Tony O’Brien

Update on our Strategic Development Plan – Performance Co-ordinator

In December last year we launched our strategic development plan to help push the club forward and provide a solid foundation to help develop our athletes, coaches, administration and officials. At the time we identified key coordinator roles across the different aspects of the plan, one of which was the Performance Coordinator. I’m really pleased […]

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Gold Standard For U15 Girls

Congratulations to our U15 girls team who have finished top of the mid Lancs league. A big mention to Erin Frost who finished in 3rd place individually and Sarah and Anna Yates, who both finished in the top 15. Another huge congratulations to Myles Fraser who finished 2nd individually, a superb performance especially considering he […]

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Mid Lancs Cross Country Season Closes

The final cross country of the season was at Townley Park, Burnley today, where we had a small number of athletes competing. Ten years old William Roberts finished his debut season with a flourish as he came home in 6th place, only a few seconds behind the leading pack in the u11 race. Dan Berry, […]

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LPS Athletes contribute to county success

A good day for our Lancashire athletes at Loughborough in the Intercounties Cross Country Championships. The Lancashire U20 men team, which Included 3 LPS Athletic Club athletes (Sé Loughlin, Jake Dickinson , Oliver Sutcliffe) finished 2nd in the team event. The U15 boys team with 2 of our athletes (Myles Fraser, Isaac Dickinson) finished in […]

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Intercounties Cross Country Championships

We have a number of athletes representing their counties on Saturday in Loughborough for the intercounties cross country championships. For anyone who wants to watch, there’s a live stream via the link below.   PREVIEW: BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE FINAL INC UK INTER COUNTIES XC CHAMPS

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Silver Dream Machine

A really busy weekend for LPS athletes competing in races across the North West. 1st up was Kirsty Longley, who became the 2nd fastest W45 of all time with an incredible 34:30 in the Trafford 10K. Then we had Mark Hudson, who finished the 30k Rhayader around the lakes race in his personal best time […]

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LPS athletes with England Talent Programmes

We had two of our athletes at Loughborough University today with the England Youth Talent and England Junior Talent programmes. Lots of hints, tips and advice for Mark Roberts and Sé Loughlin as they were put through their paces by the coaches. The coaching session is over the whole weekend and is a fantastic opportunity […]

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Gold and Silver at Edge Hill

We were privileged tonight to see the Gold and Silver medals won by Tony O’Brien in the European Masters. Tony, in typically humble fashion had them in his coat pocket. A proud achievement Tony and the club and it was great to see some real medals ! ( I can say that as an Everton […]

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Another European Medal for Tony O’Brien

Tony O’Brien continues to impress as he took on the European Masters 1500m indoors final. Tony finished 2nd taking silver by 0.3 of  a second behind fellow Brit, Mark Symes. See the race here

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Mud Bath At Parliament Hill

We had two athletes running today in the National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill. Chloe Leather in the Junior Women and Se Loughlin in the Junior Men. Despite the day being bright and sunny, the course was a mud bath and in true cross country style was waterlogged in parts. Chloe Leather, continued her […]

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