There are few athletic clubs that can boast a runner in the world’s top 50 but the 2006 rankings place Liverpool Pembroke Sefton star, Michael Rimmer, 31st with a 800m time of 1:45.23 recorded in Helsinki in July. He was two seconds of the top South African but at only 20 years of age can look […]
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News November 2006
Cross Country Relays Only two weeks after taking the National Road Relay title the Liverpool Pembroke Sefton Under 15 trio were at Mansfield for the equivalent National Cross Country Relays. David Forrester clearly enjoys the first leg spot and refuses to be intimidated by the class athletes most clubs run on this stage. His confidence […]
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News October 2007
Young Athletes Road Relays The Young Athlete North of England Road Relay Championships were held at Manchester’s Sport city, a fitting start and finish venue even if a somewhat boring course around the adjacent Manchester City’s car parks. Having already attracted some attention by taking silver medals in the Merseyside Championships the previous week the […]
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News September 2006
Charles to Chair North West England Athletics Council Charles Gains, Development Officer for Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton Athletic Club, has been unanimously chosen as Chair of the North West England Athletics Council covering Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. The council follows a major reorganisation of the sport which sees England split into 9 […]
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News August 2006
European Championships Gothenburg Michael Rimmer has had the most fantastic year of his athletic life. At the beginning of 2006 he was a relatively promising but unknown athlete. In August he had reached the final of the European 800m Championships. On the way he had chopped 3 seconds off his personal best time, claimed the national […]
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News July 2006
Young Athletes at Wrexham Seniors at Wavertree Liverpool Pembroke Sefton have found Division 1 of the Senior Northern Track and Field League composed of Trafford, Sale, Gateshead, Leeds and Trafford a tough proposition. LPS hosted the third of the encounters at Wavertree Stadium and were hopeful of moving out of the relegation zone. It was […]
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News June 2006
Rimmer joins the elite The British Milers Club promote high quality races with the purpose of raising standards in British middle distance running. Watford was such an occasion and local hero Michael Rimmer seized his opportunity. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athlete tracked the Notts AC 800m star Richard Hill through a blistering pace to clock a […]
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News April 2006
The first test of the track and field season is always eagerly looked forward to as a measure of possible strength. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton Under 20 side travelled to Ellesmere Port for the Northern Junior League match without any great expectation but came away with a surprise win over five other local rivals. Among the winners […]
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News March 2006
Mid Lancs Report This is the time of year when local athletes begin to turn their attention towards the forthcoming track and field season. However, for the Liverpool Pembroke Sefton runners there were a couple of outstanding cross country events left. In the Mid-Lancashire Cross Country League Under 17 race at Hyndburn Martin Cooke(8), Joe […]
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