LSARRC News 14th January 2020

Lytham Ladies excel at the Burnley cross-country fixture.

LSARRC ladies at Burnley

 The fourth meeting of this season’s Mid-Lancs Cross Country saw the Lytham runners travel to Towneley Park in Burnley, on Saturday 11th January.  Not to be put off by the blustery and overcast conditions, 9 senior Ladies and 9 Senior Men took to their respective start lines.

The ladies were first up to tackle their 5.8km course, continuing to show their fine running form of late. Joanna Goorney was once again first back for Lytham, 14th overall, 3rd in the L35 category and 2nd in the L45 category, in a time of 23m18s. Next home for Lytham was Catherine Carrdus, 18th overall, 4th in the L35 category and 3rd overall in the L45 category (23m35s). Mel Koth then finished in 21st overall, 5th in the L35 category and 4th in the L45 category (23m55s), ensuring that Lytham ‘A’ finished in the team event 3rd overall and 1st in both the L35 and L45 events.

More LSARRC ladies at Burnley XC

Barbara Holmes was next across the finish line, 41st overall and 1st in the L55 category (25m10s). Claire Markham, 77th overall (27m05s) was the 5th Lytham runner to finish, followed by a sprint to the line between Julia Rolfe, 110th overall (29m07s) and Pam Hardman (29m10s). Holmes, Markham and Rolfe ensured that the Lytham ‘B’ team finished 23rd overall. Holmes, Rolfe and Hardman secured 2nd place in the L55 team category. The two remaining runners, Kirsten Burnett and Gillian Oliver, brought the Lytham team home ensuring that the Ladies team featured three times in the overall results table.

Peter Thomson

Andy Draper

ate finished 85th overall (40m23s), Ross McKelvie 95th overall (40m37s) with Peter Thomson bring home the Lytham runners, 262nd overall (55m01s).

Although the final results have yet to be confirmed the Ladies should move up to 2nd place in Division 2, move up to 1st in the V35 teams, maintain their 1st place in the V45 teams and move up to 4th place in the V55 teams. The senior males leapfrogged Leven Valley to take up 2nd place in Division 2. Fantastic running from all involved.

The next event in the cross-country calendar is on 8th February at Lawson’s Ground, Blackpool.

11 of Lytham St Anne’s Road Running Club junior athletes made the trip to the 4th fixture of the Mid Lancashire Cross Country League held at Townley Park, Burnley on Saturday 11th.  First race of the day was the 2k under 11 girls race and Cassie Houlihan, Lytham’s sole representative, in only her 2nd cross country race ran well to finish 60th in 9:52.  The under 11 boys ran the same distance and Lytham were well represented by Archie Belfield finishing 26th in 7:50 and Freddie Markham who finished 59th in 8:39.

Lytham also had 2 representatives in the under 13 boys 3.2k race with Oliver Thomson first home for Lytham finishing 27th in 12:12 and Eric Wrigley 53rd in 14:06.  Sophie Bohannon was first home for Lytham in the under 15 girls’ race completing the 3.2k in 11:34 for 5th place.  Brogane Murphy finished 31st in 12:49 with Evie Houlihan finishing 29th in 13:25 to bring the team home in 4th place.

In the under 15 boys 4k race Morgan Pritchard and James Andrews had a close race with James just getting the better of Morgan in the 2nd half of the race to finish 29th in 16:29 with Morgan Pritchard 31st in 16:49.  The last of Lytham’s juniors to compete was under 17 girl Maddy Markham who finished strongly to finish 5th in 16:03.

11-year-old Eric Wrigley was competing again on Sunday in the Garstang 2-mile fun run and ran well to finish 4th in 13:26.

Matthew Holton was Lytham’s only junior athletes at Lytham Hall’s parkrun on Saturday and continued his good form running a personal best time of 20:56 for 13th place overall and finishing 1st in his JM11-14 age category.

6 of Lytham’s junior athletes ran in the Park View Junior parkrun on Sunday.  First to finish for Lytham and taking 2nd place overall in 8:30 was Joe Alker.  Georgina Andrews and Jayden Richardson finished 5th and 6th with the identical time of 9:46. Also representing Lytham were Evie Alker (18th in 11:22) and brothers Joshua and James McAfee finishing 22nd and 33rd in 11:41 and 13:41 respectively.

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on 11th January 2020 LSARRC had 5 runners who finished in the first 10 laces., the highlight being Ross McKelvie finishing first. Full Results:  Ross McKelvie 17:42 (1st), Chris McCarthy 19:33 (3rd), Alistair Leivers 20:38 (7th), Gill Draper 20:41 (8th overall, 1st female), Mark Selby 20:43 (9th), Susan Samme 20:53 (11th), Neil Tate 20:54 (12th), Darran Ames 21:48 (28th), Lewis McAfee 22:54 (41st), Kev Murray 23:48 (56th), James Buckley 25:28 (93rd), Simon Smith 25:30 (94th), Kathy Gaunt 26:35 (128th), Susan Hawitt 26:38 (129th), Adrian Sargent 27:53 (166th), Jen Trohear 27:58 (169th), Bob Clough 28:07 (173rd), Elizabeth Canavan 28:14 (174th), Jacqui Murray 28:45 (190th), Andrew Mullaney 28:47 (193rd), Claire England 29:34 (209th), Maria Tierney 29:38 (211th), Karen Lanigan 29:53 (221st), Ruth Bye 30:46 (245th), Sylvia Gittins 31:34 (258th), Jeremy McCandless 32:30 (278th), Michelle Sheridan 33:06 (286th), Robert Parker 33:11 (288th) and Graham Young 33:26 (289th).

Liz Abbott was the first lady to complete the Preston parkrun in a great time of 18:33, and Sue Henry, Julie Wiseman and Kirsten Burnett were tourists at the Clitheroe Castle parkrun.

LSARRC at the Garstang 10k

LSARRC News 7th January 2020

LSARCC compete at Lancashire Cross Country Championships

Senior Ladies - 3rd vet team at Lancs Champs

On Saturday 4th January 2020 perfect conditions greeted the runners at the Lancashire Cross Country Championships, held once again at Witton Park in Blackburn. Coming so soon after the Christmas break it was a good opportunity to get rid of any cobwebs going into the New Year.

The ladies were first up to tackle their 6.7km course, taking in three visits to The Saucer. Joanna Goorney was first back for Lytham, 13th overall and 1st in the L50 category, in a time of 28m10s. Next home for Lytham was Barbara Holmes, 42nd overall and 1st in the L60 category (31m51s). Julia Rolfe saw the Lytham trio home, 63rd overall and 4th in the L55 category (35m33s). The ladies results also meant that they finished 3rd in the Veterans category. Good running all round and well-done ladies.

Joe Greenwood

The final event of the day saw the three Lytham men tackle the 9.8km course, taking in four laps of The Saucer. First back for Lytham was Joe Greenwood, 45th overall in a time of 38m40s. Next across the line saw Tom Howarth finish 78th overall in a time of 41m23s, with Neil Tate bringing home the Lytham trio, 85th overall in a time of 42m03s.

Other news, on Sunday Barbara Holmes and Melanie Koth completed the Central Lancashire Half Marathon.  Melanie placed 2nd lady overall in 1:31:39 and Barbara was 2nd FV60 in 1:47:46.

New Year’s Day was an opportunity for some runners to do a double parkrun.   Joanna Goorney headed over into Yorkshire to the other side of Wakefield for a double parkrun.  First up was Nostell parkrun held in the parkland surrounding Nostell Priory.  She finished in 20th place and 3rd female in a time 22:02.  Next up was Frickley Country parkrun (held in Frickley Country Park, an Open Space created on the site of the former Frickley Colliery) where she completed the course in 21:34 for 17th place and 1st female.

On Saturday 4th January, due to the cross-country fixture not as many LSARRC attended parkruns, however several runners were in attendance. First home for LSARRC and 3rd overall, with a new personal best time was Alistair Leivers.  Full Results are as follows:   Alistair Leivers 17:13 (3rd), Paul Veevers 18:37 (4th), Darran Ames 21:43 (21st), Jonathon Mark Ladd 21:53 (24th), Stephen Wise 23:03 (53rd), Kathy Gaunt 24:19 (77th), Kev Murray 24:43 (88th), Peter Thomson 25:02 (95th), Simon Smith 25:47 (114th), Roy Stevens 26:16 (120th), James Buckley 26:48 (133rd), Jen Trohear 27:29 (146th), Ross McKelvie 27:52 (153rd), Elizabeth Canavan 28:13 (166th), Maria Tierney 28:21 (171st), Adrian Sargent 28:22 (172nd), Kirsten Burnett 29:11 (198th), Claire England 29:30 (205th), Karen Lanigan 29:32 (207th), Jeremy McCandless 30:38 (232nd), Robert Parker 32:11 (259th), Michelle Sheridan 34:44 (284th), Ella Wiseman 45:16 (325th), Sue Henry 49:33 (336th), and Julie Wiseman 49:52(338th).  Additionally, Jennifer Hill completed the Blackpool parkrun.

Junior news. 

The Lancashire County Cross Country Championships were held at Witton Park Blackburn on Saturday 4th. Lancashire XC and 10 of Lytham St Anne’s RRC junior athletes competed.  Nicholas Holton was Lytham’s only representative in the first race of the day completing the 1.8k under 11 boys’ race in 10:56 for 58th place.  Cassie Houlihan and Lucy Andrews both making their debut for Lytham completed the 1.8k under 11 girls race in 9:43 and 10:29 respectively for 39th and 44th places.

Lytham had 2 representatives in the 3.2k under 13 boys’ race with Mathew Holton running well to take 19th place in 11:38 and Finlay Hughes finishing 54th in 14:56.  James Andrews completed the 3.8k under 15 boy race in 17:21 for 41st place.  In the 3.8k under 15 girls race Sophie Bohannon was Lytham’s highest place finisher taking 8th place in 15:08 to earn selection for Lancashire despite losing a shoe in the mud and running the last half mile with one shoe.  Also running for Lytham in the under 15 girls’ race were Brogane Murphy (37th in 17:10) and Evie Houlihan (46th in 18:22).  Adhamh Holton was Lytham’s only representative in the under 17 men’s race and completed the 5.5k course in 26:14 for 29th place.

Just 4 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Lytham Hall parkrun on New Year’s Day with Maddy Markham first home in 46th place and 1st in her JW15-17 age group in 21:32.  Also representative Lytham were Oliver Thomson (77th in 22:32), Morgan Pritchard (88th in 23:02) and Eric Wrigley (194th in 26:59).  All 4 of Lytham’s juniors immediately made their way to Stanley Park to take part in the Blackpool parkrun.  Maddy Markham was again 1st home for Lytham juniors in 77th place and was again 1st in her JW15-17 age group.  Freddie Markham was next home in 25:56 for 158th place and 1st JM10.  Oliver Thomson, Morgan Pritchard and Eric Wrigley all in their 2nd park run of the day finished in 27:09, 27:27 and 29:37 for 201st, 214th and 309th places respectively.

Oliver Thomson was back at Lytham Hall for Saturday’s parkrun finishing 36th in 22:29 just ahead of teammate Charlie Ormerod 40th in 22:36.  Ella Wiseman finished 325th in 45:16.

13 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Park View junior parkrun.  Finishing 1st overall in a personal best time of 7:59 was Oliver Thomson with Jayden Richardson 2nd and 1st JM10 in 8:09.  Adam Jackson and Roman Holmes finished i7th and 8th with identical times of 8:42 a personal best for Roman.  Freddie Markham outsprinted Eric Wrigley to finish 10th just 1 place and 1 second ahead in 8:58th.  Also representing Lytham were Joe Alker (13th in 9:23), Finlay Hughes and Georgina Andrews who finished 21st and 22nd both in 10:04, Lewis Ames (27th in 10:37), James McAfee (37th in 10:51), Evie Alker (45th in 11:35) and Joshua McAfee (56th in 12:42).

LSARRC News 31st December 2019

Ross McKelvie shines at the Lytham Hall parkrun and gains a personal best time as well as first finisher.

LSARRC at the Boxing Day Worden Park 10k

Over the Christmas period lots of LSARRC runners completed parkruns locally and further a field.

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on 28th December 2019, the last one of the year, Ross McKelvie ran a superb parkrun and gained a new personal best time of 17:06, coming 1st overall.  Alistair Leivers was the next Lytham runner to finish in a great time of 18:14, coming 4th.  In 8th was Paul Veevers in 18:52, junior Maddy Markham was the 2nd female finisher in 21:21, with Lewis McAfee not far behind in 21:58 coming 30th.  Darran Ames was next hoe in 22:03 for 33rd and Gill Draper ran well and finished in 22:12 for 6th female finisher spot.  Junior Oliver Thomson was 45th in 22:38 for 45th, and Gavin Stanfield was 50th in 22:53.

Other finisher included:  Charlie Ormerod (23:34, 64th), Andrew Draper (23:54, 73rd), Kathy Gaunt (24:17, 83rd), Claire Markham (24:25, 84th), Simon Smith (24:34, 89th), G Browne (24:44, 94th), Susan Hawitt (24:51, 97th), Peter Thomson (24:51, 97th), Holly Anderson (26:22, 125th), Freddie Markham (27:00, 137th), Morgan Pritchard (27:07, 139th), Clemmie Tierney (27:51, 152nd), Jen Trohear (27:51, 153rd), Maria Tierney (28:00, 157th), Elizabeth Canavan (28:55, 177th), Bob Clough (28:57, 178th), Trevor Roberts (29:03,184th), Jeremy McCandless (29:17, 192nd), Adrian Sargent (29:38, 196th), Ruth Bye (30:56, 215th), Claire England (31:47, 226th), Michelle Sheridan (33:35, 246th), Ella Wiseman (42:11, 272nd),  and Julie Wiseman (42:36, 276th).

At the Preston parkrun in Brighton Pamela Binns managed to complete the course in 32:08.  Pamela was 128th female finisher and 400th overall.  More locally Kirsten Burnett was a tourist runner at Cuerden Valley parkrun, coming 33rd female in 34:15 and 119th overall.
Further a field Kev Murray was a tourist at the Dunfermline parkrun coming 43rd in 24:13 and Sue Henry completed the Witton park parkrun in 37:45 coming 125th overall and 40th female.

Sylvia Gittins ran the Bushy parkrun on Christmas day, mulled wine and mince pies were served at the finish and there were over 2,500 participants.  Sylvia was also busy on the 26th December at the Cabbage Patch 4 miler and completed the course in 36:51.

LSARRC News 24th December 2019

A Christmas record for talented junior Sophie Bohannon

Thursday was Lytham St Anne’s Road Running Club’s Christmas Handicap race (a 3.45-mile race around South Park, Lytham) and 3 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part.  14-year-old Sophie Bohannon defied the handicapper running exceptionally well in windy conditions to comfortably finish 1st in a time of 23:19 making her the 7th fastest all-time female athlete on the course and breaking the 9-year-old junior record by 15 seconds.  Also making his 1st appearance was 12-year-old Oliver Thomson (14th in 25:33) with 16-year-old Maddy Markham (9th in 26:36).

Senior, Kirsten Burnett ran the Lancaster Christmas Cracker 10k on Saturday in 59:13. This was a friendly and festive event over a flat route starting and finishing on St. George's Quay.

At the Lytham Park Christmas parkrun there were still numerous Lytham runners who made the time, to attend the event.  Alistair Leivers was 3rd to finish, and first for the club in 18:37.  Paul Veevers was 5th in 19:03.  Chris Bowker and Neil Tate were 13th and 14th respectively, in the same time 21:17.  Other finishers included:  Gavin Stanfield Dan Gregson, Andrew Mullaney, Jen Trohear, Charlie Ormerod, Maria Tierney, Claire England, Jacqui Murray, Kev Murray, Bob Clough, Karen Lanigan, Archie Belfield, Ruth Bye, Darran Ames, Jeremy McCandless, Sue Henry, Graham Young and Jennifer Hill.

Other parkrun news, Julia Rolfe was a tourist parkrunner at Preston.  Completing the difficult 3 lap course in 26:27 for 16th female spot.  Joanna Goorney impressed at the Huddersfield parkrun in 20:28 for 2nd female spot.  Rebecca Willetts attended the Lancaster parkrun and finished the course in 34:15. Peter Thomson completed the Fleetwood Promenade parkrun with his son Oliver, and Jack Greaves ran the Bear Creek Greenbelt parkrun.

6 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in Saturday’s Lytham Hall parkrun.  Oliver McIntyre and Ben Gregson were first home of Lytham’s juniors finishing 10th and 16th and 1st and 2nd in the JM15-17 age group respectively in 20:26 and 21:52.  Maddy Markham finished 70th and 1st JW15-17 age group in 25:40 with her younger brother Freddie Markham not far behind in 72nd and 2nd JM10 in 25:42.  Also representing Lytham were Charlie Ormerod (100th in 27:48) and Archie Belfield (140th in 30:20).

Sunday’s Park View junior parkrun saw 11 of Lytham St Anne’s RRC young athletes take part.  First to finish was Jayden Richardson in 7:34. Archie Belfield and Freddie Markham were both in their 2nd parkruns of the weekend finishing 3rd and 7th in 8;5 and 8:45 with Joe Alker separating them in 6th place (8:25).  4 of Lytham’s juniors produced personal best times.  Roman Holmes was 10th in a personal best time of 9:11, Georgina Andrews finished 12th in 9:42 (her 4th consecutive personal best at parkrun), brothers James and Joshua McAfee bots produced personal best times of 10:27 and 11:27 to finish 16th and 28th.  Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (8th in 9:03), Jessica McNiven (13th in 9:53) and Finlay Hughes (19th in 10:53).

Other junior news, on Sunday 16-year-old Maddy Markham took part in the Rudolph 5-mile trail race (her 3rd race in 4 days) and ran well to finish 2nd in the under 21 age category completing the 5-mile course in 36:37.

Lewis McAffee and Sue Hawitt at the Rudolph 5 miler

Claire Markham at the Rudolph 5 miler

LSARRC News 17th December 2019

LSARRC member enjoying a pre-xmas
social on the sand dunes

Barbara Holmes ran at the Worden Park Festive 5k at Leyland on Saturday, the weather was not very festive, with icy wind and hail. Barbara finished as 4th lady in a time of 22:32.and was rewarded with a glittery medal and a selection box.

Eleven members ran a very wet and muddy Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning. Alistair Leivers was in 1st position in a time of 18:25,. Neil Tate, Chris Bowker, Darran Ames, Lewis McAfee, Dan Gregson, Claire Markham, G Browne, Maria Tierney, Jeremy MacCandless and  Robert Parker also ran. Elsewhere, Liz Abbot ran at Preston parkrun, Claire England at Fleetwood and Joanna Goorney at Blackpool.

On a breezy but sunny Sunday morning 13 members (a mix of seniors and juniors) many in fancy dress, had a pre-Christmas social run on the sand dunes between the Beach cafe and Fairhaven Lake, running up to 10k over the dunes, finishing with sausage sandwiches and hot drinks in the Beach Cafe.

Ben Gregson at Lytham Hall parkrun

On Saturday 6 of Lytham’s junior athletes braved the hail storm to take part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun. 1st home for Lytham’s junior athletes was Oliver McIntyre finishing 4th overall and 1st in his JM15-17 age group in 20:43. Despite the conditions Matthew Holton ran well to produce a personal best performance finishing 6th overall and 2nd JM11-14 in 21:00. Also representing Lytham were Maddy Markham 19th overall and 1st JW15-17 in 23:15, Ben Gregson (21st in 23:25), Freddie Markham (32nd and 1st JM10 in 24:27) and Charlie Ormerod (90th in 28:57).

Maddy Markham followed by Freddie Markham at Lytham Hall parkrun

Sunday’s junior parkrun was cancelled due to a flooded course but 11 year old Georgina Andrews was not to be deprived of her run and competed in the Worden Park 1 Mile Fun run running well to finish 2nd overall and 1st girl in an excellent personal best time of 7:05.
On Monday 9th December the young athlete of Lytham St Annes RRC’s Monday training group competed in an indoor athletics competition against Kirkham Grammar Junior School. Everyone competed in the speed bounce and also either long jump, triple jump, standing high jump or javelin. Next were the 4, 3, 2 and 1 lap races with some athletes competing in more than one of these races. Final 2 events of the competition were the relay with nearly all of the children running in either the boys or girls events followed by the obstacle relays which included the high stepper for the first time.

There were some excellent performances, with athletes demonstrating great determination, sportsmanship and enthusiasm. LSARRC won the boys’ competition and Kirkham the girls. So honours were shared. Well done to all and thank you to all of the coaches who gave up their time to officiate and to the parents who came along to cheer them on.

LSARRC News 10th December 2019

Joanna Goorney at Mytholmroyd Fell Race (Courtesy of smithphoto.co.uk)

On Sunday, Joanna Goorney took part in the Mytholmroyd Fell Race in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. This excellent fell race hosted by Calder Valley Fell Runners covers a distance of just over 6 miles with 1600 feet of ascent.  Luckily, the morning's heavy rain ceased just before the start and started again just after the race had finished although the course was very wet and muddy and there was a gale force wind blowing across the top of Midgley Moor. Joanna finished 60th overall, 6th female and 2nd vet 50 in a time of 1:06:16. 

16-year-old Maddy Markham, one of Lytham St Anne’s RRC best junior athletes, took part in the tough Longridge 7-mile road race on Sunday.  Markham ran well in appalling conditions to finish 116th from 416 finishers in a time of 59:08 and was joined by Mel Koth and her mother Claire Markham to take the prize for first women’s team.  5 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun with Ben Gregson first home for Lytham junior athletes in 10th place and 1st in his JM15-17 age group.  Matthew Holton ran a personal best time of 21:47 to finish 16th overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age group with Charlie Ormerod not far behind in 18th and 2nd JM11-14 in 21:51.  Also finished 1st in his age category (JM10) taking 25th place overall in 22:42.  Also representing Lytham was Eric Wrigley (108th in 27:42).

LSARRC at the Longridge 7

6 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Park View 2k parkrun with Jayden Richardson finishing first in 7:46.  Freddie Markham running in his 2nd parkrun of the weekend, finished 4th in 8:30.  Joe Alker (6th in 8:51) and Finlay Hughes (8th in 9:31) were next home for Lytham.  Georgina Andrews ran her 3rd personal best in as many weeks finishing 10th in 9:46 with Evie Alker also representing Lytham finishing 19th in 11:13.

As a result of excellent performances earlier in the year at the Fylde Schools cross country championships several of Lytham’s young athletes has this week been invited to represent Fylde in the Lancashire Schools Cross Country Championships.  Sophie Bohannon, Brogane Murphy, Maddy Markham, Finlay Hughes, Oliver McIntyre, Clemmie Tierney and Charlotte Fisher have all been selected to represent Fylde with the opportunity to earn selection for Lancashire if they perform well. 
At the Lytham Hall park run lots of Lytham runners attended.  Ross McKelvie was first to finish in 17:32, which was a new personal time. Paul Veevers was the second finisher in18:27.  Gill Draper was the first female to finish the course in a respectable time of 20:30.  Andrew Draper finished in 20:34 for 8th. Susan Samme was the 2nd female finisher in a time of 20:51. Other finishers included Lewis McAfee, Neil Tate, Mark Hughes, Gavin Stanfield, Stephen Wise Peter Thomson, Jen Trohear, Bob Clough, Jeremy McCandless, Maria Tierney, Sylvia Gittins, Laura Byrne, Jacqui Murray, Robert Parker and Michelle Sheridan.  There were several runners who achieved personal best times they were as follows:  Ross McKelvie, Andrew Mullaney, and Simon Smith.

Alex Tate was 3rd at the Blackpool park run, further a field at the Kratherworld parkrun Rebecca Willetts ran well.  John Bertenshaw completed the Bramley parkrun, Alistair Leivers was first at the Coventry parkrun in a great time of 17:29

LSARRC News 3rd December 2019

Barbara Homes shines at Myerscough 10-miler

On Sunday 1st December Barbara Holmes and Sylvia Gittins attended the Myerscough 10 miler.  The first mile looped around the college and then joined St Michael's Road. The route then turned into Pinfold Lane, then Right onto Preston Road near Inskip. A further right turn into Hornby Lane led back to Pinfold Lane. The route returned to Myerscough College finishing outside the Equestrian Centre. Lancashire cheese was given to all finishers. Holmes was the first F60 to finish the course and reported that it was very frosty and slippy underfoot on the lanes.  Gittins completed the course in 1:42:18.

At the Lytham Hall parkrun Ross McKelvie was first home in 17:39, not far behind was Alistair Leivers in 2nd in a time of 17:54.  Two other Lytham runners finished in the top ten they were Andrew Draper in 19:35 for 5th and Mark Selby 8th in 20:47.  Andre Mullaney gained a pb of 24:06 (27th).  Other finishers included:  Gavin Stanfield, Mark Hughes, Peter Thomson, Kathy Gaunt, Claire England, Maria Tierney, Jeremy McCandless, Robert Parker, Graham Young, and Chris Bowker.

Joanna Goorney impressed at the Storthes Hall parkrun completing the course in 23:44 for 1st female spot and 7th overall.  Sue Henry was a tourist park runner at the Portobello parkrun in Edinburgh completing the course in 31:33.  G Browne visited the Highbury Fields parkrun and completed the course in 24:41.

Lytham Ladies - 1st ladies team at the Wesham 10k

16-year-old Maddy Markham’s decision to run the Wesham 10k rather than her usual parkrun on Saturday turned out to be a good decision.  Markham ran well to finish as 1st junior female in 44:28 and was joined by seniors Catherine Carrdus and Claire Markham to take the women’s team prize.  Also representing Lytham’s junior athletes was Ben Gregson finishing as 2nd junior male and  131st overall in a time of 45:20

Freddie Markham was Lytham’s only junior representative at the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday and finished in a time of 23:19 to comfortably win his JM10 age category finishing 19th overall from 183 finishers.

Park View junior parkrun on Sunday saw 6 of Lytham’s junior athletes brave the icy conditions.  First finisher was former Lytham athlete George Denye  returning to Park View parkrun for the first time in a year to run a personal best time of 6:56.  First home for Lytham and in his 2nd parkrun of the weekend was Freddie Markham in a time of 8:22 for 3rd place overall and again finishing 1st in his JM10 age group.  Also finishing 1st in her age category was Georgina Andrews who finished 15th overall in a personal best time of 9:48.  Also representing Lytham were Joe and Evie Alker finishing 21st and 22nd in 11:13 and 11:14 respectively and brothers James and Joshua McAfee doing the tail walkers job to finish 49th and 50th in 25:54.