There was an outstanding run from Kirsty Longley to win the women’s title at the Liverpool & District Cross Country Championships held at Clarke’s Gardens in Woolton. It was typical cross country weather with a mixture of strong winds, wintry sunshine and the odd outburst of hail stones. Conditions underfoot were heavy in parts of […]
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Dan makes it 5 in a row
Dan Slater made it five in a row, when he won the senior boy’s title at Calderstones Park in this year’s Merseyside schools cross country championships. Dan has now claimed victory in all age groups since he started secondary school. Representing Sefton, he was a comfortable winner ahead of Joe Wigfield (Wirral), as he was […]
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Ten Tackle Beacon
Ten senior men tackled the annual Ashurst Beacon race on 13th January, this popular event held over 5.9 miles starts and finishers close to the Ashurst Beacon. The first mile is almost all downhill so there is no prize for guessing the last mile is all uphill. Through farmyards along country lanes and some very […]
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Testing Conditions at Leigh
Freezing temperatures and muddy conditions greeted those athletes who ventured out to compete in the third Mid-Lancs race at Leigh Sports Village. Kirsty Longley continued her fine run of form by winning the senior women’s race. She was well supported by Tiffany Penfold (8th and 2nd junior) and Maxine Thompson (13th) and their team score […]
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Record turnout for cross challenge at Sefton Park
There was a record turnout of LPS athletes for the annual Cross Challenge event held in Liverpool’s Sefton Park. This event gave all local youngsters the opportunity to compete against the best athletes in the 4 home countries. Persistent rain during the week ensured the ground underfoot was extremely soft and the early races soon […]
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LPS ‘Dad & Lad’ Win Lakeland trail Series
There was a double family celebration in the Foster household as a result of the 2017 Lakrland Trail Series of races. Fourteen year old, Fletcher, a pupil at The Ormskirk school, was clear winner of the 5K races with victory at 3 of the 4 races held at Cartmel, Stavely, Keswick & Helvelwyn. Dad, Andrew […]
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Dan Jones wins Ormskirk 10k
LPS junior Dan Jones was a comfortable winner of the Ormskirk 10k in 34.54 with his brother Adam finishing 6th in 37.26, Andy Foster was 8th in 38.14 with Mike Gall just behind in 10th. Steve Lennon was 25th, Dan Gilbody 27th and Mark Hudson 32nd. Mark Wynne was 2nd at the Natterjack 10k in […]
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North West Road Relays
U11’s shine at North West Road Relays After some heavy early morning rain the clouds cleared to provide excellent conditions for running at the North West road relay championships held at Blackpool’s Stanley Park. First up were the club’s under 11 teams and they turned out to be the most successful, with the boys winning […]
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LPS pick up series winners prizes at Harrock Hill
Andrew Foster V/45 and John Dickinson V/50 both won their respective age group categories in the 2017 Harrock Hill race series and Mark Hudson collected 3rd in the V/55. The Harrock Hill race is run over 5 miles off road through the Lancashire countryside near Parbold and the series is decided by best of three […]
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Litherland Mid-Lancs Report
The final Mid-Lancs fixture held at Litherland was something of a low key event with most clubs depleted due to athletes away on holiday. However, there were still some excellent performances from Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton athletes on the day. Lauren Lewis(U17), following her disappointment at the English Schools, responded with 3 victories in the […]
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