Bill Steel

Preston dominate latest Mid-Lancs fixture

Host club, Preston, dominated the latest Mid-Lancs Track & Field meeting winning both the boy’s (191) & girl’s(224) matches. There was a much improved performance from LPS girls who finished joint second (131) with Blackpool; the boys finished third behind Southport Waterloo (134.5) Remarkably, fifteen LPS girls competed at U15 level, with Imogen Ayres winning […]

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Debbie Campbell

Debbie makes a winning start

On a wet and difficult evening  Debbie Campbell made a winning start to her LPS career with victory at the Harrock Hill race on 28th June, twenty fours hours of constant rain prior to the event made this already challenging course ‘tricky’ to say the least but this did not deter a field of almost […]

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Helen Sahgal Lisa Gawthorne

Helen wins and Lisa takes 3rd place at Port Sunlight 5k

Helen Sahgal (18.25) and Lisa Gawthorne (19.36) took first and third places in the baking heat at the Port Sunlight 5k on the 18th June. It was good training for the girls as the prepare for the world duathalon world champs later this year.  

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Tom Corcoran

Boys win Mid Lancs fixture

50 LPS athletes made their way to Clayton-le-Moors to contest the third fixture in this season’s Mid-Lancs Track & Field league and the boys finished as overall winners. Their points score of 157.5 put them narrowly ahead of Blackburn (155) & Preston (124.5). At senior level, Matt Ingram won both long (6.30m) & triple jump […]

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Kirsty on route to victory

Kirsty wins tour of Tamside

Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton club captain, Kirsty Longley, is the year’s winner of the Tour of Tamseide. The event is a four day running challenge with a different event each day, including, an off-road10K, a fell race, a half marathon and a 7 mile road race. The variety of running routes and terrains is challenge […]

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High Jumpers take the plaudits at Bebington Oval

Heavy overnight rain had left plenty of surface water at Bebington Oval, the venue for this year’s Mersesyside schools championships. Entries were disappointing, no doubt put off by the weather forecast of rain all day. From an LPS perspective it was Dave McComb’s high jump group who took the plaudits, winning all the age groups […]

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Jenny Pyatt

Jenny shatters northern championship record

Jenny Pyatt won the U20 women’s discus at this year’s northern championships with a throw of 43.51m and in doing so shattered the championship record which had stood for 25 years. What better way to warm up for the English schools championships early next month. Also, competing at Sports City was Emma Givens who won […]

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Lauren Lewis

LPS consolidate to spot

Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton travelled to Burnley to contest their second fixture in the northern league and came away with a resounding victory, to consolidate their top position in the league. Their points tally of 438 was 64 more than East Cheshire AC & contained 25 first place victories. LPS dominated the sprints & throws. […]

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Lisa Gawthorne

Lisa wins in Nevada

Lisa Gawthorne doesn’t go anywhere without her running shoes. While on holiday in Vegas recently, she ran a 5K race near Red Rock canyon in Nevada. With temperatures at 87 degrees when the race started at 7.00 am, Lisa described it as ‘running in an oven’. Not only was Lisa the first woman home but […]

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Scarlet Whitfield with long jumper Jazmin Sawyers

Bedford International Games

Some of the UK’s best ‘up and coming ‘ and experienced field athletes, along with UKA’s elite coaching fraternity attended this quality event. All athletes were trying to get a qualifying standard for entry to this year’s World, Commonwealth Youth or European U23 championships. The competition included a number of olympian & GB athletes, such […]

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