LSARRC News15th May 2018

Lytham juniors impress at the Lancashire County Track and Field Championships.

Laura Bremner

The 26th Lancashire County Track and Field Championships took were held at Witton Park, Blackburn over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of May and Lytham were represented by a small, but successful team.  Day one saw Lytham’s under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher reach the final of the 70m hurdles finishing 5th in a competitive race in a time of 13.2s.  Later, on day 1 under 17-woman Laura Bremner ran a season best of 5m 42s finishing 7th in the 1500m.  Rebecca Fisher returned on day 2 to compete in the under 13 girls high jump achieving a personal best height of 1.30m and collecting a bronze medal in the process.  The versatile Rebecca Fisher also competed in the discus and with another huge personal best throw of 19.80m took second place and picked up the silver medal her second pb and second medal of the day.

Frankie Ball

Under 13 boy Frankie Ball set himself the challenge of competing in the 200m, 800m and long jump.  His first race was the heats of the 800m where in the most competitive of the two heats he took second place and qualified comfortably for the final, in a personal best time of 2m 31s.  He went on to finish second in the final running another pb time of 2m 30.6s and picking up a silver medal.  Frankie’s next event was the heats of the 200m where he again qualified comfortably for the final with a time of 29.1s.  Frankie also competed in the long jump qualifying for the final with a personal best jump of 4.21m with his first jump.  Another personal best of 4.55m with his final jump saw Frankie take third place and a bronze medal in only his third ever long jump competition.  After an exhausting day Frankie still managed to finish 4th in the final of the 200m with a time of 28.5s missing out on another medal.

Rebecca Fisher in the final of the hurdles

Greg and Terry supporting at the Lancashire T&F Champs

Several Lytham members completed parkruns at the weekend, around the country.  At the Lytham parkrun Paul Veevers came second in just under 18 minutes.  Lytham ladies secured 2nd, 3rd,4th and 5th spot with Susan Same, Joanna Goorney, Jennifer Hill and Michelle Hook.  Graham Webster was the first in his category VM65-69.

Full Results Lytham parkrun:  Paul Veevers 17:59 (2nd), Susan Same 20:15 (10th), Joanna Goorney 20:17 (11th), Graham Webster 20:46 (14th), Jennifer Hill 20:47 (15th), Michelle Hook 21:22 (19th), James Buckley 21:34 (23rd), Heidi Haigh 26:01 (71st), Stephen Tate 26:06 (72nd), Darran Ames 31:12 (168th), Jacqui Murray 31:14 (169th), Laura Byrne 31:16 (170th), Gillian Oliver 31:16 (171st), Sarah Bagshaw 31:36 (176th), Ruth Bye 31:47 (182nd) and volunteer Kirsten Burnett 53:26 (240th).

Juniors Leoma Gill and Rosa Gill completed the Avenham parkrun in Preston and achieved times of 30:34 and 34:39. Neil Bayntun-Roberts travelled to the Beckenham Place parkrun and came 10th overall in 19:45.  Felicity Wolohan was the 3rd female at the Princes parkrun in Liverpool, she finished in 20:12.

The Beaverbrook’s Blackpool 10k Fun Run took place on Sunday 13th May 2018 at 11am, and the Blackpool Beach 10k.

At the Beaverbrook’s 10k Neil Tate ran 37:54 for 13th place.  Michelle Sheridan managed the course in 67 minutes exactly. Juli Wiseman ran the course in 60:27, Penny Morrison ran 1:07:45.  12-year-old Morgan Pritchard joined some of his senior team mates to take part in the Blackpool 10k fun run and in his first ever 10k ran well to finish 10th.

At the Blackpool 10k beach run Gavin Stansfield ran the course in 40:43 and Jason Sheridan completed the course in 45:16. 
 
Sunday saw Park View junior parkrun back on its summer course which obviously suited some as several Lytham athletes produced personal bests.  Billy Breakell (4th in 8.25), Oliver Thomson (5th in 8.37), Amara Thorpe (7th in 8.48) and Ella Wiseman (11th in 9.42) all produced personal best performances.  Eric Wrigley (3rd in 8.28) and Clemmie Tierney (6th in 8.46) also represented Lytham well.

A couple of Lytham members travelled to attend a fell race and trail half marathon.

On Friday Greg Oulton travelled to Earby, near Barnoldswick, for the Pinhaw fell race. Five miles with 800 feet of climb. Mainly dry with a few boggy sections Oulton finished in 202nd in 53:23, just a minute slower than last year on tired legs.

On Sunday Greg Oulton travelled up to Sedburgh with Chris Bowker for the Howgills Trail Half Marathon. The toughest race either of them has ever attempted, 13.1 miles up and round The Calf covering road, trail, track, fell, rivers to cross, mud and over 3300 feet to climb. Oulton commented that it was the most scenic race he’s ever entered, even out doing Coniston. Chris finished 78th in 3:01:07 and Greg finished in 148th in 3:38:53