About Robbie Wood

Joined Sefton Harriers in October 1969. Current website editor
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Chris Marsden

Chris Marsden

I recently spent a couple of very enjoyable hours talking to Chris Marsden a member of Sefton Harriers successful road and cross country team of the mid to late 1950s. Chris who is now 87 still lives close to West Derby village, the home of Sefton Harriers from 1917 until the merger with Pembroke in […]

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Lisa and Helen at Oluton Park

Helen and Lisa compete at Oulton duathlon.

Helen Saghal  and Lisa Gawthorne raced at the Spring Oulton Park duathlon on 29th April, this event should have taken place in March but was   cancelled due to snow. Helen won her age group with Lisa taking 3rd in the same age group, this is likely to be the girls last duathlon before the world […]

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Andy foster and Debbie Campbell

Debbie Campbell wins Curlys 5k Series

Debbie Cambell completed a hat rick of victories in the Curlys 5k trail series in March and early April. The three off road races are held in and around the Horwich area over hilly trail courses. Andrew Foster was also successful in the series with two 3rd places and a 4th which was enough to […]

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Kirsty Longley

Kirsty wins Liverpool ‘half’ marathon and gets call up from England

Kirsty Longley continued her recent good run of form by winning the Liverpool half marathon on 25th March, she completed the course in 76.29 which would have been an impressive pb at this distance. However due to the course being measured about 400m short along with many other athletes who ran well on the day […]

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Northern 12 Stage Road Relay – Birkenhead Park

This year’s team of Dan Slater (25.17) , Luke Edwards (12.09), Greg Callaghan (28.57), James Metcalfe (13.09), Chris Pedder (31.28), Jonathon Bride (13.03), Mike Gall (29.12), Kevin Usher (12.55), John Halson (15.33), Bernie Murphy (14.16),Andrew Conway (15.44), Robbie Wood (17.08) took to the tree lined setting of Birkenhead Park which proved to be an ideal […]

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Jamie Doolan

Jamie completes 25 Liverpool Half Marathons

Club chairman Jamie Doolan  completed his consecutive 25th Liverpool half marathon on Sunday 25th March 2018.  Jamie along with one other athlete are the only two who have competed in all the Liverpool half marathons going back to 1994. Jamie time this year was a very respectable 1.39 and along with a few athletes from […]

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Sefton Harriers Centenary History,

Has anyone got a copy of Norman Wilson’s ‘Sefton Harriers, A Centenary History‘ book that they may want to part with? If so please contact Robbie Wood 

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Clare on podium in Madrid

Clare wins bronze in Madrid

Clare Constable was busy flying the club flag at the European indoor master championships in Madrid this week were she won a bronze medal. Despite having problems training for the past 6 weeks due to hamstring injury, Clare dug deep and produced a special performance of 2.23.55 which was enough to get her on the […]

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Frank Wilson

It with sadness we report the death of one of Pembroke’s outstanding track runners of the 1950s Frank Wilson. Frank started out as sprinter and was part of the 4×440 yards relay team that won the AAA title in 1956 along with JimRailton, Harry Connor, Frank Wilson, Ian Keith. The recorded a time of 3.19.6 which compares […]

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Jimmy Green

Jimmy Green, a long standing supporter of Liverpool Pembroke AC, has sadly died. Funeral Details Widnes Crematorium, Cemetery Lodge, Birchfield Rd, Widnes. WA8 9EE at 1pm on Thursday 22nd March 2018. Family Flowers only and donations please to Alzheimer’s Society. The family have asked if those attending would like to join them at Birchfield Park […]

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