Silver double for talented youngster Rebecca Fisher at the English Schools AA cup
Rebecca Fisher continued her recent good form when competing for her school, Kirkham Grammar in the North West regional finals of the English Schools AA Cup. Fisher improved her personal best of 13.35s in the 75m hurdles by nearly half a second finishing 2nd overall in a time of 12.9s. Fisher also took 2nd place in the discus with a distance of 19.17m. Her school finished 1st in the junior category qualifying for the final in Chelmsford on 9th July. With no Lytham parkrun this week 2 Lytham juniors made their way to Stanley Park to take part in the Blackpool parkrun. 12-year-old Oliver Thomson running his first Blackpool parkrun finished in an impressive time of 20:43 for 9th place overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age category. 15-year-old Maddy Markham, returning from injury, ran well to finish 24th in 22:15 and first in her JW11-15 age category.
Sunday saw 7 Lytham juniors take part in the Park View junior parkrun. Jayden Richardson finished 1st for the 7th consecutive week in a time of 7:30. Joe Alker ran a personal best time of 8:05 to take 3rd place. Next home for Lytham were Finlay Hughes (4th in 8:20) and Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:35). Freddie Markham (9th in 8:52) and James McAfee (27th in 10:40) both ran personal best times. Evie Alker also represented Lytham finishing 30th in a time of 11:06.
At the weekend Lytham parkrun didn’t take place because of club day but several senior club runners ran the Blackpool parkrun. Kev Murray was first home, coming 32nd in 22:58, followed by G Browne in 23:14 for 36th. Claire Markham (24:54), Peter Thomson (26:52), Jen Trohear (27:02), Rebecca Willetts (27:57), Pamela Binns (28:58), and Sylvia Gittins (30:17).
The Fleetwood Promenade parkrun was attended by Graham Webster who was 8th overall in 21:12 and Stephen Wise of Lytham who finished in 23:14. At the Storthes Hall parkrun Joanna Goorney was first female in a great time of 23:07. The Morecambe parkrun was attended by 5 Lytham ladies, Susan Hawitt, Claire England, Micelle Sheridan, Julie Wiseman and Sue Henry.
Gavin Stansfield attended the Harrogate parkrun and Gill Draper was 6th female to finish the Cheltenham parkrun.
The previous weekend Claire Markham completed the Freckleton half marathon in just over 2 hours, her first half marathon in over 13 years.
Maddy and Freddie Markham ran in the Freckleton fun run, Maddy was first female.
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Saturday, 22 June 2019
LSARRC News 18th June 2019
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| 2019 Welsh Castles Relay Team |
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| Catherine Carrdus |
The best result for Lytham came from Catherine Carrdus who won the 1st Lady prize on Stage 4, the 9.5-mile route from Maentwrog to Harlech Castle. Her time of 1:00:37 smashed the previous club record for the stage. Tom Howarth also had a great run on the 12.9-mile-long stage 15, from Epynt Visitor Centre to Brecon, to finish in 12th place overall.
The team finished 52nd out of 64 teams in the overall competition and 37th of 41 teams in the Open category. However, their total time to Cardiff of 26 hours 20 minutes and 3 seconds was 6 minutes faster than last year when the team finished in 40th position overall. This reflects how good the standard was this year with many teams taking some strong squads. All the Lytham team should be very proud of their hard efforts.
The full LSARRC team for 2019 was made up of:
Graham Webster, Terry Hellings, Claire Markham, Tom Howarth, Catherine Carrdus, Dave Dunn, Chris Bowker, Jonathan Tuck, John Bertenshaw, Sue Hawitt, Pam Hardman, Dominic Garrett, Willie Richmond, Paul Veevers, Ian Tate, Kirsten Burnett, Richard Storey, Ross McKelvie, Greg Oulton, Neil Tate.
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| Lytham runners at the Preston Inter Club |
On the 12.06.19 LSARRC attended the Preston interclub event. It was a typical wet June evening 41 Lytham Road Runners turned up to represent their club at the Preston Interclub. Excellent performances from each and every individual ensured that Lytham finished the evening a superb 1st Overall in the Open Category (Toft, Greenwood, Abbott, Howarth, Leivers, A.Draper, Garrett, Carrdus, Tuck and O.McIntyre); 2nd in the Female Vet 40 category (Carrdus, Koth, Cox, K.McIntyre and Hawitt); 3rd in the Ladies (Abbott, Carrdus, Koth, Cox and G. Draper); 3rd in the Veterans (Abbott, Carrdus, Tuck, Tate, Koth and Webster); 3rd in the Vet 60 category (Webster, Bertenshaw and Clough) and 5th in the Vet 50 category (Webster, Bertenshaw, Hawitt and Gaunt).
The range of results and scorers across the categories demonstrated that the club has a broad depth of talent, dedication, experience and potential across their senior and junior (age 15+) members. Other than the team as a whole, the most notable performance from the evening was from junior runner Oliver McIntyre (pictured, courtesy of David Wood), who at 15 years (and 4 days!) had only just become eligible to run in the Interclub Series. He finished 45th overall out of a total of 339 runners and was a point’s scorer in the Open Category (see junior news).
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| LSARRC at Freckleton Half Marathon |
Also, over the weekend 19 Lytham runners ran the Freckleton half marathon on 16th June. First home for Lytham was Thomas Howarth in 1:25:03 for 13th place. Next to finish was Neil Tate in 1:31:54 for 57th. Dominic Garett ran the course in a pb of 1:32:30 for 58th. Paul Veevers finished the course in 1:33:34 for 62nd. Other finishers were: Mark Selby, Neil Baynton Roberts, Darran Ames, Lewis McAfee, Kev Murray, Chris Bowker, James Buckley, Derek Appleton, Pamela Hardman, Victoria Richardson (pb 2:07:31), Bob Clough, Johnny Wild and Ruth Bye.
Parkrun news
At the Lytham Hall parkrun Alistair Leivers was the first senior to finish the course, coming 2nd overall, and Jennifer Hill was the first senior woman finishing in 23:05.Full Results: Alistair Leivers 19:58 (2nd), Graham Webster 21:13 (5th), Darran Ames 22:37 (20th), Jennifer Hill 23:05 (29th), Kev Murray 23:32 (36th), Susan Hawitt 24:58 (60th), Jason Sheridan 25:11 (63rd), Peter Thomson 26:37 (96th), Adrian Sargent 26:43 (97th), Greg Oulton 27:58 (121st), Jeremy McCandless 30:00 (162nd), Gillian Oliver 30:21 (173rd), and Sylvia Gittins 30:30
Rebecca Willetts ran the Blackpool parkrun, Julie Wiseman ran the Northwich parkrun and John Bertenshawe was at Hyde parkrun.
Junior news
Three Lytham juniors took part in the Lytham Hall 5k parkrun on Saturday with 12 year old Oliver Thomson running well to finish 3rd overall and 1st in his JM11-14 age category in an excellent time of 20:28. Clemmie Tierney was next home for Lytham junior athletes finishing 87th overall and 1st in her JW11-14 age category in a time of 26:09. James McAfee ran a personal best time of 30:25 to finish 2nd in his JM10 age category.
Lytham athletes took the first 2 places at Park View Junior parkrun with Jayden Richardson finishing 1st for the 6th consecutive time in a time of 7:32 and Joe Alker 2nd in 8:08. Also representing Lytham was Evie Alker who ran a personal best time of 10:26 to finish in 16th position.
Lytham juniors were out in force for the 2-mile fun run attached to Sunday’s Freckleton Half Marathon. No official results are published but Jayden Richardson in his second run of the day finished 4th with Maddy Markham returning from injury 5th and 1st female. Also running for Lytham were Brogane Murphy, Eric Wrigley, Archie Belfield, Freddie Markham, Rebecca Tate and Emily Wrigley.
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
LSARRC News 11th June 2019
At the weekend, the Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management Jersey Half Marathon took place which is a scenic, fast point to point road race which attracts around 500 runners. Pamela Binns ran the 1/2 marathon course on 9th June in an impressive 2:21:49 winning 1st prize for the category FV 70+.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Alistair Leivers was first home for Lytham, coming 3rd overall in a time of 18:38. Next was Mark Selby in 19:54 for 6th overall. James Buckley ran the course in 22 minutes for 22nd, Kev Murray was 34th with a time of 23:10. Other results: G Browne 23:39 (42nd), Gill Draper 23:46 (4th female, 44th overall), Rebecca Willetts 27:09 (11th female, 87th overall), Karen Lanigan 28:58 (21st female, 111th overall), Laura Byrne 29:17 (25th female, 117th overall), Sylvia Gittins 30:09 (31st female, 124th overall), Julie Wiseman 30:41 (38th female, 133rd overall), Sue Henry 31:27 (44th female, 144th overall), Robert Parker 32:56 (155th), Michelle Sheridan 34:39 (55th female, 165th overall), and Sarah Bagshaw 39:39 (66th female, 182nd overall). Stephen Wise ran the Greenpoint parkrun in 23:53.
Junior News
The Lancashire Schools Athletic Association Track and Fled Championships took place at Stanley Park over the weekend of 8th and 9th of June and 3 Lytham athletes were selected to represent Fylde. In conditions not conducive to discus throwing Lytham’s under1 5 girl Rebecca Fisher competed well with a best distance of 19:45 to take 4th place. Brogan Murphy ran a seasons best of 2m 43.9s in the under 15 girls 800m to take 12th place. Sophie Bohannon was one of the youngest competitors in the under 15 girls 1500m and ran well to stay with the leading group to eventually finish 5th in a competitive race from a field of 15.
Just 3 Lytham junior athletes took part in the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. First home for Lytham junior athletes was Oliver McIntyre who, in appalling running conditions, finished 4th overall and comfortably 1st in his JM11-14 age group in an excellent time of 19:38. Ben Gregson finished 9th overall and also 1st in his JM15-17 age group in a time of 21:38. Regular park runner Morgan Pritchard completed his 102nd parkrun at just 13 years old finishing in 22:41 for 26th place.
8 of Lytham’s junior athletes ran the Park View junior parkrun with Jayden Richardson finishing 1st in 7:29 and Finlay Hughes 2nd in a new personal best time of 7:48. Also running a personal best time of 8:07 and finishing 4th was Joe Alker. Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (7th in 8:34), Freddie Markham (9:05), Evie Alker (27th in 10:47), James McAfee (personal best of 11:14 for 32nd place) and Joshua McAfee (62nd in 12:58).
At the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday Alistair Leivers was first home for Lytham, coming 3rd overall in a time of 18:38. Next was Mark Selby in 19:54 for 6th overall. James Buckley ran the course in 22 minutes for 22nd, Kev Murray was 34th with a time of 23:10. Other results: G Browne 23:39 (42nd), Gill Draper 23:46 (4th female, 44th overall), Rebecca Willetts 27:09 (11th female, 87th overall), Karen Lanigan 28:58 (21st female, 111th overall), Laura Byrne 29:17 (25th female, 117th overall), Sylvia Gittins 30:09 (31st female, 124th overall), Julie Wiseman 30:41 (38th female, 133rd overall), Sue Henry 31:27 (44th female, 144th overall), Robert Parker 32:56 (155th), Michelle Sheridan 34:39 (55th female, 165th overall), and Sarah Bagshaw 39:39 (66th female, 182nd overall). Stephen Wise ran the Greenpoint parkrun in 23:53.
Junior News
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| Start of Park View junior parkrun |
Friday, 7 June 2019
LSARRC News 4th June 2019
Melanie Koth completes challenging triathlon
On Sunday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed her first ever EpicMan Windermere Middle Distance Triathlon.
It included a 1.2Mile swim in lake Windermere, a 56Mile bike ride and finishes with a half marathon.
There was beautiful sunshine in the morning (7am) for the start of the swim. Koth explained that all the competitors got split up in to 3 waves. The lake was calm, and we had to swim a single lap around the lake. As soon the swim was finished, we had to cycle mostly in rain a brutal but scenic route. There were hills after hills, and they were unbelievable steep. To finish off we had to run the half marathon in a mixture of cross country and trail.
Koth had a good race, even she had bad cramp on her right calf after the swim. The bike was tough, and Koth said her legs were shuttered after the 2 laps. The run took competitors through a twisty forest with lots of ups and downs with some very muddy fields to battle. It was 4 laps and the spectators and Marshalls were brilliant and very encouraging. Koth managed to finish as 9th lady out of 40, 2nd vet40 and 118th overall out of 234 finishers.
Also, on Sunday Sylvia Gittins ran the Morecambe 10K in a fantastic time of 01:00:12. With regards to parkrun, not as many club runners took part as the local Lytham Hall parkrun was cancelled. Gerry Browne of Lytham, and several others did complete the Blackpool parkrun, with Browne first to finish in 22:55 for 23rd. Anther highlight was Johnathon Tuck who completed the Preston parkrun in 18:49.
Junior news
A busy week for Rebecca Fisher started at Trafford open meeting on bank holiday Monday with 3 personal best performances of 13.35 in the 75m hurdles, 22.62m and a silver medal in the discus and 7.71m in the shot. Younger sister Charlotte also ran a personal best of 14.42 in the 70m hurdles. Rebecca went on to compete in the Wyre and Fylde HS Combined Events Championships on Wednesday taking first place in the 75m hurdles, high jump and discus and finishing 2nd overall.
Saturday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes compete at the 3rd fixture of the Mid Lancs Track and field league at the UCLAN sports arena, Preston. In her 3rd competition of the week Rebecca Fisher competed in 3 events and was top scorer for Lytham finishing 1st in division 2 in the shot with a personal best of 7.78m and first in the discus with a best throw of 21.14m. Fisher went on to finish 2nd in division 2 in the 75m hurdles in a time of 13.5s picking up a total of 19 points. Younger sister Charlotte finished 3rd in division 2 in the 70m hurdles in 15.3s. Under 13 girls Amara Thorpe and Clemmie Tierney both competed in the first event of the day, the 100m finishing in 15.4s and 16.0s respectively. Thorpe and Tierney both went on to compete in the long jump with Thorpe finishing 9th from 34 with a seasons best of 3.53m and Tierney clearing 3.36m. In the 200m Thorpe and Tierney finished in 32.2s (seasons best) and 33.7s respectively. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson finished 2nd in division 2 in the 1500m in a time of 5m 32.2s.
5 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun on Sunday. First home for Lytham and 3rd overall was Eric Wrigley in a time of 8.16 just getting the better of team mate Archie Belfield (4th in 8:18). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:56), Joe Alker (13th in 10:02) and Evie Alker (20th in 10:55).
On Sunday Melanie Koth of Lytham completed her first ever EpicMan Windermere Middle Distance Triathlon.
It included a 1.2Mile swim in lake Windermere, a 56Mile bike ride and finishes with a half marathon.
There was beautiful sunshine in the morning (7am) for the start of the swim. Koth explained that all the competitors got split up in to 3 waves. The lake was calm, and we had to swim a single lap around the lake. As soon the swim was finished, we had to cycle mostly in rain a brutal but scenic route. There were hills after hills, and they were unbelievable steep. To finish off we had to run the half marathon in a mixture of cross country and trail.
Koth had a good race, even she had bad cramp on her right calf after the swim. The bike was tough, and Koth said her legs were shuttered after the 2 laps. The run took competitors through a twisty forest with lots of ups and downs with some very muddy fields to battle. It was 4 laps and the spectators and Marshalls were brilliant and very encouraging. Koth managed to finish as 9th lady out of 40, 2nd vet40 and 118th overall out of 234 finishers.
Also, on Sunday Sylvia Gittins ran the Morecambe 10K in a fantastic time of 01:00:12. With regards to parkrun, not as many club runners took part as the local Lytham Hall parkrun was cancelled. Gerry Browne of Lytham, and several others did complete the Blackpool parkrun, with Browne first to finish in 22:55 for 23rd. Anther highlight was Johnathon Tuck who completed the Preston parkrun in 18:49.
Junior news
A busy week for Rebecca Fisher started at Trafford open meeting on bank holiday Monday with 3 personal best performances of 13.35 in the 75m hurdles, 22.62m and a silver medal in the discus and 7.71m in the shot. Younger sister Charlotte also ran a personal best of 14.42 in the 70m hurdles. Rebecca went on to compete in the Wyre and Fylde HS Combined Events Championships on Wednesday taking first place in the 75m hurdles, high jump and discus and finishing 2nd overall.
Saturday saw 5 Lytham junior athletes compete at the 3rd fixture of the Mid Lancs Track and field league at the UCLAN sports arena, Preston. In her 3rd competition of the week Rebecca Fisher competed in 3 events and was top scorer for Lytham finishing 1st in division 2 in the shot with a personal best of 7.78m and first in the discus with a best throw of 21.14m. Fisher went on to finish 2nd in division 2 in the 75m hurdles in a time of 13.5s picking up a total of 19 points. Younger sister Charlotte finished 3rd in division 2 in the 70m hurdles in 15.3s. Under 13 girls Amara Thorpe and Clemmie Tierney both competed in the first event of the day, the 100m finishing in 15.4s and 16.0s respectively. Thorpe and Tierney both went on to compete in the long jump with Thorpe finishing 9th from 34 with a seasons best of 3.53m and Tierney clearing 3.36m. In the 200m Thorpe and Tierney finished in 32.2s (seasons best) and 33.7s respectively. Under 13 boy Oliver Thomson finished 2nd in division 2 in the 1500m in a time of 5m 32.2s.
5 of Lytham’s juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun on Sunday. First home for Lytham and 3rd overall was Eric Wrigley in a time of 8.16 just getting the better of team mate Archie Belfield (4th in 8:18). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (6th in 8:56), Joe Alker (13th in 10:02) and Evie Alker (20th in 10:55).
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
LSARRC News 28th May 2019
Pamela Hardman of LSARRC completes French Trail Marathon
Pamela Hardman was in the Dordogne /France on a trail running holiday for a week, earlier in May and while she was there, she entered the Perigord Grand Trial Marathon. Fantastic views with 1200 metres of climb, a mix of trial and fell, with a great goody bag and the bonus was Hardman won 1st V60 with a small hamper of French pates.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun Joe Greenwood was the first to finish in 17:32 followed by Alistair Leivers in 2nd in a time of 18:38. Mark Selby ran 19:40 for 7th and James Buckley was 23rd in a time of 21:35. Other senior finishers: Jennifer Hill 22:19, Kev Murray 23:04, Claire Markham 23:38, Stephen Wise 24:07, Gill Draper 24:11, Trevor Roberts 25:33, Peter Thomson 26:12, Adrian Sargent 26:33, Karen Lanigan 29:05, Jacqui Murray 29:27, Elizabeth Canavan 30:14, Jeremy McCandless 30:17, Sylvia Gittins 30:21, Julie Wiseman 33:15, Robert Parker 33:39, Michelle Sheridan 34:26, Darran Ames 38:04, Sue Henry 38:21 and Sarah Bagshaw 39:44.
Catherine Carrdus was first female at the Preston parkrun, she was also joined by John Bertenshawe. Kirsten Burnett completed the Hyndburn parkrun . Rae Willoughby attended the Blackpool parkrun and Lucy Montgomery completed the Fleetwood parkrun.
The juniors also had a successful week, Sophie Bohannon and Brogane Murphy both competed in the Fylde & Wyre schools’ athletics championships at Stanley Park last week. Sophie comfortably won her 800m race in 2.29.9 and was 2nd in her 200m race in 29.9s. Brogane also won her 800m race in a time of 2.39.
On Saturday 11-year-old Eric Wrigley ran at the Catforth Canter coming first under 16, in a time of 24.22.
At Lytham Hall Parkrun on Saturday Oliver McIntyre was in 4th place in a time of 19.25, Sophie Bohannon was 8th and first female in 19.41, Oliver Thompson ran in a PB time of 20.20 in 10th place, Finlay Hughes was 24th in 21.36 another PB time, Adhamh Holton was 52nd in 23.17, Archie Belfield 55th 23.23, Matthew Holton 77th 24.20, and Clemmie Tierney 90th 24.59.
LSARRC juniors were well represented at Park View junior parkrun on Sunday, with 9 of them running - Jayden Richardson was in 1st place in a time of 07.40, Finlay Hughes 2nd place in a PB time of 07.51, Joe Alker was 4th in 08.12, Bobby Hastwell, was 8th in 08.51, Jessica Mcniven was 1st LSARRC female in a time of 09.25, Freddie Markham, Evie Alker, James and Joshua McAfee also ran.
Pamela Hardman was in the Dordogne /France on a trail running holiday for a week, earlier in May and while she was there, she entered the Perigord Grand Trial Marathon. Fantastic views with 1200 metres of climb, a mix of trial and fell, with a great goody bag and the bonus was Hardman won 1st V60 with a small hamper of French pates.
At the Lytham Hall parkrun Joe Greenwood was the first to finish in 17:32 followed by Alistair Leivers in 2nd in a time of 18:38. Mark Selby ran 19:40 for 7th and James Buckley was 23rd in a time of 21:35. Other senior finishers: Jennifer Hill 22:19, Kev Murray 23:04, Claire Markham 23:38, Stephen Wise 24:07, Gill Draper 24:11, Trevor Roberts 25:33, Peter Thomson 26:12, Adrian Sargent 26:33, Karen Lanigan 29:05, Jacqui Murray 29:27, Elizabeth Canavan 30:14, Jeremy McCandless 30:17, Sylvia Gittins 30:21, Julie Wiseman 33:15, Robert Parker 33:39, Michelle Sheridan 34:26, Darran Ames 38:04, Sue Henry 38:21 and Sarah Bagshaw 39:44.
Catherine Carrdus was first female at the Preston parkrun, she was also joined by John Bertenshawe. Kirsten Burnett completed the Hyndburn parkrun . Rae Willoughby attended the Blackpool parkrun and Lucy Montgomery completed the Fleetwood parkrun.
The juniors also had a successful week, Sophie Bohannon and Brogane Murphy both competed in the Fylde & Wyre schools’ athletics championships at Stanley Park last week. Sophie comfortably won her 800m race in 2.29.9 and was 2nd in her 200m race in 29.9s. Brogane also won her 800m race in a time of 2.39.
On Saturday 11-year-old Eric Wrigley ran at the Catforth Canter coming first under 16, in a time of 24.22.
At Lytham Hall Parkrun on Saturday Oliver McIntyre was in 4th place in a time of 19.25, Sophie Bohannon was 8th and first female in 19.41, Oliver Thompson ran in a PB time of 20.20 in 10th place, Finlay Hughes was 24th in 21.36 another PB time, Adhamh Holton was 52nd in 23.17, Archie Belfield 55th 23.23, Matthew Holton 77th 24.20, and Clemmie Tierney 90th 24.59.
LSARRC juniors were well represented at Park View junior parkrun on Sunday, with 9 of them running - Jayden Richardson was in 1st place in a time of 07.40, Finlay Hughes 2nd place in a PB time of 07.51, Joe Alker was 4th in 08.12, Bobby Hastwell, was 8th in 08.51, Jessica Mcniven was 1st LSARRC female in a time of 09.25, Freddie Markham, Evie Alker, James and Joshua McAfee also ran.
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
LSARRC News 21st May 2019
2 Lytham athletes made the trip to the latest fixture in the Northern Masters AC track and field league at Burnley AC on Wednesday 15th May. Vet 70 Pam Binns was returning to the track to take part in her first 200m race for 60 years and did well to finish as 1st in her FV70 age category in a time of 45.9s. Binns also won her age category in the 400m (1m 58s) and the 1500m (8m 16s). MV65 Graham Webster competed in 4 events finishing 1st in his age category in the 400m (76.4s), 800m (2m 45s), 1500m (5m 45.8s) and the 3000m (12m 19s).
On Sunday senior athlete Mel Koth completed the Southport standard triathlon, which included a 1500m lake swim, 40km cycle and finishing with a 10k run. It was a very high-quality field as it included the English triathlon championship and is a qualifier race for next year’s European championships.
Early start for the ladies, we went first into the water at 7am. The lake was unfortunately very algae and muddy. The swim was a 2-lap course and lots elbows, kicks and lots of pushing, proved challenging at times. After the swim straight out on the bike along the promenade, it was again 2 laps on closed roads. The wind was cold and breezy. Last of the disciplines was the run, 2 laps of 5k around the lake and the gardens till you finished at the marina lodge.Koth’s first triathlon race which is good preparation for the European championships in Romania in July. Times were as follows: Swim 33:19, Bike 1:21:43, and Run 44:45. Koth finished 74th lady, 7th v45, and 347th overall out of 544 triathletes.
With the Lytham Hall parkrun not taking place club members attended other parkruns. At the Blackpool parkrun Alistair Leivers was first to finish the course coming 7th overall in 19:22. Other finishers from Lytham were Dan Gregson, Vicki Richardson, Gill Draper, Adrian Sargent, Peter Thomson, Adrian Sargent, Peter Thomson, Elizabeth Canavan and Robert Parker.
Jennifer Hill travelled to Clitheroe and completed the parkrun in 24:20, the Fleetwood parkrun was visited by Terry Hellings who ran the course in 22:41, also in attendance was Jacqui Murray and Laura Byrne.
Junior news
The week started early for Lytham St Anne’s RRC on Tuesday with 14-year-old Brogane Murphy and 15-year-old Maddy Markham competing in an inter school’s competition over 800 and 1500m respectively. Markham took 2nd place in the 1500m in a personal best time of 5:20 with Murphy finishing 4th in the 800m in 2:43. Markham, in only her 2nd race over the distance, also ran well in the Worden Park 10k on Sunday finishing as 4th female and 25th overall from 337 and finishers in 43:25.
11-year-old Oliver Thomson competed very well in the St Anne’s Triathlon on Sunday (his first ever Triathlon). Thomson swam 200m, cycled 6000m then finished with a run of 1800m to take 9th place in the T2 category.
7 Lytham juniors took part in the Junior Great Manchester Run on Sunday. In the 9-11 girls event Leoma Gill finished 34th in 12:04 with her younger sister Rosa 50th in 12:58 separated by Ella Wiseman 37th in 12:13. First home for Lytham in the 9-11 boys’ race was Jayden Richardson who ran well to finish 5th in 9:02. Finlay Hughes (19th in 9:55) just got the better of Lewis Bentley (22nd in 10:04) with Eric Wrigley (49th in 10:58) completing the Lytham contingent.
With Lytham parkrun cancelled 11-year-old Finlay Hughes ran exceptionally well in the hilly Cuerden Valley parkrun to finish 24th in a new personal best time of 22:21.
Just 4 Lytham juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun with Joe Alker finishing 1st in 8:13 with Bobby Hastwell not far behind in 2nd place with a new personal best time of 8:19. Freddie Markham finished 6th in 8:57 with Evie Alker 14th overall and 1st in her JW10 age category in 10:28.
On Sunday senior athlete Mel Koth completed the Southport standard triathlon, which included a 1500m lake swim, 40km cycle and finishing with a 10k run. It was a very high-quality field as it included the English triathlon championship and is a qualifier race for next year’s European championships.
Early start for the ladies, we went first into the water at 7am. The lake was unfortunately very algae and muddy. The swim was a 2-lap course and lots elbows, kicks and lots of pushing, proved challenging at times. After the swim straight out on the bike along the promenade, it was again 2 laps on closed roads. The wind was cold and breezy. Last of the disciplines was the run, 2 laps of 5k around the lake and the gardens till you finished at the marina lodge.Koth’s first triathlon race which is good preparation for the European championships in Romania in July. Times were as follows: Swim 33:19, Bike 1:21:43, and Run 44:45. Koth finished 74th lady, 7th v45, and 347th overall out of 544 triathletes.
With the Lytham Hall parkrun not taking place club members attended other parkruns. At the Blackpool parkrun Alistair Leivers was first to finish the course coming 7th overall in 19:22. Other finishers from Lytham were Dan Gregson, Vicki Richardson, Gill Draper, Adrian Sargent, Peter Thomson, Adrian Sargent, Peter Thomson, Elizabeth Canavan and Robert Parker.
Jennifer Hill travelled to Clitheroe and completed the parkrun in 24:20, the Fleetwood parkrun was visited by Terry Hellings who ran the course in 22:41, also in attendance was Jacqui Murray and Laura Byrne.
Junior news
The week started early for Lytham St Anne’s RRC on Tuesday with 14-year-old Brogane Murphy and 15-year-old Maddy Markham competing in an inter school’s competition over 800 and 1500m respectively. Markham took 2nd place in the 1500m in a personal best time of 5:20 with Murphy finishing 4th in the 800m in 2:43. Markham, in only her 2nd race over the distance, also ran well in the Worden Park 10k on Sunday finishing as 4th female and 25th overall from 337 and finishers in 43:25.
11-year-old Oliver Thomson competed very well in the St Anne’s Triathlon on Sunday (his first ever Triathlon). Thomson swam 200m, cycled 6000m then finished with a run of 1800m to take 9th place in the T2 category.
7 Lytham juniors took part in the Junior Great Manchester Run on Sunday. In the 9-11 girls event Leoma Gill finished 34th in 12:04 with her younger sister Rosa 50th in 12:58 separated by Ella Wiseman 37th in 12:13. First home for Lytham in the 9-11 boys’ race was Jayden Richardson who ran well to finish 5th in 9:02. Finlay Hughes (19th in 9:55) just got the better of Lewis Bentley (22nd in 10:04) with Eric Wrigley (49th in 10:58) completing the Lytham contingent.
With Lytham parkrun cancelled 11-year-old Finlay Hughes ran exceptionally well in the hilly Cuerden Valley parkrun to finish 24th in a new personal best time of 22:21.
Just 4 Lytham juniors took part in the Park View junior parkrun with Joe Alker finishing 1st in 8:13 with Bobby Hastwell not far behind in 2nd place with a new personal best time of 8:19. Freddie Markham finished 6th in 8:57 with Evie Alker 14th overall and 1st in her JW10 age category in 10:28.
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
LSARRC News 14th May 2019
Lytham St Anne’s junior athletes had a weekend of personal best performances starting at the Lancashire County Athletics Championships held at Stanley Park over the weekend. Saturday saw under 13 girl Clemmie Tierney achieve personal bests in the long jump with a jump of 3.69m and in the 100m with a time of 15.6. Tierney returned on Sunday to produce another personal best in the 200m with a time of 32.3s. Under 15 girl Rebecca Fisher competed in 4 events over the 2 days including 3 personal best performances of 1.35m in the high jump, 7.64m in the shot and a distance of 21.95m in the discus which was good enough to earn her 3rd place and a bronze Lancashire medal. Fisher also finished 4th in her heat of the 75m hurdles in a time of 13.8s missing out on the final by just 0.1s. Younger sister Charlotte competed in the 70m hurdles finishing 6th in her heat in a 14.5s.
In only her second ever race over the distance Maddy Markham ran a good tactical race to finish 3rd in the under 17 women’s 3000m in a personal best time of 11m 11.3s earning her a Lancashire bronze medal.
There were more excellent performances for Lytham junior athletes at Lytham Hall parkrun with 13 year old Sophie Bohannon 4th overall in 19:33, Oliver Thomson (8th in 20:33), Freddie Markham (26th in 26:04) and James McAfee (197th in 31:49) all running personal best times.
2 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Beaverbrook’s 10k fun run on Sunday. 10-year-old Finlay Hughes ran exceptionally well in his first attempt at the distance to finish 5th in the under 15 category in a time of 44:26 with Morgan Pritchard 11th in 48:11.
Lytham had their usual good turnout at the Park View Junior parkrun and filled the first 4 places with Jayden Richardson (1st in 7:20), Eric Wrigley (2nd in 8:02), Archie Belfield (3rd in 8:11) and Joe Alker (4th in 8:22). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (8th in 8:38), sisters Leoma and Rosa Gill (16th and 2oth in 9:55 and 10:35), Evie Alker (22nd in 10:46) and Joshua McAfee (59th in 13:38).
As usual lots of Lytham club runners completed the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. Joe Greenwood was first overall in 17:54 and Catherine Carrdus was the first female, and third overall in a time of 18:51. Darran Ames was the next senior athlete to finish in 21:01 for 10th and Graham Webster was 13th in 21:08. Other results: Chris Bowker 21:43 (17th), John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:49 (19th), Jennifer Hill 21:58 (22nd), Terry Hellings 22:44 (22nd), Kev Murray 22:47 (32nd), Stephen Wise 22:54 (34th), G Browne 23:08 (34th), Nicole Rowlands 25:26 (89th), Trevor Roberts 26:01 (94th), Claire Markham 26:05 (97th), Adrian Sargent 26:37 (106th), Gill Draper 27:09 (118th), Karen Lanigan 29:19 (142nd), Jeremy McCandless 30:12 (160th), Ruth Bye 30:34 (173rd), James McAfee 31:49 (187th), Sue Henry 31:49 (188th), Julie Wiseman 32:02 (194th), Robert Parker 33:04 (207th) and Sarah Bagshaw 42:32 (251st).
Rae Willoughby ran the Blackpool parkrun and managed 39:23, Liz Abbott was first overall at the Hereford parkrun in a great time of 17:57. At the Hagley parkrun Richard Storey ran 22:41 for 71st position, whilst Kirsten Burnett completed the Cuerden Valley parkrun in 29:52 for 73rd. Jonathon Tuck travelled to Preston and ran 20:19 for 21st spot.
In only her second ever race over the distance Maddy Markham ran a good tactical race to finish 3rd in the under 17 women’s 3000m in a personal best time of 11m 11.3s earning her a Lancashire bronze medal.
There were more excellent performances for Lytham junior athletes at Lytham Hall parkrun with 13 year old Sophie Bohannon 4th overall in 19:33, Oliver Thomson (8th in 20:33), Freddie Markham (26th in 26:04) and James McAfee (197th in 31:49) all running personal best times.
2 of Lytham’s junior athletes took part in the Beaverbrook’s 10k fun run on Sunday. 10-year-old Finlay Hughes ran exceptionally well in his first attempt at the distance to finish 5th in the under 15 category in a time of 44:26 with Morgan Pritchard 11th in 48:11.
Lytham had their usual good turnout at the Park View Junior parkrun and filled the first 4 places with Jayden Richardson (1st in 7:20), Eric Wrigley (2nd in 8:02), Archie Belfield (3rd in 8:11) and Joe Alker (4th in 8:22). Also representing Lytham were Bobby Hastwell (8th in 8:38), sisters Leoma and Rosa Gill (16th and 2oth in 9:55 and 10:35), Evie Alker (22nd in 10:46) and Joshua McAfee (59th in 13:38).
As usual lots of Lytham club runners completed the Lytham Hall parkrun on Saturday. Joe Greenwood was first overall in 17:54 and Catherine Carrdus was the first female, and third overall in a time of 18:51. Darran Ames was the next senior athlete to finish in 21:01 for 10th and Graham Webster was 13th in 21:08. Other results: Chris Bowker 21:43 (17th), John Graeme Bertenshawe 21:49 (19th), Jennifer Hill 21:58 (22nd), Terry Hellings 22:44 (22nd), Kev Murray 22:47 (32nd), Stephen Wise 22:54 (34th), G Browne 23:08 (34th), Nicole Rowlands 25:26 (89th), Trevor Roberts 26:01 (94th), Claire Markham 26:05 (97th), Adrian Sargent 26:37 (106th), Gill Draper 27:09 (118th), Karen Lanigan 29:19 (142nd), Jeremy McCandless 30:12 (160th), Ruth Bye 30:34 (173rd), James McAfee 31:49 (187th), Sue Henry 31:49 (188th), Julie Wiseman 32:02 (194th), Robert Parker 33:04 (207th) and Sarah Bagshaw 42:32 (251st).
Rae Willoughby ran the Blackpool parkrun and managed 39:23, Liz Abbott was first overall at the Hereford parkrun in a great time of 17:57. At the Hagley parkrun Richard Storey ran 22:41 for 71st position, whilst Kirsten Burnett completed the Cuerden Valley parkrun in 29:52 for 73rd. Jonathon Tuck travelled to Preston and ran 20:19 for 21st spot.
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