LSARRC News15th May 2018

Lytham juniors impress at the Lancashire County Track and Field Championships.

Laura Bremner

The 26th Lancashire County Track and Field Championships took were held at Witton Park, Blackburn over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of May and Lytham were represented by a small, but successful team.  Day one saw Lytham’s under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher reach the final of the 70m hurdles finishing 5th in a competitive race in a time of 13.2s.  Later, on day 1 under 17-woman Laura Bremner ran a season best of 5m 42s finishing 7th in the 1500m.  Rebecca Fisher returned on day 2 to compete in the under 13 girls high jump achieving a personal best height of 1.30m and collecting a bronze medal in the process.  The versatile Rebecca Fisher also competed in the discus and with another huge personal best throw of 19.80m took second place and picked up the silver medal her second pb and second medal of the day.

Frankie Ball

Under 13 boy Frankie Ball set himself the challenge of competing in the 200m, 800m and long jump.  His first race was the heats of the 800m where in the most competitive of the two heats he took second place and qualified comfortably for the final, in a personal best time of 2m 31s.  He went on to finish second in the final running another pb time of 2m 30.6s and picking up a silver medal.  Frankie’s next event was the heats of the 200m where he again qualified comfortably for the final with a time of 29.1s.  Frankie also competed in the long jump qualifying for the final with a personal best jump of 4.21m with his first jump.  Another personal best of 4.55m with his final jump saw Frankie take third place and a bronze medal in only his third ever long jump competition.  After an exhausting day Frankie still managed to finish 4th in the final of the 200m with a time of 28.5s missing out on another medal.

Rebecca Fisher in the final of the hurdles

Greg and Terry supporting at the Lancashire T&F Champs

Several Lytham members completed parkruns at the weekend, around the country.  At the Lytham parkrun Paul Veevers came second in just under 18 minutes.  Lytham ladies secured 2nd, 3rd,4th and 5th spot with Susan Same, Joanna Goorney, Jennifer Hill and Michelle Hook.  Graham Webster was the first in his category VM65-69.

Full Results Lytham parkrun:  Paul Veevers 17:59 (2nd), Susan Same 20:15 (10th), Joanna Goorney 20:17 (11th), Graham Webster 20:46 (14th), Jennifer Hill 20:47 (15th), Michelle Hook 21:22 (19th), James Buckley 21:34 (23rd), Heidi Haigh 26:01 (71st), Stephen Tate 26:06 (72nd), Darran Ames 31:12 (168th), Jacqui Murray 31:14 (169th), Laura Byrne 31:16 (170th), Gillian Oliver 31:16 (171st), Sarah Bagshaw 31:36 (176th), Ruth Bye 31:47 (182nd) and volunteer Kirsten Burnett 53:26 (240th).

Juniors Leoma Gill and Rosa Gill completed the Avenham parkrun in Preston and achieved times of 30:34 and 34:39. Neil Bayntun-Roberts travelled to the Beckenham Place parkrun and came 10th overall in 19:45.  Felicity Wolohan was the 3rd female at the Princes parkrun in Liverpool, she finished in 20:12.

The Beaverbrook’s Blackpool 10k Fun Run took place on Sunday 13th May 2018 at 11am, and the Blackpool Beach 10k.

At the Beaverbrook’s 10k Neil Tate ran 37:54 for 13th place.  Michelle Sheridan managed the course in 67 minutes exactly. Juli Wiseman ran the course in 60:27, Penny Morrison ran 1:07:45.  12-year-old Morgan Pritchard joined some of his senior team mates to take part in the Blackpool 10k fun run and in his first ever 10k ran well to finish 10th.

At the Blackpool 10k beach run Gavin Stansfield ran the course in 40:43 and Jason Sheridan completed the course in 45:16. 
 
Sunday saw Park View junior parkrun back on its summer course which obviously suited some as several Lytham athletes produced personal bests.  Billy Breakell (4th in 8.25), Oliver Thomson (5th in 8.37), Amara Thorpe (7th in 8.48) and Ella Wiseman (11th in 9.42) all produced personal best performances.  Eric Wrigley (3rd in 8.28) and Clemmie Tierney (6th in 8.46) also represented Lytham well.

A couple of Lytham members travelled to attend a fell race and trail half marathon.

On Friday Greg Oulton travelled to Earby, near Barnoldswick, for the Pinhaw fell race. Five miles with 800 feet of climb. Mainly dry with a few boggy sections Oulton finished in 202nd in 53:23, just a minute slower than last year on tired legs.

On Sunday Greg Oulton travelled up to Sedburgh with Chris Bowker for the Howgills Trail Half Marathon. The toughest race either of them has ever attempted, 13.1 miles up and round The Calf covering road, trail, track, fell, rivers to cross, mud and over 3300 feet to climb. Oulton commented that it was the most scenic race he’s ever entered, even out doing Coniston. Chris finished 78th in 3:01:07 and Greg finished in 148th in 3:38:53

LSARRC News 8th May 2018

Lytham impress at the Avenham Park Fun Run and 5K on Bank Holiday Monday and gold for Rebecca Fisher at Trafford.  Lytham ladies clinch first spot at the second inter- club series.

LSARRC at Avenham Park Fun Run and 5k

The Avenham Park Fun Run and 5k held on bank holiday Monday were the final races in the Lytham St Anne’s RRC junior championship, with many categories still undecided Lytham juniors were out in force. The Fun Run was the first event, and, on the hottest day of the year, 12 Lytham juniors were on the start line. First home for Lytham was under 11 boy Finlay Hughes, just out sprinting his team mate Eric Wrigley to finish 3rd and 4th respectively with identical times of 4m 44s. Next home with a time of 5m 02s for 5th place and clinching the Lytham under 11 girl’s championships was Clemmie Tierney. Lytham also filled the next 3 places with Amara Thorpe finishing 6th in 5m 09s, Billy Breakell 7th in 5m 7s and Reef Breakell 8th in 5m 25s. Also representing Lytham and finishing 11th, 12th and 13th were Ella Wiseman (5m34s), Jessica Ramsden (5m 38s) and Leoma Gill (5m 42s). Under 9s Sebastien Koth-Wragg ( 6m 38s, 33rd) and Freya Thorpe (6m 43s, 35th) were the final two junior Lytham athletes home.

Start of Avenham Park Fun Run

Five Lytham juniors lined up for the 5k and on an undulating course under 13 girl Sophie Bohannon ran exceptionally well to finish in 29th place and first junior with an excellent time of 20m 53s. Not far behind was under 13 boy Charlie Ormerod with a time of 21m 05s for 31st place with team mate Morgan Pritchard 43rd in 22m 01s. Under 17 girl Laura Bremner was next home for Lytham and ran well to finish 52nd in 22m 33s. Francis Ball, struggling with an injury finished 64th in 23.26 and under 17 girl Lucie Bohannon 134th in 27.37. Sophie Bohannon and Laura Bremner along with senior woman Mel Koth won the women’s team prize.

LSARRC Juniors at Avenham Park Fun Run

First senior home was Ross McKelvie in under 20 minutes for 19th place and Graham Webster was the 1st in his age group, V65 in an impressive 21:12 for 34th overall.  Melanie Koth was the 5th lady in a time of 22:31.

LSARRC Juniors at Avenham Park Fun Run

Full results for the seniors at the 5K were as follows:  19- Ross mckelvie- 19:52,
29-Sophie Bohannon - 20:53 - 1st JNR girl, 31-Charlie Ormerod - 21:05 - 1st JNR boy, 34- Graham Webster - 21:12- 1stv65, 43- Morgan Pritchard - 22:03- 3rd JNR boy, 50- melanie Koth- 22:31 - 5th lady-1st v40,52-Laura Bremner- 22:33- 2 nd JNR girl, 53- Mark Hughes- 22:34- 9th v40, 64- Francis ball- 23:27- 5th JNR boy, 101- Kirsten Burnett- 25:30- 14th lady 3rdv45, 134- Lucy Bohannon - 27:40 4th JNR girl, 192- Sarah Gill- 32:05 68th lady - 12thv 35 and193- mark Gill- 32:06 16thv50.

It was also a good Bank Holiday Monday for junior Rebecca Fisher who got discus gold with a new personal best of 18.39 m, a new personal best for 70 m hurdles 13.30s and 1.25 high jump, at the open medal meeting at Trafford.

Start of LSARRC Inter Club

Heidi Haigh

Earlier in the week at Thursday's inter club race Lytham had 40 runners on the night, plus numerous helpers to facilitate almost 360 guest runners.  From April to September, the club competes in the local Inter Club Series. Approximately once a month, a different club in the league organises a race between 4 and 5 miles. The hosting club provides a buffet after the race, during which preliminary results are usually announced. The races are for everyone, and guests are allowed, and they are run in a competitive but friendly spirit.  There is no entry fee, you just turn up and run with a club vest on. At the finish you are given a ticket to complete which has your overall finishing place on the day on it. You fill it in and place it in the tray / box that will be marked for LSARRC or Lytham. There are team and individual prizes which are presented after the first race the following year, usually Blackpool.

Andy Draper followed by Joe Greenwood

There are six team categories. An Open with 10 to count; Women with 5 to count; Slightly Older Women (FV40) with 5 to count; Veterans (FV35, M40) with 6 to count; Vet 50 with 4 to count and Vet 60 with 3 to count.  Minimum age to run is 15 on race day.

LSARRC time keepers at the finish

Melanie Koth ran a 14sec PB and it was her fastest run in 3 years, at the second inter club race of the year.  She was 4th FV40.  Andrew Draper, Joe Greenwood and Karl Lee were the first 3 home for Lytham in 6th, 7th and 8th position.  Catherine Carrdus was the first female V40, and 2nd lady overall.  The ladies also secured 4th, 5th and 6th, with Liz Abbott, Joanna Goorney and Gill Draper, respectively.  Graham Webster ran well and was the first MV65, overall.  The men’s team came second and the ladies team clinched first place.

Tail runners and marshalls

Julie Wiseman

On Saturday Chris Bowker and Greg Oulton ran the Lakeland Trails Stavely 17k. In blistering heat, it was 11.25 miles on the trails with approx. 1500 feet of climb. Very dry under foot with the odd damp patch and only 100 yards of shade in total it was a tough race, Bowker finishing in about 2:05 and Oulton finishing in about 2:10

At the Lytham park run on Saturday, good running conditions resulted in several personal best times for Lytham members.  Joe Greenwood was first home for the club, coming second overall with Andrew Draper close behind in third.  Catherine Carrdus was the second female to finish and 10th overall.

Full Results:  Joe Greenwood 17:15 (2nd, new pb), Andrew Draper 17:20 (3rd, new pb), Neil Tate 18:19 (5th), Catherine Carrdus 18:53 (10th, 2nd female), Joanna Goorney 19:56 (16th), Gill Draper 20:00 (17th, new pb), John Bertenshawe 20:24 (18th), Graham Webster 20:28 (21st), Darran Ames 20:44 (24th, new pb), Jennifer Hill 20:47 (25th), James Buckley 21:20 (31st), Michelle Hook 21:23 (32nd), Terry Hellings 21:30 (33rd), Kev Murray 21:56 (40th), G Browne 22:00 (41st), Finlay Hughes 24:37 (73rd), Mark Hughes 24:40 (76th), Susan Hawitt 25:07 (82nd), Amara Thorpe 25:18 (85th), Stephen Tate 26:35 (103rd), Julie Wiseman 28:07(135th), Robert Parker 30:04 (173rd), Gillian Oliver 30:36 (185th), Graham Young 30:50 (190th), Sarah Bagshaw 31:46 (204th), and Penny Morrison 33:42 (221st).

Other Lytham members completed parkruns across the country.  Richard Storey ran 22:33 at the Hagley parkrun for 50th position.  At the Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge Jason Sheridan and Michelle Sheridan completed the course in 28:07 and 33:05, respectively.  A beautiful course, hills, cross country and trail.

Heidi Haigh of Lytham completed the Blackpool parkrun in 23:30 for 2nd female spot.

At the junior parkrun on Sunday at Park View, Lytham Jayden Richardson was first home with a new personal best time of 7:56 for 2nd.  Eric Wrigley was 3rd in 8:06 followed by Finlay Hughes in 8:11 for 4th.  Clemmie Tierney managed 8:45 for 8th, which was a new personal best.  Oliver Thomson ran 8:53 which was his first parkrun and Morgan Pritchard ran the course in 11:15.

Also, on Sunday Felicity Wolohan ran the Liverpool Spring 10km. The new course starts in the city by the Catholic Cathedral and takes the runners out of the city past the Anglican Cathedral, through Princes Park and then into and around Sefton Park where the race finishes.  Returning from injury, Wolohan ran 43.31 and was the 13th female.

On Sunday Greg Oulton went off to Accrington to run the Great Hameldon fell race. Big mistake - it was almost as hot as Saturday, and with tired legs and tender big toes Oulton was 18 minutes down on his course pb. But it was a great race, Oulton only got stuck in a bog up to my knees once, and with several streams and mud patches to negotiate he made use of the cold water to cool himself down.

Joanna Goorney ran the Wray Caton Moor Fell Race  on Bank Holiday Monday.  Held as part of the annual Scarecrow Festival in Wray, the race heads out of the village and up onto Caton Moor with 1099 feet of ascent in the 6.8-mile course.  Goorney was just over an hour and finished 4th lady and 1st FV45.  Although it was baking hot, surprisingly the top section of the course was more wet and boggy.

LSARRC News 1st May 2018

Even more marathon running for Lytham at the Stirling Marathon, resulting in personal bests for Jacqui Murray and Laura Byrne. Neil Tate puts on the fantastic Green Drive Mile event for #jacobsjoin raising over £1500 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Lytham Hall parkrun was a sea of green as LSARRC take over.

First summer handicap run of 2018

This week saw the first handicap run of the season on Thursday 26th April.A rather windy, chilly night which certainly wasn't conducive to fast times however in spite of this, guest runner Liz Abbott was first home in 28:33, the fourth fastest time for a lady ever, a fantastic run for her first ever attempt at course. Heidi Haigh also joins the all time leader board for the ladies with her 33:10, also her first run on the course.

Jonathon Tuck was just 8 seconds shy of making the men's leader board. There were also PBs for Adrian Sargent, Darran Ames and Sarah Bagshaw. Well done all.

With the weekend upon us, there was the usual attendance at a number of parkruns, however the majority decended to Lytham Hall for the LSARRC takeover week. While the most of the volunteering posts were filled by Lytham members there was still 19 runners out of 253 who took part in event number 117 on Saturday 28th April, including 5 pacers, on a cool, still but beautifully sunny morning. First home for the club, and overall, was Alex Tate in followed by Lytham’s first lady home Catherine Carrdus. Paul Veevers, the 21:00 pacer for the event was Lythams second male home with John Bertenshaw hot on his heels only a few seconds later. Michelle Hook and Jen Hill made up the second and third ladies home. This was followed by running a final 0.6 miles to total 3.7 miles, in memory of London Marathoner Matt Campbell who sadly died 3.7 miles from the finish line.

parkrun results: Alex Tate 18:26 (1st), Catherine Carrdus 19:12 (6th), 21 minute pacer Paul Veevers 20:36 (9th), John Bertenshaw 20:39 (13th), Michelle Hook 21:20 (19th), Jen Hill 22:15 (28th), Kev Murray 22:44 (33rd), 23 minute pacer Graham Webster 23:01 (37th), Eric Wrigley 24:27 (51st), Ross McKelvie 24:27 (52nd), 25 minute pacer Terry Hellings 24:52 (59th), Kirsten Burnett 25:33 (71st), Stephen Tate 26:36 (87th), Karen Lanigan 29:47 (    152nd), Pamela Binns 30:34 (169th), Robert Parker 30:55 (177th), Bob Clough 31:45 (188th), Sarah Bagshaw 32:03 (193) and Michelle Sheridan 50:23 (253rd).

Ross McKelvie and Jen Hill

Joanna Goorney travelled to Huddersfield parkrun finishing in 29th place in 20:09, and Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Beckton parkrun finishing in 5th place in 21:08.

Saturday afternoon saw 2 of our parkrunners attend Bay Gateaway 10k in Lancaster on pacing duties. The course was described by Jen Hill as fairly challenging with two sharp inclines and one long steady climb that was fully exposed to the wind. Ross McKelvie donned the 45 minute pacer t-shirt with Jen on 50 minute duty. Both ran a great race with Ross finishing in 44:38 and Jen in 49:05 respectively. Also following their parkrun, representing Lytham at the Wray Scarecrow 10k were the Sheridan team, Michelle & Jason. Described by Michelle as ‘hot and hilly’, Jason was first Lytham runner over the line finishing the tough course in 54:55, with Michelle following in 1:08:48. Well done!

Laura Byrne and Jacqui Murray

On Sunday 29th April it was an early start for two Lytham laides as Laura Byrne and Jacqui Murray tackled the Stirling Marathon. Amazingly, on what was a challenging and hilly course, with Laura threatening to divorce her ‘running wife’,  they both came away with marathon PBs; Jacqui completed the course in a fantastic 4:32:51 and Laura achieved her first sub-5 hour marathon target in 4:55:12. Fantastic effort ladies.

Locally, it was junion parkrun on a lovely sunny Sunday morning. 5 Lytham juniors took part in event number 62, with Frankie Ball coming 3rd overall in 7:49, closely followed by Eric Wrigley in 8:04 (5th), Jayden Richardson 8:08 (6th), Ella Wiseman 9:53 (22nd) and Blair Selbie 10:14 (27th).

Also on Sunday the local running community came together to raise money for a former LSARRC member's son, Jacob who has recently been diagnosed with cancer .  Event was organised by Neil Tate and was held at Green Drive, Lytham, and saw over 100 runners including various club members running laps of the Green Drive mile, donating £1 a mile for royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Ronald McDonald house. An incredible £1500 was raised for the cause and the atmosphere was electric from runners and supporters, with Neil himself running a full marathon of Green Drive laps. Well done to all who attended, ran, supported and especially donated.

Mid Lancs Track and Field 28/4/18

Amara Thorpe

 Lytham St Annes RRC juniors were well represented at the latest Mid Lancs. Track and Field meeting held at UCLAN, Preston on 28th April with six athletes competing over eleven events with 7 pb performances.  Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe was first on the track for Lytham finishing 3rd in her heat of the 100m in a pb time of 15.4s and picking up four points for the club.  Amara also competed in the long jump achieving another pb with a best jump of 3.24m.

Under 13 girl Sophie Bohannon was next on the track for Lytham in a very competitive 800m.  Sophie set off very quickly and held on to finish with a time of 2m 36.7s for 3rd place and 5 points.

Frankie Ball

Two Under 13 boys represented Lytham and first of those was Frankie Ball in the 800m.  Despite his inexperience and in only his second race over the distance he ran a good tactical race using his excellent speed to move from third to first in the home straight to win by 2 seconds in a pb time of 2m 31.6s picking up 7 points for the club.  Frankie’s next event was the long jump and in his first ever long jump competition did excellently with a best jump of 4.17m for 3rd place overall but 1st in division 2 for a further 7 points.  Finally Frankie lined up for the 200m and, despite feeling his earlier efforts in the last few metres, held on in a very close finish for first place in 28.8s (his third pb of the day) and earning a further 7 points.

Morgan Pritchard chose the 1500m and with his usual fast finish took 3rd place in division 2 in a time of 5m 35.2s for 4 points.  Morgan also tackled the 200m and ran a pb of 31.5s for 2nd place in division and 5 points.

Brogan Murphy

Under 15 girl Brogan Murphy’s first event was the long jump where she jumped a pb of 3.29m for 3rd place in division 2 and 4 points.  Brogane also competed in the 1500m achieving another pb of 5m 41.5s gaining a further 4 points for 3rd place in division 2.

Final athlete representing Lytham was under 17 Laura Bremner in the 1500m finishing in 5m 51.3s for 2nd place in division2 earning 5 points.

LSARRC News 24th April 2018

7 Lytham members finish the London Marathon in difficult conditions.  Joe Greenwood ran an impressive half marathon in Blackpool and junior Jessica Ramsden was the second girl to finish the 2K at the Blackpool Festival of running.

Andy Draper

LSARRC had 7 Lytham runners attend the hottest London marathon to date.  LSARRC members/supporters were stationed at mile 9 until all Lytham runners had passed and a lot of competitors were suffering in the heat even then. Unfortunately, club members then travelled to miles 14 and 22 to support their fellow club runners but they had to withdraw due to heat and they couldn’t get near enough to support anyone.  The BBC said the temperature had been recorded as 24.1 but Nigel Simpkin (Chairman of LSARRC) reported that it was much hotter in the afternoon at the roadside, and said it was incredible that so many runners finished. 

Club runner Melanie Koth of LSARRC commented that the crowd were incredible, providing lots of extra water, sweets and encouragement, and there were plenty of medical practitioners present throughout the course.  Koth said that this was the toughest London Marathon she had run, out of the twelve she has completed, with high temperatures making it very challenging.  Even so Koth was pleasantly pleased with her time, with difficult conditions and missing 3 weeks of her training.

Mike Toft

Andrew Draper of Lytham said that the hot, sunny conditions meant the PB attempt got shelved around 10 miles and he just ran the rest sensibly according to conditions and managed to finish in a time of 2:52:18. Draper felt the crowds were fantastic as always and enjoyed meeting up with other local runners after.

Ian Tate described how he managed the first half of the marathon quite well, but the wheels really fell off around 15 miles which he didn't expect as he had been running much further in training. Tate finished in 4.04.45 which he was initially a bit disappointed with but given the conditions he was happy to finish without any serious injury.  Despite the hot conditions Tate said he enjoyed the occasion very much and has set himself a time to beat in the future.

Amy Fletcher

Special mention must go to Amy Fletcher of LSARRC who ran the London Marathon in memory of her beloved Mother who died of sarcoma, a type of cancer, last year. Following her Mother’s death Amy decided to enter the London Marathon, only in memory of her even though she had only every run 3 miles a few times a week.  Amy had lots of set backs with injuries, and during the 26 miles suffered from lots of blisters however she crossed the line after 8 hours and achieved her goal.

Full Results: Andy Draper 2:52:18, 532 overall,525th male, Mike Toft 3:01:01, 1190 overall, 1149th male, Melanie Koth 3:32:45, 4727th overall, 587th lady, 109th v40, Ian Tate 4:04:45 , 10490 overall, 8001 male, 1583 v40, Roy Stevens, 4:50:15, 20665 overall, 14445 male, 118th v60, Rachael Wignall, 5:26:16, 28689 overall,9837 lady and Amy Fletcher, 8:42:23, 40144 overall, 16461 lady.

Also, on Sunday 22nd April 2018 Joe Greenwood completed the Blackpool Half Marathon.  He finished in 1:20:40 for 6th place.

Jess Ramsden

On the previous day, Saturday 21st April at the Blackpool festival of running junior Jessica Ramsden impressed and finished the 2k course in 8:57, a new personal best breaking the 9-minute mark.  Jessica, only 10 years of age finished 7th overall, and was the 2nd girl.

As usual lots of club members attended various parkruns locally and further afield, over the weekend.
There were several Lytham club members at the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and Joe Greenwood and Alex Tate gained the first two to finish.  Michelle Hook was the second female overall to finish and Pamela Binns gained a new personal best time.

Parkrun Results:  Joe Greenwood 18:13 (1st), Alex Tate 18:34 (2nd), Neil Bayntun-Roberts 20:53 (12th), Darran Ames 21:01 (13th),Graham Webster 21:50 (19th), Michelle Hook 21:51 (20th), Richard Storey 22:14 (23rd), Mark Hughes 22:23 (25th), G Browne 22:29 (26th), Morgan Pritchard 23:04 (33rd), Chris Bowker 23:41 (38th), Kathy Gaunt 24:13 (47th), Stephen Tate 26:45 (83rd), Susan Hawitt 28:09 (103rd),  Neil Tate 28:15 (105th), Pamela Binns 29:47 (128th), Karen Lanigan 30:24 (135th), Bob Clough 31:01 (143rd), Michelle Sheridan 31:21 (148th), Graham Young 31:24 (149th),  and Ruth Bye 34:42 (165th).

Catherine Carrdus and John Bertenshawe attended the Hyndburn parkrun.  Carrdus was the first female to finish, and 6th overall in a time of 20:57.  John Bertenshawe was 17th overall in a time of 23:58.

Further a field Jennifer Hill attended the Wanstead parkrun coming 30th overall and second female in 22:03.

Greg Oulton became an accidental parkrun tourist by going up to Ambleside to marshal a race 24 hour earlier, stayed and did Fell Foot parkrun instead. Almost entirely on grass (85%?) with just 130 feet to climb in glorious sunshine on the banks of the River Leven in Staveley-in-Cartmel, Oulton took it easy and finished in 27:14.

Haigh Woodland parkrun was attended by James Buckley he ran the course in 26:18 for 81st position overall.

At the junior parkrun on Sunday 3 Lytham juniors braved the rain.  Frankie Ball was first home in 7:42, followed by Jayden Richardson in 8:05 and Blair Selbie in 10:17.

LSARRC News 17th April 2018

It was another busy week for Lytham members with Graham Webster impressing at the Northern Masters and junior Rebecca Fisher gaining 2 more medals.

On Wednesday 11th April 2018 Graham Webster attended the Spenborough ac track and field Northern Masters at Cleckheaton near Leeds where he ran 3 races. The 400metres in 80.1seconds coming 5th and 2nd vet65.  800metres Webster was 5th again and 2nd vet 65 in 2mins.51.6seconds.
Lastly, he ran 1500metres in 5mins'46.5 seconds coming 5th 1st vet 65. Webster achieved well given he was just getting over a cold virus and the conditions were very cold.

Rebecca Fisher

Rebecca Fisher achieved two more silver medals o Sunday 15th April at Trafford open meeting.  Fisher came 2nd with 13.52s for hurdles and her discus debut at 14.12 m was enough to steal a silver medal.

Greg Oulton and Chris Bowker attended the Lakeland Trails Hawkshead 17k on Saturday. Only 16k (10 miles) but with over 1600 feet of ascent, rocks, mud and steep climbs and descents, including the appropriately named Coffin Trail, the 800-year-old, mile and a bit long cobbled ascent over the mountain. Bowker came 153rd in 1:52:20 and Oulton came 155th in 1:54:06.

On Sunday 15th April it was the ever popular, 1st event of the Fylde Tri Series.  Flat, fast sprint triathlon on quiet country lanes in and around the Ribby Hall Leisure Village.  Ideal for first timers or those wanting an early season PB. Athletes complete a 400m swim, 10.5 miles bike ride followed by a 5K run.  Adrian Sargent of Lytham achieved a total time of 1:12:42, 7:11 swim, 40:25 bike and 25:04 run.

Penny and Lee Morrison

Penny Morrison ran the Three Bridges 10k on Sunday 15th April.  Starting at the clubhouse next to Salt Ayre Sports Centre, the scenic route is almost entirely traffic free, and crosses three bridges spanning the historic River Lune. The course is mainly flat and fast and is ideal for park runners wishing to try a longer distance.  Penny Morrison time; 1:12:15. Lee Morrison also ran it in a time of 51:30, his first 10k race since his hip operation last year! The sun came out just before the start and was very warm, which made for a very enjoyable race.  James Buckley also ran the 3 Bridges achieving a time of 50:43 (with buggy). He was awarded a bottle of wine for being first buggy (ever) to do the run.

Club member Pamela Hardman booked herself on a 5 day trail running holiday in the Dordogne 10th -15th April -after running 100km through the trail paths of all the little villages around the Dordogne area she finished off with attending one of the local trail races of the year, it was either the 10k (ended up at 11km) or 20k. Hardman took on the 10k and came in 61mins and won her age category with a small prize and a large trophy to come home with, a lovely end to the holidays.

As usual there were lots of club members who completed local parkruns and were tourists at other parkruns around the country.  At the Lytham parkrun Chris McCarthy first home for the club, and second overall. Followed by Neil Tate and Alex Tate coming 3rd and 5th, respectively.  Catherine Carrdus was first female home for the club, and second female overall. Darran Ames achieved a new personal best time.

Full Results:  Chris McCarthy 17:27 (2nd), Neil Tate 18:45 (3rd), Alex Tate 18:54 (5th), Catherine Carrdus 19:19 (8th), Ross McKelvie 20:34 (11th), Jennifer Hill 21:15 (16th), Darran Ames 20:47 (13th) John Bertenshawe 21:26 (18th), Morgan Pritchard 22:07 (25th), Graham Webster 22:08 (26th), Mark Hughes 22:17 (27th), G Browne 22:40 (30th), James Buckley 22:51 (32nd), Kev Murray 23:01 33rd, Gill Draper 23:17 (37th), Jason Sheridan 26:35 (80th), Stephen Tate 27:27 (89th), Gillian Oliver 29:24 (122nd), Karen Lanigan 30:20 (132nd), Robert Parker 31:31 (157th), Graham Young 32:01 (163rd), Sarah Bagshaw 32:11 (168th)Bob Clough 35:23 (185th) and Julie Wiseman 39:01 (208th).

The Blackpool parkrun was attended by Paul Veevers who came 4th overall in a time of 18:53 and Heid Haigh who ran 23:43 for 34th and 5th female.  At the Basingstoke parkrun Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the course in 20:31 for 24thand at the Warrington parkrun Ian Tate came 15th in 21:29. Kirsten Burnett was a tourist park runner at Newby Bridge she ran 29:25 for 27th female spot.

There were several junior members at the Park View junior park run on Sunday, and there were some fine performances.  The first 3 spots went to Lytham runners, Morgan Pritchard, Frankie Ball and Jayden Richardson.  Clemmie Tierney broke 9 minutes for a new personal best of 8:55.

Full Results: Morgan Pritchard 7:32, Frankie Ball 7:53, Jayden Richardson 8:02, Finlay Hughes 8:27, Clemmie Tierney 8:55, Blair Selbie 10:07, Ella Wiseman 10:47, and Hebe Tierney 11:39.

LSARRC News 10th April 2018

Gold for junior Frankie Ball in the 800metres track and field event, at Blackburn and 3 Lytham members dazzle at the Manchester Marathon.

Frankie Ball

On Saturday 7th April 2018 t was the first Mid-Lancashire Track and field meeting of the season, held at Witton Park, Blackburn.  Lytham juniors celebrated their 10th birthday with their best turn out for some time, seven athletes competed in over fourteen events with five of those making their debut for Lytham.

In the under 13 boy Frankie Ball ran in the in the 800m, his well-timed race led him to finishing first.  This was not only his debut on the track for Lytham but his first ever track race. Despite his inexperience Frankie ran an excellent race taking the lead after the initial mad dash from 700m to go and was never in danger of being caught finishing first in 2m 38.4s for 7 points. Frankie also ran an excellent 200m finishing 3rd in the fastest heat in a very credible time of 29.2s for a further 5 points. Under 13 girl Amara Thorpe was the first to fly the flag for Lytham finishing 3rd in her heat of the 100m in 15.9s, picking up three points for the club. Thorpe went on to compete in the 200m finishing in 33.8s for a further three points and in the long jump she jumped 2.88m, a personal best.

All-rounder Sophie Bohannon, in her second season on the track for Lytham ran in a very competitive under 13 girls 800m race and finished strongly to take 2nd place in a personal best time of 2m 34.7s, earning 5 points for Lytham.

Under 15 girl Brogane Murphy, in her first season with Lytham ran well in the 1500m for 4th place in division 2 with a time of 5m 47.8s earning 3 points. Murphy also competed in the long jump with a best jump of 3.24m picking up a further 2 points.

Also making his debut for Lytham on the track was under 13 boy Morgan Pritchard. Morgan chose the 1500m for his first ever track race finishing with an excellent sprint finish in a time of 5m 33.4s for second place in division 2 and 5 points. Morgan also ran the 200m finishing 3rd in his heat and 4th in division 2 for 3 points in a time of 33.1s.

Laura Bremner in her second season on the track for Lytham ran in the 1500m finishing 2nd in division 2 in a time of 5m 57.1s for 5 points.

Under 13 girl Rebecca Fisher continues to impress for Lytham finishing 2nd in her heat of the 70m hurdles in a personal best time of 13.7s earning 3 points for Lytham. Fisher picked up a further 7 points in the high jump clearing 1.2m for first place in division 2.

Gill Draper

On Sunday 3 Lytham members travelled to Manchester for the Asics Greater Manchester Marathon.  It is the flattest course in the UK, perfect for a persona best, and the route was held on entirely closed roads.  Great entertainment was put n for all spectators making it an enjoyable event.  The race started and finished near Old Trafford cricket ground and went through the towns of Sale, Altrincham and Urmston. Conditions were perfect for the 10,000 runners, a cool, dry and cloudy day with little wind and there was a great atmosphere with crowds lining the course providing vocal support. Joe Greenwood completed his 2nd marathon in 3:14, close to a 1 hour PB from his previous in 2012 in 1,036th place. Gill Draper completed her 1st marathon in 3:19, finishing in 1,296th place, 63rd female and raised in excess of £1,500 for her chosen charity, Target Ovarian Cancer. Heidi Haigh finished in 2,996th place, 362nd female in 3:44.

On Saturday Greg Oulton went to Barley for the Pendle Hill fell race. A short, sharp shock of a race - 4.25 miles with 1400 feet of ascent, including one ascent where it wouldn't be possible to reach the summit without holding on with both hands. After the recent downpours it was very wet on the fells and fields with Oulton sinking in over his ankles for long stretches, and several of the paths were almost washed away making it very hard going. A torrential downpour just before the race meant it was even soggier than anticipated, but it was warm and dry, albeit not sunny, for the entire race. With a slightly different route compared to previous years it isn't possible to compare results with previous years, but Oulton’s time of 1:02:30 was faster than last year.

On Sunday Kirsten Burnett ran the Milan Marathon in 4:39:47.  Burnett commented that it was a great, well-supported marathon but the humidity made it difficult for runners.  However, the Arman souvenir race top made worth the hard work.  Ian Balshaw ran a Half Marathon in Berlin over the weekend and Andy Unsworth managed a time of 1:23:50 for a Half Marathon in Mallorca, Pollensa giving him a podium position.

In the Fleetwood 10K held on Sunday 9th April 2018 4 Lytham ladies competed. They had to change the course as there is still some promenade work going on. It was a very flat out and back course. Weather was perfect. Jennifer Hill had a very good run, Melanie Koth also ran well, and Sarah Bagshaw and Penny Morrison looked strong too on the way to the finish.

Full Results: Jennifer Hill 3rd Lady 42:48 20th overall, Melanie Koth 5th Lady, 1st V40, 45:15 35th overall, Sarah Bagshaw 1:07:15 247th overall and Penny Morrison 1:08:42 255 overall.

Also, on Sunday Greg Oulton decided to punish his legs even further by heading to Rivington for the 10-mile trail race.  Actually 10.25 miles, with just over 1000 feet of climb, but lots of mud to sap the energy from the legs. With a varied mixture of surface from road, trail, wooden boards, grass fields and fell there was something for everyone. Even with tired legs after Saturday Oulton was rather pleased with his 1:50:15 finishing time.

As usual, several Lytham members completed parkruns locally and further afield.  At the Lytham Hall parkrun 21 Lytham members completed the 5K course.  First for the club and second overall was Alex Tate.  Second, third, and fourth female spots went to Lytham runners, Catherine Carrdus, Joanna Goorney, and Heidi Haigh.  Darran and Ames an d Heidi Haigh also achieved personal best times.

Full Results:  Alex Tate 18:41 (1st), Catherine Carrdus 19:51 (7th), Joanna Goorney 20:29 (9th), Darran Ames 20:51 (11th), John Bertenshawe 21:34 (18th), Terry Hellings 21:52 (21st), Neil Tate 22:18 (27th), Heidi Haigh 23:01 (35th), Mark Hughes 24:50 (59th), Susan Hawitt (26:09 (73rd), Stephen Tate 26:37 (80th), Julie Wiseman 28:16 (105th), Gillian Oliver 29:00 (114th), Jennifer Hill 29:14 (117th), Pamela Binns 30:09 (127th), Ruth Bye 30:44 (137th), Karen Lanigan 30:59 (142nd), Kathy Gaunt 31:52 (151st), Michelle Sheridan 31:52 (152nd), Robert Parker 33:25 (165th), and Sara Bagshaw 34:02 (170th).

Neil Bayntun-Roberts finished 9th at the Basildon parkrun, finishing in 21:03.  Gerry Browne completed the Knocknacarra parkrun in Ireland.  He completed the course in 23:55 for 17th position overall.  Kirsten Burnett of Lytham was a parkrun tourist in Milan, Italy.  She completed the parkrun in 28:33 and came 54th overall and was the 7th female to finish.

At the junior parkrun in Lytham, held on Sunday 8 members finished the course.  Jayden Richardson was first home for the cub in 8:45 for 5th followed by Lewis Bentley in 8:57 for 7th.  Clemmie Tierney was the first female to finish, she ran he course in 9:02 for 8th overall.  Other runners included:  Billy Breakell in 9:05 for 9th,  Archie Tate in 9:10 for 11th Reef Breakell was 13th in a new personal best time of 9:55, Blair Selbie ran 10:00 for 15th, Charlotte Thomson was 16th in 10:08 and Sophie Tate finished volunteered and was the tail runner and finished in 17:34.

LSARRC are running a new couch 2 5K running course which will take place at Lytham YMCA, starting on 23rd April 6.30p.m., al welcome.  Anyone interested will need to register on the Run Together page.

LSARRC News 3rd April 2018

Silver for junior athlete Rebecca Fisher in the high jump at Stretford and a 15-minute personal best for Ross McKelvie at the Easter London half marathon

Rebecca Fisher

It was a busy Easter weekend for LSARRC members on Saturday 31st March, junior LSARRC athlete Rebecca Fisher impressed at the Trafford AC Open Medal Meeting in Stretford.  Fisher’s dedication to training has certainly paid off and In the U13G 70M Hurdles Fisher came 2nd in her heat and 5th overall, gaining a new PB of 13.91. In the high jump Fisher impressively cleared 125cm which secured her a silver medal.

On Friday 30th March, Ross McKelvie made the trip to London for the Victoria Park Easter Half Marathon, racing the distance for the first time in two years. Looking for a specific time, McKelvie took advantage of the flat looped course and perfect racing conditions to smash his personal best by over 15 minutes, finishing 14th place in 1.18.28. A Good Friday indeed.

On the same day 9 LSARRC representatives completed the Caldervale 10.  Scheduled each year on Good Friday, this is a popular 10-mile road race that starts and finishes at Caldervale village. The undulating race route winds around some of the rural lanes of the surrounding area and includes one or two challenging climbs. Conditions this year were perfect for distance running.

First home for Lytham was Neil Tate in 01:06:42 for 15th place, followed soon after by his younger brother Alex Tate in 01:07:39 for 20th position. Big brother Ian Tate made up the LSARRC top 3 finishing in 01:15:56 for 53rd place. The first Lytham lady home was Kirsten Burnett in 01:30:31 for 130th position and Sylvia Gittins was first female in the age category V70 F.

LSARRC at Caldervale 10

The full list of LSARRC finishers: Neil Tate 15th 01:06:42; Alex Tate 20th 01:07:39;Ian Tate 53rd 1:15:56;  Richard Storey 129th 1:30:28; Kirsten Burnett 130th 1:30:31;Greg Oulton 150th 1:33:41; Sylvia Gittins 201st 1:45:27; Penny Morrison 225th 2:03:48 and Sarah Bagshaw 226th 2:03:52.

Club results for the Winter handicap have now concluded.  The Monthly Handicap is a long-standing regular feature of the Club's programme. Run on the last Thursday of every month, though this changes occasionally in December, the handicap has a chasing start with the slowest competitor off first, with following runners having timed handicapped starts based on their best recent time.

There are two courses, a winter town route of 3.45 miles and a summer rural course of 4.35 miles and an annual points competition for those who wish to take part in the handicaps year-round.  Handicap Results: Congratulations to Susan Samme winning the race, in her first run on the course for at least seven years.  Congratulations and commiserations to Christopher McCarthy on setting a PB of 19:09, but unfortunately he was 3 seconds short of moving up into all-time second place - Joe Greenwood's 19:07 from March 17 still has the edge. PBs also for Darran Ames, Gillian Oliver, and Thomas Howarth. Tom's was only a month old, having beaten his previous PB from March 2013 in February.  And now the top three positions for the year...1st Alex Tate – 316,
2nd Thomas Howarth – 300, and 3rd Graham Webster – 294.

Parkruns
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 31st March 21 LSARRC members completed the course.  Thomas Howarth ran well o secure the 2nd spot at the parkrun and he club secured 1t, 2nd and 4th female places with Catherine Carrdus, Joanna Goorney and Jennifer Hill, respectively.

Full Results:  Thomas Howarth 18:26 (2nd); Andrew Draper 18:38 (6th); Catherine Carrdus 19:55 (13th overall, 1st female); Joanna Goorney 20:15 (18th overall, 2nd female), Jennifer Hill 21:00 (24th overall, 4th female);  Neil Tate 22:06 (43rd);  Webster 21:27 (32nd overall, 1st VM65-69); Terry Hellings 21:30 (33rd); John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:33 (34th); Morgan Pritchard 21:38 (37th); Eric Wrigley 25:29 (79th); Jason Sheridan 26:00 (88th); Kirsten Burnett 26:15 (90th); Stephen Tate 27:51 (123rd); Gillian Oliver 28:59 (138th);Ruth Bye 30:25 (164th); Kathy Gaunt 31:57 (184th); and Nicola Wiseman (volunteer/tail walker).

Darran Ames of Lytham did some parkrun tourism, Ames ran the Cheltenham parkrun in a sociable 23:19 (beating his second ever parkrun there of 27:09, this being his 79th) placed 71 from a field of 377, and helping his sister acquire a new PB in the process.  G Browne did the Armagh parkrun in 24:18 and Paul Veevers completed the Blackpool parkrun in 19:06 for 7th place.

At the junior park run in Lytham on Sunday, Morgan Pritchard was first home in 7:39. Clemmie Tierney ran the course in 9:38 for 1st female spot and Sophie Tate ran the course in 16:55.

Earlier in the week on 25th March 2018 Nicola Wiseman and Julie Wiseman of Lytham completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon.