LPS had a fair turn out for the Northern Senior and Under 20 Indoor Championships at Sheffield last weekend. Pride of place goes to Danny Higham who secured a bronze medal in the senior 400m with 49.68s, the clubs only medal. Owen Southern followed up his recent 2.00m in Manchester (the fifth best jump ever […]
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Danny picks up bronze at North of England Indoor Championships
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Sandy Takes Gold
This season’s northern athletics championships were held over two days at the newly re-furbished Wavertree Athletics Centre in Liverpool. Sunday turned out to be a golden day for high jumper Sandy Clarkson who took the U15 title with a leap of 1.76m to equal his personal best. There were medals too for fellow high jumpers, […]
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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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Excellent Debut from Matthew
Seventy LPS athletes made the journey to Preston for the second fixture in this season’s Mid-Lancs Track & Field league. There were some excellent individual performances, none more so than from debutant, Matthew Hughes (U15B). The 14 year old from Formby was a comfortable winner of both 100m (12.3 sec) & 200m (24.9 sec). Other […]
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Jan (Jim) Railton
News reaches us that Jim Railton has died aged 81. His career can be found in our Liverpool Pembroke History section under the title of `The remarkable Jim Railton’. Jim was a sprinter ahead of his time. As a pupil at the Liverpool Collegiate School he set numerous school records at 100yds, 220yds, 440yds and […]
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 July 2005
LPS women totally dominate the local throwing scene Wigan was the venue for the third match of the Northern Senior Track and Field League(Division 2). It was one of those days that team managers dream about with Liverpool Pembroke Sefton running up a staggering total of 30 wins and numerous other close placings. Dave Readle […]
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News June 2005
Astonishing team performance at Stretford Liverpool Pembroke Sefton seniors had a great day out at Stretford in the second of the Northern Track and Field League match. They took a clean sweep of A & B contests in no fewer than eleven events. The men`s sprint strength was illustrated by their dominance the 100m, 200m […]
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News October 2004
Mid Lancs Cross Country The cross country season opened with the Mid-Lancashire League at the notoriously difficult Witton Park course in Blackburn. Local club Liverpool Pembroke Sefton have unearthed yet another star in the shape of Eleanor Mitchell who released a storming finish to come home fourth in the Under 11 race. She will surely […]
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New December 2003
Rob Stocks on Form in Mid Lancs Burscough`s Rob Stocks was an impressive second placer at the Mid-Lancs Cross Country League match at Blackpool. With David Wilkie(5), Chris Melling(8) and Sam Glynn(9) this enabled Liverpool Pembroke Sefton to take the Under 17 team race. Michael Rimmer, the LPS 800m track sensation is no lover of […]
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