The Sainsbury British Athletic Championships and European Trials were again held at Birmingham. Michael Rimmer, who has described this season as `the toughest of my life’ lined up for the unprecedented prospect of taking the national title for the seventh time. After a controlled heat in 1.49.65 he went into the Final against tough opposition […]
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Amelia tops the lot!
The England Athletics Under 20 and Under 23 Championships were at Bedford and three Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes made their mark. U20 Amelia McLaughlin took on some of the best in the country in the High Jump and showed some of her old confidence and flair in scaling 1.74m and collecting gold. She now looks […]
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Busy weekend as LPS athletes compete at Northern Champs and County Schools
LPS athletes were spread far and wide on a busy weekend of athletics. The county schools held their championships at Bebington Oval, Blackpool & Stretford, whilst juniors and seniors competed for northern titles at Sports City. A number of athletes were keen to ensure they achieved the qualifying standard for the prestigious English Schools Championships […]
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LPS Bounce Back in Style
After the disappointment of finishing last in match 1, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton bounced back in style, finishing second in their Northern league fixture at Ellesmere Port. Their points tally of 397 was bettered only by host club West Cheshire (434) The star female performer on the day was June Swift who completed a double […]
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Sefton Harriers Roll of Honour
2014 as we know marks the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 and during the latter part of May this year I had the opportunity to visit some of the WW1 battlefields and cemeteries of Belgium and France. It was of particular interest to me as like many of my generation I can still recall […]
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Another cascade of medals at the Lancs
After a successful Merseyside Track and Field Championships those members of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton with a red rose qualification headed to Blackpool. At Under 13 level Lauren Lewis confirmed her outstanding talent by streaking clear of the field in the 100m in 13.6 also collecting the Long Jump title with 4.45m. At U15 Morag Molyneux […]
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Long service Awards
Merseyside County AA recognised some of its most loyal and long serving officials with a presentation at the County Track & Field Championships at Bebbington Oval on the 17 May. The criteria for the award was to have given over 25 years service to local athletics as an official
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A hatful of medals at Bebington
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton had a very successful day at the Merseyside Track and Field Championships at the Bebington Oval. In the field events the high jumpers glittered again with Under 13 Owen Southern taking the gold with 1.45m while his female counterparts Sadie McNulty and Bethany Milton occupied first and second with the same height […]
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Another knife-edge day for LPS
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton seniors approached the first of the Northern Track and Field matches of the season at Stretford with several members missing due to the clash with the British Universities Championships. The first meeting has usually proved disastrous for LPS but the squad looked marginally stronger on this occasion. What was not taken into […]
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