Trafford AC Open Medal Meeting in Stretford.  Fisher’s dedication to training has certainly paid off and In the U13G 70M Hurdles Fisher came 2nd in her heat and 5th overall, gaining a new PB of 13.91. In the high jump Fisher impressively cleared 125cm which secured her a silver medal.

On Friday 30th March, Ross McKelvie made the trip to London for the Victoria Park Easter Half Marathon, racing the distance for the first time in two years. Looking for a specific time, McKelvie took advantage of the flat looped course and perfect racing conditions to smash his personal best by over 15 minutes, finishing 14th place in 1.18.28. A Good Friday indeed.

On the same day 9 LSARRC representatives completed the Caldervale 10.  Scheduled each year on Good Friday, this is a popular 10-mile road race that starts and finishes at Caldervale village. The undulating race route winds around some of the rural lanes of the surrounding area and includes one or two challenging climbs. Conditions this year were perfect for distance running.

First home for Lytham was Neil Tate in 01:06:42 for 15th place, followed soon after by his younger brother Alex Tate in 01:07:39 for 20th position. Big brother Ian Tate made up the LSARRC top 3 finishing in 01:15:56 for 53rd place. The first Lytham lady home was Kirsten Burnett in 01:30:31 for 130th position and Sylvia Gittins was first female in the age category V70 F.

LSARRC at Caldervale 10

The full list of LSARRC finishers: Neil Tate 15th 01:06:42; Alex Tate 20th 01:07:39;Ian Tate 53rd 1:15:56;  Richard Storey 129th 1:30:28; Kirsten Burnett 130th 1:30:31;Greg Oulton 150th 1:33:41; Sylvia Gittins 201st 1:45:27; Penny Morrison 225th 2:03:48 and Sarah Bagshaw 226th 2:03:52.

Club results for the Winter handicap have now concluded.  The Monthly Handicap is a long-standing regular feature of the Club's programme. Run on the last Thursday of every month, though this changes occasionally in December, the handicap has a chasing start with the slowest competitor off first, with following runners having timed handicapped starts based on their best recent time.

There are two courses, a winter town route of 3.45 miles and a summer rural course of 4.35 miles and an annual points competition for those who wish to take part in the handicaps year-round.  Handicap Results: Congratulations to Susan Samme winning the race, in her first run on the course for at least seven years.  Congratulations and commiserations to Christopher McCarthy on setting a PB of 19:09, but unfortunately he was 3 seconds short of moving up into all-time second place - Joe Greenwood's 19:07 from March 17 still has the edge. PBs also for Darran Ames, Gillian Oliver, and Thomas Howarth. Tom's was only a month old, having beaten his previous PB from March 2013 in February.  And now the top three positions for the year...1st Alex Tate – 316,
2nd Thomas Howarth – 300, and 3rd Graham Webster – 294.

Parkruns
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 31st March 21 LSARRC members completed the course.  Thomas Howarth ran well o secure the 2nd spot at the parkrun and he club secured 1t, 2nd and 4th female places with Catherine Carrdus, Joanna Goorney and Jennifer Hill, respectively.

Full Results:  Thomas Howarth 18:26 (2nd); Andrew Draper 18:38 (6th); Catherine Carrdus 19:55 (13th overall, 1st female); Joanna Goorney 20:15 (18th overall, 2nd female), Jennifer Hill 21:00 (24th overall, 4th female);  Neil Tate 22:06 (43rd);  Webster 21:27 (32nd overall, 1st VM65-69); Terry Hellings 21:30 (33rd); John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:33 (34th); Morgan Pritchard 21:38 (37th); Eric Wrigley 25:29 (79th); Jason Sheridan 26:00 (88th); Kirsten Burnett 26:15 (90th); Stephen Tate 27:51 (123rd); Gillian Oliver 28:59 (138th);Ruth Bye 30:25 (164th); Kathy Gaunt 31:57 (184th); and Nicola Wiseman (volunteer/tail walker).

Darran Ames of Lytham did some parkrun tourism, Ames ran the Cheltenham parkrun in a sociable 23:19 (beating his second ever parkrun there of 27:09, this being his 79th) placed 71 from a field of 377, and helping his sister acquire a new PB in the process.  G Browne did the Armagh parkrun in 24:18 and Paul Veevers completed the Blackpool parkrun in 19:06 for 7th place.

At the junior park run in Lytham on Sunday, Morgan Pritchard was first home in 7:39. Clemmie Tierney ran the course in 9:38 for 1st female spot and Sophie Tate ran the course in 16:55.

Earlier in the week on 25th March 2018 Nicola Wiseman and Julie Wiseman of Lytham completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon.