LSARRC News 26th February 2019

Graham Webster shines at the English Masters AC indoor athletic championships and Terry Hellings runs an impressive 10K at Oulton Park.

LSARRC at Stanley Park 10k

The English Masters AC held their inter area indoor athletic championships at Lee Valley Athletic Centre, London this weekend. This event attracts some of the best veteran athletes (anyone over 35) in England.  Lytham's Graham Webster was representing Northern Masters AC.  Webster's first race was the M60 800m where he finished 5th in a time of 2;42.92.  Webster also competed in the M60 3000m where he finished 11th in a time of 12:02.71

Also, over the weekend Terry Hellings and Greg Oulton made their way through the fog to Oulton Park in Cheshire to run around the motorcycling race track.

Terry chose the 10k, finishing in 44:37, just 7 seconds outside club diamond standard for a Vet 65. He was first V60+, finishing 26th overall.

Greg Oulton on home turf!

Greg Oulton chose the half marathon, finishing 180th in 1:58:30, his fastest time since setting a pb back in April 2015 and his 3rd fastest time ever.

Running around the 2.2m track, Terry had to complete just under 3 laps and Greg had to complete 6. With heavy fog clouding the ground the entire race it was impossible to gauge where you were on the course, see most of the other runners or take in any scenery, but it did mean the damp air kept them cool and there was no sun beating down to sap their energy. A slightly lumpy course, there was a short, sharp shock of a killer climb right at the end of each lap to slow them, with plenty other climbs elsewhere.

As usual several club runners attended parkruns. The Cuerden Valley parkrun was attended by Julie Wiseman, Sue Henry and Michelle Sheridan who all ran well.  At the knocknacarra parkrun G Browne tan 25:36.   At the Lytham parkrun Paul Veevers impressed coming 1st in a time of 18:04, with Andrew Draper in 3rd in 18:48.  Michelle Hook was 2nd female in 20:42, and Darran Ames finished the course in 21:10 for 15th.  Kev Murray was 38th in 23:12, other runners included, Jennifer Hill 23:50, Jason Sheridan 24:02, Adrian Sargent 26:21, Kirsten Burnett 28:18, Bob Clough 28:30, Susan Hawitt 28:52, Claire England 28:53, Pamela Binns 29:04, Sylvia Gittins 30:13, Graham Young 32:44 and Jeremy McCandless 34:54

Junior News

In excellent running conditions six junior athletes from Lytham St Anne’s RRC made their way to Lytham Hall for the Lytham parkrun on Saturday.  Fifteen-year-old Maddy Markham ran excellently and was first of the Lytham juniors home finishing in a time of 20:16 to take 10th place overall from 255 runners and 1st female.  Ben Gregson was next of the Lytham juniors finishing 1st in his JM11-15 category and 22nd overall in a time of 22:10 just out sprinting team mate Morgan Pritchard who finished 1 second behind in a time of 22:11 for 23rd place overall.  Oliver Thomson was next home in 26th place in a time of 22:18.  At the age of just 10 Eric Wrigley was taking part in his 50th parkrun and ran well to finish 39th in a time of 23:20.  11 year old Clemmie Tierney continued her good recent form to achieve her second personal best time in 4 weeks finishing in 25:34 for 79th place and 2nd in her age category of JW11-14.

 

 Sunday’s junior parkrun on Park View saw 7 Lytham juniors take part.  10-year-old Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham juniors finishing 2nd overall in 7:39 for the 2k run.  Oliver Thomson in his second parkrun of the weekend was next home for Lytham in a new personal best time of 8:18 for 3rd place overall.  Next home for Lytham was Archie Belfield finishing 7th in a time of 8:39 with Joe Alker 9th in 8:47.  Freddie Markham finished in a time of 9:54 for 20th position.  Evie Alker ran well for a new personal best time of 11:00 for 31st place with James McAfee the last of the Lytham contingent finishing 60th in 12:49.

LSARRC News 19th February 2019

Hellings and Webster achieve diamond standard times at Lancaster, and Pamela Hardman sets a new club record in Blackpool

On Friday 15th February Lytham St Anne’s RRC athletes Ross McKelvie, Graham Webster and Terry Hellings made their way to Lancaster for The Power of 5k races.  The races are held on a fast, flat course on the cycle track at Salt Ayre.  Ross McKelvie ran in the first race for athletes running under 20 minutes for the distance.  In a very competitive race Ross finished in 13th place with a personal best time of 17:11.  Webster and Hellings competed in the open race and both ran well to finish 7th and 9th overall and taking 1st and 2nd in the MV65 category with times of 21:00 and 21:29 respectively and both achieving club diamond standard times.

LSARRC at the GNW Half Marathon

Lots of Lytham Runners completed the GNW half marathon on Sunday 17th February on a very windy and cold day in Blackpool. It’s was their 30th Anniversary so a very nice medal and t-shirt was given to all runners for battling to the end.  Mike Toft was 3rd finisher, and first home for the club in 1:14:05:33.  Another highlight was Pamela Hardman winning the  FV60 category with a new club record for the half marathon Ladies VET 60-65, and Sue Hawitt also running a personal best time.

Several LSARRC ran the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday.  First home was Andy Unsworth in 18:34 for 3rd.  Andrew Draper finished in just over 19 minutes for 6th.  Joanna Goorney was the first female home in 19:59 and Darran Ames was 13th in 21:07.  Graham Webster managed 21:08 for 14th and Jennifer Hill and Catherine Carrdus finished 5th and 6th female followed closely by Barbara Holmes who was 7th female in 21:28.  Other runners included Terry Hellings (22:10), John Bertenshaw (23:43), Kev Murray (23:52), Claire Markham (24:03), Gavin Stanfield (24:40), Greg Oulton (27:34), Jacqui Murray (27:48), Jason Sheridan (27:58), Bob Clough (28:24), Maria Tierney (28:27), Rebecca Willetts (29:29), Julie Wiseman (30:08), Sue Henry (30:16), Graham Young (31:57), Jeremy McCandless (34:10), Ruth Bye (38:01).  Mark Hughes of Lytham also completed the Cuerden Valley parkrun.

Junior news
With no races this weekend Lytham St Anne’s RRC juniors were out in force at parkrun.  First home for Lytham juniors at Lytham Hall parkrun was Maddy Markham finishing 12th overall and 1st in her JW15-17 age category in a time of 21:05.  Morgan Pritchard was not far behind in 21:08 (15th and 1st in his JM11-14 age group).  Ben Gregson took 17th position and 2nd JM15-17 in a time of 21:18.  Oliver Thomson ran a personal best time of 21:25 reducing his previous best by 11 seconds to take 23rd position and 2nd JM11-14 just getting the better of Brogan Murphy (24th in 21:26).  10-year-old Eric Wrigley ran his fastest time for 6 months to finish 40th and 1st JM10 in a time of 23:09.  Clemmie Tierney ran her 2nd quickest time to finish 105th in 25:57 and 2nd JW11-14.  Last of the Lytham junior’s contingent was 10-year-old Ella Wiseman finishing 243rd in a time of 36:16.
 
Finlay Hughes was Lytham’s only junior representative at the tough Cuerden Valley parkrun finishing 119th in 30:24.

At Park View junior parkrun on Sunday, Jayden Richardson was back to winning ways finishing 1st for the 5th time in 6 weeks in a time of 7:45.  Finlay Hughes and Eric Wrigley both having completed a parkrun the previous day finished 3rd and 4th in 8:25 and 8:29 respectively.  Archie Belfield was next home for Lytham finishing 6th in 8:32.  Freddie Markham finished 21st in 9:52 with brothers James McAfee 44th in 12:12 and Joshua McAfee 58th in a new personal best time of 13:09.  Final finisher for Lytham was Sophie Tate 61st in 13:42.

LSARRC News 12th February 2019

Liz Abbott of Lytham shines at Leigh.

 This weekend it was the 5th fixture in the Mid Lancs Cross Country league held at Leigh Sports Village, Liz Abbott led the way for the ladies’ team.

The ladies’ cross-country team has been performing very strongly so far this season, with only one more event remaining at Cuerden valley. The course at Leigh sports village was relatively flat with a few gravel/mud paths and running around a grassy sports field. The weather was mild, so not too many challenges compared with the usual cross-country events.

Liz Abbott running superbly came in as first lady and first L35. A comment overheard from the side lines was, “Who is that runner?”

The ladies who took part; Liz Abbott, Cath Carrdus, Claire Markham, Pam Hardman, Julia Rolfe, Julie Wiseman, Debbie Francis and Michelle Sheridan.

Team results were 6th positions for the ladies’ team, consisting of Abbott, Carrdus and Markham.  2nd position for the LV 35 team, 3rd position for the LV 45 team and 4th position for the LV 55 team.
There were a couple of newcomers to the event Julie Wiseman and Michelle Sheridan, both seemed to enjoy taking part for their first ever cross country and hopefully they will come back for more.
With only one event remaining our standings in the league are as follows:
Division 2- 2nd place team, separated by 1 point.
Overall LV35 1st team, LV45 1st place team.

The Senior men’s team finished 6th overall, the team consisted of, Mike Toft (10th), Thomas Howarth (53rd), Joe Greenwood (63rd), Paul Veevers (66th), Johnathon Tuck (68th) and Dominic Garett (71st).   The second team came 27th overall and consisted of Ross McKelvie (117th), Graham Webster (162nd), Chris Bowler (171st), Terry Hellings (172nd), John Bertenshaw ( 226th) and Jason Sheridan (230th).   In the V60 category the men’s team finished 4th with Graham Webster coming (8th), Terry Hellings (9th) and John Bertenshaw (24th).

The wind was at its strongest when five junior Lytham athletes lined up for the first event of the day, the 2.3k under 11 girls’ race.  In a close finish the first three home for Lytham finished within 3 seconds of each other with Ellie Francis (42nd in 9:42) just getting the better of Isabel Tuck (45th in 9:43) and Clemmie Tierney (46th in 9:46).  Also competing for Lytham in the under 11s were Rose McIntyre (67th in 10:42) making her first competitive appearance in a Lytham vest with Rosa Gill (78th in 12:16) completing the Lytham contingent and bringing the team home in 12th place. 

The under 11 boys were next where the Lytham team of Lewis Bentley (26th in 8:40), Eric Wrigley (39th in 8:53) and Archie Belfield (51st in 9:14) all ran well to finish as 9th team.  In a competitive under 13 girls race Sophie Bohannon, despite just recovering from a chest infection ran well to finish in a time of 8:03 taking 7th place.  Lytham had two representatives in the under 15 girls race with Maddy Markham first home in 15th place in a time of 10:37 and the improving Brogan Murphy just 15 seconds behind and  17th in 10:52. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson was the final Lytham junior to compete finishing 32nd in 11:00 for the 3k race.

Twelve-year-old Morgan Pritchard was Lytham’s only junior at Blackpool parkrun finishing 55th in 24:40 in his 90th parkrun.

Parkruns
At the Stanley Park, parkrun on Saturday 9th February 7 Lytham members completed the course.  Susan Samme was the first female to finish, 9th overall in 20:38.  Other finishers from Lytham were Darran Ames, Graham Webster, James Buckley, Gavin Stansfield, Morgan Pritchard and Sue Henry. Kirsten Burnett attended the Hyndburn parkrun and Jennifer Hill attended the Victoria Dock parkrun.

In Sunday’s junior parkrun Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham finishing 2nd overall in 8:01.  Archie Belfield in his second race of the weekend finished 4th in 8:28 with Max Walker not far behind and 5th in 8:30 improving his personal best by 21 seconds.  Also representing Lytham were James McAfee (41st in 12:18), Sophie Tate (52nd in 13:35) and Joshua McAfee (55th in 13:47).

LSARRC News 5th February 2019

Due to the weather Lytham Parkrun was not on this weekend, although this didn’t stop Lytham Road Runners from running over the weekend. Liz Abbott was the first female back for the Blackpool parkrun in 17:44. Andrew Draper was third in 17:59, Jennifer Hill in 22:04, Neil Tate in 22:35 and James Buckley in 22:44. Morgan Pritchard was next back in 23:08, Claire Markham in 24:01, Jason Sheridan in 26:52, Michelle Sheridan in 34:26 and Sue Henry in 40:04.

Lytham St Annes RRC athletes Ross McKelvie, Pam Hardman and Terry Hellings made their way to Lancaster on Saturday to represent Lytham in the 3-1-5 Winter 5k. The course is a fast, flat out and back course run on a cycle path following the river Lune. First home for Lytham was Ross McKelvie running well to take 6th place in a time of 17:44. Terry Hellings finished in 19th overall and 1st in his MV65 age category with Pam Hardman taking 24th place in a time of 24:26 and also finishing 1st in her FV60 age category.

A record five junior athletes from Lytham St Annes RRC were selected to represent Fylde in the Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships held at Witton Park, Blackburn on Saturday February 2nd.

In the junior girls race for years 8 and 9 Sophie Bohannon ran well to finish 6th overall, first home for Fylde and 1st of the year 8 girls to earn herself selection to represent Lancashire Schools in the English Schools Cross Country Championships.  Brogan Murphy also ran in the junior girls’ race finishing 30th in 15:27 and fourth home for Fylde and helping them into 5th place.

In the Intermediate girls race Maddy Markham was second home for Fylde and finished strongly to take 11th place overall in 16:15 earning a reserve spot for the Lancashire team in the National finals.  Lytham had two representatives in the year 7 boys race with Charlie Ormerod third home for Fylde finishing 27th overall in 9:06 and helping Fylde into fourth place.  Oliver Thomson was not far behind finishing 55th in 9:37.

Fifteen junior Lytham athletes returned to Witton Park on Sunday for the Blackburn Winter Warmer 2k Fun Run.  Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham in a time of 8:14 and 2nd place in the 8-10 age category. Finlay Hughes 14th in 8:29 and Max Walker 19th in 8:47 were next home for Lytham taking 4th and 6th in the 8-10 age category.  Lewis Bentley just out sprinted Archie Belfield to finish 20th in 8:47 with Archie 22nd in 8:51.  Eric Wrigley completed the Lytham boys contingent finishing 25th in 9:08.  Clemmie Tierney was the first of the Lytham junior girls finishing 35th overall in 9:29. Also competing for Lytham were Leoma Gill (56th in 10.23), Ella Wiseman (65th in 10:52), Kiefer Richardson (94th in 11:42) and Rosa Gill (97th in 12:06).

Just 3 Lytham athletes ran the Park View junior parkrun with new member Freddie Markham first home for Lytham in 5th place and a new personal best time of 9:02.  Joshua McAfee and Sophie Tate finished 45th and 46th in 15:38 and 15:41 respectively.