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Ron Hill’s 80th Birthday Race
On the 25th of September 14 LPS members travelled over to Whitworth, Lancashire for the ‘Ron Hill 80th Birthday Celebration race’. Ron Hill who is very well known and admired throughout the running world was on hand to act as both starter and prize giver. Mark Wynne was 2nd and Chris Maher 4th and with […]
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Astonishing sprinting from Elliot Jones
Elliot Jones who is continuing his studies at Monash(Melbourne) University took part in the University National Championships held at Griffith University on the picturesque Gold Coast. He put together an astonishing series of 100m sprints 10.86 (Qualifier), 10.71 (Semi-Final) and 10.54 (Final). The latter earned him a brilliant bronze medal although the 10.54 time, we […]
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Northern Road Relays
Glorious sunshine greeted runners at the northern road relay championships in Manchester, a far cry from the dismal conditions at Delamere two weeks earlier. This time the course was truly road relays, meandering around the perimeter of the Etihad stadium and the campus of Sports City. The younger age groups all ran a distance of […]
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Dan wins bronze on gold coast.
When Dan Slater first joined LPS five years ago it was with the intention of improving his running skills. Now at the age of 18 he just won a bronze medal at the World Junior triathlon Championships on Australia’s Gold coast. Out of 62 competitors who finished the junior event, Dan finished a very creditable […]
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Mixed Emotions for Jamie
There was mixed emotions at the weekend for 15 year old Ormskirk pupil, Jamie Hopkins. Jamie was part of a Lancashire schools team competing in the English Schools’ Combined events championships at the international stadium in Bedford. This is a gruelling event, with each athlete having to compete in eight track & field events, over […]
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Outstanding performance from our senior women
The first of the autumn relays began at Delamere Forest on Saturday with the North West Road Relays. Hilary Honeyball led the senior women’s team off coming home in 20th place (26.06), before Loughborough student, Rosie Johnson, took over on leg 2. Rosie soon began to catch the runners ahead of her & her time […]
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Success at Medal Meeting
The final Mid-Lancs track & field event took the form of a medal meeting held at Stanley Park in Blackpool. Numbers were depleted in most events due to the number of athletes still away on holiday. Juniors, Matt Ingram & Kai Finch continued the dominance of their events. Matt winning both long (6.52m) & triple […]
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Mark Takes Decathlon Silver
Veteran, Mark Crompton, decided to take on the challenge of the Decathlon at this year’s British Masters Championships held in Sheffield. Mark’s strength was in his jumps and throws and so it proved over the two day event. A shot putt of 9.44m earned his highest point score of 549, closely followed by a high […]
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Lisa goes below 19 minutes for a new PB, Helen wins in Spain.
Running in the very popular Sale Sizzler 5k on 16th august Lisa Gawthorne claimed a new pb with a time of 18.49. This was enough to see her finish 5th female and second V/35. Over in Spain whilst on a family holiday Helen Sahgal won the 7.4k XIV Cursa Nocturna Ronda Murada Alcúdia which was […]
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