Congratulations to the seven LPS athletes who have been selected to represent their county in the English Schools Athletic Championships at Gateshead next month. Representing Merseyside Schools will be Rosie Johnson (JG 1500m), Joe Milton (JB 400m), Amelia McLaughlin (IG High Jump), James Grundy (IB 1500m) Kate Doran (SG igh Jump)and Ruth Doran (SG Shot […]
About Robbie Wood
Joined Sefton Harriers in October 1969. Current website editor
Busy Weekend for LPS Athletes
England Under 23s Champs On a busy weekend of athletics, the England Athletics U23 Championships took place at Bedford.400m runners, Wayne Ashall (49.4) and Nathan Hilton (49.2)both ran a season’s best in their heats, but this was not enough to gain a place in the final County Schools Championships For those LPS athletes aspiring to […]
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Night for PB’s at Stretford’
Tuesday June 12th was certainly a night for PB’s at Stretford. Jai Vernon-McGuigan’s time of 8:31.68 for the 3K placed him top of the north-west rankings in the U20 category.Not to be outdone, Matt Thompson also went to the top of the NW rankings in the V40 category when he clocked 2:03.7 in the 800 […]
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Kirsty and Lisa among the prizes
The two Liverpool Pembroke Sefton star female road runners had an enjoyable weekend. Kirsty Longley, back from a Mediterranean cruise, was in the massively popular Liverpool 10K Tunnel Race. Although not having quite shaken off holiday relaxations she powered to third in the Women`s category with a highly satisfying 37.20. Meanwhile Lisa Gawthorne, on her […]
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Four flourish at Birmingham
Coaches Ray Twentyman and Trish Farrell took four of their Liverpool Pembroke Sefton sprint squad to Birmingham for the England Athletic Championships. The quartet prospered in spite of the poor conditions. Harry Doran blazed through his 400m heat(48.27) and semi-final(48.03) and was only slightly off the pace in the A final where he finished 6th […]
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Olympic Torch Ormskirk
Friday June 1st was a memorable day in the lives of two LPS athletes who were selected to carry the olympic torch. Thirteen year old, Anna Hulme, ran the second stage of the relay through the streets of Ormskirk, whilst twenty year old Toria Swift carried the torch through Burscough. The LPS flag flew high […]
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J.S.Lubbock Trophy
On Saturday 26thMay Jai Vernon McGuigan & Sean Kirkbride received the J.S.Lubbock Trophy at Wavetree from Mrs Pat Green the president elect of the English Cross Country Association. This trophy is award annually to the first Northern team in the junior men’s race at the English National Cross Country Championships. For those younger members who […]
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LPS face the drop
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton are facing the the uncomfortable truth that their position in Division 2W of the North of England Senior Athletic League is under imminent threat. The second league match at Wavertree saw them finish last as the other five clubs gathered their squads together far more competently than LPS. A mini-inquest was under way […]
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Kirsty in fine form
Kirsty Longley is already enjoying a fine year. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton distance ace put together an other outstanding performance in finishing third female in the Christleton 5K Road Race in 17.28 chopping a huge minute off the club best ever time. First in the O35`s she simultaneously leapt to fifth in the current veteran 2012 […]
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Steve Emerson
News reaches us of the tragic early death of Steve Emerson at 52. He ran for Liverpool Pembroke in the late 1980`s and early 1990`s. An injury took him out of the sport but not before he had recorded some excellent times for 10K(31.50), 10 miles(51.46) and Half Marathon(1.10.16). He continued football refereeing for many […]
