LSARRC News 19th March 2019

Liz Abbott - 1st female at the Inverness Half Marathon

Liz Abbott put Lytham on the map with an amazing run at Inverness half marathon on 10 March to come back as 1stfemale in1:16:52.   This was Liz’s first half in almost a decade and she took close to 10 minutes off her personal best.  The time means Liz will start next month’s Manchester marathon with the elites. 

 Jacqui Murray, Kirsten Burnett and Laura Byrne at Barcalona Marathon

Also on 10 March, 3 ran Barcelona marathon.  Jacqui Murray was first back in 4:40:08, followed by Kirsten Burnett in 4:51:34 and Laura Byrne in 5:07:27.

Last weekend was a busy one, with over 180 miles of racing in total.  Heidi Haigh was possibly the only one to see sunshine as she ran the Paphos marathon in 4:11:36.

5 members took part in The Wigan Run Festival.  Sue Samme was 1st female in the 5k in 20.19,which ranks her the third in the country. Ian Tate was the next runner back (20:49), Neil Baytun-Roberts (23:14) and Kathy Gaunt (24:22). Terry Hellings ran the 10 mile race in 1:17:13 (1st V65).  Pam Hardman also completed 10 miles, setting a club age record for 1:26.06 and taking the 1st VF60 place.  Pam Binns ran the half marathon in 2:14:32 to win 1st over 70, followed by Sylvia Gittins in 2:21:35 for 2nd over 70.

Four members ran the Lakeland Trails 10k, although unfortunately Michelle Sheridan had to pull out with an injury sustained during the wet and muddy race.  Greg Oulton finished in 1:11:33, Juli Wiseman in 1:17:48, and Gillian Oliver 1:23:03.

Junior member Sophie Bohannon represented Lancashire in the Inter County XC in Leeds, finishing 87th out of 340.

At Lytham Hall parkrun, junior Maddy Markham put in an excellent performance to take the first lady finisher spot, ably paced by fellow club runner and coach Ross McKelvie.  Results were: Maddy Markham 20:13; Ross McKelvie 20:14; Joanna Goorney 20:29; Darran Ames 22:01; James Buckley 23:35; Claire Markham 23:50; Gavin Stanfield 25:08; Morgan Pritchard 25:44; Liz Boon 29:43; Sue Henry 30:06 and Jeremy McCandless 34:59.  Meanwhile at Preston parkrun, Catherine Carrdus was 2nd lady in 20:332.  Catherine was joined by Graham Webster and John Bertenshaw who ran 22:14 and 24:18 respectively.

At Sunday’s Park View junior parkrun, braving hailstones, 8 out of the 55 runners were from the club, including 4 of the 1st 5 finishers. Well done to Jayden Richardson, Finlay Hughes, Eric Wrigley, Joe Alker, Archie Belfield, Freddie Markham, Clemmie Tierney and Evie Alker for showing great spirit in dreadful conditions!

LSARRC News 12th March 2019

 The trio of Koth, Webster and Hellings impressed over the weekend.

On form Graham Webster competed in the British Masters cross country championships held in Stormont, Belfast on 9th March. Graham finished the 6k race in a time of 28:17 to take 15th place overall and 4th in his MV65 age category.  On the same day, Terry Hellings competed in the New Longton 10k on Saturday 9th.  In adverse conditions Hellings ran well to finish 50th in 45:55 also picking up the prize for 1st place in his MV65 age category.

Graham  Webster finishing the British Masters XC Champs

On Sunday 6 Lytham runners faced the horrible weather at Irwell 20-mile race near Manchester.  Melanie Koth ran superbly was the first lady to finish the course, and it was 4 minutes before the course had another female finisher, they experienced all four seasons during the race, heavy rain, hailstorm, heavy snowfall and a little bit of sunshine. Due to the weather conditions a lot of park paths were flooded, deep with mud, more like a xc race. The marshals were amazing, very supportive and encouraging!

Lytham runners at the Irwell 20 mile race

First back for Lytham was Neil Tate, 22nd overall, 2:27:06, Mel Koth was 30th overall, 1st lady, 2:35:43, Sue Hawitt 160th overall, 3:11:19, Lewis McAffee 161st, 3:11:33, Heidi Haigh 175th, 3:16:36.

 Several runners completed parkruns across the country over the weekend.  Jonathon Tuck, John Graeme Bertenshaw and Julia Rolfe completed the 3 lap Preston parkrun the times were as follows (22:15, 25:10 and 26:33.  Joanna Goorney was the second female finisher at the Huddersfield parkrun and G Browne completed the Inverness parkrun.  Chris McCarthy was 2nd at the Lytham parkrun finishing in 17:19, Ross McKelvie was 9th in 20:27 and the Darran Ames 15th, in 21:43.  Claire Markham was 3rd female in 23:26, other results Richard Harry Storey 23:50, Jason Sheridan 27:54, Julie Wiseman 31:12, Susan Hawitt 31:51, Jeremy McCandless 33:40, Michelle Sheridan 34:52, Maria Tierney 34:52, Claire England 36:30, Clare Taylor 36:49 and Sue Henry 38:04.

Junior News
Lytham’s Sophie Bohannon earned her first county vest when being selected to represent Lancashire in the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships held at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough on Saturday 9th March.  Sophie justified her selection running well in the under 13 girls race to finish 104th overall in a time of 14:15 and as 3rd counter for the Lancashire team helping Lancashire into 16th place.

Saturday also saw four Lytham juniors ran in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun.  First home for Lytham juniors was 15 year old Maddy Markham who ran well in difficult conditions to finish 10th overall and 1st her JW11-15 age category in a time of 20:26.  Ben Gregson was next in 13th place also taking first place in his JM15-17 age category in 21:29.  11 year old Clemmie Tierney also took first place in her age category of JW11-14 finishing 69th overall in 26:16.  12 year old Morgan Pritchard recovering from injury completed his 94th parkrun in 27:35 finishing 87th.

Torrential rain did not deter 43 hardy junior athletes running at the Park View junior parkrun on Sunday including 6 Lytham juniors.  First home for Lytham was Jayden Richardson finishing 1st in 7:43 comfortably of second placed Joe Alker also a Lytham athlete finishing in 8:31.  Freddie Markham was next Lytham athlete finishing  7th in 9:28.  Despite the adverse conditions Evie Alker improved her pb by 7 seconds finishinvg 20th in 10:53.  Also flying the Lytham flag were brothers Joshua and James  McAfee  finishing 40th and 43rd in 15:13 and 17:55 respectively.

LSARRC News 5th March 2019

Lytham ladies finish top at Cuerden Valley.

Lytham Ladies at Cuerden Valley

In the final race of the mid-Lancs cross-country season at Cuerden Valley Park on Saturday Lytham ladies impressed finishing first in the team events.  The first team consisted of Joanna Goorney(4th), Catherine Carrdus (9th) and Melanie Koth (15th), all ran impressively to secure top spot for the team.  Amazingly this team were also first team in the over 35 category and over 45’s.  The second team of Claire Markham (48th), Julia Role (81st), and Debbie Francis 112th were a credit to the club and overall the team came 24th.

Jonathan Tuck

Sadly, the Lytham’s men had a fight to avoid relegation at Cuerden Valley.  After two promotions in successive seasons, staying in the top division was a challenge. After the first five races they were equal on 16 points with two other teams. One of these three teams had to be relegated and, sadly, Lytham were that team by the narrowest of margins.

Dominic Garrett followed by Andy Draper

The first six from each club count for their first team and Lytham have had a total of twelve counters over the season. Only two have counted in all six, Joe Greenwood and Tom Howarth. For the fourth time this season Joe valiantly led the team home as the first counter for the club in 38th position overall. The forecasted rain did not materialise, and the going was quite firm allowing Joe to achieve a faster time on this course than last season.

Jonathan Tuck was the other member of the team to finish in the top fifty with Tom, Dominic Garrett, Andy Draper and Paul Veevers making up the rest of the team.

The best result of the day for the men was in the vet 60 men where Lytham’s team of Graham Webster, Terry Hellings and John Burtenshaw finished second to earn bronze for the season overall.

Parkrun news, lots of members completed courses around the country.  At the Lytham Hall Parkrun Chris McCarthy was first to fnish in 17:54.  Alex Tate was next home for the club in 7th with a time of 18:57. Graham Webster ran 20:54 for 16th and Darran Ames was next in 19th position with a run of 21:04.  Other results included:  Paul Veevers 22:55, G Browne 23:12, Stephen Tate 25:41, Adrian Sargent 26:03, Bob Clough 27:03, Jeremy McCandless 29:05, Pamela Binns 29:57, Sue Henry 29:58 and Ruth Bye 35:00.

Jennifer Hill ran the Chadderton Hall parkrun in 23:34, closer to home at the Blackpool parkrun Lewis Mcafee manged to finish the course in 22:51.  Jason and Michelle Sheridan ran the Fell Foot parkrun at Newby Bridge and Neil Tate ran the Tollgate parkrun in Glasgow.

Junior news

A busy weekend for Lytham St Anne’s RRC juniors started at Cuerden Valley on Saturday with the final fixture of the Mid Lancs cross country league.   First race of the day was the under 13 girls 1.8k race where Lytham had 5 athletes.  First home for Lytham was 10-year-old Ellie Francis running well to finish 37th in a time of 7:24 with Clemmie Tierney not far behind in 46th with a time of 7:37. Rose McIntyre in only her second ever race for the club finished 55th in 8:05 to bring the team home in 11th place.  Also representing Lytham were Ella Wiseman 62nd in 8:40 and Rosa Gill 86th in 9:16.

 In the under 11 boys race Finlay Hughes had his best race of the season to finish 26th in 6:23 with Eric Wrigley Lytham (41st in 6:45) and Archie Belfield (44th in 6:48) completing the team that finished 8th.

Sophie Bohannon was Lytham’s only representative in the 2.7k under 13 girls race and ran well to finish 5th in 10:46 which earned her third place overall for the season.

In the under 13 boys race Oliver Thomson finished 36th in 15:32. In the under 15 girls race Madeline Markham had an excellent run to finish 7th in a time of 14:26 with Brogan Murphy 25th in 16:35.  Lytham final competitor of the day was Ben Gregson in who finished 39th in 16:11 in the under 15 boys’ race.

Accrington Ron Hill Fun Run

Sunday saw ten Lytham juniors make to the Accrington Ron Hill Fun Run, the first race in the Lytham junior road race championship.  First home for Lytham and winning the race was Jayden Richardson in 6:08.  Eric Wrigley and Archie Belfield both in their 2nd race of the weekend finished 3rd and 4th respectively in 6:42 and 6:45.  Max Walker was next of the Lytham juniors finishing 8th in 6:57.  First of the Lytham girls was Clemmie Tierney also in her 2nd race of the weekend finished 11th in 7:14.  Also representing Lytham were Kiefer Richardson (16th in 7:51), Leoma Gill (19th in 8:04), Ella Wiseman in her 2nd race of the weekend (21st in 8:11), Emily Wrigley (23rd in 8:23) and Rosa Gill also in her second race of the weekend (26th in 8:59).

Morgan Pritchard finished 22nd in Saturday’s Lytham parkrun finishing in a time of 21:14.

Just 5 Lytham juniors ran in the Park View parkrun.  Joe Alker was first home for Lytham (3rd in 8:32).  Also flying the Lytham flag were Freddie Markham (14th in 9:30), Evie Alker 28th in (11:00), James McAfee (43rd in 12:21) and Joshua McAfee in a new personal best time of 12:58.

LSARRC News 26th February 2019

Graham Webster shines at the English Masters AC indoor athletic championships and Terry Hellings runs an impressive 10K at Oulton Park.

LSARRC at Stanley Park 10k

The English Masters AC held their inter area indoor athletic championships at Lee Valley Athletic Centre, London this weekend. This event attracts some of the best veteran athletes (anyone over 35) in England.  Lytham's Graham Webster was representing Northern Masters AC.  Webster's first race was the M60 800m where he finished 5th in a time of 2;42.92.  Webster also competed in the M60 3000m where he finished 11th in a time of 12:02.71

Also, over the weekend Terry Hellings and Greg Oulton made their way through the fog to Oulton Park in Cheshire to run around the motorcycling race track.

Terry chose the 10k, finishing in 44:37, just 7 seconds outside club diamond standard for a Vet 65. He was first V60+, finishing 26th overall.

Greg Oulton on home turf!

Greg Oulton chose the half marathon, finishing 180th in 1:58:30, his fastest time since setting a pb back in April 2015 and his 3rd fastest time ever.

Running around the 2.2m track, Terry had to complete just under 3 laps and Greg had to complete 6. With heavy fog clouding the ground the entire race it was impossible to gauge where you were on the course, see most of the other runners or take in any scenery, but it did mean the damp air kept them cool and there was no sun beating down to sap their energy. A slightly lumpy course, there was a short, sharp shock of a killer climb right at the end of each lap to slow them, with plenty other climbs elsewhere.

As usual several club runners attended parkruns. The Cuerden Valley parkrun was attended by Julie Wiseman, Sue Henry and Michelle Sheridan who all ran well.  At the knocknacarra parkrun G Browne tan 25:36.   At the Lytham parkrun Paul Veevers impressed coming 1st in a time of 18:04, with Andrew Draper in 3rd in 18:48.  Michelle Hook was 2nd female in 20:42, and Darran Ames finished the course in 21:10 for 15th.  Kev Murray was 38th in 23:12, other runners included, Jennifer Hill 23:50, Jason Sheridan 24:02, Adrian Sargent 26:21, Kirsten Burnett 28:18, Bob Clough 28:30, Susan Hawitt 28:52, Claire England 28:53, Pamela Binns 29:04, Sylvia Gittins 30:13, Graham Young 32:44 and Jeremy McCandless 34:54

Junior News

In excellent running conditions six junior athletes from Lytham St Anne’s RRC made their way to Lytham Hall for the Lytham parkrun on Saturday.  Fifteen-year-old Maddy Markham ran excellently and was first of the Lytham juniors home finishing in a time of 20:16 to take 10th place overall from 255 runners and 1st female.  Ben Gregson was next of the Lytham juniors finishing 1st in his JM11-15 category and 22nd overall in a time of 22:10 just out sprinting team mate Morgan Pritchard who finished 1 second behind in a time of 22:11 for 23rd place overall.  Oliver Thomson was next home in 26th place in a time of 22:18.  At the age of just 10 Eric Wrigley was taking part in his 50th parkrun and ran well to finish 39th in a time of 23:20.  11 year old Clemmie Tierney continued her good recent form to achieve her second personal best time in 4 weeks finishing in 25:34 for 79th place and 2nd in her age category of JW11-14.

 

 Sunday’s junior parkrun on Park View saw 7 Lytham juniors take part.  10-year-old Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham juniors finishing 2nd overall in 7:39 for the 2k run.  Oliver Thomson in his second parkrun of the weekend was next home for Lytham in a new personal best time of 8:18 for 3rd place overall.  Next home for Lytham was Archie Belfield finishing 7th in a time of 8:39 with Joe Alker 9th in 8:47.  Freddie Markham finished in a time of 9:54 for 20th position.  Evie Alker ran well for a new personal best time of 11:00 for 31st place with James McAfee the last of the Lytham contingent finishing 60th in 12:49.

LSARRC News 19th February 2019

Hellings and Webster achieve diamond standard times at Lancaster, and Pamela Hardman sets a new club record in Blackpool

On Friday 15th February Lytham St Anne’s RRC athletes Ross McKelvie, Graham Webster and Terry Hellings made their way to Lancaster for The Power of 5k races.  The races are held on a fast, flat course on the cycle track at Salt Ayre.  Ross McKelvie ran in the first race for athletes running under 20 minutes for the distance.  In a very competitive race Ross finished in 13th place with a personal best time of 17:11.  Webster and Hellings competed in the open race and both ran well to finish 7th and 9th overall and taking 1st and 2nd in the MV65 category with times of 21:00 and 21:29 respectively and both achieving club diamond standard times.

LSARRC at the GNW Half Marathon

Lots of Lytham Runners completed the GNW half marathon on Sunday 17th February on a very windy and cold day in Blackpool. It’s was their 30th Anniversary so a very nice medal and t-shirt was given to all runners for battling to the end.  Mike Toft was 3rd finisher, and first home for the club in 1:14:05:33.  Another highlight was Pamela Hardman winning the  FV60 category with a new club record for the half marathon Ladies VET 60-65, and Sue Hawitt also running a personal best time.

Several LSARRC ran the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday.  First home was Andy Unsworth in 18:34 for 3rd.  Andrew Draper finished in just over 19 minutes for 6th.  Joanna Goorney was the first female home in 19:59 and Darran Ames was 13th in 21:07.  Graham Webster managed 21:08 for 14th and Jennifer Hill and Catherine Carrdus finished 5th and 6th female followed closely by Barbara Holmes who was 7th female in 21:28.  Other runners included Terry Hellings (22:10), John Bertenshaw (23:43), Kev Murray (23:52), Claire Markham (24:03), Gavin Stanfield (24:40), Greg Oulton (27:34), Jacqui Murray (27:48), Jason Sheridan (27:58), Bob Clough (28:24), Maria Tierney (28:27), Rebecca Willetts (29:29), Julie Wiseman (30:08), Sue Henry (30:16), Graham Young (31:57), Jeremy McCandless (34:10), Ruth Bye (38:01).  Mark Hughes of Lytham also completed the Cuerden Valley parkrun.

Junior news
With no races this weekend Lytham St Anne’s RRC juniors were out in force at parkrun.  First home for Lytham juniors at Lytham Hall parkrun was Maddy Markham finishing 12th overall and 1st in her JW15-17 age category in a time of 21:05.  Morgan Pritchard was not far behind in 21:08 (15th and 1st in his JM11-14 age group).  Ben Gregson took 17th position and 2nd JM15-17 in a time of 21:18.  Oliver Thomson ran a personal best time of 21:25 reducing his previous best by 11 seconds to take 23rd position and 2nd JM11-14 just getting the better of Brogan Murphy (24th in 21:26).  10-year-old Eric Wrigley ran his fastest time for 6 months to finish 40th and 1st JM10 in a time of 23:09.  Clemmie Tierney ran her 2nd quickest time to finish 105th in 25:57 and 2nd JW11-14.  Last of the Lytham junior’s contingent was 10-year-old Ella Wiseman finishing 243rd in a time of 36:16.
 
Finlay Hughes was Lytham’s only junior representative at the tough Cuerden Valley parkrun finishing 119th in 30:24.

At Park View junior parkrun on Sunday, Jayden Richardson was back to winning ways finishing 1st for the 5th time in 6 weeks in a time of 7:45.  Finlay Hughes and Eric Wrigley both having completed a parkrun the previous day finished 3rd and 4th in 8:25 and 8:29 respectively.  Archie Belfield was next home for Lytham finishing 6th in 8:32.  Freddie Markham finished 21st in 9:52 with brothers James McAfee 44th in 12:12 and Joshua McAfee 58th in a new personal best time of 13:09.  Final finisher for Lytham was Sophie Tate 61st in 13:42.

LSARRC News 12th February 2019

Liz Abbott of Lytham shines at Leigh.

 This weekend it was the 5th fixture in the Mid Lancs Cross Country league held at Leigh Sports Village, Liz Abbott led the way for the ladies’ team.

The ladies’ cross-country team has been performing very strongly so far this season, with only one more event remaining at Cuerden valley. The course at Leigh sports village was relatively flat with a few gravel/mud paths and running around a grassy sports field. The weather was mild, so not too many challenges compared with the usual cross-country events.

Liz Abbott running superbly came in as first lady and first L35. A comment overheard from the side lines was, “Who is that runner?”

The ladies who took part; Liz Abbott, Cath Carrdus, Claire Markham, Pam Hardman, Julia Rolfe, Julie Wiseman, Debbie Francis and Michelle Sheridan.

Team results were 6th positions for the ladies’ team, consisting of Abbott, Carrdus and Markham.  2nd position for the LV 35 team, 3rd position for the LV 45 team and 4th position for the LV 55 team.
There were a couple of newcomers to the event Julie Wiseman and Michelle Sheridan, both seemed to enjoy taking part for their first ever cross country and hopefully they will come back for more.
With only one event remaining our standings in the league are as follows:
Division 2- 2nd place team, separated by 1 point.
Overall LV35 1st team, LV45 1st place team.

The Senior men’s team finished 6th overall, the team consisted of, Mike Toft (10th), Thomas Howarth (53rd), Joe Greenwood (63rd), Paul Veevers (66th), Johnathon Tuck (68th) and Dominic Garett (71st).   The second team came 27th overall and consisted of Ross McKelvie (117th), Graham Webster (162nd), Chris Bowler (171st), Terry Hellings (172nd), John Bertenshaw ( 226th) and Jason Sheridan (230th).   In the V60 category the men’s team finished 4th with Graham Webster coming (8th), Terry Hellings (9th) and John Bertenshaw (24th).

The wind was at its strongest when five junior Lytham athletes lined up for the first event of the day, the 2.3k under 11 girls’ race.  In a close finish the first three home for Lytham finished within 3 seconds of each other with Ellie Francis (42nd in 9:42) just getting the better of Isabel Tuck (45th in 9:43) and Clemmie Tierney (46th in 9:46).  Also competing for Lytham in the under 11s were Rose McIntyre (67th in 10:42) making her first competitive appearance in a Lytham vest with Rosa Gill (78th in 12:16) completing the Lytham contingent and bringing the team home in 12th place. 

The under 11 boys were next where the Lytham team of Lewis Bentley (26th in 8:40), Eric Wrigley (39th in 8:53) and Archie Belfield (51st in 9:14) all ran well to finish as 9th team.  In a competitive under 13 girls race Sophie Bohannon, despite just recovering from a chest infection ran well to finish in a time of 8:03 taking 7th place.  Lytham had two representatives in the under 15 girls race with Maddy Markham first home in 15th place in a time of 10:37 and the improving Brogan Murphy just 15 seconds behind and  17th in 10:52. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson was the final Lytham junior to compete finishing 32nd in 11:00 for the 3k race.

Twelve-year-old Morgan Pritchard was Lytham’s only junior at Blackpool parkrun finishing 55th in 24:40 in his 90th parkrun.

Parkruns
At the Stanley Park, parkrun on Saturday 9th February 7 Lytham members completed the course.  Susan Samme was the first female to finish, 9th overall in 20:38.  Other finishers from Lytham were Darran Ames, Graham Webster, James Buckley, Gavin Stansfield, Morgan Pritchard and Sue Henry. Kirsten Burnett attended the Hyndburn parkrun and Jennifer Hill attended the Victoria Dock parkrun.

In Sunday’s junior parkrun Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham finishing 2nd overall in 8:01.  Archie Belfield in his second race of the weekend finished 4th in 8:28 with Max Walker not far behind and 5th in 8:30 improving his personal best by 21 seconds.  Also representing Lytham were James McAfee (41st in 12:18), Sophie Tate (52nd in 13:35) and Joshua McAfee (55th in 13:47).

LSARRC News 5th February 2019

Due to the weather Lytham Parkrun was not on this weekend, although this didn’t stop Lytham Road Runners from running over the weekend. Liz Abbott was the first female back for the Blackpool parkrun in 17:44. Andrew Draper was third in 17:59, Jennifer Hill in 22:04, Neil Tate in 22:35 and James Buckley in 22:44. Morgan Pritchard was next back in 23:08, Claire Markham in 24:01, Jason Sheridan in 26:52, Michelle Sheridan in 34:26 and Sue Henry in 40:04.

Lytham St Annes RRC athletes Ross McKelvie, Pam Hardman and Terry Hellings made their way to Lancaster on Saturday to represent Lytham in the 3-1-5 Winter 5k. The course is a fast, flat out and back course run on a cycle path following the river Lune. First home for Lytham was Ross McKelvie running well to take 6th place in a time of 17:44. Terry Hellings finished in 19th overall and 1st in his MV65 age category with Pam Hardman taking 24th place in a time of 24:26 and also finishing 1st in her FV60 age category.

A record five junior athletes from Lytham St Annes RRC were selected to represent Fylde in the Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships held at Witton Park, Blackburn on Saturday February 2nd.

In the junior girls race for years 8 and 9 Sophie Bohannon ran well to finish 6th overall, first home for Fylde and 1st of the year 8 girls to earn herself selection to represent Lancashire Schools in the English Schools Cross Country Championships.  Brogan Murphy also ran in the junior girls’ race finishing 30th in 15:27 and fourth home for Fylde and helping them into 5th place.

In the Intermediate girls race Maddy Markham was second home for Fylde and finished strongly to take 11th place overall in 16:15 earning a reserve spot for the Lancashire team in the National finals.  Lytham had two representatives in the year 7 boys race with Charlie Ormerod third home for Fylde finishing 27th overall in 9:06 and helping Fylde into fourth place.  Oliver Thomson was not far behind finishing 55th in 9:37.

Fifteen junior Lytham athletes returned to Witton Park on Sunday for the Blackburn Winter Warmer 2k Fun Run.  Jayden Richardson was first home for Lytham in a time of 8:14 and 2nd place in the 8-10 age category. Finlay Hughes 14th in 8:29 and Max Walker 19th in 8:47 were next home for Lytham taking 4th and 6th in the 8-10 age category.  Lewis Bentley just out sprinted Archie Belfield to finish 20th in 8:47 with Archie 22nd in 8:51.  Eric Wrigley completed the Lytham boys contingent finishing 25th in 9:08.  Clemmie Tierney was the first of the Lytham junior girls finishing 35th overall in 9:29. Also competing for Lytham were Leoma Gill (56th in 10.23), Ella Wiseman (65th in 10:52), Kiefer Richardson (94th in 11:42) and Rosa Gill (97th in 12:06).

Just 3 Lytham athletes ran the Park View junior parkrun with new member Freddie Markham first home for Lytham in 5th place and a new personal best time of 9:02.  Joshua McAfee and Sophie Tate finished 45th and 46th in 15:38 and 15:41 respectively.