LSARRC News 25th February 2020

Markham ladies shine at Lostock for LSARRC

Maddy and Claire Markham took part in the Lostock 6 mile road race on Sunday.  The conditions were wet and breezy as 453 runners took to the course.  Both Lytham runners achieved 3rd in their respective age categories of junior female and V45F.  Maddy coming home in a time of 43:17 and Claire in a time of 47:34.

Sylvia Gittins and Pam Binns ran the Brighton half marathon on 23 February in very wet and windy conditions, there times were: Pam Binns 2-19-06 and
Sylvia Gittins 2-25-20.  This year it was the 30th anniversary of the Brighton Half Marathon so there were lots to celebrate.

Numerous runners completed parkruns and the highlights were as follows.  Michelle Chadwick ran 19:51 at the Preston parkrun for the first female spot.  Alistair Leivers was 5th at Coventry, Joanna Goorney was first in 21:31 at Huddersfield.

Fist spot at Lytham parkrun went to Ross McKelvie in 17:24, Chris McCarthy was 2nd and Jonathon Ladd 4th.  Mark Hughes and Kirsten Burnett opted to run the Blackpool parkrun.

Junior News
Lytham member Lewis McAfee held a fund raising “Action for Children 5k” on Thursday 20th at Palatine Leisure Centre and 7 of Lytham’s junior athletes competed.  First home for Lytham juniors was Matthew Holton finishing 21st in 20:03 just getting the better of Maddy Markham finishing 22nd with an identical time.  10 year old Jayden Richardson was next Lytham junior athletes finishing 31st with an impressive time of 20:38.  Ben Gregson 35th in 21:37 just held off the challenge of Morgan Pritchard who finished 36th also in 21:37.  Also representing Lytham’s juniors were Freddie Markham (50th in 23:58) and James McAfee 79th in 36:00.

4 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun and first home again was Matthew Holton finishing 10th overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age group in 20:55.  Oliver Thomson was 25th and 2nd JM11-14 in 22:31.  Also representing Lytham were Adhamh Holton 26th and 2nd JM15-17 in 22:33 younger brother Nicholas Holton 177th in 33:15.

On Sunday Maddy Markham was Lytham’s only junior athletes competing in a wet and windy Lostock 6 mile race and ran well to finish as 3rd junior female and   108th overall from 453 finishers in a time of 43:17.

In Sunday’s Park View 2k junior parkrun Lytham junior athletes filled the first 7 places  with Matthew Holton in his 3rd race in 4 days finishing 1st in a new personal best time of 7:26 just 1 second in front of 2nd placed Jayden Richardson in 7:27.  Oliver Thomson (3rd in 7:58), Archie Belfield (4th in 8:27), Joe Alker (5th in 8:28), Oscar Drysdale (6th in 8:36) and Freddie Markham (7th in 9:00) filled the next 5 places.  Also representing Lytham were Adam Jackson (9th in 9:20), Georgina Andrews (11th in 9:55), Kiefer Richardson (14th in 10:06), Lewes Ames (25th in 11:19) and Evie Alker (27th in 11:33).

LSARRC News 18th February 2020

On Saturday 8th February 2020, Pam Hardman ran in the LWDA long distance walk/run of 24 miles ‘The Anglezarke Amble’ . Pam entered this as part of her training for the Lakeland 50 mile in Cumbria in July.

Pam described the route: The ‘Amble’ takes in much of the finest scenery in the West Pennine Moors.

The start of the walk/run passes through Lever Park Up to Rivington Pike, then to Winter Hill, which at almost 1500ft. is the highest point of the walk/run.
There is now a long descent, after which the way passes south of the village of Belmont to where, in a mile or so, it reaches the checkpoint. Once across the busy A666, straightforward walking/running leads to Turton and Entwistle Reservoir before making the long but gradual ascent along tracks to Darwen. Good walking across the moor and a short descent takes you to Roddlesworth Woods for the climb  over Great Hill, with great views, to White Coppice. From White Coppice good walking threads a line between, first of all Anglezarke Reservoir to the right, then Yarrow Reservoir to the left and finally the Upper Rivington Reservoir and the end of the walk/run in Rivington. Hot pot & peas & a cup of tea greeted us at the end.

LSARRC parkrun pacers

Saturday saw Lytham Hall parkrun celebrating the 200th event, with LSARRC providing pacers to help runners achieve new personal best times. Ross McKelvie was 1st male in 17:37, and Claire Markham was 1st LSARRC female in 91st place and a time of 24:15.

Lewis McAfee

Five LSARRC members took part in the Great North West Half Marathon on Sunday 16th February 2020 taking on the 40mph winds of storm Dennis as they ran along the coastal front at Blackpool.

Lewis McAfee 1st back for lytham (190) 1.43.59; Kevin Murray (344) 1.53.08; Stephen Wise (469) 1.58.49; Mick Widdop (472) 1.58.49 and Jacqui Murray (705) 2.11.09.

Also running on Sunday was Ross McKelvie who ran in the Lancaster Valentines 10km, Ross finished in 2nd place in a time of 33:51 just 6 seconds off the club record which must now be in danger in better conditions.

Five of Lytham’s junior athletes took part at Lytham Hall parkrun (5k) on Saturday with some excellent performances.   Matthew Holton was 1st home for Lytham juniors in 8th place overall and 2nd in his JM11-14 age group in an impressive time of 19:50 (his 6th consecutive parkrun personal best time).  Oliver Thomson also ran well to finish 28th overall and as 3rd in his JM11-14 group in a time of 21:42.  Adhamh Holton finished 52nd overall and 2nd JM15-17 in 22:52.  10 year old Freddie Markham ran well to finish 1st in his JM10 age category and 89th overall in a time of 24:14.  Nicholas Holton ran well to produce personal best time of 31:34 for to finish as 6th JM10.

LSARRC News 11th February 2020

Lytham Ladies impress at cross-country fixture

LSARRC ladies at Blackpool XC

There were both many volunteers and runners from LSARRC at the mid Lancs Blackpool cross country event this Saturday, making for a great atmosphere and good team spirit.  The course was run at Lawson Ground adjacent to Stanley Park and was jointly organised by Lytham, Wesham and Blackpool running clubs and was a credit to both.  The weather although breezy was mild and dry and the conditions underfoot were in the main mud and water free.

Lytham ladies put out a strong team of nine runners to take 1st place ladies’ team, 1st place V35 and 1st place V45 with Joanna Goorney individual position 7th (26:32), Sue Samme (26:43) and Catherine Carrdus (27:38).  Also taking 12th place ladies team were Mel Koth (27:57), Barbara Holmes (29:10) and Claire Markham (31:23) out a total of 28 teams.  Katy McIntyre (34:39), Kirsten Burnett (36:48) and Debbie Francis (38:46) completed the resilient line-up.

There were a total of 14 runners participating for the men’s team and taking 6th team overall included Mike Toft individual position 7th (35:37), Joe Greenwood (38:33), Alistair Leivers (38:45), Andy Draper (39:04), Chris McCarthy (40:10) and Tom Howarth (40:14).  Also taking 20th place men’s team were Ian Tate (40:41), Dominic Garrett (41:43), Paul Veevers (42:41), Neil Tate (43:08), Chris Bowker (46:48) and Mark Hughes (56:08) out of a total of 27 teams.  Lewis McAfee and Peter Thomson (56:12) completed the line up with the men gaining promotion to the mid Lancs premier league.

U11 Boys at Blackpool XC

Lytham’s junior athletes were out in forecast the cross-country fixture too.  Lytham had 5 athletes in the first race of the day, the 2k under 11 girls’ race.  First home for Lytham was Ellie Francis finishing 21st in 9:46.  Rose McIntyre (34th in 10:09) and Jessica McNiven (40th in 10:41) brought the team home in 6th place. Also representing Lytham in the under 11 girls’ race were Cassie Houlihan (42nd in 10:50) and Lucy Andrews (49th in 12:21).  6 Lytham athletes contested the 2k under 11 boys’ race with Archie Belfield (22nd in 8:58), Freddie Markham (33rd in 9:34) and Adam Jackson (36th in 9:45) finishing as 8th team.  Lucas Tuck (53rd in 11:13), James McAfee (56th in 11:42) and Nicholas Houlton (59th in 13:37) also competed for Lytham in the under 11 boys’ race.  In the 3k under 13 boys race Matthew continued his recent good form to finish 8th in 11:58 with Oliver Thomson also running well to finish 324th in 12:53.  Lytham’s under 15 girls team of Sophie Bohannon (4th in 12:13), Brogan Murphy (22nd in 13:33) and Evie Houlihan (27th in 13:53) all ran well in their 4k race to bring the team home in 6th place.  James Andrews was Lytham’s only representative in the 4k under 15 boys race and finished 41st in 18:17.  The under 17 women also ran 4k and Maddy Markham ran well in a competitive race to finish 6th in 17:52.  Lytham had 2 representatives in the 6k under 17 men’s race with Oliver McIntyre finishing 11th in 25:02 and Ben Gregson 22nd in 28:51.

U15 Girls and U13 Boys

Parkrun news.  Not as many runners as normal with the cross-country fixture being n but the highlights were Neil Tate running well for top spot at the Lytham Hall parkrun in a time of 18:50, and Alistair Leivers coming 10th.

Charlie Ormerod was Lytham’s only junior athlete at the Lytham Hall parkrun and ran well to finish 24th overall and 3rd in his JM11-14 age group in 22:04.

LSARRC News 4th February 2020

3 of LSARRC juniors will represent there school at the indoor athletics Lancashire County Finals and Sophie Bohannon breaks her own club record.

The final of the Wyre and Fylde school sports hall athletics was held at Blackpool sports centre on Thursday and 3 of Lytham St Anne’s RRC junior members (Joe Alker, Evie Alker and Freddie Markham) were part of the winning Heyhouses School team.  Heyhouses School will now go on to represent the borough in the Lancashire county finals in March.  Thursday was also Lytham St Anne’s RRC monthly handicap race and 3 of Lytham’s juniors took part.  14-year-old Sophie Bohannon finished the 3.45-mile course around South Park in 23:06 for 2nd place breaking the junior course record that she had set in December by a further 13 seconds and moving her up to 6th fastest female in the 21-year history of the club.  Matthew Holton and Laura Bremner both ran the race for the first time finishing in 24:01 and 25:53 respectively a time that makes Laura Bremner the 16th fastest female ever at the club.

On Sunday Maddy Markham took part in the Blackburn Winter Warmer 10k and ran well to finish in 44:17 taking the prize for 1st junior female. 

LSARRC juniors at Blackburn Winter Warmer 2k

10 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Blackburn Winter Warmer junior 2k.  Matthew Holton ran well to finish first overall in an excellent time of 7:16.  Running well to win their age categories were Jayden Richardson (4th overall and 1st M8-10) and Georgina Andrews (37th overall and 1st F5-7).  Also representing Lytham were (Joe Alker 17th in 8:28), Archie Belfield (18th in 8:33), Max Walker (22nd in 8:40), Freddie Markham (26th in 8:54), Finlay Hughes (33rd in 9:06), Kiefer Richardson (58th in 10:18), and Evie Alker (81st in 11:07).  Just 3 of Lytham’s junior athletes ran the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun and all did well to win their age categories.  Maddy Markham was 10th and 1st JW15-17 in 21:00, Ben Gregson 18th and 1st JM15-17 in 21:46 and Morgan Pritchard 19th and 1st JM11-14 in 21:50.  5 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Park View junior 2k parkrun on Sunday with Oliver Thomson taking 1st place in 7:54.  Oscar Drysdale ran well to finish 3rd overall and 1st JM10 in 8:29.  Jessica McNiven also finished 1st in her age category crossing the line in 15th place and as 1st JW10 in 9:41.  Also representing Lytham were Lewis Ames (29th in 11:10) and James McAfee (30th in 11:11).

Other news, several senior club runners completed parkruns over the weekend.  Liz Abbott and John Graeme Bertenshawe ran the 3 loop Preston Parkrun.  Liz was the first female to complete the course in 18:12. Paul Veevers ran well at the York parkrun for 11th spot overall and Kev Murray attended the Dunfermline parkrun.  Kirsten Burnett ran the Blackpool parkrun.

Lots of LSARRC runners completed the Lytham Hall parkrun:  Ross McKelvie, Gill Draper, Jonathon Ladd, Mark Selby, Darran Ames, Chris Bowker, Dan Gregson, Andrew Mullaney, James Buckley, Adrian Sargent, Maria Tierney, Elizabeth Canavan, Claire England, Pamela Binns, Sylvia Gittins, Sarah Cook, Sue Henry, Paula McCandless, Jeremy McCandless, Robert Parker, Graham Young, and Michelle Sheridan.

The highlights were that Ross McKelvie (17:31) and Gill Draper (20:18), were first male and female finisher.  Jonathon Ladd and Mark Selby also finished in the top ten places.