Silver double for talented youngster Rebecca Fisher at the English Schools AA cup
Rebecca Fisher continued her recent good form when competing for her school, Kirkham Grammar in the North West regional finals of the English Schools AA Cup. Fisher improved her personal best of 13.35s in the 75m hurdles by nearly half a second finishing 2nd overall in a time of 12.9s. Fisher also took 2nd place in the discus with a distance of 19.17m. Her school finished 1st in the junior category qualifying for the final in Chelmsford on 9th July. With no Lytham parkrun this week 2 Lytham juniors made their way to Stanley Park to take part in the Blackpool parkrun. 12-year-old Oliver Thomson running his first Blackpool parkrun finished in an impressive time of 20:43 for 9th place overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age category. 15-year-old Maddy Markham, returning from injury, ran well to finish 24th in 22:15 and first in her JW11-15 age category.
Sunday saw 7 Lytham juniors take part in the Park View junior parkrun. Jayden Richardson finished 1st for the 7th consecutive week in a time of 7:30. Joe Alker ran a personal best time of 8:05 to take 3rd place. Next home for Lytham were Finlay Hughes (4th in 8:20) and Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:35). Freddie Markham (9th in 8:52) and James McAfee (27th in 10:40) both ran personal best times. Evie Alker also represented Lytham finishing 30th in a time of 11:06.
At the weekend Lytham parkrun didn’t take place because of club day but several senior club runners ran the Blackpool parkrun. Kev Murray was first home, coming 32nd in 22:58, followed by G Browne in 23:14 for 36th. Claire Markham (24:54), Peter Thomson (26:52), Jen Trohear (27:02), Rebecca Willetts (27:57), Pamela Binns (28:58), and Sylvia Gittins (30:17).
The Fleetwood Promenade parkrun was attended by Graham Webster who was 8th overall in 21:12 and Stephen Wise of Lytham who finished in 23:14. At the Storthes Hall parkrun Joanna Goorney was first female in a great time of 23:07. The Morecambe parkrun was attended by 5 Lytham ladies, Susan Hawitt, Claire England, Micelle Sheridan, Julie Wiseman and Sue Henry.
Gavin Stansfield attended the Harrogate parkrun and Gill Draper was 6th female to finish the Cheltenham parkrun.
The previous weekend Claire Markham completed the Freckleton half marathon in just over 2 hours, her first half marathon in over 13 years.
Maddy and Freddie Markham ran in the Freckleton fun run, Maddy was first female.
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Saturday, 22 June 2019
LSARRC News 18th June 2019
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| 2019 Welsh Castles Relay Team |
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| Catherine Carrdus |
The best result for Lytham came from Catherine Carrdus who won the 1st Lady prize on Stage 4, the 9.5-mile route from Maentwrog to Harlech Castle. Her time of 1:00:37 smashed the previous club record for the stage. Tom Howarth also had a great run on the 12.9-mile-long stage 15, from Epynt Visitor Centre to Brecon, to finish in 12th place overall.
The team finished 52nd out of 64 teams in the overall competition and 37th of 41 teams in the Open category. However, their total time to Cardiff of 26 hours 20 minutes and 3 seconds was 6 minutes faster than last year when the team finished in 40th position overall. This reflects how good the standard was this year with many teams taking some strong squads. All the Lytham team should be very proud of their hard efforts.
The full LSARRC team for 2019 was made up of:
Graham Webster, Terry Hellings, Claire Markham, Tom Howarth, Catherine Carrdus, Dave Dunn, Chris Bowker, Jonathan Tuck, John Bertenshaw, Sue Hawitt, Pam Hardman, Dominic Garrett, Willie Richmond, Paul Veevers, Ian Tate, Kirsten Burnett, Richard Storey, Ross McKelvie, Greg Oulton, Neil Tate.
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| Lytham runners at the Preston Inter Club |
On the 12.06.19 LSARRC attended the Preston interclub event. It was a typical wet June evening 41 Lytham Road Runners turned up to represent their club at the Preston Interclub. Excellent performances from each and every individual ensured that Lytham finished the evening a superb 1st Overall in the Open Category (Toft, Greenwood, Abbott, Howarth, Leivers, A.Draper, Garrett, Carrdus, Tuck and O.McIntyre); 2nd in the Female Vet 40 category (Carrdus, Koth, Cox, K.McIntyre and Hawitt); 3rd in the Ladies (Abbott, Carrdus, Koth, Cox and G. Draper); 3rd in the Veterans (Abbott, Carrdus, Tuck, Tate, Koth and Webster); 3rd in the Vet 60 category (Webster, Bertenshaw and Clough) and 5th in the Vet 50 category (Webster, Bertenshaw, Hawitt and Gaunt).
The range of results and scorers across the categories demonstrated that the club has a broad depth of talent, dedication, experience and potential across their senior and junior (age 15+) members. Other than the team as a whole, the most notable performance from the evening was from junior runner Oliver McIntyre (pictured, courtesy of David Wood), who at 15 years (and 4 days!) had only just become eligible to run in the Interclub Series. He finished 45th overall out of a total of 339 runners and was a point’s scorer in the Open Category (see junior news).
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| LSARRC at Freckleton Half Marathon |
Also, over the weekend 19 Lytham runners ran the Freckleton half marathon on 16th June. First home for Lytham was Thomas Howarth in 1:25:03 for 13th place. Next to finish was Neil Tate in 1:31:54 for 57th. Dominic Garett ran the course in a pb of 1:32:30 for 58th. Paul Veevers finished the course in 1:33:34 for 62nd. Other finishers were: Mark Selby, Neil Baynton Roberts, Darran Ames, Lewis McAfee, Kev Murray, Chris Bowker, James Buckley, Derek Appleton, Pamela Hardman, Victoria Richardson (pb 2:07:31), Bob Clough, Johnny Wild and Ruth Bye.
Parkrun news
At the Lytham Hall parkrun Alistair Leivers was the first senior to finish the course, coming 2nd overall, and Jennifer Hill was the first senior woman finishing in 23:05.Full Results: Alistair Leivers 19:58 (2nd), Graham Webster 21:13 (5th), Darran Ames 22:37 (20th), Jennifer Hill 23:05 (29th), Kev Murray 23:32 (36th), Susan Hawitt 24:58 (60th), Jason Sheridan 25:11 (63rd), Peter Thomson 26:37 (96th), Adrian Sargent 26:43 (97th), Greg Oulton 27:58 (121st), Jeremy McCandless 30:00 (162nd), Gillian Oliver 30:21 (173rd), and Sylvia Gittins 30:30
Rebecca Willetts ran the Blackpool parkrun, Julie Wiseman ran the Northwich parkrun and John Bertenshawe was at Hyde parkrun.
Junior news
Three Lytham juniors took part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun on Saturday with 12 year old Oliver Thomson running well to finish 3rd overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age category in an excellent time of 20:28. Clemmie Tierney was next home for Lytham junior athletes finishing 87th overall and 1st in her JW11-14 age category in a time of 26:09. James McAfee ran a personal best time of 30:25 to finish 2nd in his JM10 age category.
Lytham athletes took the first 2 places at Park View Junior parkrun with Jayden Richardson finishing 1st for the 6th consecutive time in a time of 7:32 and Joe Alker 2nd in 8:08. Also representing Lytham was Evie Alker who ran a personal best time of 10:26 to finish in 16th position.
Lytham juniors were out in force for the 2-mile fun run attached to Sunday’s Freckleton Half Marathon. No official results are published but Jayden Richardson in his second run of the day finished 4th with Maddy Markham returning from injury 5th and 1st female. Also running for Lytham were Brogane Murphy, Eric Wrigley, Archie Belfield, Freddie Markham, Rebecca Tate and Emily Wrigley.
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
LSARRC News 11th June 2019
At the weekend, the Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management Jersey Half Marathon took place which is a scenic, fast point to point road race which attracts around 500 runners. Pamela Binns ran the 1/2 marathon course on 9th June in an impressive 2:21:49 winning 1st prize for the category FV 70+.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Alistair Leivers was first home for Lytham, coming 3rd overall in a time of 18:38. Next was Mark Selby in 19:54 for 6th overall. James Buckley ran the course in 22 minutes for 22nd, Kev Murray was 34th with a time of 23:10. Other results: G Browne 23:39 (42nd), Gill Draper 23:46 (4th female, 44th overall), Rebecca Willetts 27:09 (11th female, 87th overall), Karen Lanigan 28:58 (21st female, 111th overall), Laura Byrne 29:17 (25th female, 117th overall), Sylvia Gittins 30:09 (31st female, 124th overall), Julie Wiseman 30:41 (38th female, 133rd overall), Sue Henry 31:27 (44th female, 144th overall), Robert Parker 32:56 (155th), Michelle Sheridan 34:39 (55th female, 165th overall), and Sarah Bagshaw 39:39 (66th female, 182nd overall). Stephen Wise ran the Greenpoint parkrun in 23:53.
Junior News
The Lancashire Schools Athletic Association Track and Fled Championships took place at Stanley Park over the weekend of 8th and 9th of June and 3 Lytham athletes were selected to represent Fylde. In conditions not conducive to discus throwing Lytham’s under1 5 girl Rebecca Fisher competed well with a best distance of 19:45 to take 4th place. Brogan Murphy ran a seasons best of 2m 43.9s in the under 15 girls 800m to take 12th place. Sophie Bohannon was one of the youngest competitors in the under 15 girls 1500m and ran well to stay with the leading group to eventually finish 5th in a competitive race from a field of 15.
Just 3 Lytham junior athletes took part in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. First home for Lytham junior athletes was Oliver McIntyre who, in appalling running conditions, finished 4th overall and comfortably 1st in his JM11-14 age group in an excellent time of 19:38. Ben Gregson finished 9th overall and also 1st in his JM15-17 age group in a time of 21:38. Regular park runner Morgan Pritchard completed his 102nd parkrun at just 13 years old finishing in 22:41 for 26th place.
8 of Lytham’s junior athletes ran the Park View junior parkrun with Jayden Richardson finishing 1st in 7:29 and Finlay Hughes 2nd in a new personal best time of 7:48. Also running a personal best time of 8:07 and finishing 4th was Joe Alker. Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (7th in 8:34), Freddie Markham (9:05), Evie Alker (27th in 10:47), James McAfee (personal best of 11:14 for 32nd place) and Joshua McAfee (62nd in 12:58).
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Alistair Leivers was first home for Lytham, coming 3rd overall in a time of 18:38. Next was Mark Selby in 19:54 for 6th overall. James Buckley ran the course in 22 minutes for 22nd, Kev Murray was 34th with a time of 23:10. Other results: G Browne 23:39 (42nd), Gill Draper 23:46 (4th female, 44th overall), Rebecca Willetts 27:09 (11th female, 87th overall), Karen Lanigan 28:58 (21st female, 111th overall), Laura Byrne 29:17 (25th female, 117th overall), Sylvia Gittins 30:09 (31st female, 124th overall), Julie Wiseman 30:41 (38th female, 133rd overall), Sue Henry 31:27 (44th female, 144th overall), Robert Parker 32:56 (155th), Michelle Sheridan 34:39 (55th female, 165th overall), and Sarah Bagshaw 39:39 (66th female, 182nd overall). Stephen Wise ran the Greenpoint parkrun in 23:53.
Junior News
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| Start of Park View junior parkrun |
Friday, 7 June 2019
LSARRC News 4th June 2019
Melanie Koth completes challenging triathlon
On Sunday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed her first ever EpicMan Windermere Middle Distance Triathlon.
It included a 1.2Mile swim in lake Windermere, a 56Mile bike ride and finishes with a half marathon.
There was beautiful sunshine in the morning (7am) for the start of the swim. Koth explained that all the competitors got split up in to 3 waves. The lake was calm, and we had to swim a single lap around the lake. As soon the swim was finished, we had to cycle mostly in rain a brutal but scenic route. There were hills after hills, and they were unbelievable steep. To finish off we had to run the half marathon in a mixture of cross country and trail.
Koth had a good race, even she had bad cramp on her right calf after the swim. The bike was tough, and Koth said her legs were shuttered after the 2 laps. The run took competitors through a twisty forest with lots of ups and downs with some very muddy fields to battle. It was 4 laps and the spectators and Marshalls were brilliant and very encouraging. Koth managed to finish as 9th lady out of 40, 2nd vet40 and 118th overall out of 234 finishers.
Also, on Sunday Sylvia Gittins ran the Morecambe 10K in a fantastic time of 01:00:12. With regards to parkrun, not as many club runners took part as the local Lytham Hall parkrun was cancelled. Gerry Browne of Lytham, and several others did complete the Blackpool parkrun, with Browne first to finish in 22:55 for 23rd. Anther highlight was Johnathon Tuck who completed the Preston parkrun in 18:49.
Junior news
A busy week for Rebecca Fisher started at Trafford open meeting on bank holiday Monday with 3 personal best performances of 13.35 in the 75m hurdles, 22.62m and a silver medal in the discus and 7.71m in the shot. Younger sister Charlotte also ran a personal best of 14.42 in the 70m hurdles. Rebecca went on to compete in the Wyre and Fylde HS Combined Events Championships on Wednesday taking first place in the 75m hurdles, high jump and discus and finishing 2nd overall.
Saturday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes compete at the 3rd fixture of the Mid Lancs Track and field league at the UCLAN sports arena, Preston. In her 3rd competition of the week Rebecca Fisher competed in 3 events and was top scorer for Lytham finishing 1st in division 2 in the shot with a personal best of 7.78m and first in the discus with a best throw of 21.14m. Fisher went on to finish 2nd in division 2 in the 75m hurdles in a time of 13.5s picking up a total of 19 points. Younger sister Charlotte finished 3rd in division 2 in the 70m hurdles in 15.3s. Under 13 girls Amara Thorpe and Clemmie Tierney both competed in the first event of the day, the 100m finishing in 15.4s and 16.0s respectively. Thorpe and Tierney both went on to compete in the long jump with Thorpe finishing 9th from 34 with a seasons best of 3.53m and Tierney clearing 3.36m. In the 200m Thorpe and Tierney finished in 32.2s (seasons best) and 33.7s respectively. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson finished 2nd in division 2 in the 1500m in a time of 5m 32.2s.
5 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun on Sunday. First home for Lytham and 3rd overall was Eric Wrigley in a time of 8.16 just getting the better of team mate Archie Belfield (4th in 8:18). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:56), Joe Alker (13th in 10:02) and Evie Alker (20th in 10:55).
On Sunday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed her first ever EpicMan Windermere Middle Distance Triathlon.
It included a 1.2Mile swim in lake Windermere, a 56Mile bike ride and finishes with a half marathon.
There was beautiful sunshine in the morning (7am) for the start of the swim. Koth explained that all the competitors got split up in to 3 waves. The lake was calm, and we had to swim a single lap around the lake. As soon the swim was finished, we had to cycle mostly in rain a brutal but scenic route. There were hills after hills, and they were unbelievable steep. To finish off we had to run the half marathon in a mixture of cross country and trail.
Koth had a good race, even she had bad cramp on her right calf after the swim. The bike was tough, and Koth said her legs were shuttered after the 2 laps. The run took competitors through a twisty forest with lots of ups and downs with some very muddy fields to battle. It was 4 laps and the spectators and Marshalls were brilliant and very encouraging. Koth managed to finish as 9th lady out of 40, 2nd vet40 and 118th overall out of 234 finishers.
Also, on Sunday Sylvia Gittins ran the Morecambe 10K in a fantastic time of 01:00:12. With regards to parkrun, not as many club runners took part as the local Lytham Hall parkrun was cancelled. Gerry Browne of Lytham, and several others did complete the Blackpool parkrun, with Browne first to finish in 22:55 for 23rd. Anther highlight was Johnathon Tuck who completed the Preston parkrun in 18:49.
Junior news
A busy week for Rebecca Fisher started at Trafford open meeting on bank holiday Monday with 3 personal best performances of 13.35 in the 75m hurdles, 22.62m and a silver medal in the discus and 7.71m in the shot. Younger sister Charlotte also ran a personal best of 14.42 in the 70m hurdles. Rebecca went on to compete in the Wyre and Fylde HS Combined Events Championships on Wednesday taking first place in the 75m hurdles, high jump and discus and finishing 2nd overall.
Saturday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes compete at the 3rd fixture of the Mid Lancs Track and field league at the UCLAN sports arena, Preston. In her 3rd competition of the week Rebecca Fisher competed in 3 events and was top scorer for Lytham finishing 1st in division 2 in the shot with a personal best of 7.78m and first in the discus with a best throw of 21.14m. Fisher went on to finish 2nd in division 2 in the 75m hurdles in a time of 13.5s picking up a total of 19 points. Younger sister Charlotte finished 3rd in division 2 in the 70m hurdles in 15.3s. Under 13 girls Amara Thorpe and Clemmie Tierney both competed in the first event of the day, the 100m finishing in 15.4s and 16.0s respectively. Thorpe and Tierney both went on to compete in the long jump with Thorpe finishing 9th from 34 with a seasons best of 3.53m and Tierney clearing 3.36m. In the 200m Thorpe and Tierney finished in 32.2s (seasons best) and 33.7s respectively. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson finished 2nd in division 2 in the 1500m in a time of 5m 32.2s.
5 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun on Sunday. First home for Lytham and 3rd overall was Eric Wrigley in a time of 8.16 just getting the better of team mate Archie Belfield (4th in 8:18). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:56), Joe Alker (13th in 10:02) and Evie Alker (20th in 10:55).
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