LSARRC News 19th July 2016

Caldervale Supper run took place on Thursday night with 111 runners. The 4 mile undulating course from Caldervale Village Hall attracted quite a few club members.  Neil Tate was first home for the club in 5th place in 23:15 closely followed by his younger brother Alex in 23:24.  Richard Storey was 22nd in 27:13, Ian Tate was 28th in 28:17, Claire England was 38th in 30:11, Alex Everest was 43rd in 30:43, Pam Hardman was 51st in 31:34, Sue Hawitt was 64th in 33:15, Jeremy McCandless was 68th in 33:38 and Hannah McCandless was 71st in 34:23.

Greg Oulton

Also on Thursday night was the short but sharp Bull Hill race, with 1100 feet of climb over 5.5 miles.  Organised by Radcliffe AC, the race starts in Hawkshaw.  First home was Danny Hope of Horwich RMI in 35:34.  Joe Greenwood had a good run to finish in 16th place in 41:41 whilst Greg Oulton was 152 in 1:00:17.  There were 201 finishers.

Greg Oulton was back out on the fells on Saturday afternoon along with Pam Hardman this time.  They head off to Warton Crag Fell Race near Carnforth for the 5.8 mile course with 183m of ascent over Warton Crag and Deepdale Woods. 1st finisher was Tom Cornthwaite of Northumberland Fell Runners by nearly 2 minutes in 37:03.  Greg was 61st 60:00 whilst Pam was 63rd in 61:53.

Terry, Fiona and Graham

On Sunday the 17th Fiona Geldard, Graham Webster and Terry Hellings headed to the Olympic Park in London and joined 11,000 other competitors to take part in the Great Newham 10k. Olympic gold medallist and local athlete Christine Ohuruogo started the run which then looped around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park before giving runners the opportunity to enter the Olympic  Stadium, run on the track and cross the finish line where, amongst others, Mo Farah, Jess Ennis and Usain Bolt won gold in 2012. First back for Lytham was Graham in 212th place with a time of 42:21, Terry, running just a mile from where he grew up, was next in 44.43 for 378th place with Fiona Geldard finishing in 1756th with a time of 60.12.

Sue Hawitt and her son at the Windmill Half Marathon

Claire England followed by Roy Stevens

Windmill Half Marathon also took place on Sunday morning.  Starting from Fairhaven Lake, the 2 lap course headed up to Lytham twice.  The race attracted quite a number of LSARRC athletes amongst the 517 finishers.


Full Results: Chris Mccarthy 8th 1:21:59; Andrew Unsworth 21st 1:27:01; Neil Tate 22nd 1:27:02; Felicity Wolohan 53rd 1:35:17; Alan Elstone 101st 1:40:25; Gerry Browne 146th 1:47:13; Claire England 157th 1:48:03; Roy Stevens 158th 1:48:05; Sue Hawitt 259th 1:48:01; Alex Everest 288th 1:59:52; Rachael Wignall 504th 2:42:08

Steve Ashton

Steve Ashton became an Ironman on Sunday after finishing the gruelling Bolton UK Ironman triathlon.  He completed the course in 15:57:56 (2.4 mile swim 1:23:46, 112 mile bike 7:53:28, 26.2 mile run 6:20:04).

Sophie Bohannon

The 31st Lytham Hall parkrun took place on Saturday morning with a total of 189 runners.  First finisher this week was Jeremy Ladyman of Valley Striders in a time of 17:30.  10 year old Sophie Bohannon had an excellent first ever parkrun to finish in 22nd place with a time of 22:13 and another 10 year old having a great run was Eric Wrigley who knocked over a minute of his PB to finish in 58th place with 24:39..  The Tate family were out in force with Neil accompanying one of his daughters, 10 year old Sophie whilst his other daughter, Rebecca accompanied her mum Annette. in her first ever parkrun.

Morgan Pritchard followed by Francis Morrison

Full Results: Mark Selby 14th 20:58; Sophie Bohannon 22 22:13; Joanna Goorney 23 22:13; Francis Morrison 45 23:58; Morgan Pritchard 48 24:04; Richard Storey 49 24:05; Eric Wrigley 58 24:39 Jeremy McCandless 77 26:29; Lucy Bohannon 82 26:55; Holly Anderson 103 28:35; Sophie Tate 173 35:30; Neil Tate 174 35:32; Rebecca Tate 182 39:56;

Julia Rolfe took in parkrun whilst in Poland last week.  She ran the Krakow parkrun on 9th  July.  She took 25 minutes to complete the flat 5k course in very warm conditions.  She found it a friendly group of 85 runners and was also 1st vet 50.

LSARRC News 12th July 2016

St Annes Carnival 5k

The main event of the week for Lytham St Annes RRC Carnival 5k and 1500m fun run on Sunday. Lytham juniors represented the club very well in the 1500 with 11 year old boy Louis Eunson taking 1st place in 5:39 and 10 year old Sophie Bohannon in her first race for the club 3rd overall and first girl in 5:43 both beating older more experienced athletes. Other Lytham results were George Denye (4th in 5:46), Charlie Ormerod (5th in 6:01), Morgan Pritchard (7th in 6:13), Laura Bremner (9th in 6:19), Francis Morrison (10th in 6:28), Rebecca Tate (11th in 6:30), Sydney Ramsden (12th in 6:42), Jennifer Hayes (14th in 6:48), Lucy Bohannon (15th in 6:48), Hebe Tierney 18th in 7:03), Amara Thorpe (19th in 7:10), Clemmie Tierney (20th in 7:12), Charlotte Simms (22nd in 7:19), Ruby Simms (26th in 7:26), Eric Wrigley (27th in 7:26), Jessica Ramsden (30th in 7:30), Hollie Anderson (31st in 7:41), Sophie Tate (32nd in 7:58), Charlie Stephenson (35th in 35:08), Ethan Currie (47tg in 8:57) and 4 year old Sebastien Koth 67th in 10:20.

Sydney Ramsden, Lucy Bohannon and Jennifer Hayes
St Annes Carnival 1500m Fun Run

The Carnival 5k also proved a successful event for Lytham with 3 men in the top 10 (Thomas Howarth, 5th in 18:36, Neil Tate, 6th in 18:41 and Ross McElvie, 8th in 18:46) ensuring the team prize. Other Lytham finishers for Lytham were Mark Selby (15th in 20:00), Alan Elstone (21st in 21:01), Dave Dunn (27th in 22:03), Claire England (28th in 23:16 and 1st FV50), Steve Quarmby (41st in 23:22), Roy Stephens (45th in 23:50), Des Heron (46th in 23:55), Sue Hawitt (50th in 24:26), Steve Tate (54th in 25:18)Pam Hardman (55th in 25:25), Maria Tierney (72nd in 28:17), Rachael Wignall (119th in 29:20), James Whitworth (135th in 29:57) and Nicola Mason (114th in 39:09). Prizes were presented by the Carnival Queen at the Lord Derby.

St Annes Carnival 1500m Fun Run

Just 4 members made it to the 30th Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday with Chris McCarthy first home for Lytham taking 8th place in 19:00. 10 year old Morgan Pritchard finished in a pb time of 23:02 in 33rd place with Sue Samme and Terry Hellings in 34th and 35th both recording 23:07, Maria Tierney and Karen Lanigan both ran pb times of 27:53 and 30:30 for 87th and 114th places respectively.

20 Barriers Fell Race

The 20 Barriers Fell Race from Carnforth on Tuesday night was chosen as the 3rd race in the Inter Club Fell Race and as a result there was a good turnout from LSARRC. After last year's problems with the course being sabotaged and runners going the wrong way, there were no such problems this year and every thing ran smoothly. The course is a great introduction to off-road running with a mixture of running along the canal, over fields and along gravel tracks and covers a distance of just over 5 miles with 500 foot of ascent. With 208 finishers, Chris Arthur from Bowland Fell Runners was the clear winner by over 2 minutes in 31:08. Chris McCarthy had an excellent run to finish 5th in 34:37 whilst Joanna Goorney was 1st lady in 20th place in 38:03. Neil Tate was 26th in 38:22. Next home was Richard Storey in 97th place in 46:05, Debbie Cooper was 105th in 46:58, Claire England was 113th in 48:27, Sue Hawitt was 126th in 50:45, Greg Oulton was 134th in 51:23, Karen Lanigen was 187th in 59:42 and Dawn Lock was 207th in 72:13.

LSARRC juniors and coaches at the Presentation Evening

The Junior Presentation Evening was held on Thursday night at Lytham YMCA, proved very popular and Lytham’s most successful with over 70 juniors, parents and coaches attending, Events started off with an hour of games for the juniors finishing with a juniors versus coaches relay which was won by the juniors. The presentation then followed with food afterwards provided by the Refuel Cafe Bar. 10 year old Morgan Pritchard was the winner of the Coaches Cup awarded not solely for achievement but to the athlete who, in the opinion of the coaches, has shown the most dedication and takes account of attendance, effort, attitude to fellow athletes as well as coaches. Other awards were – handicap winner Amara Thorpe, U11 girls XC Sydney Ramsden, U13 girls XC Rebecca Tate, U11 boys XC Louis Eunson (runner up George Denye), U13 boys XC Simon Holt, bronze XC medals awarded to U11 girls Charlotte Thompson, Jessica Ramsden and Keira Van Bogeruen and U11 boy Morgan Pritchard. Athlete of the year award for Thursday group was Harry Fellows, Tuesday’s award went to Sophie Bohannon and Monday’s was shared by sisters Hebe and Cleme Tierney

Junior prize winners

Felicity Wolohan did the Ladies Forest Park 5km in Warrington on Wednesday 6th finishing in 6th position with a time of 21 minutes.

A number of club members were back out again on the fells on Thursday night for the Tockholes Evening Fell Race which takes in Darwen Tower. First home on the 9.4 km course with 310m of ascent was Nick Leigh of Horwich RMI in 35:19. Lytham had 2 top ten finishers with Joe Greenwood in 6th with 39:13and Chris McCarthy in 10th with 41:13. Greg Oulton was 58th in 1:01:38 aand Jeremy McCandless was 60th in 1:06:47. There were 62 finishers.

Joanna Goorney headed over to Sheffield for the weekend, judging at the British Bouldering Championships. Whilst there, she took in the Sheffield Hallam parkrun from Endcliffe Park. The parkrun was celebrating its 6th anniversary and to celebrate, the course was run in reverse, a novel idea except with the large numbers (586 runners), it made the start quite slow with most of the first mile on narrow pavement. Joanna was 2nd lady and 44th overall.

LSARRC News 5th July 2016

Rachael Wignall

The fourth fixture in the Mid Lancs Track and Field league took place on a windy but dry Sat 2nd July at Salt Ayre Sports Centre, Lancaster.

Lytham’s sole representative on the track was the versatile under 13 boy Simon Holt. Simon's first event was the 800m and in conditions not conducive to good times he performed well in a field of 15 to finish in a time of 2m 48.2s taking 3rd place in division and picking up 4 points for the club. Simon’s next event on the track was the 200m where he finished in 3rd of 11 in 30.8s and 2nd in division 2 for a further 5 points. Simon transferred his attention to the field events competing in the shot where he achieved a distance of 6.69m finishing 4th of 11 and 2nd in division 2 for a further 5 points.

Simon Holt

Mid Lancs Track and Field, Lancaster

Rachael Wignall was Lytham’s only senior woman and in her first season competing at track and field for Lytham performed well. Rachael took 1st place in division 2 of the senior woman’s long jump with a jump of 3.02m earning 7 points. Rachael also picked up 5 points in the shot for her 2nd place in division 2 with a distance of 5.48m and 4 points in the discus with a distance of 14.29m finishing 3rd in division 2.

Jeremy McCandless was first up for the senior men in the hammer picking up 7 points for 1st place in division 2 with a distance of 13.99m. Jeremy was joined by Greg Oulton in the shot achieving distances of 6.26m and 5.59m picking up 2 and 1 points respectively for 5th and 6th place in division 2.  Greg also competed in the discus finishing 5th in division 2 with a distance of 12.94m earning 2 points and the javelin again finishing 5th in division 2 with a distance of 13.13m.

Chris  McCarthy ran the Lostock Hall Carnival 5k on Saturday lunchtime.  Dave Rigby of Salford Harriers fresh from his victory at the Freckleton Half Marathon a couple of weeks won by nearly a minute in 15:35.  Chris finished in 4th place in 17:41 out of 66 runners.

Saturday evening saw the second race of three in the Catforth Canter 5k Race Series. The race was won by Jason Parker of Preston Harriers in 16:25 with 72 finishers.  Richard Storey was LSARRC's sole representative finishing in 41st place in 21:55.

Lytham Hall parkrun

The 29th Lytham Hall parkrun took place on Saturday morning in bright but windy conditions.  Finishing first again was Paul Muller of Horwich RMI Harriers in 17:47 whilst Lytham's Felicity Wolohan was the first lady finisher in 14th place and 20:54.  10 year old George Denye running in his first parkrun had an outstanding run to finish in 11th place in a time of 20:18.  There were also a number of PBs for LSARRC athletes including Neil Bayntun-Roberts who was 10th in 20:17, Claire England who was 27th and 4th lady in 23:06,  junior Sydney Ramsden whowas 47th in 24:50 and Greg Outlon who was 53rd in 25:09.  There were 176 finishers.

Laura Bremner

Full Results: Neil Bayntun-Roberts 10th     20:17; George Denye 11th 20:18; Neil Tate 12th 20:19; Mark Selby 13th 20:31; Felicity Wolohan 14th 20:54; Gerry Browne 21st 22:29; Claire England 27th 23:06; Morgan Pritchard 35th 23:49; Terry Hellings 36th 23:53; Francis Morrison 41st 24:37; Laura Bremner 43rd 24:40; Sue Hawitt 45th 24:43; Sydney Ramsden 47th 24:50; Greg Oulton 53rd 25:09; Jeremy Mccandless 88th 28:26; Gillian Oliver 96th 29:05; Liz Boon 113th 30:29;

Neil Tate and George Denye

Roy Steven ran the St Peters parkrun in Sydney Park, St Peters, Sydney,Australia for the 3rd week in succession in beautiful sunshine.  Hopefully this will be the last time because he is hoping his daughter will come home next year.  He got another PB for this course, which has a mega hill, in 23.32 and his fastest 5k this year.  He finished 81st out of 283 finishers.

Thursday night saw the Club's monthly handicap race, the third in this year's series using the summer course of 4.35 miles.  It was a wet, wet evening with the course disrupted by road works also but nevertheless a close race ensued.  Two newcomers were welcomed to the handicap; Steve, yet another of the Tate family, who ran an excellent veteran's time and Joanne Cain who was the quickest lady.

Another excellent well attended Jacob's Join was enjoyed afterwards back at the Club's headquarters at Lytham YMCA.

Full Results: 1 Jeremy McCandless 36:51; Hannah McCandless 39:12; 3 Derek Caborn 39:.06; 4 Sue Hawitt 34:44; 5 Colin Laidlaw 31:53; 6 Claire England 33:03; 7 Alex Tate 27:12; 8 Greg Oulton 35:53; 9 Graham Webster 28:24; 10 Debbie Cooper 33:42; 11 Gerry Brown 31:57; 12 Joe Greenwood 24:35; 13 Alan Elstone 29:41; 14 Tom Howarth 25:52; 15 Neil Tate 26:43; 16 Chris McCarthy 25:16; 17 Pam Binns 42:51; Est Steve Tate 35:28; Est Joanne Cain 32:21;

23rd - 26th June saw the Europe Corporate Games take place in Liverpool in which companies, businesses and other social sector services compete in various sports from poker to dragonboat racing, swimming to football.  On the Saturday, Graham Webster ran as a guest competitor for CSC business in the 5k at Ormskirk University winning a silver medal over an undulating course in 20:13 for V60 category.  2 hours later, he ran in the 4 x 1 mile relay leg bringing his team to finish 5th overall in a time of 6:10.

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.