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 […]
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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23rd Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given, that the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton H&AC will take place on Friday 21st September 2018 at Sporting Edge (upstairs room), Edge Hill University, commencing at 7.30pm. All club members are invited to attend. The club is eager to recruit more members to join the club committee, […]
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Sandy Takes Gold
This season’s northern athletics championships were held over two days at the newly re-furbished Wavertree Athletics Centre in Liverpool. Sunday turned out to be a golden day for high jumper Sandy Clarkson who took the U15 title with a leap of 1.76m to equal his personal best. There were medals too for fellow high jumpers, […]
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Mark is the Main Man
Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton went into their final northern league match knowing their mid table position was precarious. First and second place was beyond them, but behind them three clubs were battling to avoid relegation. Blackpool provided perfect weather conditions, even if the track was in urgent need of improvement. On the day, veteran and […]
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Girls beat the elements to claim victory at Barrow.
There was end of season feeling to the final Mid-lancs fixture held at Barrow–in-Furness on Saturday. With the holiday season having started and the prospect of a 4 hour round trip, many youngsters decided to give this meeting ‘a miss’. For the 33 LPS athletes who did make the journey, they were met by heavy […]
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Big turnout by LPS at the 3rd Harrock Hill Race
On yet another very warm July evening eleven LPS athletes made the short trip to Lancashire for the third in the four race series of Harrock Hill races. Ian Roberts was first home from the club in 9th place in the very fast time of 36.48 for this challenging 5 mile course. Ian who recently […]
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Ian Doyle’s Snowdon Adventure
In preparation for the Lancaster Marathon in September, Ian Doyle donned his LPS club vest on Saturday to compete in the 43rd Jewson International Snowdon Race. The race is a ten-mile category ‘A’ fell race in Wales, from Llanberis to the Peak of Mount Snowdon. Contestants must make the five miles up the Llanberis Path to […]
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World duathlon champs
Helen Sahgal and Lisa Gawthorne flew the GB flag the world duathlon championships held at Odense in Denmark on 8th July. Both of them have previous international experience over this event and it paid dividends as Helen finished 5th and Lisa 12th in their age group. The run was largely in the town centre across […]
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LP&S have a field day at the ESSA Championships.
Last weekend saw another successful English Schools Championships for LP&S athletes with six competing and once again some metal was brought home. Pride of place goes to Kai Finch for his 2.04m PB in the senior boys high jump, good enough to earn him a silver medal. Backing him up in the inter boys was […]
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