Currie & Rice serve up a 3 & 4, Lucas is 5th
at Walton Park 5
(29-05-01) Taking yet another welcome step on the comeback trail Brian
Currie finished 3rd in the popular Liverpool Running Club 5 mile at
Walton Park. Brian just missed out on 2nd place to evergreen vet Mike
Girvan, and was 14 seconds down on winner Nick Jones from Tipton. Jon
Rice making a rear appearance on to the roads was 4th and first junior
to finish. In the ladies section Cheryl Lucas who is out and about quite
a bit on the roads this season was 5th. Also back running after a lay
off was Des McIvor in 29th place, while former Pembroke secretary John
Lowery came home in 99th place. Stan Cottier was 113. If to make a point
that if John Lowery can still do it so could former Sefton secretary
Colin McCallum who came home in 139th place. Joe McAloon 195
Results |
Full set of medals at NoEAA Junior champs (27-05-01) Fine
performances at Cudworth from the younger LPS track athletes over the weekend
resulted in 4 medals and several PB's. Michael Rimmer struck gold
with a win in the U17 800m, silver medals went to Mark Donoghue in the
U17 2,000m steeplechase in a PB time of 6m 10.83s and to Phil Taylor in
the U17 400m, also a PB in 49.88s. A bronze medal was won by
Michael Zaim in the U20 200m in a time of 22.5s. Danny Holland
reached both U17 sprint finals achieving a PB of 22.9 in the 200m.
A seasons best performance of 4m 08s in the U20 1500m was achieved by
Henry Stewart and another PB of 53.93s from David Stroud helped him to
the final of U17 400m. A great
battle between Nicola Gunderson and Laura Davenport in the under 17 800
saw them finish 5 & 6 in 2.21.01 and 2.21.05. Report Derek &
Sally Baker
Day 1 Results
Day 2 Results |
 Boys
win at Bury (20-05-01) Building on the good
start at Wavertree in the first fixture LPS Y/A Boys team won their
second match at Bury. Phil Taylor kept up his good form with another pb
of 23.2 for the under 17 200. Danny Holland also recorded a pb of 11.5
in the 100. Anthony Gallagher throw the discus 43 meters and Michael
Rimmer ran 49.7 for the 400. A excellent days work by the LPS Y/A Boys
team |
| Zaim retains County Title (13-5-01)
Michael Zaim retained his Lancashire County 200 title at the
weekend. Michael was competing in the Lancashire championships with many
of his team mates competing at the Merseyside champs in Liverpool. LPS
athletes who picked up Merseyside titles included Phil Taylor under 17
400 and John Murray under 15s 200. I await a full set of results or
reports to come in so further news as and when I receive it. Merseyside
Results |
Rimmer runs away with another Pb (8-5-01)
Michael
Rimmer only just turned 15 ran 1.53.6 for the 800 at Trafford to record
another Pb in his first 800 of the season. This may well be a UK age
best performance but that is subject to confirmation. Pbs also for
Andrew Donaldson 2.00.01 in the 800. Henry Stewart 8.53.04 in the 3000.
Alan Stewart 9.01.4 3000 and mark Donghue 6.15.1 in the 2000
steeplechase. |
| Fine run by Cheryl in Springtime 5k (8-5-01)
Cheryl Lucas continued with her recent good form by finishing 5th in the
Ladies Springtime 5k at Croxteth Park. Chasing the strong lead group
from Liverpool Harriers Cheryl stuck to her task and was rewarded with a
fine time of 19.18. Mary Dean making her first appearance on the roads
this season came 62 in 27.44. the race was won by Jenny Clague in 17.20
Results |
Paul Cadwallader wins Waterloo 15k (7-5-01)
Making a welcome return to racing Paul Cadwallader
beat a large field in the spring sunshine to win for  the
second time the Waterloo 15k. Paul last won this event in 1997 and succeeds
Nathan who won the event last year. Organisers had course changes forced
on them but still managed to provide an interesting and testing course.
John Kilbane back racing after his non show at the National 12 stage was
13th with Jeff Mason close behind in 14th spot. A good turn out by LPS
athletes and nice to see former Sefton Harriers Secretary Colin McCallum
also making one of his rare appearances. Results |
| Y/A Boys second at Liverpool
(5-5-01) In what will be probably the toughest fixture LPS boys came
second to the strong Liverpool Harriers squad at Wavertree. Wins in the
under 17 age group for Phil Taylor in 50.6 400m and Michael Rimmer 4.07
in the 1500. Robert Stocks 4.23.9 in under 15 1500, Anthony Gallagher 44
meters in the hammer 41 meters in the discus and 13.14 in the shot plus
wins in both relays was enough to claim second place in this strong
field. |
| Away day Girls finish 3rd in IOM (6-5-01)
Travelling across the Irish Sea for their opening fixture LPS ladies
enjoyed a solid away result by coming 3rd behind hosts Manx 477 and a
strong Lancashire team from Preston with 433, and LPS on 347 points. A
fine win by Laura Davenport in the 800 and also two second places in 200
& 300 in the under 17s. In the under 15s Nicola Bear won the 800
& 200 also a win from Debbie Sefton in the high jump. After what was
always going to be a difficult first match LPs ladies can look forward
to the rest of the season with realistic hope of promotion. |
A Team ties in it's Division 1 Group
(5-5-01) With a much weakened side, the A team managed a very creditable
tie for first place in the opening round of the Northern League Division
1. A double in the 5000 from Nathan Vengdasalam & Alan Woods. Fresh
legs again after his 2.23 at London Nathan won the 5000 in 14.50.7.
Another double in the shot as Merrik Bousfield and Steve Garland
recorded wins, A double in the relays. the news lads performed very well -
Michael Zaim 11.3 & 22.4, Gary Baines 11.3, Henry Stewart 4.15.3, Mark
Donoghue 10.12.4, Alex Spencer 2.07.7, etc. A good team performance.
Final result Mandale & LPS 107.5 match points and 2.5 league points,
Rotherham 61 match points and 1 league point.
Other Division 1 Results Bolton 114 , Cleethopes 99, Blackburn 95
Kingston upon Hull 1181/2, Leeds 97, Gateshead 841/2
Report Merrik Bousfield |
| B Team suffer at
Stockport (5-5-01) Proving how difficult it
can be for the captain of the B team Paul Rudkin lost a number of his
first choice athletes at the last minute to the A Team and this effected
the overall performance on the day. No b string in 100, 200, 400, H/J
& T/J and no A & B at all in the pole vault! Paul will I am sure
rally his troops for the coming fixtures and we hope to see him back to
winning ways. keep up the good work Paul.
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