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Girl's
Christmas Handicap
All things considered we were delighted
to have 12 athletes competing at the Christmas Handicap on the 23rd
December. The winner of the handicap was Jenny Bear, one of our up and
coming U13 stars. The fastest time on the day was run by Nikki Bear
(Jenny's older sister)!
The full results:
Race Position
Name
Handicap Time Handicap Actual Time
Position in Time
1
Jenny Bear
10.46
1.55
8.51
3
2
Steph Swift
11.01
2.00
9.01
4
3
Nikki Bear
11.05
3.00
8.05 1
4
Laura Davenport
11.10
2.50
8.20
2
5
Victoria Swift
11.17
0
11.17 12
6
Megan Singleton
11.21
1.45
9.36
7
7
Jane Walmsley
11.36
1.20
10.16 9
8
Jordan Swift
11.47
0.35
11.12 11
9
Helen Quirk
11.49
1.20
10.29 10
10
Fiona Hunter
11.58
2.35
9.23 6
11
Nicola Gundersen 12.08
2.50
9.18 5
12
Amy Potter
12.13
2.35
9.38 8
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made
it to the start line for the Club Christmas handicap. First off at the
stroke of eleven on the church clock was club chairman Mary Dean, one of
only two ladies in the field this year. The other was handicap winner
Cheryl Lucas. Fastest time once again was run by Sammy Rashid who this
year ran 22.05, club captain Jim Eden was second fastest with 23.18 and
Graham Cairns third fastest with 23.23. **Reg Armstrong went off
course
second in the under 20's race and finished 19th overall. Running for an
England under 23 team although still a very young under 20 she ran well
in this top class field. Henry Stewart also made the long journey to
compete for the North of England he was 70th overall in the mixed
senior/junior field. Chris Watson came 23rd in the under 17 event,
Robert Walmsley was 49. Andrew Donaldson closed the team in finishing
55. Robert Stocks was 16 in the under 15s event, David Wilkie was 36th,
Tom McCarten was 50th and Thor Andersen 53 
New
PB for Sammy at Sheffield 10k (2-12-01)
Sammy Rashid stepped up his training and improved his PB for 10k 31.44.
His times for this same event over the last three years reflect his
improvement 32-50 (last year), 32-45 in 1999 and 32-31in 1990. finishing
7th overall in a quality field Sammy is very pleased with his run."
I'm sure a few people won't believe the time I did...I know I don't
believe it. I'd say you can add 30 secs on for the fast course"
said a modest Sammy 
numbers at the Mid Lancs cross country
at Blackpool. Alan Stewart won the under 17s event and lead the
team to victory with Chris Watson 4th and Michael Rimmer 5. Not to be
outdone the under 15s also won with a score of 33 beating our close
rivals SWAC who scored 70. Robert Stocks lead home the team in 4th place
followed by David Wilkie 6, Tom McCarten 11 and Steven Blackhurst 12.
The under 13s came second to Blackpool with Ben Johnson 3, Andrew Bowden
11, Robert Bland16 and new boy Tom Dodd 18. Henry Stewart running as
well as ever won the Under 20 event and lead the LPS lads to another
victory with Tom Wade 6 and Steve Donague 8. Luke Sanders was 16 in the
senior race.