Liverpool Pembroke Sefton had six athletes at the highly competitive English Schools Championships at Gateshead. Rosie Johnson posted a personal best time of 4.38.85 in finishing second in her Junior Girls 1500m heat. In the final she could only manage 4.42.15 which left her in ninth place. Still a very good performance at this level. […]
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Amazing recovery by LPS
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes went to Ellesmere Port for the third Northern League(2W) match trailing five other clubs and facing the distinct possibility of relegation. However, the spirit that has always characterised the club when in difficulty came to the fore and none more so than in the diminutive figure of Kirsty Longley. Following a […]
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Athlete of the Match Award’
After breaking through the 11 metre barrier for the first time only 2 weeks ago, Ruth Doran improved her PB to 11.11m at Clayton-le Moors on Sunday. Competing in the Junior League, Ruth’s performance earned her the ‘Athlete of the Match Award’ and this was presented to her by the league chair person Margaret Grayston. […]
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Busy Weekend for LPS Athletes
England Under 23s Champs On a busy weekend of athletics, the England Athletics U23 Championships took place at Bedford.400m runners, Wayne Ashall (49.4) and Nathan Hilton (49.2)both ran a season’s best in their heats, but this was not enough to gain a place in the final County Schools Championships For those LPS athletes aspiring to […]
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Four flourish at Birmingham
Coaches Ray Twentyman and Trish Farrell took four of their Liverpool Pembroke Sefton sprint squad to Birmingham for the England Athletic Championships. The quartet prospered in spite of the poor conditions. Harry Doran blazed through his 400m heat(48.27) and semi-final(48.03) and was only slightly off the pace in the A final where he finished 6th […]
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County Glory
As usual Liverpool Pembroke Sefton members split for the county track and field athletic championships, the Lancashire contingent heading for Blackpool and the Merseysiders to Wavertree. There were three champions at the seaside venue with Wayne Ashall retaining his 400m crown with 49.7 and Under 17 Mark Hynd taking the Discus with 29.87m, a new […]
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Harry dips under 48
At the British Universities Championships at Olympic Park Harry Doran, running for Edge Hill Universty, ran 47.98 for the 400m finishing sixth after winning his semi with 49.21.
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Jai clipped and out
The Northern 12 Stage Championships was at the splendid setting of Sefton Park. Jai Vernon-McGuigan was the nominated Liverpool Pembroke Sefton lead off runner. Given his recent form something special was expected but instead he was accidentally clipped on the heel within a few hundred yards, out of the race with a bad grazing and […]
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Amazing debut by Harry Doran
LPS’s Harry Doran went to the British Universities Indoor Championships at Sheffield as a highly respected 400 runner with a time of 47.5 to his credit. Competing for Edge Hill University he tackled 800m for the first time. Something special was anticipated as he had recently run 600m in 1.19.40 which had carried him to […]
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Harry tops the rankings
Harry Doran`s astonishing 600m run at Sport City has taken him straight to the top of the UK Indoor rankings. His 1.19.40 posting is well clear of the second best. Even more incredibly Ray Twentyman and Trish Farrel`s training group occupy 5 out of the top ten places with additionally Nathan Hilton(3) 1.21.40, Luke Edwards(7) […]
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