LSARRC News 28th June 2016

LSARRC at Lytham Club Day procession

 Thornton Cleveleys Running Club hosted the 4th Inter Club race of the summer on Tuesday night.  The 5 mile course from Little Bispham up to Gynn Square and back attracted 293 runners.  The weather was warm and sunny making for much more pleasant conditions than last year's heatwave conditions.  A excellent buffet was provided by the host club afterwards.

Richard Storey - Thornton IC

First home was Rob Danson of Wesham RR in 26:23 with Rob Affleck of Preston Harriers just over 40 seconds behind.  Nichola Jackson of Preston Harriers was 1st lady in 31:20.  LSARRC had an excellent turnout despite a few member missing from tired legs after the previous weekend's races and injuries.  Most notable of performances was Joe Greenwood who had another great run to finish 5th in 28:30.

Full LSARRC results: Joe Greenwood 5th 28:30; Thomas Howarth 21st  30:18; Neil Tate 34th 31:25; Alex Tate 40th  31:52; Graham Webster 64th  33:34; Mark Selby 66th 33:36; Terry Hellings 79th 34:48; Ian Tate 96th 36:07; Richard Storey 115th 37:13; Colin Laidlaw 135th 38:09; Melanie Koth 137th 38:17; Claire England 153rd 39:44; Debbie Cooper 154th 39:45; Susan Hawitt 183rd 42:04; Julia Rolfe 186th 42:10; Stephen Tate 186th 42:13; Jeremy McCandless 217th 44:54; Pamela Binns 234th 47:27; Hannah McCandless 237th 47:55; Sylvia Elisabeth Gittins 240th 48:17; Rachael Wignall 242nd 48:34; Dawn Lock 293rd 65:33;

Sue Hawitt - Harrock Hill Fell Race

The second Harrock Hill Fell Race of the season took place last Wednesday night.  It was also used by the club as a race in the club's fell race championship.  The race was won by U23 Luke Betts of Sale who finished in 33:39.  6 members took part with Sue Hawitt running her first ever fell race covering the 5.2 mile course (902 feet of ascent) in 197th place and a time of 59: 44.  Terry Hellings was first home for the club in 86th place and 46:52, Julia Rolfe was 172th in 55:54, Greg Oulton was 195th in 59:25 and Pam Hardman was 196th in 59:44.  There were 225 finishers.

Felicity Wolohan - Rhyl 5k

Felicity Wolohan had a very successful weekend of running.  She did the RunFest Wales 5km in Rhyl on Saturday and got a PB of 20.30 finishing 4th lady, 20th overall and on Sunday, she did the Penny Lane 10km  in Liverpool and despite the windy conditions still got a PB of 43.41 and 5th Lady, 92nd out of 398 runners.

Olivia Johnson Allen

On Sunday morning, Olivia Johnson Allen ran the Morecambe Half Marathon.  The race was won by Shaun Livesey of Blackburn Harriers in 1:18:06 by over 2 minutes and had 80 finishers.  Olivia completed the course in 2:08:30 - not quite a PB but it was a tough course with blazing sun in one direction and strong wind in the other, along with a fair few hills.

There was no Lytham Hall parkrun this last Saturday morning due to it being Lytham Club day with related activities at Lytham Hall.  Instead Lytham St Annes Road Runners joined other Lytham Hall parkrunners in the Lytham Club Day procession under the banner of Lytham Running Community.

LSARRC at Lytham CLub Day Procession

Meanwhile 10 year old Eric Wrigley took park in his first parkrun at Cuerden Valley where there were 190 finishers.  He finished 84th in at time of 27:27.

Roy Stevens was still on the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia where he is seeing his first grandchild.  For the second week in succession he joined 365 other runners in the St Peters parkrun in Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney.  Roy managed to run the one lap course 18 seconds quicker than last week finishing in 96th place but still couldn't catch his daughter, Emma.

LSARRC News 21st June 2016

LSARRC runners at Freckleton Halg Marathon

On Thursday night, the well-establish Aggies' Staircase attracted 148 runners of which a large section, 68, were competing in the second round of the Fell Inter-Club Grand Prix.  There were good turnouts particularly from Red Rose Runners who took the women's team competition and from Preston Harriers who won the men's team competition and had the first ICGP competitor Richard Smith and the first women overall Katey Foster.  Threatened downpours didn't materialise and conditions for this scenic course with three significant climbs were very fair.

Aggies' Staircase

Lytham St. Annes RRC did not have it's strongest team out but still had sufficient to complete teams in the Open, Ladies, Vets and Vet50s. First for the Club was Debbie Cooper running well to finish the 6.4k / race in 42:47 and 46th in the ICGP. Julia Rolfe finished in 46:42, 52nd in the ICGP. Greg Oulton took 49:25, Hannah McCandless, 53:37, Jeremy McCandless, 57:58, and Dawn Lock, who won the W70 prize, 67:30.

Claire England and Sue Hawitt

The club's annual presentation evening was held on Friday night at the club's headquarters at Lytham YMCA.  Club Champions for the year were Steve Hargreaves and Emily Hargreaves with Andy Draper and Joanna Goorney as runners up.  After the presentation, a buffet was provided by the Refuel Cafe Bar followed by a disco.

The major event of the weekend was the 52nd Freckleton Half Marathon on Sunday afternoon.  It was also the 40th Ladies Race and to mark the occasion, Veronique Marot of Leeds City AC and the Ladies course record holder (72:56 in 1988) had been invited to start the race and present prizes at the end.  Also each lady finisher was presented with a commemorative medal to mark the occasion.

Instead of the normal wind and heatwave conditions associated with this race, the forecasted rain started to come down as the race started gradually getting heavier as the afternoon progressed, quite refreshing to run in but not so good for the spectators.

Joanna Goorney being presented with 1st lady trophy by Veronique Marot

After his nine year reign as Freckleton Half Marathon Champion, Ben Fish lost his crown this year as Dave Rigby of Salford Harriers took the honours in 1:09:24 with Rob Danson of Wesham RR just over a minute behind in 1:10:49.  Joanna Goorney of LSARRC was thrilled to win the ladies race for a second time in a time of 1:28:38.  With 488 finishers, Lytham St Annes had an excellent turnout with 14 runners as well as Brian Porter, the club's vice chairman doing the commentating and many members of the club spectating around the course.  Graham Webster was 1st vet 60 in 1:33:59 whilst the Joanna Goorney, Felicity Wolohan and Claire England took the ladies team prize – and excellent result.

Justin Allitt

Full LSARRC results: Joe Greenwood 17th 1:19:50; Justin Allitt 31st 1:25:31; Neil Tate 32nd 1:25:52; Thomas Howarth 36th 1:27:44; Joanna Goorney 41st 1:28:36; Graham Webster 75th 1:33:57; Felicity Wolohan 92nd 1:36:09; Alan Elstone 131st 1:41:38; Ian Tate 163rd 1:43:40; Michelle Hook 168th 1:44:41; Claire England 193rd 1:48:02; Susan Hawitt 310th 1:58:02; Pamela Hardman 332nd 2:01:18; Greg Oulton 353rd 2:03:42;

Harry Fellows - 1st in Freckleton Fun Run

There was also a Fun Run which started 10 minutes after the half marathon start of just over 2.3 miles which attracted a number of Lytham juniors .  The race was won by Harry Fellows by about 3 seconds from 10 year old George Denye (14:21).  Tom Fahey finished in 7th place whilst 11 year old Sydney Ramsden was 3rd girl and 8th overall in 16:58.  Ethan Currie also ran.

Tom Fahey

Francis Morrison

The 28th Lytham Hall parkrun had an excellent turnout of 238 runners on Saturday morning with Neil Tate being first finisher for the first time in a PB of 18:16.  Also having an superb run was Justing Allitt in 5th place also with a PB in 19:05.  Graham Webster was 8th in 20:11, Terry Hellings was 19th in 21:17, junior Francis Morrison was 61st in 24:17,  Graham Young was 106th in a PB of 27:42 and Alex Tate was 196th in 34:23.

Julia Rolfe headed over to Cuerden Valley parkrun for the first time for a slightly more undulating 5k.  She finished in 73rd place out of 235 finishers in 26:55

The Brueton parkrun in Brueton park, Solihull attracted Richard Storey. With 426 finishers, the 2 and a bit lap course took Richard 22:59 finishing in 81st place.

Neil Tate - 1st finisher Lytham Hall parkrun

Roy Stevens was back on the other side of the world in Sydney, Australia to see his first grand child.  Whilst there, he joined 229 other runners in the St Peters parkrun in Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney.  Running in the pouring rain, Roy still managed to run the one lap course one minute quicker than in January in 23 :58 (but still couldn't catch his daughter Emma).

LSARRC News 14th June 2016

LSARRC Marshalls at Inter Club

 Thursday 9th June was Lytham’s turn to host the Inter Club road race. The five mile course starts on the promenade behind the mini golf course and then runs up to and alongside Fairhaven Lake before finishing just a few yards from the start.

Lead bike Dave Rigby at Inter Club

Sue Hawitt as sweep

Lytham supplied just 24 (several of them competing in their 3rd race in 7 days) of the 333 athletes as many of their members were required to marshal the race but nevertheless performed well. Jo Greenwood was first home for Lytham in his best ever finish taking 6th place in 28.02 with new recruit Chris McCarthy not far behind in 28:45 for 9th place. Joanna Goorney was first woman home for Lytham and 7th Lytham athlete overall finishing in 31:57 for 54th place. Other Lytham results were – Andrew Unsworth (28th in 30:26), Thomas Howarth (34th in 30:32), Justin Allitt (40th in 30:50), Neil Tate (46th in 31:19), Graham Webster (65th in 33:02), Terry Hellings (93rd in 33:40), Barbara Holmes (98th in 34:58), Alan Elstone (98th in 35:01), Dave Dunn (117 in 36:00). Michelle Hook (129th in 36:31), Ian Tate (130th in 36:35), Melanie Koth (161 in 38:35), Colin Laidlaw (175th in 39:10), Derek Heron (197th in 41.07), Pam Hardman (216th in 42.15), Jeremy McCandless (2134th in 43:45), Derek Caborn (246th in 44:49), Olivia Johnson Allen (257th in 46:04), Hannah Mcandless (285th in 50:04), Lorna Cragg (311th in 55:19) and Susan Hawitt acting as sweep (330th in 68:06). Lytham finished 5th in the open, 4th in the women’s, 4th in the FV40, 5th in the vet’s, 5thin the vet 50 and 3rd in the V60 team competitions.

Lorna Cragg

Socializing at Lytham YMCA

Rebbecca and Neil Tate - Lytham Hall parkrun
celebrating Queen's birthday

Saturday saw 13 LSARRC athletes take part in the Lytham Hall parkrun. Chris McCarthy was first home in the 5k run in a personal best time of 17:30. Next home for Lytham were Andy Unsworth in 3rd place with a time of 18:43 and Mark Selby 6th in 19:54.Joanna Goorney and Susan Samme were 1st and 2nd ladies in 20:09 and 21:11 respectively. Terry Hellings (21:33, 17th and first MV60) was next home for Lytham. Claire England ran a personal best of 23:27 for 39th place. Lytham junior Morgan Pritchard finished in 55th and 1st JM 10 in 24:33 paced round by V60 Graham Webster. Sue Hawitt (60th in 24:54), Graham Young (103rd in 28:25), Jeremy McCandless (113rd in 29:07) and Gillian Oliver (114th in 29:07) also ran for Lytham. Not to miss a chance to run while on he travels Felicity Wolohan ran in the Huntingdon parkrun finishing in 21:51 for 35th place from 310 finishers and 2nd female.

Sue Samme followed by Terry Hellings

Greg Oulton was Lytham’s sole representative at Paddy's Pole fell race on Wednesday. The 6k fell race included 336m of climbing and Oulton finished 96th of 101 finishers in 53:01.

LSARRC News 7th June 2016

Start of WCR 2016

Emily and Steve Hargreaves

Lytham St Annes RRC went on tour this last weekend for the 2016 Welsh Castles Relay, a 2 day 20 stage 211 mile staggered relay from Caenarfon to Cardiff.  With the sun shining all weekend, the 23 club runners and supporters had a great time with the team finishing 32nd overall out of the 64 teams taking part.  There were some fantastic performances by club members, especially in the heatwave conditions.  Special mention goes to the club's golden couple Emily and Steve Hargreaves.  Emily was 1st lady on stage 4 and Steve was 1st vet on stage 11 both winning coveted yellow stage winner T-shirts.  Other notable performances included Joe Greenwood who finished 15th in his debut at the relay on the tough mountain stage 14 and Chris McCarthy who managed a top 10 finish on stage 15 also making his debut.

Full LSARRC results: Stage 1 Nigel Simpkin 52nd 01:21:31; Stage 2 Dave Dunn 41st  01:24:16  ; Stage 3 Terry Hellings 39th 01:33:15; Stage 4 Claire England 52nd 01:16:21; Stage 5 Emily Hargreaves 11th 01:05:08; Stage 6 Graham Webster 24th 01:15:26; Stage 7 Neil Tate 27th 01:09:14; Ian Tate 53rd 01:32:38; Stage 9 Alex Everest 52nd 01:10:54; Stage 10 Tom Howarth 28th 01:30:02; Stage 11 Steve Hargreaves 5th  01:15:24; Stage 12 Mel Koth 43rd 01:23:13; Stage 13 Steve Ashton 54th 01:28:26; Stage 14 Joe Greenwood 15th 01:12:34; Stage 15 Chris McCarthy 9th 01:18:39; Stage 16 Alan Elstone 54th 01:15:30; Stage 17 Sue Hawitt 54th 01:19:41; Stage 18 Richard Storey 35th 01:11:08; Stage 19 Pam Hardman 47th 01:09:40; Stage 20 Joanna Goorney 37th 1:10:09;

The finish - Cardiff

Neil Tate - Stage 7

 

 

The first race of 3 in the Cuerden Valley Badger 10k Trail race series took place on Thursday night at Cuerden Valley Park.  Mel Koth was the club's sole representative finishing 8th lady and 75th overall in a time of 49:26 out of the 192 finishers.

On Sunday, 3 junior members of the club took part in the Blackpool Aquatics (BATS) Northern Triathlon Festival from Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool.  This was the first time any of the juniors had taking part in first multi discipline event and all excelled.  Conditions were very warm in the morning for the running part of the aquathons and sweltering in the afternoon for the duathlon which started 3:15pm not helped by it all in direct sunlight.

Sydney Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden was first up in the Aquathon (8-10 years) (50m swim followed by 600m run (grass)) She was 2nd overall and 1st girl (swim 1:07, T1 0:46 and run 2:49).  Sydney Ramsden took part in the Aquathon  for 11-12 years (100m swim and 1200m run).  She was 2nd overall and 1st girl with a swim 2:03, T1 0:46 and 5:00 run (fastest run overall).  George Denye competed in the Duathlon (1,500m run (grass), 5,000m bike (track) and 1,500m run (grass)).  George was first overall (second race victory) after a recent second at Manchester with a run 6:07, T1 0:28, cycle 12:47, T2 0:20 and run 6:00.

Liz Boon and Johnny Wild successfully completed the Coniston Trail Marathon Challenge on Sunday 5th June.  As well as a tough course, the runners had to endure the hottest conditions the event had ever experienced.  Liz and Johnny finished in joint 145th place out of 287 entrants in 6hr 27min.

Johnny Wild

Olivia Johnson Allen

The 26th Lytham Hall parkrun attracted 206 runners on Saturday morning with Paul Muller of Horwich RMI once again being 1st finisher in 17:41.  First finisher for the club was Ross McKelvie in 6th with 18:47.  Neil Bayntun-Roberts had an excellent run for  9th in a new PB of 20:31  Barbara Holmes, fresh from her triathlon success last weekend in Portugal was motoring at the parkrun with another PB of 21:20 for 2nd lady and 12th overall which gave her an outstanding age grading of 84.84%.  Not far behind was 3rd female Michelle Hook who also ran a PB with 21:44 and Gerry Browne in 22nd place who knocked over half a minute of his PB with 22:19.

Full LSARRC results: Ross McKelvie 6th 18:47; Neil Bayntun-Roberts 9th 20:31 PB; Barbara Holmes 12th 21:20 PB; Michelle Hook 17th 21:44 PB; Gerry Browne 22nd 22:19 PB; Morgan Pritchard 64th 25:00; Olivia Johnson Allen 100th 27:26 PB; Graham Young 115th 28:28; Clemmie Tierney 120th 28:56 PB; Gillian Oliver 123rd 29:00;Eric Wrigley 133rd 29:59;

Over in Liverpool at the the 270th Princes parkrun, Felicity Wolohan also had an excellent run finishing 2nd lady only 6 seconds behind the 1st lady in 22nd place with a PB of 21:10.

LSARRC News 31st May 2016

Barbara Holmes - 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships

With the addition of a bank holiday weekend and the light evenings, there was a huge amount of races to choose from this last week. And strangely for a bank holiday weekend, there was a lot of very warn weather to contend with.

Wednesday night saw the first race of four of the Harrock  Hill Fell Race Series over near Parbold.  With 217 finishers, Joanna Goorney was the club's sole representative for this delightful 5.2 mile race.  Conditions were perfect with gentle drizzle keeping the runners cool.  First home was Karl Steinegger from Ambleside in a time of 33:34.  Joanna was pleased to run a PB for the course in a time of 39:59 finishing 47th overall, 3rd lady and 1st vet 45.

Chris McCarthy had an excellent win at the Promenade 10 Miler on Saturday morning in 1:01:32.  Starting from the Middle Walkway, North Promenade, the race attracted 157 runners.  Ross McKelvie was 2nd home for the club in 5th place and 1:06:10,  Michelle Hook was 38th in 1:22:27 and Sylvia Gittins was 105th in 1:37:57.

Joanna Goorney was back in action again on the fells on Saturday afternoon at the Hutton Roof Fell Race, near Kirkby Lonsdale.  This was also used as the first race in the Inter Club Fell Race series and so attracted a number of runners from the local clubs.  The 7 mile race had 1302 feet of ascent mainly on good mud free tracks and provided great views towards the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District in the fine sunny conditions. Joanna was 37th overall out of the 297 finishers, 4th female and 2nd vet 45 in a time of 1:03:26.

Hyndburn was the location for the 3rd Mid Lancs Track and Field meet of the season also on Saturday afternoon.  Junior Ella Moulding was the club's sole representative on the track winning the under 17 girls 1500m race in 4:49:40.  Rachael Wignall was first in action in the senior ladies long jump finishing 6th with 3.26 and then threw 5.46 in the shot putt for 6th place.

Ella Moulding

Jeremy McCandless and Greg Oulton were both out in the senior men's throwing events. Both competed in the shot putt with Jeremy throwing 6.20 for 12th place and Greg 5:62 for 14th place.  In the discus, Jeremy threw 15.94 for 13th place and Greg threw 13:12 for 14th place.  The javelin was Greg's final event where he threw 12:20 for 8th place whilst Jeremy competed in the hammer finishing 7th with a throw of 14:97.

Richard Storey - Catforth Canter 5k

Saturday night saw the first of the three Catforth Canter 5k races over the summer.  This flat course around the village of Catforth attracted 85 runners and was won by Rob Danson of Wesham RR in a time of 15:20.  Richard Storey finished in 44th place in a time of 21:38 whilst Claire England was 56th in 23:46.

The Liverpool Rock'n'Roll Marathon and Half Marathon took place on Sunday.  71 year old Pam Binns took just 4:40:26 in the warm weather to complete the Marathon course finishing 1st vet 70 and 1556th overall.  Felicity Wolohan ran in the Half Marathon completing the course in 1:36:29 for 368th place out of the 7143 finishers.

Mark Selby

There was another big marathon going on also on Sunday up in Scotland.  Mark Selby  completed the Edinburgh Marathon in 3:41 on a very hot Scottish day.  He was a little disappointed with his time but with the relentless heat and hills, he wasn't complaining! It was also a PB, shaving 57 minutes off.

Over in Portugal, Barbara Holmes took part in the 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships.  Barbara competed in the sprint race which consisted of a 750m open water swim, 20km on the bike and a 5km run to finish. She finished 2nd taking the silver medal in the vet 55 category in a time of 1:16:24.  A superb achievement.


The 25th Lytham Hall parkrun took place on Saturday morning with a total of 166 runners in the warm sunny conditions.  Paul Muller of Horwich RMI was first to finish in a time of 17:51.  Roy Stevens and junior Francis Morrison both recorded PBs along with Alex Tate and juniors Hebe Tierney and Clemmie Tierney.

Roy Stevens

Full results: Terry Hellings 13th 21:13; Neil Bayntun-Roberts 14th 21:33; Morgan Pritchard 27th 23:10; Graham Webster 28th 23:11; Roy Stevens 33rd 23:53; Francis Morrison 34th 23:55; Alex Tate 81st 28:02; Hebe Tierney 89th 28:58; Clemmie tTerney 90th 28:58;

Camperdown parkrun, Dundee combines sections through open park land, and wooded areas of Dundee's largest park on a one lap course.  Gerry Browne joined 150 other runners for the 5k course finishing in 31st place in a time of 24:12

Felicity Wolohan was in Liverpool for the Princes Park parkrun.  She finished in 28th place and 4th female in a time of 21:19 out of 228 finishers.

Thursday night saw the Club's monthly handicap race, the second in this year's series.  There were some excellent runs with the first three finishers all recording PBs and the next 4 getting seasons bests.  Especially notable among them was Debbie Cooper who's previous PB was way back in 2007. Neil Tate was first back with 26:10 for the 4.35 mile summer course whilst Joe Greenwood had the quickest run with Chris McCarthy not far behind.  The club was also pleased to welcome two newcomers to the handicap, Chris McKay and Stuart Gornall.

Full results: 1 Neil Tate 26:10 PB; 2 Justin Allitt 26:55 PB; 3 Gerry Brown 31:46 PB; 4 Richard Storey  31;49 SB; 5 Greg Oulton 36;05 SB; 6 Sylvia Gittins  38;58 SB; 7 Jeremy McCandless SB; 8 Claire England 33:33; 9 Colin Laidlaw 32:37 SB; 10 Sue Hawitt 35:40; 11 Joe Greenwood 24:27; 12 Debbie Cooper  33:52 PB; 13 Chris McCarthy 24:41; 14 Karen Lanigan 42:26; 15. Dawn Lock  58:19; 16 Tom Howarth 28:02; Est. Andy Unsworth 26:36; Est. Chris McKay 33:19; Est. Stuart Gornall 33:27; Est. Mark Selby 31:57;

LSARRC News 24nd May 2016

George Denye - 2nd place Junior Great Manchester Run

Sydney Ramsden

Jessica Ramsden

The big event in the north west was the Great Manchester 10k Run on Sunday but on Saturday, the juniors had their chance in the Junior Great Manchester Run 2016.  The outstanding performance of the day was from George Denye who finished 2nd in the boys 9-10 category in a time of 8:45.  Sydney Ramsden also had an excellent run in the girls 11-12 category finishing 18th in 10.  Younger sister, Jessica Ramsden ran in the mini race where she finished 6th

Mel Koth ran in the Great Manchester 10k and, in a race won by multiple Olympic gold medallist, world champion and world record holder Kenenisa Bekele, Koth finished in 2679th place with a time of 47:35

There were 526 finishers in the hilly Brathay Windermere Marathon on Sunday mornings.  In warm conditions, the race was won by Scott Harrington of Otley by over 11 minutes in a time of 2:36:33.  Tom Howarth was the club's sole representative finding the conditions tough.  He finished in 33rd place in 3:20:56 after completing the first half in about 1:26 but slowed in the second.

Luckily the rain just held off for the 24th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday morning.  Two first timers to the course were first male and first female finishers of the 174 runners.  Steven Henderson of Sale Harriers was the first male finisher in 17:15 whilst Jennifer Rich was the first female in 6th place in 18:22.  Chris McCarthy was 2nd finisher in a PB of 17:38 whilst Joanna Goorney was 2nd female and 7th overall in a PB time of 19:35 closely followed by Ross McKelvie in 8th in 19:39.  There were also superb PBs for Mark Selby breaking the elusive 20 minute barrier in 10th place with 19: 45 and Gerry Browne going under 23 minutes for the first time with 22:56 in 26th place.  Barbara Holmes acted as a pacer for the run for anyone aiming for 26 minutes and did a pretty impressive job finishing in 25:51!

Morgan_Pritchard, Neil Tate and Gerry Browne - Lytham Hall parkrun

Full Lytham results: Chris McCarthy, 2nd, 17:38 PB; Joanna Goorney, 7th, 19:35 PB; Ross McKelvie, 8th, 19:39; Mark Selby, 10th, :19:45 PB; Felicity Wolohan, 16th, 00:21:25; Terry Hellings, 17th, 00:21:30; Richard  Storey, 25th, 00:22:47; Gerry Browne, 26th, 22:56 PB; Morgan Pritchard, 30th, 23:28; Neil Tate, 32nd, 23:31; Claire England, 37th, 23:59; Laura Bremner, 46th, 24:22; Barbara Holmes, 61st, 25:51; Graham Young, 88th, 28:40; Gillian Oliver, 92nd, 29:10; Jeremy Mccandless, 113th, 31:26; Katie Bremner, 133rd, 32:51; Clemmie Tierney, 134th, 32:58;

Meanwhile a 1000 miles south Lytham members Graham Webster and Greg Oulton travelled to Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal to compete in the European Masters championships, an event that attracts the best veteran athletes from all over Europe. Three races in three days started with a 10k road race on Friday with Webster finishing in a time of 42.20 for 189th overall from 356 finishers and 22nd M60.  Oulton completed the course in 55.58 in 323rd place.  Saturday was the cross country relay.  In the M60 race Webster ran for the British M60 B team finishing in 6th place with the A team taking 3rd.  Oulton competed in the M45 race and finished as part of the British M45 team in 6th place.  Just a day later prolific race Webster was toeing the line for his third race in as many days in the Half Marathon Championship.  Webster finished in a time of 1.34.53 for 201st of 373 finishers, 25th M60 and part of the British M60 team finishing in 6th place.

LSARRC News 17th May 2015

Richard Storey and Michelle Hook

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

Roy Stevens

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

Andy Draper

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

Ella Moulding

Greg Oulton officiating

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

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

Rebecca Tate and Neil Tate at Preston parkrun

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

Calder Vale training run

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

Having a rest after running up hills