Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton club captain, Kirsty Longley, is the year’s winner of the Tour of Tamseide. The event is a four day running challenge with a different event each day, including, an off-road10K, a fell race, a half marathon and a 7 mile road race. The variety of running routes and terrains is challenge […]
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High Jumpers take the plaudits at Bebington Oval
Heavy overnight rain had left plenty of surface water at Bebington Oval, the venue for this year’s Mersesyside schools championships. Entries were disappointing, no doubt put off by the weather forecast of rain all day. From an LPS perspective it was Dave McComb’s high jump group who took the plaudits, winning all the age groups […]
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LPS trio triumph at Christleton
Set in the picturesque Cheshire countryside, the Christleton 5K race has the reputation of being one of the fastest courses in the north west. It was no exception on Friday, when Kirsty Longley’s time of 17.02 not only broke the club record but it also put her top of the UK rankings for her over […]
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County Championships Success
Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton athletes were again split between two venues as they contested the medals at Blackpool & Bebington in the Lancashire & Merseyside Track & Field Championships. Pride of place at Blackpool went to U17 Lauren Lewis who completed a double winning the 100m in 12.7sec and achieved a PB in winning the […]
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Jenny and Kirsty sparkle
Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton stars, Jenny Pyatt and Kirsty Longley, had a weekend to remember. Guesting for Liverpool Harriers at a Youth Development League in Preston, Jenny threw the Discus an amazing 45.11m. The 18 year old immediately leapt into the top 10 UK athletes and third in the Junior lists. Needless to say it […]
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Mid Lancs Awards
The Mid-lancs League held their annual awards evening at Bamber Bridge on Friday. Club captain, Kirsty Longley, picked up two individual awards, finishing second senior lady and first over 35 lady in the 6 races over the course of season, not to mention leading the senior ladies team to the silver medal. Tom Dickinson picked […]
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5 miler joy for Kirsty & Mark
The ‘Hale 5 Miler’ took place on Sunday and there was double joy for two Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton runners who produced excellent performances on the day. Kirsty Longley(29.38) was the first female runner home, while Mark Wynne finished in 8th place overall but first over 40 in a new personal best time of 27.16. […]
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Mid-Lancs finale sees LPS success
The Mid-Lanc’s cross country season reached its climax at Leigh Sports Village on Saturday and it proved a successful day for Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton. The U15B were hoping to consolidate their 3rd place position in the league, but they went one better and their second place finish on the day clinched them the silver […]
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Mid-Lancs League & Parbold Hill
Mid-Lancs League The fifth Mid-lancs race of the season took place at the prestigious Rossall School on Lancashire’s Fylde Coast. With a bitterly cold wind blowing from the Irish Sea it was no race for the feint hearted. However, it also coincided with the half-term holidays and led to LPS teams being depleted. Best individual […]
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Imogen wins bronze at Northern Champs
A number of LPS athletes made the journey across the Pennines on sunday to compete in the U15 Northern Indoors Championships. Pride of place went to Imogen Ayres who equalled her championship best performance(1.45m) to win the bronze medal in the high jump. In addition a number of athletes from Phil Whitfield’s coaching group also […]
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