The final Mid-Lancs track & field event took the form of a medal meeting held at Stanley Park in Blackpool. Numbers were depleted in most events due to the number of athletes still away on holiday. Juniors, Matt Ingram & Kai Finch continued the dominance of their events. Matt winning both long (6.52m) & triple […]
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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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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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LPS Athletes have a field day
Sunny Blackpool was the venue for the club’s third fixture in this season’s northern league. The club was deprived of many senior athletes for a variety of reasons, so it was left to the club’s youngsters to fill the breach, with thirteen under 17’s stepping up to the mark. It was the field athletes who […]
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The Magnificent 7
Seven Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton athletes have been selected to represent their respective counties at this year’s English Schools Track & Field championships which are being held at Birmingham’s Alexander stadium on July 13th & 14th. Five athletes are representing Merseyside schools and these include, Kai Finch (Senior Boy) – High Jump, Owen Southern (Inter […]
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Kirsty wins Tour of Tameside
The ‘Tour of Tameside’ series of races is the brain child of Dr. Ron Hill and involves 4 races over 4 consecutive days, over different distances & different terrains. It began with a 10K Multi-terrain race over woodland steps in Oldham on Thursday, before a 6 mile ‘hell on the fell’ race in Staleybridge on […]
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Top Performances at County school Champs
For many youngsters, Saturday was the final day for them to achieve the qualifying standards for this year’s English Schools Track & Field Championships. LPS athletes were mainly split between Bebington Oval (Merseyside) and Stanley Park, Blackpool (Lancashire) as the venues for this year’s county schools championships. Conditions at both venues were ideal, so the […]
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LPS clinch third place
The second fixture in the Northern League division 2W took place at sun drenched Leigh Sports village on Sunday. Despite fielding a depleted team LPS(356) clinched third place, behind Leigh Harriers (405) and Team Isle of Man(368). Liverpool Harriers were 4th (322), Manchester Harriers were 5th, with Blackpool in 6th place (301). The hot conditions […]
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High Jumpers Shine In Hyndburn Sun, and Matt Ingram in good form at Bedford
There were some strong personal performances despite the breezy conditions at the Mid Lancs League fixture at Hyndburn. This 3rd meeting of the season fell on a sunny Bank Holiday Saturday which no doubt contributed to a low turnout of LPS athletes at this pleasant Lancashire setting. Arguably the most exciting event of the day […]
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