LSARRC News 17th May 2015

Richard Storey and Michelle Hook

There were perfect conditions on Wednesday night for the 2nd race in this summer's Inter Club Series.  Preston Harriers were the host club for the 4 mile, 2 lap course  from Vernon's Social Club heading into Avenham Park.  Rob Danson of Wesham RR and Emily Japp of Blackpool Wyre and Fylde AC continued their dominant streaks from last year again taking 1st man and 1st lady in 20:31 and 23:30 respectively .  The host club then provided a superb buffet afterwards for the 324 finishers.

Roy Stevens

Lytham St Annes had another great turnout with 28 runners making the trip to Preston.  First home for the club was Joe Greenwood in an excellent 9th place in a time of 22:59 with Chris McCarthy just behind also making the top ten with 23:09.  Joanna Goorney was the 1st lady home for the club in 62nd place and 3rd lady overall in 25:52.

Andy Draper

Lytham results: Joe Greenwood 9th 22:59; Chris McCarthy 10th 23:09; Andrew Draper 14th 23:23; Thomas Howarth 26th 24:05; Neil Tate 31st 24:26; Andrew Unsworth 38th 24:39; Ross McKelvie 48th 24:57; Justin Allitt 59th 25:35; Joanna Goorney 62nd 25:52; Graham Webster 74th 26:36; Terry Hellings 103rd 27:55; Michelle Hook 131st 29:16; Richard Storey 132nd 29:17; Melanie Koth 171st  30:47; Colin Laidlaw 185th 31:27; Roy Stevens 192nd 31:46; Claire England 198th 31:58; Nigel Simpkin 201st 32:12; Steven Ashton 203rd 32:17; Julia Rolfe 204th 32:18; Susan Hawitt 212th 32:35; Debbie Cooper 216th 32:49; Gemma Czarnota 217th  33:20; Pam Hardman 224th 33:47; Greg Oulton 227th 33:59; Jeremy McCandless 253rd 35:57; Hannah McCandless 258th 36:29; Rebecca Willetts 270th 37:21.

Ella Moulding

Greg Oulton officiating

The Lancashire Track and Field Championships were held at Blackpool on Saturday and Sunday.  Lytham St Annes were well represented by juniors.  Ellla Moulding was on good form winning the under 17 girls 1500 in a time of 4:49.2.  She then finished second in the 800m in 2:23.  Zane Seddon ran in the under 13 boys 800m finishing 2nd in the final in 2:25.4.  Simon Holt ran in the under 13 boys 200m finishing 7th in 30.5 in his heat and in the under 13 boys 800m finishing in 5th and 2:43.3 in his heat.

Over in Austria, Emily Hargreaves ran the Innsbruck Stadtlauf, a 10k race through Innsbruck on Sunday morning.  She finished in 121st place in a time of 39:33.

Rebecca Tate and Neil Tate at Preston parkrun

With the cancellation of this week's Lytham Hall parkrun due to an art fair taking place, many locals headed to the Preston parkrun at Avenham Park which along with their 4th birthday celebrations, swelled their runners to a record 464.  First finisher was Andrew Woodward of Blackpool Aquatics Triathlon Squad in 17:45.  Neil Tate, in his first visit to the Preston parkrun, finished in 6th place in a time of 18:43 whilst Richard Storey was 69th in 22:51.  Junior Rebecca Tate finished in 244th place in 28:39.

Calder Vale training run

With the Welsh Castles Relay just a few weeks away, Richard Storey organised a club training run from Calder Vale on Sunday morning giving runners the opportunity to practice on hills.  Afternoon tea was enjoyed afterwards at the village hall as part of the “Bluebell Teas” during May.

Having a rest after running up hills

LSARRC News 10th May 2016

Helen Clitheroe and LSARRC

The highlight of the week was the visit of Preston Harriers International Helen Clitheroe to the club last Thursday night.  The double Olympic and quadruple Commonwealth runner gave a great training session passing on a wealth of knowledge to the large group of senior and junior members assembled.  A very enjoyable evening helped by superb weather for May.

Helen Clitheroe demonstrating stretching

Bank Holiday Monday saw the Wray Caton Moor Fell Race which is held as part of the Wray Scarecrow Festival.  The 6.8mile course with 1099ft of ascent attracted 116 runners.  After the heavy rain overnight and in the early morning, conditions were muddy.  Greg Oulton finished 103rd in 1:18:35.

Greg Oulton was back on the fells on Friday night at the Pinhaw Fell Race.  Starting in Earby, near Barnoldswick, the out and back course was just over 5 miles with most of the route actually on road or trail and not fell.  Greg thoroughly enjoyed the race finishing 164th overall in 51:08.

The Up The Nab Fell Race, Glossop on Saturday afternoon was chosen as the second race in the 2016 English Championship Fell Race series.  The men’s and women’s races were held as separate events with the woman going an hour before the men.  With perfect weather conditions, the course although short (4.5 miles with 1197ft of ascent) was still challenging with lots of steep climbs and descents and provided quite a sight for the spectators, especially with the 267 men heading off up the first hill.  Both races attracted high quality fields with Heidi Dent of Howgill Harriers winning the ladies race by over a minute and a half in 38:27 whilst Simon Bailey of Mercia Fell Runners won a much tighter men's race in 34:04.  Joanna Goorney was LSARRC's sole representative finishing 30th and 4th vet 45 in a time of 47:51 out of the 99 finishers in the women's race.

There was quite a choice of local 10k races to opt for on Sunday morning with quite a number of Lytham St Annes runners heading over to Whitechapel village for the Blacksticks Blue 10k which takes in a hilly loop of Beacon Fell which was made tougher by the unseasonally warm and sunny conditions.  Many club members used this as an opportunity for training for hill legs for the Welsh Castles Relay which is fast approaching in early June.  Rob Affleck of Preston Harriers was the first home of the 252 finishers in 35:28.  Neil Tate was first home for the club in 12th place with 40:27.  Graham Webster was 37th in 43:54, Richard Storey was 91st in 50:17, Steve Ashton was 100th in 51:46, Colin Laidlaw was 101st in 52:06, Claire England was 112th in 53:50, Susan Hawitt was134th in 56:08, Pamela Hardman was 144th in 56:57, Greg Oulton was 153th in 58:21, Sylvia Gittins was 181st in 1:01:59 and Bob Clough was 237th in 1:11:45.

Rachael Wignall and Michelle Hook

The annual Blackpool Fun Run now in its 35th year attracted nearly 1500 runners for the 10k along Blackpool promenade.  Michelle Hook and Rachael Wignall were the club's representatives.  Michelle was 12th female finishing in 137th place overall in 46:45 whilst Rachael finished in 777th place in 1:03:23.

Neil Tate and Morgan Pritchard

The 23th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning attracted 179 runners this last weekend.  Paul Muller of Horwich RMI Harriers was once again the 1st finisher in 17:33 with Lytham's Chris McCarthy not far being in 2nd with 17:47.  Michelle Hook, a new recruit to the club, was first lady in 20th place and a time of 21:54.  Ten year old Morgan Pritchard also had an excellent run to finishing 30th in 23:07 with a new PB.  Andy Draper was 6th in 18:34, Ross McKelvie was 8th in 19:27, Graham Webster was 11th in 20:10 with a PB, Terry Hellings was 17th in 21:23, Neil Tate was 31st in 23:09, Gerry Browne was 32nd in 23:13 with a PB, Mel Koth was 34th in 23:39, Roy Stevens was 39th in 23:57 and a PB, Laura Bremner was 47th in 24:20  and a PB, Jeremy McCandless was 68th in 26:24 and a PB, Graham Young was 91st in 28:09 and a PB and Hannah McCandless was 92nd in 28:18.

Felicity Wolohan was back at the 266th Princes parkrun in Liverpool.  She finished 3rd female and 45th overall out of 292 runners in a time of 21:46.

LSARRC News 3rd May 2016

Simon Holt throwing a PB in the shot putt

Most of this last weekend's action was was track and field for Lytham St Annes athletes with local meets on both Saturday and Sunday.

The 2nd Mid Lancs Track and Field meet was held at Witton Park, Blackburn on Saturday afternoon.  Conditions were far from perfect; cold, windy and occasional showers.  Still there was a good turn from all with clubs with LSARRC fielding 2 junior and 5 senior athletes.

Ella Moulding in the 800m

Eleven year old Simon Holt was first in action in the under 13 boys shot putt following on from the first meet  with another excellent competition.  He threw 7.35m which was a PB and gave him 2nd place.  He than ran the 800m finishing 3rd in his heat in 2:41 and finally the 200m again finishing 3rd in his heat in 30.3.  Ella Moulding was the second junior competing, this year having moved up to the under 17 girls category.  She comfortably won the 800m in 2:24.1.


2 senior ladies were in action.  Joanna Goorney, in her 1st  track meet this year was first in action in the 800m  finishing 1st in 2:42.3.  She next ran the 1500m in 5:23.7 for 1st place and finally finished with the 3000m with 11.28.7.  Rachael Wignall fresh from her London Marathon run the previous weekend chose to just focus on field events for this meet.  In the shot putt, she finished 6th with 5:39,  in the discus she finished 8th with 15:50 and in the javelin threw 9:19 for 5th place.  Greg Oulton and Jeremy McCandless also concentrated on field events.  Greg was 8th with 5.70 in the shot putt, 6th in the discus with 14.48 and through 9:19 in the javelin.  Jeremy was 5th in the discus in 15.59, 3rd in the javelin with 13.50 and 5th in the hammer with 17.61.  Graham Webster just ran in the 3000m recording 11:39.8 saving himself for the Northern Master T and F Championships the following day.  

Graham, Russ and Terry at the Northern Vets T and F

The Northern Masters Track and Field Championships were held at Leigh Sports Village on Sunday 1st May.   Three Lytham athletes (Graham Webster, Terry Hellings and Russ Chew) made the trip and in conditions more akin to the cross country season acquitted themselves well.   The first race involving Lytham athletes was the 800m and all three Lytham athletes toed the line.  Graham Webster finished in 2m 42.8s for first M60 and a gold medal, Terry Hellings in 2m 54.9s for second M60 and a silver medal with Russ Chew picking up M50 bronze in a time of 3m 04.3s.  Graham Webster and Terry Hellings were in action half an hour later lining up for the 3000m with Graham taking the M60 gold and Terry the silver in 11m 53s and 12m 13s respectively.  Russ Chew opted for the 200m and finished 3rd M50 in 36.6s for another bronze medal.  Next up for Lytham were Terry Hellings and Russ Chew in the 400m with Terry Hellings going one better than in the 3000 and 800m to finish first M60 in 78.6 for a gold medal with Russ taking bronze M50 in 80.6s.  Just 5 minutes later Terry Hellings was lining up with team mate Graham Webster in the 1500m. Graham again finished 1st M60 in 5m 39s for gold and Terry 2nd M60 in 6m 0.4s for a silver medal.  A successful day for Lytham, 3 athletes, 10 races and 10 medals (4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronze)

Andy Unsworth at Lytham Hall parkeun

The  23rd Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning attracted 238 runners.  First finisher was Paul Muller of Horwich RMI Harriers in 17:40 whilst Lytham's Barbara Holmes was 1st lady with 21:28th in 20th place followed closely by Felicity Wolohan with 21:31.  Also for LSARRC, Andy Unsworth was 4th in 18:20, Chris McCarthy was 5th in 18:22, Tom Howarth was 6th in 18:38, Neil Tate was 7th in 19:07, Richard Storey  was 23rd  21:33, Morgan Pritchard was 43rd in 23:37 with Graham Webster accompanying him in 44th in 23:37, Claire England was 53rd in 23:48, Sue Hawitt was 60th in 24:08, Justin Allitt was 84th in 25:40, Laura Bremner was 85th in 25:48, Greg Oulton was 97th in 26:00, Jeremy McCandless was 108th in 26:55 and Clemmie Tierney was 169th in 30:25.

Claire England at Lytham Hall parkrun

The weather for the first run of the year on the 4.35 miles club summer handicap course on Thursday night was a far cry from what would be hoped for and, unsurprisingly, the tough conditions were reflected in race times. Veteran Pam Binns had a hard-earned but ultimately comfortable win while Alan Elstone, Sue Hawitt and Mark Selby were three who got the better of the squally weather to record PBs. Tom Howarth's excellent 25:19 was the best men's score and, on her first run on the course, Michelle Hook, 32:44 was the quickest lady.

Full Results: 1, Pam Binns 41.23, 30 points; 2, Greg Oulton 36.45, 29; 3, Colin Laidlaw 32.42, 28; 4, Sylvia Gittins 39.48, 27; 5, Tom Howarth 25.19, 26; 6, Alan Elstone 29.20, 25 PB; 7, Sue Hawitt 35.31, 24 PB; 8, Rachael Wignall 40.16, 23; 9, Graham Webster 28.41, 22; 10, Karen Lanigan 41.44, 21; 11, Dawn Lock 57.24, 20; 12, Jeremy McCandless 39.44, 19; 13, Richard Storey 33.04, 18; 14, Neil Tate 30.17, 17; Alex Tate 27.35; Daryl Bentley 28.26; Michelle Hook 32.44; Mark Selby 28.42, PB; Ross McKelvie 28.11; Hannah McCandless 40.58.

LSARRC News 26th April 2016

Rachael Wignall.

In a busy week for Lytham St Annes RRC they had athletes from age 10 to 64 racing over distances from 5k to 26.2 miles.  The main event of the weekend was undoubtedly the 36th London Marathon and 9 Lytham members headed to the capital to join 38000 others on the start line.  First home for Lytham was Steve Hargreaves in a time of 2:42:24 for 401st place closely followed by Andy Draper in 2:45:28 for 571st position.  Neil Tate improved on his previous best by over 7 minutes finishing in 2:54:37 for 1216th place.  Chris McCarthy was next for Lytham in 2:58:05 for 1722nd place.  Emily Hargreaves finished in 3:08:56 (204th female).  Melanie Koth in her 10th London Marathon finished 1371st female in 3:36:32. Ruth Wheatley     (5:06:43, 10009th female), Rachael Wignall in her first marathon finished in 5:13:51, 10561st female) and raised £2630 for Kidney Research UK in the process and Alex Wiggins (5:25:55, 33143rd) also ran for Lytham.

Closer to home the Lytham Hall parkrun attracted 10 Lytham members with Ross McKelvie 4th in 18:18, Andy Unsworth 7th in 18:42, 10 year old Morgan Pritchard 32nd in 23:14, Sue Hawitt 54th in 24:32, and Greg Oulton 63rd in 25:21 all recording personal best times.  2 Lytham athletes, junior Laura Bremner 65th in 25:28 and Liz Boon 119th in 29.15 did well competing in their first Lytham Hall parkrun.  Mark Selby 12th in 20:10, Bob Clough 93rd in 27:41 and Jeremy McCandless 99th in 28:15 were also flying the Lytham flag,

Sunday saw Joe Greenwood compete in the Blackpool half marathon finishing in 1:21:22 for 11thplace.  Ross McKelvie in his second race of the weekend ran     1:31:42 for 41st position.

Steve Ashton, training for his Iron Man later in the year, ran in the Rivington 10 mile trail race a tough off road race with over 1000 feet of climbing.  Steve finished in 2:01:56.

The Bolton 10k is challenging course incorporating the undulating roads around and within Leverhulme Park but this did not discourage Lytham members Julia Rolfe and Greg Oulton (his second race of the weekend) who completed the course in 52:02 and 56:05 for 260th and 356th place respectively.

Morgan Pritchard at Lytham Hall parkrun

LSARRC News 19th April 2016

Neil Tate at Lytham Hall parkrun

Graham Webster ran 4 races at Cleckheaton last Wednesday at the  evening Northern Masters AC Track and Field Meeting .  All within the space of 1 and half hours, his first race was the 800m where he finished 3rd in 2:27.9, then the 3000m where he was 5th in 11:50.0, then the 1500m where he was 5th in 5:42.4 and lastly the 400m in 75.6 for 7th place.  Graham was 1st 60 in all the races.

The Valiant's Half Marathon on Sunday from Valiant's Equestrian Centre, Out Rawcliffe attracted 2 Lytham St Annes runners.  With 76 finishers, the race was won by Rob Danson of Wesham in 1:14.06.  Tom Howarth finished in 7th place in 21:07 4 Howarth Thomas  whilst Ian Tate recorded a PB with 1:39:17 finihsing in 24 place.

In his first track race of the season, junior Zane Seddon headed to South Manchester for the Trafford A.C. Medal Meeting from  Trafford A.C. Medal Meeting at Longford Park Stretford.  Competing in the under 13 boys 800m, Zane led for most of the race finishing in 1st place with a time of 2:22.3.

With all the media attention surrounding the Little Stoke parkrun this last week, it was hardly surprising that it boosted the numbers at the 20th Lytham Hall parkrun but with 243 runners, the previous record of 207 was easily surpassed.  2 club member, Barbara Holmes and Sue Hawitt acted as pacers for the run helping people attain PBs whilst Caroline Betmead of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde broke her own female course record again with 18:58.  Andy Draper equalled his PB for the course finishing in 2nd place with 17:43 with Chris McCarthy just behind in 3rd with 17:45.  Ross McKelvie was 7th 18:38, Neil Tate was 14th in 20:15, Morgan Pritchard was 38th in 23:43, Graham Webster was 39th in 23:43, Claire England was 44th in 24:04, Barbara Holmes was 58th in 25:02, Clemmie Tierney was 123rd in 29:46 with a new course PB, Sue Hawitt was 139th in 30:42 and Jeremy McCandless was 257th in 32:00.

Ian Tate ran in the 121st Warrington parkrun where there were 331 finishers.  He finished in 25th place in a time of 21:07 for the 5k course.

Jeremy McCandless and Mollie

Andy Draper

LSARRC News 12th April 2016

Lytham ladies warming up for the Inter Club

The first Inter Club race in the 2016 series was held on Wednesday night at Stanley Park. Hosted by Blackpool Wyre and Fylde AC, the 4 mile race takes in 2 laps of the park. Last year's overall winner Rob Danson of Wesham Road Runners carried on from where he left off winning by over half a minute in 20:27. Lytham St Annes had an excellent turnout with 29 runners out of the 311 finishers. Andy Draper was first home for the club in 9th place and 22:46 just beating Tom Howarth in 10th place with 22:48. Ross McKelvie made up an impressive debut for the club in 23rd place with 23:33. Along with Joe Greenwood and Neil Tate, this gave the club 5 members in the top 25. Joanna Goorney was first female home for the club and 4th female overall in 25:16.

Andy Draper

LSARRC results: Andy Draper 9th 22:46, Tom Howarth 10th 22:48; Joe Greenwood 16th 23:18; Neil Tate 21st; Ross McKelvie 23rd 23:33; Alex Tate 47th 25:04; Joanna Goorney 51st 25:16; Justin Allitt 55th 25:28; Alan Elstone 73rd 26:15; Graham Webster 78th 26:33; Terry Hellings 96th 27:25; Ian Tate 118th 28:18; Melanie Koth 129th 28:57; Barbara Holmes 130th 29:11; Claire England 171st 30:57; Alex Everest 175th 31:11; Nigel Simpkin 178th 31:14; Gemma Czarnota 180th 31:17; Roy Stevens 182nd 31:19; Susan Hawitt 194th 31:57; Steven Ashton 212nd 32:49; Julia Rolfe 213th 32:50; Debbie Cooper 222nd 33:27; Greg Oulton 223rd 33:28; Jeremy McCandless 237th 34:34; Rachael Wignall 264th 36:58; Karen Lanigan 281st 39:10; Bill Lock 294th 42:19; Dawn Lock 309th 49:45;

Ladies Inter Club Fell Race Champions

Joe Greenwood

 In the team events, Lytham St Annes also faired well scoring best in the new female vet 40 category where they finished 2nd overall. In the open category, the club were unlucky to finish 5th since the scores were very tight. After the race at Blackpool Cricket Club, an excellent buffet was provided by BWF AC which was followed by the Inter Club presentation evening for last year's road race series and fell race series. Lytham St Annes had much success overall particularly in the fell race series where they won the Ladies Team trophy, had first overall male (Joe Greenwood), 1st female vet 40 (Joanna Goorney), and 1st female (Debbie Cooper).

On Sunday morning, Tom Howarth ran the Cheshire 10k which starts at Arley Hall. The race is renowned as a fast, flat 10k taking in rural roads around Antrobus and with good weather provided perfect conditions. First home of the 1115 finishers by over a minute was Patrick Martin of Stockport Harriers. Tom had an excellent run smashing his PB by over half a minute to finish in 27th place overall in 35:51.

Tom Howarth

The Fleetwood 10k on Sunday morning had 204 finishers. Andy Draper finished as superb 3rd overall in a time of 36:03. Claire England was 54th in 48:41, Roy Stevens was 55th in 48:48 and Sue Hawitt was 70th in 51:09.

The 19th Lytham Hall parkrun had to revert back to the B course on Saturday morning due to herons nesting near the pond on the A course. This didn't deter runners though and a record field of 207 took part. Andy Draper was 1st finisher in 17:43 whilst Caroline Betmead of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde was 1st lady again lowering the course record to 19:01. Andy Unsworth was 6th in 19:38, Chris Mccarthy was 9th in 20:12; Morgan Pritchard was 31st in 23:26, Graham Webster was 32nd in 23:27, Debbie Cooper was 60th in 26:28, Neil Bayntun-Roberts 73rd in 27:06, Rebecca Willetts was 96th 28:26, Clemmie Tierney was 147th in 31:46, Karen Lanigan was 149th in 31:51 and Jeremy McCandless was 156th in 32:14.

LSARRC News 5th April 2016

Pendle Fell Race

The Pendle Fell Race starting in the village of Barley on Saturday afternoon.  Although fairly short (4.5 miles), the 1499ft of ascent makes the course quite challenging.  And murky conditions with limited visibility on the summit and plenty of mud added extra spice.  Despite that though the first man home, Sam Tosh of Rossendale Harriers, still was back in 33:46.  The race was also selected by LSARRC as the first race in the club's fell championship and attracted three members.  Joanna Goorney was 7th lady and 65th overall in 46:11, Julia Rolfe was 160th in 1:05:11 and Greg Oulton was 166th in 1:06:56.

Simon Holt

The first Mid Lancs. Track and Field fixture of 2016 took place at Stanley Park on Saturday 2nd April.  The undoubted star of the meeting for Lytham St Annes was under 13 boy Simon Holt picking up a total of 16 points for the club.  Simon achieved a distance of 6.81m in the shot to win the competition outright earning 7 points. Simon’s next event was the 800m finishing in 2m 45.1s and 3rd in division 2 for 4 points.  Final event of the day for Simon was the 200m finishing 2nd in his heat and 3rd in division 2 for 4 points.  Making her debut for LSARRC at track and field and picking up 8 points was senior woman Rachael Wignall.  Rachael was 3rd in her heat of the 100m in 18.9s for 4th place in division 2 and 3 points.  Rachael also earned 3 points in the shot with a distance of 5.93m and 2 points in the discus with a distance of 15.24m for 4th and 5th place in division respectively.  Senior man Jeremy McCandless also competed for Lytham taking 3rd place in division 2 in the hammer with a distance of 15.95m and 2nd in division 2 in the shot with 13.72m for 5 points.

Rachael Wignall

Graham Webster ran the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10k in London which included the  BMAF & VAC 10k Road Championships on Saturday.  He finished 82nd out of 605 in 41.59 over an extended course on mostly flat terrain.

The inaugural Darwen Heritage Half Marathon on Sunday morning organised by Darwen Dashers proved a tough cookie by all accounts.  Won by Ben Fish of Blackburn Harriers by over 7 minutes in a time of 1:12:40, the race had over 400 finishers.  Mel Koth fitted it into her training for the London Marathon which is now only 3 weeks away.  She finished in 116th place in a time of 1:43:45.

Felicity Wolohan had an excellent run at the Paris Marathon on Sunday recording a PB of 3:31:04.  She finished 296th female out of 10084 and 5268th overall out of 41708.

Graham Young and Bob Clough at Lytham Hall parkrun

The 18th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning still attracted 180 runners despite the drizzly conditions on Saturday morning.  Ben Wolfarth of Salford Harriers was the first finisher in 16:41 whilst Caroline Betmead of Blackpool Wyre and Fylde was the first lady breaking the ladies course record with 19:34.  First home for the club was Tom Howarth in 4th place and 18:23 with Neil Tate just 3 seconds behind in 5th.  Alan Elstone was 21st in 21 :10, Mark Selby was 24th in 21:33, Morgan Pritchard was 39th in 23:52, Claire England was 42nd and 4th lady in 24:05, Sue Hawitt was 65th in 26:45, Bob Clough was 93rd in 28:50, Graham Young was 113th in 30:35, Hebe Tierney was 159th in 35:35, Clemmie Tierney was 160th in 35:35 and Alex Tate was 179th in 38:44.

Alan Elstone at Lytham Hall parkrun

Greg Oulton was the winner of the March club handicap race on Thursday night that was notable for four competitors, Will McCallister, Jeremy McCandless, Claire England and Sue Hawitt, all recording PBs. The best time of the evening was by new member Chris McCarthy who ran a very quick 3.44 miles in 19:26 on his first run on the course.

Full results: 1, Greg Oulton, 30.55; 2, Will McCallister, 23.35; 3, Jeremy McCandless, 29.22; 4, Claire England, , 26.47; 5, Tom Howarth, 20.26; 6, Sue Hawitt, 27.46; 7, Julia Rolfe, 29.05; 8, Justin Allitt, 23.10; 9, Karen Lanigan, 34.22; 10, Dawn Lock, 47.26; n/c Chris McCarthy, 19.26; Colin Laidlaw, 26.53; Paul Haywood, 23.09.

The March race was the finale of the year's competition for the Handicap Plate. Congratulations to Sue Hawitt who is the undoubted 2015-16 champion. Over twelve months of continual improvement Sue has recorded a PB every time she's run. The runner-up, last year's champion Jeremy McCandless, is a worthy winner of the silver medal as he has followed on with a further year of consistently better times.

Leading scores for 2015-16; Sue Hawitt 237, Jeremy McCandless 212; Neil Tate 204; Debbie Cooper 192, Tom Howarth 192, Dawn Lock 185, Alan Elstone 176.