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January News 2005
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North of England Cross Country Championships 29 January
Local athletes made the long trip to Consett, County Durham for the Northern
Cross Country Championships. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton quartet had an
outside chance of medals in the Under 13 race but Jake Helm(16), Chris
Hesketh(37), Mike McCarten(64) and Jason Newell(91) could only manage 5th
team. In the equivalent Girls race Emma Bowen(39), Abby Bridgeman(70), Vicky
Swift(86) and Nuala Maher(125) were a respectable 13th.
Incomplete teams characterised the rest of the day. Andrew Bowen(25) and
Kieron Sloan(71) at Under 15 were two short and Joe McKenna(77), Martin
Cooke(95) and Matt Brooks(110) searched for a final counter in the Under 17
race. In the Junior test Michael Rimmer(57) and Carl Williams(58) simply ran
together. The most frustrating event was the Senior Men. In a massive field
Jimmy Boardman(45) ran easily but there was some excellent performances
going on behind him. Ever-reliable Sammy Rashid was on 111 but the run of
the day came from Steve Donegan at 121 with an almost equally strong 135
from Colin Jones. Missing athletes would have carried LPS into the top dozen
clubs in the North and gone a long way to restoring club pride. However, the
National Championships are still to come and these efforts will spur the
club on.
Results
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Dudley Junior makes an appearance
27 January
After losing his club 800m record last year to Michael Rimmer, Dave Dudley
has emailed us to inform Mike that although he may no longer have the legs
for sub 1:50s he may have a candidate to challenge Mike in the future!.
Laurence Edward Dudley was born on 24 November 2004 at Warrington Hospital
at 2.10 p.m. He weighed 6lb 10oz then, but is now over 12 lb and doing
just fine. Dave say's "I have booked him down for leg 1 (Long Stage) on
the AAA 12 Stage relay at Sutton Park for 2024, maybe he can dip below the
26 minute barrier, one thing that I didn't manage to do"
If you hover your mouse over the picture of Dudley jnr you will see a
picture of his Dad who won the Blackpool 10k in 33 mins dressed as Batman
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Gold for Grimshaw! NoEAA
Indoor Championships 22& 23 January
 At the North of England Athletic Association
Indoor Junior Championships at Sheffield the Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
athlete, Mark Grimshaw, took the Under 20 400m gold medal in fine style.
The Head Boy of Ormskirk School raced home in an excellent 49.6. A product
of the high quality Edge Hill College based sprint squad coached by Ray
Tewntyman and Tricia Farrell he was not alone in the medal hunt as Harry
Doran collected silver in the Under 15 200m in an eye-catching 23.9. To
complete an excellent weekend for the local club Up Holland's Jack McGann
was bronze madallist in the Under 17 400m in 52.75. Other finalists
setting personal bests were Nathan Hilton Under 15 60m in 7.7 and Alex
Stokes in the Under 17 60m in 7.34.
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Mid Lancs Cross Country 22 January
Tarleton High School pupil, Jake Helm, is fast emerging as a quality
distance runner. Last track and field season he recorded 4.49.3 at 1500m to
get inside the country's top 20 performance list. This cross-country season
with his Liverpool Pembroke Sefton team mates he has already collected a
bronze medal in the National Under 13 Cross Country Relays and finished
individual runner-up in the Lancashire Championships while collecting a team
gold. He recently travelled to Kendal for a regular Mid-Lancashire League
match and easily ran away from the field to comfortably win. Mike
McCarten(6) and Jason Newell(11) were also in close attendance. At full
strength the LPS squad will be looking to the Northern and National
Championships with some relish. Also at Kendal the Under 15 Boys were second
team, led home by Andrew Bowen(3) followed by Kieron Sloan(10), Matt
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County Cross Country Championships 15
January
The County Cross Country Championships are the first of the serious events
of the New Year and indicate club and individual prospects in the
forthcoming Northern and National Championships. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
are always split at this time with half the club at the Lancashire's in
Blackburn and the Merseyside contingent at Birkenhead's Arrowe Park. The
only team victory of the day came at Blackburn as Jake Helm(2), Mike
McCarten(4), Jason Newell(9) and Chris Hutton(26) took the Under 13 gold.
Other prominent performers were Andrew Bowen(5) in the Under 17 race and
an astonishing run from Rob Stocks who took the bronze in the Junior
event. More predictably Courtney Birch showed her style in also taking
third place in the Senior Women's race.
At Arrowe Park by far the best result was
Maria Barrett who was untroubled in seizing the Under 20 title. Maria is
an ultra-consistent athlete who trains hard and deserves every success.
Elsewhere Chris Hesketh (Under 13) was out sprinted in a tight finish and
was third. Kieron Sloan was a good 8th in the Under 15 category and the
solid trio of Martin Cooke(12), Joe McKenna(13) and Matt Brooks(15) were
unlucky not to have been able to field a 4th counter, otherwise medals
beckoned here. In the Junior race Carl Williams(7) looked good followed
home by Michael Rimmer(8).
The Senior Men provided a most intriguing
encounter. Still short of star Jimmy Boardman nothing was expected but
some excellent team packing brought third placing. Adam Clansey(10) and
Colin Jones(16) were the spearhead with vet Graham Cairns(18) nearly
chasing Colin down. Steve Donegan(20) was followed by another amazing vet
Jeff Mason(30) and it was left to Newburgh's Clive Parry(36) to close in a
mere three points ahead of the St Helen's outfit. It is Clive's first
season and his first medal. Even the seventh man Kevin Carroll collected a
vets award so everybody went home delighted.
Merseyside
Results
Report Charles Gains
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& District Cross country Championships 9 January
Flu deprived Liverpool Pembroke
Sefton of their premier cross country runner, Jimmy Boardman, in the
Liverpool and District Championships in Allerton. Other runners were also
under weather and the club could only manage 4th team placing. Adam Clansey
was 12th followed by Steve Donegan(21) who was closely shadowed by 800m
international track star Michael Rimmer(24). Michael does not enjoy cross
country but is, nevertheless, a useful performer. Colin Jones(26) was
clearly disappointed after some good early season races. It was left to the
consistent veteran Graham Cairns(31) and Newburgh`s Clive Parry(53) to close
in. Clive outsprinted another evergreen veteran Kevin
Carroll(54). Additional finishers for the club were Robbie Wood(88) and
newcomer Paul Young(125) Results
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