LSARRC News 26th December 2017

A Boxing Day record for Susan Samme.

Kirsten Burnett

 
On Boxing Day, several LSARRC runners attempted to atone for their Christmas Day excess in the annual Worden Park 10K in Leyland.  Held in the park and nearby country roads over a muddy and undulating course, there were some excellent performances.  Susan Samme, on excellent form, smashed the FV55 club 10K record with her time of 41:46.  Michelle Sheridan achieved a personal best of with 1:04:51.  Other results were:  Paul Veevers, in 11th overall in 37:12; Felicity Wolohan 41:06; Ian Tate 43:06; Kirsten Burnett 52:06 and Christine Walker 57:09.

The Christmas Cracker 10K was held in Lancaster on Christmas Eve.  This was a small, friendly event with good running conditions over a flat course.  Both Lytham runners went home with prizes as Ross McKelvie took 2nd place in the race with 38:26 while Kirsten Burnett was 4th lady to finish and 1st FV40, finishing in 50:40.

Ross McKelvie

On Saturday 23rd December the Red Nose 5-mile race took place in Blackpool.  Most runners wore festive fancy dress and it had a fun feel with several cross-country touches over the muddy trail route, including several large puddles.  James Buckley was first back for the club in 39:22, followed by Greg Oulton in 47:49 and Kirsten Burnett in 48:52.

Also on Saturday 23rd December many Lytham members completed the 5k parkrun at Lytham Hall.  Andrew Draper was first home overall in a good time of 17:24, he was followed by Christopher McCarthy and Alex Tate who came 4th and 6th respectively.  Catherine Carrdus was first female and 12th overall in 18:37. Amazingly, Lytham ladies secured the first 4 female positions in the parkrun and Brian Porter managed to run a person best time of 24:19.

Full Results:  Andrew Draper 17:44 (1st), Christ McCarthy 18:19 (4th), Alex Tate 18:26 (6th), Catherine Carrdus 19:59 (12th overall, 1st female), Joanna Goorney 20:18 (17th overall, 2nd female), Graham Webster 20:22 (18th), Neil Bayntun-Roberts 20:31 (20th), Felicity Wolohan 20:39 (22nd, 3rd female), Gill Draper 20:46 (24th overall, 4th female), John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:07 (26th), Neil Tate 21:27 (29th), Terry Hellings 21:45 (33rd), and Darran Ames who was the tail walker and finished the course in 48:54.

Several Lytham runners ran other park runs around the country.  Greg Oulton completed the Blackpoll parkrun in a time of 28:28. Mark Hughes travelled to Birkenhead and ran the course in 22:50.  Travelling North, Kevin Murray ran the Dunfermline parkrun in 23:02 and Pamela Binns managed the Brighton parkrun in 31:33.

14 junior Lytham members completed the 2k parkrun at Parkview in Lytham on Christmas Eve, lots of children dressed up in festive outfits and lots of fun was had.  First home was Morgan Pritchard in 7:48, followed by Emily Balshaw for 2nd overall and first female spot.   Lewis Bentley managed 8:35 for 4th, not far behind him was Eric Wrigley in 8:44 for 7th.  Leoma Gill achieved a new personal best of 10:12 as did Rosa Gill.

Full Results:  Morgan Pritchard 7:48 (1st),  Emily Balshaw 8:04 (2nd), Lewis Bentley 8:35 (4th), Eric Wrigley 8:44 (7th), Jayden Richardson 9:00 (8th), Clemmie Tierney 9:39 (14th), Jake Balshaw 9:43 (15th), Amara Thorpe 9:51 (16th), Finlay Hughes 10:07 (20th), Leoma Gill 10:12 (21st), Blair Selbie 10:30 (23rd), Ella wiseman 11:07 (28th), Rosa Gill 12:06 (36th), and Sophie Tate 14:25 (50th).

LSARRC News 19th December 2017

Lytham’s Sue Samme’s return to form continued with an impressive run at the 3-1-5 5k in Lancaster on Saturday 16th.  The race is a fast flat, traffic free out and back course on a cycle path following the river Lune.  Sammé, in her first race as an FV55 and on her birthday, finished as second woman and ninth overall in a time of 19:53 (her fastest time for five years).  Sue also smashed the club FV55 record by nearly 3 minutes, achieved a club diamond standard time, took the lead in the Founders Trophy (an award for the best age related performance) and moved up to 6th in the country in her new age category in 2017.  Not everyone’s ideal way to start their birthday but Sue was very pleased with her performance. 

Lytham St Annes Road Runners’ Club had a winner in Ross McKelvie on Sunday in the Christmas Cracker 10K in Lancaster.

Ross reported that it was a wet day with constant rain and a naughty little headwind on the on the way back. The course was otherwise fast and predominantly flat that took the racers out to Morecambe before turning and heading back into Lancaster across the Lune Millenium bridge. After a brief uphill near the end, the final 200m was round a grass field through slippery mud to the finish.

In second place until the final kilometre, Ross put in a great sprint to win in 37:17, a comfortable 23 seconds in front of the next competitor. Jen Fisher also ran well to finished twelfth overall in 44:30.

The juniors held their annual competition against Kirkham Grammar Junior School last Monday. Lytham had 15 athletes competing, although were a little short on boys and so some of the girls were in the boy’s teams!

The event started with the Speed bounce competition, with the boys winning their competition. There were great performances from the winning team of Charlie W, Archie, Freddie W, Matthew, Sophie and Samantha with Olivia doing 59 speed bounces in 20 seconds which was a record for the evening. Also performing well for the girls were Caitlin, Cleme, Amara and Leoma who all managed at least 50.

Archie achieved 2nd place in the boy’s Long jump competition, Freddie was 2nd in Triple jump and Olivia and Samantha were 1st and 2nd in the Vertical jump (boy’s team). Amara won the girl’s Vertical jump and Cleme the girl’s Javelin. The children then took part in the 1,2,3 and 4 lap races where they worked hard to achieve their positions.

Finally were the 4x1 and Obstacle Relays, where Lytham worked well as a team. Overall Lytham won the boy’s competition and Kirkham won the girl’s. The juniors from both teams enjoyed a super evening with every athlete competing in at least 5 events. It was lovely to see the smiles on the faces of the athletes. Despite many of the Lytham team being much younger than the Kirkham team they still gave their all.

In the Lytham Parkrun on Saturday Neil Tate was the first Lytham club runners in third, while Justin Allitt set a new pb of 19:01 to come fifth. James Buckley in sixteenth was the only other from the fifteen Lytham club runners to set a new pb.

On Sunday, in the Lytham Park View Junior Parkrun, Lytham’s George Denye and Charlie Ormerod were second and third respectively, while Emily Balshaw, in fifth overall, was the first girl. Jake Balshaw and Rebecca Fisher both set new pbs.

LSARRC News 12th December 2017

LSARRC at Longridge 7

Saturday 9th December saw the third fixture of the Mid-Lancashire cross country series.  Runners knew this was going to be a difficult day given the icy weather conditions.  However, the senior men’s team of, Christopher McCarthy, Joe Greenwood, Andy Draper, Paul Veevers, Neil Tate and Graham Webster secured an excellent 6th position overall.  Out of 230 runners McCarthy and Greenwood finished in the first 30 runners.  Greenwood pushed McCarthy all the way and only 2 seconds separated them.

Terry Hellings

Full Results: Christopher McCarthy in 40:38 for 24th, Joe Greenwood 40:40 for 26th, Andrew Draper in 42:28 for 44th, Paul Veevers in 42:56 for 48th, Neil Tate in 44:49 for 68th, Graham Webster in 48:38 for 120th, Terry Hellings in 50:12 for 156th, Mark Hughes in 54:53 for 206th and Greg Oulton in 1:05:08 for 226th.

In the Senior Men’s (Vets) over 40 team, LSARRC secured 16th place with Webster, Hellings, Hughes and Oulton.  Ninth place went to the Senior Men’s (Vets) ove4r 50 team which consisted of, Webster, Hellings and Oulton.

In the Senior Ladies race the club was represented by 6 runners, the first team of Catherine Carrdus, Kirsten Burnett, and Julia Rolfe finished 16th overall.  The second team of Alexandra Everest, Pamela Hardman, and Dawn Lock came 27th.  Catherine Carrdus had a fantastic race, in difficult running conditions to come 16th overall.  LSARRC came 12th in the Ladies over 35 team, 5th in the over 45 category the team came 5th and the team of Rolfe, Hardman and Lock came 2nd in the over 55 category.

Alex Everest and Kirsten Burnett in the senior ladies race

Full Results: Catherine Carrdus ran 23:56 for 16th, Kirsten Burnett in 28:36 for 70th, Julia Rolfe in 29:21 for 77th, Alexandra Everest in 30:24 for 86th, Pamela Hardman in 31:49 for 105th and Dawn Lock in 47:28 for 135th.

Under 15 girls at Leigh XC

Two under 15 girls represented the club, they were Laura Bremner who the course in 13:39 for 31st, and Lucy Bohannon who ran 15:14 for 42nd.

Rebecca Fisher

In the under 13 boys race the sole competitor for Lytham, Morgan Pritchard ran the course in 12:39 to gain 36th spot.  In the girl’s race, Sophie Bohannon and Rebecca Fisher ran for the club. Sophie finished 9th in 8:14 and Rebecca finished in 11:03 for 65th position overall.

There were more juniors in the under 11 races.  In the boys, the team came 10th with Eric Wrigley, Finlay Hughes, and Lewis Bentley who all finished close together.  Full Results:  Eric Wrigley ran 7:27 for 46th, Finlay Hughes ran 7:30 for 48th, Lewis Bentley ran 7:52 for 55th and Jack Greaves 10:28 for 75th.  In the girls race the team of Jessica Ramsden, Amara Thorpe and Leoma Gill came 13th overall.  Full Results:  Jessica Ramsden was first home in 8:05 for 33rd, Amara Thorpe ran 8:25 for 42nd, and Leoma Gill ran the course in 8:56 for 51st.

Not as many club members attended parkruns because of the cross-country fixture at Leigh on the same day, and the difficult running conditions. At the Lytham Hall park run on Saturday 9th December 12 LSARRC members completed the 5k course and 3 runners achieved new personal bests.  First home, with a new personal best was Justin Allitt in a time of 19:09 for 2nd place.  Jennifer Hill ran the course in 21:11 for 9th position overall, and second female spot.  Darran Ames wasn’t far behind her in 10th position in a time of 21:28, and Kev Murray ran 21:55 for 11th.  Other finishers were:  Ian Balshaw who completed the course in 25:32 for 38th position, Christine Walker 27:25 (66th and a new personal best), Laura Byrne 27:41 (71st position), Ruth Bye 28:30 (84th and a new personal best), Robert Parker 29:00 (89th position), Jeremy McCandless 29:03 (90th position), Michelle Sheridan ran 30:16 for (107th position), and Sarah Bagshaw 32:26 (121st position).

Felicity Wolohan completed the Princes parkrun in Liverpool, and achieved a time of 20:22 for the 4th female position and 12th overall.

Greg Oulton at the Longridge 7

On Sunday 10th December, the Longridge 7 Xmas pudding race.  The club was very well represented even with the very cold conditions.  A tough, undulating seven mile course over the beautiful Longridge fells, all on roads, but still a great pre-Christmas fun and friendly, fully marshalled event.  Full Results:  Ian Tate 0:51:05, Kevin Murray 0:56:43, Kitty Churchill 0:58:46, Peter Reid 1:0:48, Greg Oulton 1@05:57, Juli Wiseman 1:11:40, Jacqui Murray 1:12:40, Kirsten Burnett 1:17:26, Sylvia Gittins 1:17:29, Michelle Sheridan  1:17:29, Penny Morrison 1:22:08 and Sarah Bagshaw 1:22:31.  Special mention to Gittins who came 1st in FV70 and taking home a bottle of wine for her husband.

LSARRC Results: Peter Reid 1:0:48; Greg Oulton 1:05:57; Juli Wiseman 1:11:40; Jacqui Murray 1:12:07; Kirsten Burnett 1:17:26; Sylvia Gittins 1:17:26; Michelle Sheridan 1:17:29; Penny Morrison 1:22:08; Sarah Bagshaw 1:22:31.

Finlay Hughes followed by Jayden Richardson at Park View junior parkrun

Several junior members braved the wintry weather on Sunday and completed the junior parkrun at Park View, in Lytham.  There were 8 Lytham runners, who amazingly secured 2nd,3rd,4th,5th and 6th positions, and 1st female spot, with a new personal best for Jayden Richardson, well done to all.  Full results:  Lewis Bentley 8:27 for 2nd, Eric Wrigley 8:33 for 3rd, Finlay Hughes 8:47 for 4th, Jayden Richardson 8:48 for 5th, Amara Thorpe 9:31 for 6th and 1st female spot, Blair Selbie 10:22 for 11th, Morgan Pritchard 12:17 for 21st and Sophie Tate 15:00 for 31st.

LSARRC News 5th December 2017

LSARRC impress at the Lancaster Half Marathon.

Tom Howarth

The Lancaster Half Marathon which includes a 5K Fun Run took place on Sunday 3rd December.  The Half Marathon started on the Lancaster cycle path alongside the River Lune and then headed towards the pretty village of Caton, before looping back towards Lancaster passing the start line.  The course then passed the Millennium Bridge, the Maritime museum and Carlisle Bridge and then the route continued down the Lancaster Quayside before heading for home.  Five Lytham members completed the route and they didn’t disappoint.  Mike Toft came 2nd overall after a fantastic run and Thomas Howarth wasn’t far behind in 13th.  Graham Webster ran a fantastic race, continuing his good form of late.  Full results:  Mike Toft 2nd place in 01:16:29, Thomas Howarth 01:23:37 (13th), Graham Webster 01:34:18 (38th), Chris Bowker 01:49:11 (88th), and Kirsten Burnett 01:54:29 (104th).  In the 5K fun run first position went to Ross McKelvie of LSARRC in a time of 18:00.  Well done to all.

Felicity Wolohan

Also on Sunday 3rd December saw 8 LSARRC participants in the Myerscough 10. This is a 10-mile road race, starting and finishing at Myerscough College, Bilsborrow, that has replaced the annual Guys 10 race.  Some of the course follows the old Guys 10 route but much of it is different as it meanders along some of the quiet rural lanes around Inskip. There were 258 runners enjoying the near perfect conditions for distance running. The race was won by Jack Wood of Ilkey Harriers in 53:54, with the first lady being local runner Emily Japp of Blackpool Wyre & Fylde AC in 1:00:41. First home for LSARRC was Felicity Wolohan in an impressive 01:07:23 for 31stplace overall. Elsewhere Julia Rolfe won the 1st FV55 prize finishingin 01:24:45, 140th overall.

The full list of LSARRC finishers are: 31st for Felicity Wolohan in 01:07:23, 56th for Ian Tate in 01:12:13, 89th for Richard Storey in 01:17:28, 101st for Roy Stevens in 01:19:06, 119th for James Buckley in 01:22:12, 140th for  Julia  Rolfe in 01:24:45, 172nd for  Greg  Oulton in 01:30:15, and 226th  for Pam Binns in 01:44:23.

Joanna Goorney (Courtesy of Beau Dog Photography)

Sunday also saw the Bill Fox Gravy Fell Race Fell Race take place, which was attended by Joanna Goorney of Lytham.  The race started in Tintwistle, near Glossop.  The pleasant and well-organized race was five and a half miles long with a thousand foot of ascent onto the moors with a very muddy descent through woodland.  Goorney finished 48th overall, 7th female and 1st vet 45 out of a field of 224 runners, in a time of 47:05.

The previous weekend, on Sunday 26th November Greg Oulton took part in the David Staff Memorial Fell Race, named in honor of a member of the organisers, Darwen Dashers, who died aged 17 of cardiac arrest, profits form the race were donated to Cardiac Risk in the Young.  Starting ins Sunnyhurst Woods, near the Kiosk pub, the race heads up to Darwen Tower, round the moors and back, taking in Aggie’s Staircase at the mid-way point, finishing back in Sunnyhurst Woods near the bandstand.  Oulton described the course as tough, with snow on the ground with 800 feet to climb over 4 miles.  Oulton finished the course in just over 50 minutes, and with this being the day after the Liverpool XC this was a good achievement.

Paul Veevers at Lytham Hall parkrun

At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday 2nd December there were 26 Lytham runners, and some outstanding results were achieved.   Seven Lytham runners came in the top ten with Draper gaining first spot and Veevers 3rd.  Goorney was the first female home and Samme with a new pb was second female overall.  Third female position went to Gill Draper of Lytham, 4th to Jennifer Hill and 5th female spot to Emily Balshaw.

Full results: Andrew Draper 17:48 (1st), Paul Veevers 18:25 (3rd), Ross McKelvie 19:16 (4th), Neil Tate 19:29 (5th), Justin Allitt 19:37 (6th pb), Joanna Goorney 20:00 (7th), Susan Samme 20:06 (8th), Gill Draper 20:45 (13th), Jennifer Hill 21:14 (15th), Emily Balshaw 21:36 (16th), Graham Webster 21:37 (who supported Emily Balshaw, 17th), Morgan Pritchard 21:40 (18th), Mark Selby 21:43 (19th), James Buckley 22:05 (24th), G Browne 23:15 (33rd), Kirsten Burnett 24:30 (53rd), Ian Balshaw 24:33 (54th pb), Eric Wrigley 25:31 (62nd), Greg Oulton 26:17 (74th), Christine Walker 27:37 (86th pb), Kate Benett 28:40 (103rd), Pat Bullen 28:52 (106th), Michelle Sheridan 30:15 (136th), Jeremy McCandless 31:13 (141st), Penny Morrison 31:31 (145th), and Sarah Bagshaw 31:36 (147th).

At other parkrun around the country Emily Hargreaves of Lytham attended the South Manchester parkrun and completed the course in 20:19, she was 19th overall and first female.  Terry Hellings ran the Basildon parkrun in a time of 22:19 for 8th position.  Finlay and Mark Hughes travelled to Birkenhead and ran the course in 23:15 and 23:19, respectively. 

The junior parkrun at Park View in Lytham was held on Sunday again there were a few Lytham juniors, 4 in total.  First home was Morgan Pritchard in 7:42 gaining first spot.  Lewis Bentley was second home for the club in 8:44. Jack Greaves ran 10:26 and Holly Anderson 15:13.

LSARRC News 28th November 2017

A club record for Susan Samme at the Wesham 10k.

LSARRC at Wesham 10k

Sue Samme

On Saturday 25th November 2017, the Wesham 10K took place.  The Wesham 10k is one of the North West’s oldest continually running 10k road races.  Held every November, the race is slightly undulating, running around the lanes of Salwick and Lea Town.  13 Lytham runners completed the course.  Congratulations to Susan Samme who broke the FV50 club record at 10k and ran the course in a fantastic time of 41:45. 

Full results are as follows:  Susan Samme 41:45 (56th), Darran Ames 43:06 (69th), Adrian Sargent 47:11 (121st), Kathy Gaunt 49:06 (140th), Ruth Wheatley 51:56 (183rd), Robert Parker 56:06 (258th), Laura Byrne 57:01 (272nd), Jacquie Murray 58:33 (286th), Ruth Bye 59:25 (297th), Pamela Binns 1:02:12 (342th), Penny Morrison 1:04:58 (358th), Michelle Sheridan 1:05:50 (365th), Sarah Bagshaw 1:07:53 (380th).  There were 420 runners in all.

On the same day the British Athletics Cross Challenge took place, which also included, within the race, the 2nd fixture of the Mid Lancs cross country league.  The venue was Sefton Park, Liverpool.  The weather was cold and breezy with hail and rain showers making the course quite muddy in many places, however there were some great performances.  LSARRC fielded 15 men each running 9.8km to create two teams. Mike Toft was first home for Lytham, followed by Joe Greenwood and Christopher McCarthy.  Terry Hellings came 5th in the age category V60 and Graham Webster achieved first position in the V65 category.  In the team results Lythams first team (of Toft, Greenwood, McCarthy, Tate, Veevers, and Howarth) came 10th overall which is a fantastic achievement and Lytham B team (of Tuck, Bertenshaw, Hellings, Webster, Tate, and Stanfield) came 26th.  In the senior men, over 40 category the Lytham Team (of Hellings, Webster, Tate and Stanfield) came 11th and in the over 50 category the Lytham Team (of Hellings, Webster and Oulton) came 8th.

Under 11s at Liverpool XC

The results for the Mid Lanc were as follows:  Mike Toft 37:35 (42nd), Joe Greenwood 38:15 (51st), Christopher McCarthy 38:51 (66th), Neil Tate 41:08 (248th), Paul Veevers 41:20 (101st), Thomas Howarth 41:46 (107th), Jonathon Tuck 44:48 (175th), John Bertenshaw 47:12 (219th), Terry Hellings 47:27 (223rd), Graham Webster 47:36 (230th), Ian Tate 48:25 (236th), Gavin Stanfield 49:46 (254th), Chris Bowker 52:54 (281st), Mark Hughes 55:48 (294th), and Greg Oulton 61:33 (303rd).

Catherine Carrdus

In the senior ladies’ race LSARRC had 5 runners.  First home was Catherine Carrdus in 34:51 coming 23rd and 4th in the category L45.  Joanna Goorney followed shortly in 35:13, 26th overall.  Melanie Koth ran the course in 39:25, she was the 12th lady in the category L35, and 58th overall.  Julia Rolfe managed the course in 44:35, 109th overall and 8th L55.  Finally Dawn Lock cane 3rd in the L65 category in a time of 1:11:10, gaining 171st spot overall.

In the team results, the Ladies team came 9th  and consisted of Carrdus, Goorney and Koth.  In the Ladies over 35 the category the Lytham team came 8th (Carrdus, Koth and Rolfe), and in the V45 category the Lytham cohort were 9th and the team consisted of Carrdus, Rolfe and Lock.

Laura Bremner

The Under 15 girls team came 9th overall, with Laura Bremner coming 35th, in 13:54, followed by Lucy Bohannon 59th, in 16:12 and Holly Anderson 62nd overall, in a time of 25:50. 

Morgan Pritchard was the sole Lytham junior in the under 13 race, and he achieved a time of 13:51 coming 52nd out of 72 runners.  Lytham had 3 runners in the under 13 girl race.  Sophie Bohannon ran a great race and came 10th overall in 12:40, followed by Brogan Murphy in 13:35, 31st, and Sydney Ramsden came 71st in 15:01.  The team came 10th overall.

In the Mid Lancs under 11 boy’s category Lytham fielded 4 junior runners.  First home was Eric Wrigley in a time of 8:30, 40th overall.  Lewis Bentley finished 2nd for the club in 8:43, gaining 48th place.  Finlay Hughes was 64th in 9:14 and Jack Greaves finished the course in 11:11. The under 11 team were 12th overall with Wrigley, Bentley and Hughes.

Brogan Murphy

In the under 11 girls Jessica Ramsden ran superbly and came 28th in 9:35, followed by Clemmie Tierney in 9:52, 35th.  Shortly behind was Isabel Tuck in a time of 10:08, coming 43rd.  Leoma Gill ran the course in 10:37 and came 55th.  The team secured 11th position overall.  Well done to all the runners who represented the club.

As usual 5k parkruns took place around the country and several Lytham runners took part.  At the Lytham Hall parkrun there were 4 runners.  First home for Lytham was Kev Murray in 22:17 coming 18th overall.  Next was James Buckley in 24:41, this was his 50th parkrun.  Then it was Jeremy McCandless in 30:24 which was also his 50th run and Graham Young in 30:55. Jennifer Hill ran the Mile End parkrun in a time of 21:10 finishing 3rd female.  Neil Bayntun-Roberts travelled to Barnstaple and finished the parkrun in 21:13. The Princes parkrun was attended by Felicity Wolohan who was 4th female in a time of 22:59.  Further afield Roy Stevens ran the Faelled parkrun in Copenhagen in a time of 24:12 in frosty and sunny conditions.

On Sunday 26th November, there was a Run Preston 5k race and a Best Fun run for juniors. In the 5k road race Paul Veevers of Lytham came 3rd in17:55.21.  Charlie Ormerod was 22nd in 20:44.10, Sophie Bohannon 24th in 20:49.43, followed by Morgan Pritchard 29th, in 21:26.16, Emily Balshaw was 40th in 22:48.94, Laura Bremner 41st in 22:52.91, Brogane Murphy 43rd in 23:10.13, Lee Morrison was 47th in 23:47.62, Lucy Bohannon 59th in 25:37.64, Christine Walker 76th in 28:17.83, followed by Ian Balshaw 77th in 28:18.10, and Jake Balshaw 78th in 28:47.57.   There were several juniors who completed the Best Fun Run, and they didn’t disappoint.  Eric Wrigley came second, a great achievement in 05:08.50, followed by first girl home Clemmie Tierney in 05:40.10, 5th overall.  Jessica Ramsden wasn’t far behind (6th) in 05:59.92.  Ella Wiseman completed the course in 06:37.41 coming 13th.

The Park View junior parkrun was cancelled this week due to the course flooding.

LSARRC News 21st November 2017

Graham Webster at the Myprotein Preston 10 mile Road Road

Sunday 19th November saw the Myprotein Preston 10-mile Road Race which included the Lancashire 10-mile championship, take place.  The fast, flat 2 lap course with almost perfect conditions, cool and no wind resulted in some exceptional performances by Lytham runners, several personal bests were achieved and it was the best performance of the club to date at this event.  LSARRC runners ran superbly and came away the Lancashire 10 mile men’s team champions and Lancashire 10 mile women’s team champions.  Graham Webster ran a great race and was the 1st V65 runner, making him 10 mile Lancashire champion and gold medalist.  Graham also set a new MV65 club record at the race, his time beat the previous record of 1:27:51 by 19.24 seconds which was a huge improvement.  This is the 6th club MV65 record Graham has broken since turning 65 in April.  Neil Tate knocked off 59 seconds off his personal best, other personal bests were achieved by Kirsten Burnett, Jennifer Hill, Gill Draper, Thomas Howarth and Darran Ames.  Well done to all involved.

Andy Draper

Results:  Mike Toft 00:57:03 (10th), Andrew Draper 00:58:54 (15th), Thomas Howarth 01:02:15 (35th), Neil Tate 01:02:18 (36th), John Bertenshaw 01:08:27 (115th), Catherine Carrdus 01:08:29 (116th), Graham Webster 01:08:34 (118th), Gill Draper 01:10:20 (144th), Darran Ames 01:11:22 (155th), Jennifer Hill 01:11:23 (156th), Kevin Murray 01:15:49 (221st), Chris Bowker 01:21:16 (295th), Kirsten Burnett 01:25:57 (351st) and Jacqui Murray 01:35:51 (465th).

Kevin Murray at the Myprotein Preston 10 mile Road Road

Also on Sunday Ruth Wheatley ran the Conwy Half Marathon in 1:57:39, which was a personal best time.  The scenic half marathon starts and finishes on the quayside in front of Conwy Castle.

The previous week Julia Rolfe ran in the Grand Union half marathon from Uxbridge to Watford on Sunday 12th November.  On a cold but sunny morning, on a muddy route with lots of puddles Julia ran a time of 2:00:06 coming 4th in the FV 50 category.  To celebrate his 50th birthday Greg Oulton travelled to Las Vegas and completed the Vegas Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon.  Starting at 2100 feet above sea level in the middle of a dry desert Greg didn’t expect a personal best time.  He ran the course in 2:09:58.

Weekend parkruns.
On Saturday 18th November 8 LSARRC members completed the Blackpool parkrun, which is more than usual as the Lytham parkrun was cancelled due to an event taking place at Lytham Hall.  Andrew Draper ran superbly and managed to finish first in 17:54. Third spot went to Chris McCarthy of Lytham, in 18:20 and the next to complete the course from Lytham was Neil Tate, who came 11th in 20:36.  Other runners included:  Darran Ames (22:16, 36th), Kev Murray (22:34, 46th), James Buckley (24:18, 61st), Roy Stevens (25:10, 72nd) and Penny Morrison (31:51, 158th).  Congratulations to Roy Stevens who ran a new personal best time and to Neil Tate, Darran Ames, James Buckley, and Penny Morrison for completing their 50th parkrun.

Further afield Graham Webster ran the Folkestone parkrun in 20:51 coming 15th out of 212 runners, and 1st vet 65.  Joanna Goorney of Lytham travelled to the Huddersfield parkrun and finished the course in 20:11, and Neil Bayntun-Roberts ran the Ayr parkrun in 21:57. Felicity Wolohan gained first female spot at the Huntington parkrun in a time of 20:42 and Julia Rolfe ran the Shrewsbury parkrun in 25:12. Also Rebecca Willets of Lytham completed the Harrogate parkrun, and Kirsten Burnett ran the parkrun at Cuerden Valley in 27:25 gaining a new personal best.

At the junior parkrun in Lytham on Sunday 4 juniors attended.  Eric Wrigley was first home for the club in 8:29 coming 3rd, Blair Selbie ran 10:38, Ella Wiseman 11:08 and Holly Anderson 11:37.

LSARRC News 14th November 2017

LSARRC impress at the Windmill 10k gaining 2nd, 3rd and 6th position, and lots of new pbs.

On remembrance Sunday, the Windmill 10k took place in Lytham.  The run starts at Fairhaven Lake and goes on the coastal front of Lytham, the course is flat and fast times can be achieved. This is a popular event in the running calendar and 1256 runners took part. LSARRC was very well represented in the race, lots of new pbs were achieved and special mention must go to Paul Veevers and Neil Tate, who came 2nd and 3rd respectively, Jonathon Tuck who was 1st in the category Male Vet Over 50 and Katherine Gaunt who was 4th in the category Lady Vet Over 50.  Paul Veevers, Neil Tate, Kirsten Burnett, Gill Draper and Ruth Wheatley achieved pb’s.

Paul Veever and Neil Tate with winner Paul Muller at Windmill 10k

Full Results:  Paul Veevers (36:17.17, 2nd), Neil Tate (26:38.16, 3rd), Jonathon Tuck (38:11.60, 6th),  Mike Toft (pacer, 39:43.53, 17th), Gill Draper (42:20.05, 48th first female for LSARRC), Kev Murray (45:53.58, 138th), James Buckley (46:08.81, 142nd), Peter Field (48:04:75, 199th), Kirsten Burnett (48:41.27, 220th), Katherine Gaunt (48:56.09, 234th), Roy Stevens (49:17.28, 245th), Ruth Wheatley (49:58.28, 273rd), Susan Hawitt (50:27.75, 288th), Robert Parker (52:39.31, 384th), Ian Balshaw (53:15.27, 415th), Jennifer Hill (pacer, 54:20.23, 460th), Jacqui Murray (57:37.96, 624th), Angela Bremner (1:03:55.70, 898th), and Sarah Bagshaw (1:07:55.41, 1016th).

Gill Draper at Windmil 10k

The Fylde Sports Awards took place on Friday 10th November.  The awards evening is an annual event that recognizes local achievements in sport during the previous year.  Kirsten Burnett was recognized for all her hard work and was jointly awarded Adult Volunteer of the Year.

Mark Selby, Kirsten Burnett and Barbara Holmes at Fylde Sports Awards

Saturday 11th November saw the 2nd fixture of The Red Rose Cross Country League.  Normally, the league holds four fixtures each year, usually from October to December and caters for both men and women from 8 years and upwards.  Eric Wrigley ran in the under 11 boys race and managed a good time of 7:47 for the 2k course coming 68th out of 104 runners.

At the Lytham Park Hall parkrun on Saturday 11th November 26 Lytham runners completed the course.  There were some fantastic achievements, Chris McCarthy was first to finish overall in a time of 17:59, followed by Andy Unsworth who came 3rd, and second for the club.  Neil Tate and Justin Allitt finished in the first ten runners, 6th and 8th respectively.  Not to be outdone the women secured the first two sports, Joanna Goorney was first female in 20:07, coming 13th overall, and Jennifer Hill was second female in 21:16, coming 20th overall. Two Lytham runners achieved new pb’s, Darran Ames ran the course in 21:14 and Michelle Sheridan finished in 30:15, well done to both.  Also, 11 Lytham runners completed their 50th parkrun on Saturday.

Darran Ames, Jennifer Hill and Terry Hellings at Lytham Hall parkrun

Full Results:  Chris McCarthy (17:59, 1st), Andy Unsworth (18:34, 3rd), Neil Tate (19:08, 6th), Justin Allitt (19:48, 8th, 50th parkrun), Joanna Goorney (20:07 13th, 1st female), John Graeme Bertenshawe (20:11, 14th), Mark Selby (20:45, 17th), Darran Ames (21:14, 19th, pb and 50th parkrun), Jennifer Hill (21:16, 20th, 2nd female), Terry Hellings (21:16, 21st), Graham Webster (21:58, 27th and 50th parkrun), Morgan Pritchard (22:04, 31st and 50th parkrun), James Buckley (22:40, 34th and 50th parkrun), Chris Bowker (23:19, 40th and 50th parkrun), Kirsten Burnett (25:23, 62nd, 8th female), Sue Hawitt (26:08, 73rd, 9th female), Robert Parker (26:27, 80th and 50th parkrun), Stephen Tate (26:38, 81st and 50th parkrun), Laura Byrne (28:34, 107th, 21st female), Pat Bullen (28:53, 109th and 22nd female), Jeremy McCandless (28:55, 110th and 50th parkrun), Ruth Bye (29:04, 114th, 24th female), Gillian Oliver (30:09, 123rd, 31st female and 50th parkrun), Michelle Sheridan (30:15 pb, 126th, 32nd female), Sarah Bagshaw (33:05, 153rd, 45th female and 50th parkrun, and Nicola Wiseman (51:08, tail walker/runner).

Several lytham runners completed other parkruns around the country.  Felicity W ran the Hackney Marshes parkrun in a time of 19:54 gaining 31st position overall and first female spot.  Roy Stevens completed the Sheffield Halam parkrun in 26:13. At the Beeston parkrun, Neil Bayntun-Roberts came 22nd in 20:47.  More locally, Paul Veevers stormed around the Blackpool parkrun in a time of 17:56 achieving 1st position overall.

On Sunday Ian Tate opted to run the Tatton Half Marathon and completed the course in 1:37:28, overall, he was 140th out of 1139 runners, and 22nd in Male V40 category.

At the junior parkrun at Park View in Lytham, on Sunday, 7 Lytham runners took park.  The juniors were impressive and first and second positions went to Charlie Ormerod and Morgan Pritchard.  Jayden Richardson wasn’t far behind in 4th place.

Full Results:  Charlie Ormerod (8:27, 1st), Morgan Pritchard (8:38, 2nd), Jayden Richardson (9:21, 4th), Blair Selbie (10:35, 14th), Rebecca Fisher (11:15, 19th), Holly Anderson (12:07, 26th) and Sophie Tate (15:09, 45th).