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| Start of the Green Drive 5 |
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| Claire Markham |
Sunday was Lytham St Annes RRC’s main event of the year – The Green Drive 5, a 5 mile road race starting and finishing in the attractive Green Drive enhanced by the autumnal colours. This was the 20th running of the race, the 15th consecutive year the race has been awarded the privilege of hosting the Lancashire Championships and was again a sell-out. The main event is preceded by the Green Drive mile which takes place on an out and back course entirely within Green Drive. Lytham were well represented in both races.
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| Sarah Bagshaw |
In ideal running conditions Lytham’s women performed particularly well in the 5 mile race with Michelle Chadwick (45th in 32:38), Felicity Wolohan (62nd in 34:21) and Barbara Holmes (72nd in 36:05) finishing as 1st team and Lancashire Champions. Chadwick also picked up the Lancashire bronze medal finishing as 3rd female. Holmes was joined by Claire Markham (107th in 38:37) and Pam Hardman (115th in 39:12) to finish as Lancashire Champions Veterans team. Holmes broke the club 5 mile record for her FV60 age group by nearly 5 minutes and along with Hardman finished 1st and 2nd in the FV60 category with Markham picking up the FV45 1st prize. Pam Binns picked up the prize as 1st FV70 finishing 227th in 46:09 reducing her own club record by 24 seconds. The men’s team of Alistair Leivers (18th in 29:0), Ross McKelvie (21st in 29:29) and Thomas Howarth (24th in 30:00) finished just outside the Lancashire medals as 4th Lancashire team missing out on bronze by just 2 points. The Lytham men’s veterans’ team of Andy Draper (26th in 30:08), Jonathon Tuck (38th in 31:10) and Neil Tate (51st in 32:50) also finished as 4th Lancashire team.
Also representing Lytham were Dominic Garrett (34th in 30:45), Chris Bowker (69th in 38:28), junior Maddy Markham (87th in 37:28), Kevin Murray (104th in 38:25), Mick Widdop 122nd 39:24), Mark Hughes (147th in 40:31), Matt Hill (149th in 40:52), Jen Trohear (168th in 42:49), Vicki Richardson (205th in 44:46), Liz Canavan (217th in 45:40), Carolyn Melvin 220th in 45:49), husband and wife Mark and Sarah Gill (258th and 259th in 48:06 and 48:07), Debbie Francis (280th in 51:02), Catherine Maclachlan (305th in 54;31), Sarah Bagshaw 325th in 59:16) an Sue Henry doing the tail runners job (332nd in 1:23:08).
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| Start of the Green Drive junior mile |
In the Green drive mile race Lytham’s junior athletes made up 26 of the field of 85 First home for Lytham was 14 year old Sophie Bohannon finishing 6th overall and 1st in her age group in a time of 5:53. Jayden Richardson (7th overall and 2nd in the M10 age group) just held off team mate Ben Gregson (8th and 1st M15) both finishing in 5:58. Oliver Thomson(10th and 1st M12) completed the winning Lytham boys’ team. Also finishing 1st in their age groups were 9 year old Max Walker (13th in 6:36), 13 year old Evie Houlihan (18th in 6:37), 7 year old Bobby Hastwell (23rd in 6:51) and 10 year old Isabel Tuck (28th in 7:09). Also representing Lytham were Morgan Pritchard (10th in 6:08), Finlay Hughes 13th in 6:22, Freddie Markham (15th in 6:35, Max Healy (17th in 6:37), Adam Jackson (21st in 6:40), Jessica McNiven (34th in 7:27), Leoma Gill (35th in 7:29), Lucas Tuck (36th in 7:29), Eleanor Francis (39th in 7:35), Georgina Andrews (46th in 7:58), Kiefer Richardson (48th in 8:07) Lewis Ames (54th in 8:25), Emily Wrigley (57th in 8:31), Joshua McAfee (58th in 8:35), Rosa Gill (59th in 8:35), Lucy Andrews (62nd in 8:45), Joe Alker (63rd in 8:53) and Evie Alker (64th in 8:53).
Just 3 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday with most of them saving themselves for Sunday’s Green Drive 5 and 1 mile races. First home for Lytham’s juniors was Oliver Thomson finishing 7th overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age group in a time of 21:05. Adhamh Holton finished 21st in 23:05 with brother Matthew Holton 33rd overall and 3rd in his JM11-14 age group in in 23:50.
Lytham seniors were out in force at Lytham parkrun with 27 Lytham members running although many were taking it easy as they were also running the next day in the Green Drive 5. Lytham also had 2 athletes at Preston parkrun with Catherine Carrdus finishing ad 1st female in 19:50 and John Bertenshaw 49th and 3rd VM60 in 22:40.
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| Annual LSARRC Illuminations Run 17/10/19 |
In the Green drive mile race Lytham’s junior athletes made up 26 of the field of 85 First home for Lytham was 14 year old Sophie Bohannon finishing 6th overall and 1st in her age group in a time of 5:53. Jayden Richardson (7th overall and 2nd in the M10 age group) just held off team mate Ben Gregson (8th and 1st M15) both finishing in 5:58. Oliver Thomson(10th and 1st M12) completed the winning Lytham boys’ team. Also finishing 1st in their age groups were 9 year old Max Walker (13th in 6:36), 13 year old Evie Houlihan (18th in 6:37), 7 year old Bobby Hastwell (23rd in 6:51) and 10 year old Isabel Tuck (28th in 7:09). Also representing Lytham were Morgan Pritchard (10th in 6:08), Finlay Hughes 13th in 6:22, Freddie Markham (15th in 6:35, Max Healy (17th in 6:37), Adam Jackson (21st in 6:40), Jessica McNiven (34th in 7:27), Leoma Gill (35th in 7:29), Lucas Tuck (36th in 7:29), Eleanor Francis (39th in 7:35), Georgina Andrews (46th in 7:58), Kiefer Richardson (48th in 8:07) Lewis Ames (54th in 8:25), Emily Wrigley (57th in 8:31), Joshua McAfee (58th in 8:35), Rosa Gill (59th in 8:35), Lucy Andrews (62nd in 8:45), Joe Alker (63rd in 8:53) and Evie Alker (64th in 8:53). 
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