LSARRC News 24th July 2018

LSARRC celebrates its 20th anniversary with a club record for Heidi Haigh and a second place in the Salwick Marathon.

Lytham St Anne’s Road Runners Club was founded in 1998 by Bryan Grundy so this year the club is celebrating its 20th anniversary. To mark 20 years of the senior section the club held a “Green Tie Ball” at Fylde Rugby Club on Friday night.

The green theme was eagerly embraced with many guests sporting items of green clothing. Seventy current and former members were serenaded by a solo guitarist during their three-course meal, which was followed by a DJ and enthusiastic dancing.

There was a ting of sadness to the evening as Bryan’s wife, Joyce, who did so much to help make the club what it is today, passed away earlier in the year. Bryan, now the club’s president spoke a few words before the meal about the early days, and a toast was proposed to Bryan, Joyce and the club.  This was the best social ever held in the 20-year history of the club.

On Friday 20th July Neil Tate attended the 7-day running festival in Salwick and opted to complete the Scorcher Marathon.  A six-lap undulating course around Salwick saw Tate lead for most of the race but was overtaken on the last lap to finish an impressive second.  This was Tate’s second marathon which he completed in 3:17:00.

Recently Heidi Haigh (v45) managed to acquire a new club record for completing the Lakeland Trials Ultra 55K (34’4 miles, 7,000 feet) in 9:27:08.

As usual lots of club members participated in parkruns around the country on Saturday, and several juniors attended the 2k junior parkrun on Sunday.  At Lytham the first 2 spots went to Joe Greenwood and Andy Unsworth, and Joanna Goorney was the first female, with Maddy Markham 3rd.

Full Results: Joe Greenwood 17:30 (1), Andy Unsworth 18:13 (2), Alex Tate 18:47 (5), Andrew Draper 18:59 (6), Joanna Goorney 20:16 (11), Alistair Leivers 20:35(13), Neil Bayntun-Roberts 20:40, Darran Ames 20:58 (17th), Maddy Markham 21:44 (25th), Jennifer Hill 21:49 (26th),
Gill Draper 22:33 (33rd), Kev Murray 23:17 (39th), Kathy Gaunt 24:14 (51st), G Browne 24:15 (52nd), Jacqui Murray 27:49 (101st), Julie Wiseman 30:08 (132nd), Ruth Bye 30:22 (135th), Sarah Bagshaw 32:50 (149th), Michelle Sheridan 33:13 (152nd), Jeremy McCandless 34:12 (154th) and Neil Tate 47:57 (180th).

Felicity Wolohan was 2nd female at the Penryn parkrun in 21:13, Lorna Jayne Cragg opted for the Preston parkrun and managed the course in 31:36.  Slightly further a field Ian Tate completed the Warrington parkrun in 21:41 whilst Stephen Tate attended the Burnley parkrun and finished in 25:39.  At the Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun Bob Clough ran 33:02 and John Bertenshaw came 16th at the Blackpool parkrun in 22:46.

On Sunday Jayden Richardson was first hoe at the junior parkrun in 7:47.  James McAfee finished his first parkrun in 15:09 and his brother Joshua finished in 16:50.