LSARRC News 11th December 2018

A fine performance from the Lytham ladies at the cross country fixture at the weekend.

LSARRC ladies at Hyndburn

Lytham seniors with 14 men and 10 women were out in force at the 3rd Mid Lancs cross country fixture held at Wilson’s playing fields, Hyndburn on Saturday.  In some of the most challenging conditions seen at a Mid Lancs cross country fixture for a couple of years Lytham’s women performed exceptionally well.  First home for Lytham was Liz Abbott completing the 2.9 mile course in 23:15 for 5th place.  Joanna Goorney (10th in 25:20) and Catherine Carrdus (13th in 25.59) brought the A team home in first place and moved them to top of division2.  The B team of Heidi Haigh (82nd in 32:38), Claire Markham (91st in 33:48) and Kirsten Burnett (92nd in 34:06) finished as 25th. Julia Rolfe (97nd in34:24), Als Everest Gillian Oliver (130th in 41:13).  Liz, Joanna and Catherine also finished as first FV 35 team and Joanna, Catherine and Heidi finished as first FV45 team.  The conditions took their toll on Mel Koth who unfortunately badly sprained her ankle and was forced to retire.  The senior men also performed with the A team of Mike Toft (14th in 38:02), Andy Draper 36th in 40:28), Joe Greenwood (5th in 41:41), Neil Tate (62nd in 42:46), Dominic Garrett (73rd in 43:30) and Tom Howarth (88th in 44:29) finished 6th overall and 3rd in division 1.   The B team of Andy Unsworth (98th in 45:12), Paul Veevers (105th in 45:38), Ross McKelvie (147th in 48:59), Chris Bowker (153rd in 49:16), Lee Vaudrey (162nd in 50:10) and Graham Webster (164th in 50:33) ran well to finish 17th overall and 3rd in division 4.  Also running for the senior men were Terry Hellings (166th in 50:39) and Mark Hughes (201st in 54:50).

LSARRC U11 girls at Hyndburn

Lytham St Anne’s RRC juniors were well represented with 13 athletes making the trip.  First event of the day was the under 11 girls 2-kilometre race.  Leoma Gill was first home for Lytham finishing 44th in 10:26 with Clemmie Tierney just 8 seconds behind in 489th place.  Ella Wiseman in her first season with Lytham finished 59th in 11:52 bring the team home in 11th place.  Nine year old Rosa Gill completed the Lytham contingent finishing 61st in 12:32. Lytham were also well represented in the under 11 boys race with just 3 seconds separating Lytham’s first three of Lewis Bentley (32nd , 8:43), Eric Wrigley (33rd , 8:44) and Finlay Hughes (36th 8:46) bringing the team home in 8th position.  Archie Belfield was not far behind in 47th place with a time of 9:12. Lytham’s only representative in the under 13 girls 2.5k race was Sophie Bohannon who ran excellent race to finish 3rd in 10:48 despite having a fall.   The under 13 boys and under 15 girls ran together in the 3k race.  Oliver Thomson finished 31st in the under 13 boys’ race.  In the under 15 girls race Maddy Markham continues to improve with every race finishing 7th in 11:31 with Brogan Murphy also running well to finish 21st in 12:21. Final race of the day including Lytham juniors was the under 15 boys where Ben Gregson finished 35th in 11:30.

LSARRC juniors at the 2.5k junior fun run

Sunday was Lytham’s inaugural 2.5k junior fun run across the Lytham sand dunes and beach.  31 Lytham juniors made up the entire field.  Despite a very tough cross country race the day before Sophie Bohannon led from the start finishing in a time of 10:25. In a close race for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Adam Holton (10:51) just got the better of Charlotte Corrigan (10:52) and Ben Gregson (10:54).  Also running were Jayden Richardson (5th, 11:03), Oliver Thomson (6th, 11:07), Finlay Hughes (7th, 11:09), Eric Wrigley (8th, 11:27), Lewis Bentley (9th, 11:37), Archie Belfield (10th, 11:43), Matthew Holton (11th, 11:48), Morgan Pritchard (12th, 11:59), Clemmie Tierney(13th, 12:27), Max Walker(14th, 12:53), Eleanor Francis(15th,13:06), Lucy Bohannon (16th, 13:06), Leoma Gill (17th, 13:13), Freddie Markham (18th, 13:44), Kiefer Richardson (19th, 14:42), Ella Wiseman(20th, 15:10), Nathaniel Francis (21st, 15:22), Curtis Da Volis(22nd, 15:49), Emily Wrigley (23rd, 16:00), Rosa Gill (24th, 16:05), Lewis Ames (25th, 16:26), Emilie Bielec (26th, 17:12), Olivia Bielec (27th, 17:12), Oliver Cranston (28th, 18:57), James McAfee (29th, 20:27), Joshua McAfee (30th, 21:24), Matilda Law (31st, 22:02). 

Sunday also saw Twelve Lytham athletes made the trip to Longridge for the 35th Longridge Christmas Pudding 7 mile race around the Longridge country lanes. The race included some tough climbs including the infamous Jeffery Hill, but the clear weather made for some spectacular views and every finisher received a Christmas pudding for their efforts...  First two home for Lytham were MV65 Terry Hellings in a rare victory over team mate and fellow MV65 Graham Webster.  Terry finished in a time of 53:49 for 72nd place from 411 finishers picking up the prize for first MV65 with Graham Webster 2nd MV 65 and 78th overall in a time of 54:21.  Michelle Chadwick in her first race back after injury and Jennifer Hill kept each other company throughout the race finishing 133rd and 134th in times of 59:33 and 59:34 respectively.  Also flying the Lytham flag were Kathy Gaunt 168th in 61:33, Peter Reid 178th 62:14, Matthew Hill 195th in 63:59, Jason Sheridan 237th in 66:42, Greg Oulton 307th in 72:05, Julie Wiseman 333rd in 74:38, Sylvia Gittins 157th and 2nd FV70 in 75:05 and Michelle Sheridan 394th in 87:06.

Joanna Goorney at Mytholmroyd Fell Race (courtesy of woodentops.org.uk)

Sunday also saw, Joanna Goorney competing at the Mytholmroyd Fell Race in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. This excellent fell race covers a distance of just over 6 miles with 1600 feet of ascent.  It was a beautiful cold winter's morning although the previous week's rain enusred plenty of very wet ground.  Joanna finished 50th overall, 4th female and 1st vet 40 in a time of 1:04:23.

With Lytham parkrun not taking place and the cross-country fixture on at the weekend not as many Lytham members completed parkruns, however a few did. Darran Ames was 5th at the Blackpool parkrun in a time of 21:17, Susan Samme managed 22:04 for 13th, Graham Webster ran 22:34 for 16th and Sue Henry 32:54 for 114th.
Neil Bayntun-Roberts f Lytham was a tourist at the Bradford parkrun completing the course in 21:38 for 23rd.  At he Coventry parkrun Alistair Leivers ran 19:22 for 13th.