Kirsty Longley had a busy but rewarding weekend picking up two first places on the roads in Cheshire. On Friday 17th May she won the Chrislton 5k in an impressive 17.16, our women packed well with Helen Sahgal (L/35) coming 7th in 18.09 followed by Lisa Gawthorne (L/35) running as well as ever just failing […]
Double victories for Kirsty and fast times all round at Chrisleton
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County Championships – Roll of Honour
Merseyside U20M High Jump Gold Owen Southern U17M High Jump Gold Sandy Clarkson U15W High Jump Gold Millie O’Hanlon U17M Javelin Gold Bill Steel U17M Shot Gold Bill Steel U17M Discus Gold Finley McKenna U20W Long Jump Gold Erin Birchall SM 200m Silver Harry Doran U20M High Jump Silver Tom Kwissa U17W Triple Jump Silver […]
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LPS dominate at Mid Lancs Meeting.
LPS dominated in the second Mid Lancs Meeting at Hynburn on the 4th May. There were magnificent wins in the senior men’s High Jump with Owen Southern and Tom Kwissa picking up victories. Super vets Tony O Brian and Paul Milburn doubled up in both the 800m and 1500m which placed them 5th and 6th, […]
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London Marathon
Three LPS athletes competed in the London Marathon with distinction. Cambridge University student, Dan Slater, ran an astonishing debut time of 2.36.56 and loved the experience. After being plagued by 18 months of injuries Sammy Rashid, now approaching 55, also recorded an amazing 3.07.16, automatically qualifying for next years event. Danny Gilbody another delighted participant […]
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Jumpers get their season underway at Wavertree
Four of the horizontal kicked off their summer season by competing at the Liverpool Jumps and Throws competition at Wavertree on the 13th April. It was a generally pleasing result for those attending with three medals already earned. A first place came from Erin Birchall in her first U20 competition. The U17 jumping categories will […]
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Margaret Bridson collects posthumous award for Wally
Margaret Bridson and her son Andrew attended the Merseyside County AA AGM held at Wavertree on the 15th April 2019, to collect a posthumous award for her late husband and our greatly missed club secretary Wally. Margaret thanked the meeting for the award and expressed he appreciation for kind words and expressions received following the […]
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Opening Mid Lancs T&F Match
LPS were a little depleated for the opening Mid-Lancs fixture at Witton Park, Blackburn but there were still planty of winners. Pride of place must go to Dave McComb, not that he actualy did anything himself on the day, but his coached high jumpers won the senior mens and womens with Owen Southern and Debbie […]
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Success for LPS in the Mid Lancs XC League
Friday 12th April 2019 saw the Presentation Evening for the Mid Lancs Cross Country League. LPS athletes did particularly well this season winning gold in the U17 Ladies, silver in the U15 Boys and bronze in the U17 Men’s team competitions. In addition we had individual success with Jake Dickinson 2nd in the U15 Boys, […]
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Encouraging end of winter season
It has been a terrific cross country and road running season for LPS Senior Men and Women. Choice of top performers went to Tiffany Penfold and Chris Maher. Most improved was awarded to Vicki Gilbody. Presentations were made trackside at Edge Hill University.
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Another great run from Tiffany
The climax of the winter season is the National Senior 12 and 6 Stage relays at over the legendary demanding course at Sutton Park, Birmingham. Over 50 teams faced the starter for the Women’s six-stager with Debbie Campbell shouldering again the responsibility of lead-off. Demonstrating the courage she has displayed all season, she ground out […]
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