Phil Taylor strikes gold in Europeans Local athletics fans were glued to their television sets last weekend watching the European Indoor Championships at the Birmingham Indoor Arena. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton star had received his first full international call up to represent Great Britain in the 4 x 400m relay team. As often happens in […]
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New February 2007
Phil Taylor foiled in title bid Liverpool Pembroke Sefton’s talented 400m star was at Sheffield for the televised Norwich Union European Trials and UK Indoor Championships. After coasting through his heat in 48.73 and posting a sharp 48.16 in the semi-final he looked odds on to gain a championship medal, even the gold. Fate played […]
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New January 2007
Doran and Bowen third in the North The recently published Northern Under 17 top 10 athletic rankings for 2006 reveal yet another tranche of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes. It was expected that 400m star Harry Doran would figure highly after his national 14th placing and indeed his 400m sub-50 posting of 49.96 puts him third in the […]
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News December 2006
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 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 May 2006
League Report The track and field season has begun to shift up a gear just prior to the county championships. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes are beginning to evaluate the effects of the tough winter training programmes. The Junior(Under 20) team were at Bebington stadium for their second fixture. The powerful women`s throwing squad continue to […]
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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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