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Nathan continues fine run 29
June
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton's Nathan
Hilton continues to impress. At the National Junior League match at
Wavertree he was the winner of the 400m with 49.5 seconds, not quite
at the same level as two recent sub-49 postings but enough to come
home relatively untroubled. This caught the eye of the officials and
he was awarded the Male Athlete of the Match award. Close rival
Harry Doran chose the 200m on this occasion and will be pleased with
22.9. However, the most prolific scorer for the club was triple
winner Tony West with a Shot Putt of 9.17m, Hammer of 37.69m and
Javelin 39.35m. The Men's relays were a virtual walk over for the
club's Hilton, Doran, Danny Higham and Ross Helms who combined
effectively in the 4 x 100m(45.1) and 4 x 400m(3.31.8).
Charlotte Christian not unexpectedly was
the A winner of the Hammer (34.34m) and Rachel Hutchinson managed
three B string firsts (Hammer 32.25m), Javelin(14.77m) and Shot
(7.94m) but what characterised this meet was not just the poor turn
out from LPS but an across the board paucity of athletes from all
clubs. LPS finished fourth on the day and will stay in this
division next season but few events managed a full complement of six
competitors and several had none at all. Club officials and
administrators have to ask themselves whether this level of
competition is now worth the
effort and expense of staging. The respective AGM's of the leagues
in the autumn have to come up with a more attractive format than
this.
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Nathan Hilton goes under 49
seconds, 22 June
Three Liverpool Pembroke Sefton one lap
specialists were at Bedford for the England Under 20 Championships.
All progressed to the semi-finals where their journey ended but
recorded excellent times en route. Probably the best result came
from Nathan Hilton who broke through the 49 seconds barrier with
48.97 narrowly shading club colleague Harry Doran on 48.99 and Jack
McGinn with 49.02. If there were an England 4 x 400m relay
championships the club would be prominent contenders!
The club's young athletes were meanwhile
at Liverpool`s Wavertree Stadium for one of the regular league
matches. High winds destroyed chances of quality performances even
leading to the cancellation of some field events and it was a day
largely for grinding out results. The Under 17 men responded with no
fewer than 12 wins including three A and B doubles in the shape of
Adam Thomson(24.4) and Tom Stafford(24.8) in the 200m, Chris
Hatton(2.08.5) and Sean Dignam(2.09.4) at 800m and 1500m specialists
David Forrester(4.23.9) and Mike Bride(4.32.5). Three were well
clear elsewhere, Callum Burns(53.2 for 400m), Toby Loveridge(9.48.7
for 3000m) and 1500m Steeplechase star Chris Hesketh(4.47.7). Two
field eventers joined in with Billy Williams high jumping 1.75m and
long jumping 4.98m in the B event. Brad Brennan took the Shot with a
useful 11.32 putt.
There were fewer wins in the other age
groups although at Under 15 Andrew Hutchinson collected first in the
Pole Vault(2.00m), an event that was transferred indoors, and Kevin
Jones was the B Javelin victor(30.41m). Annie McLoughlin`s smooth
hurdling edged her a result at 75m(12.4) while Alice Donnelly, part
of the booming high jump group, took her B event with 1.40m. Amelia
McLaughlin was also a B hurdle winner in the Under 13 girls 70m.
Increasingly, though, the girl to watch in this age group is Tawanda
Lungu, impressive 75m flat winner(11.3) and long jumping 4.20m.
The list of hard won second and third
placings gave hope throughout the afternoon that LPS would finish
second to the large and powerful Liverpool Harrier team but yet
again slipped behind in the closing stages to be overtaken by Wirral
AC by a mere six points. Still the club should have done enough to
survive in this quality Northern premier league next season.
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Doran is back! 15 June
The injury sustained by Harry Doran some 12 months ago would
have deterred many athletes from continuing in the sport but
sheer persistence and endeavour has brought its reward. At
Manchester's SportCity Doran stormed to the Northern Under 20
400m title in a very impressive 48.58 looking every bit a
champion and his confidence fully recovered. The only challenge
came from his Liverpool Pembroke team mate Nathan Hilton
breathing down his neck in 48.62 and looking equally majestic.
To cap it all for the club Danny Higham was sixth in the same
final with 50.13.
Another LPS sprinter on song was Michael Zaim who looked very
impressive in the Senior 200m final, fourth but mightily
satisfied with a personal best time of 22.0. It was a less good
day for international Phil Taylor, yet to find his form this
season, who had to settle for a modest 49.10 in fifth place in
the 400m. Another 4th spot was claimed by Mark Leicester in the
Long Jump with a respectable 6.66m but one of the most delighted
LPS members was U20 Tom Hanlon just failing to make the 800m
final but recording a breakthrough personal best of 1.58.98.
An avalanche of excellent performances for the club at the
Merseyside School Championships at Wavertree. This time the
field event members chalked up the more eye-catching
performances. Billy Williams leapt an incredible 12cm above his
personal best to capture the Intermediate Boys High Jump with
1.85m while Junior Hammer thrower winner Tom Johnson broke through
into the quality listings with 41.12m. Other Intermediate top
podium positions were recorded by Adam Thomson(400m in 52.0),
David Forrester(800m in 2.01.3) Toby Loveridge(1500m in 4.18.5)
and Mike Jones(Discus with 38.17m). The boys didn`t have it all
their own way as Emily Carter showed her class taking the
Javelin title with 29.30m. Other medallists included Juniors
George Curran (3rd 1500m in 4.48.2), Drew Atherton( 2nd Javelin
with 38.86m), Kevin Jones(3rd Javelin with 35.06) and Andrew
Hutchinson(2nd Pole Vault with 1.80m) plus Inters Callum
Burns(3rd 400m in 53.8) and Sean Dignam(3rd 800m in 2.08.5).
Year 7 girl Emily Canning picked up two medals(2nd High Jump
1.30m and 3rd Long Jump 3.87m). Senior Rachel Hutchinson took a
bronze in her favourite Hammer event with 33.14m.
No results to hand from the Lancashire Schools at Blackpool but
Chris Hesketh as anticipated ran away with the 1500m
Steeplechase only to find times had not unfortunately been
taken! However, his very impressive record should guarantee him
a place in the English Schools line-up.
Northern Athletics Championship Results
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 BT
Community Champions Award for LPS 11 June
The club has received a BT Community Champions Award for £215:00
mainly through the efforts of Club treasurer George Leicester.
George who is an employee of BT Openreach applied for the grant
after Trish Farrell had approached Club Chairman Charles
Gains to see if the club could afford a camcorder to assist club
coaches in event and training analysis. Charlie asked George if
we could, afford the item which in turn set the ball rolling on
the application .
The award almost covers the full cost of the item. Many thanks
to George on his fine work not only as our trusted treasurer but
also in getting this very welcome grant.
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Rimmer named for European
Cup spot 10 June
Michael Rimmer(800m) has been
selected for the GB European Cup team to be held later this
month in Annecy, France.
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Close fought
encounter 7 June
Liverpool Pembroke
Sefton have a reputation in track and field matches
for overtaking their opponents in the latter stages
of an afternoon to clinch victory. In the Division 2
Northern Senior League fixture at Wavertree it was
the turn of local rivals Preston AC to surge in the
dying moments and snatch the result after LPS had
led throughout the competition. The gap was a mere 8
points and with West Cheshire lurking nearby made
for a highly entertaining June encounter.
Numerous encouraging
features included the return to competition after a
couple of months of Ormskirk international sprinter
Phil Taylor who took the 200m in 22.4 well clear of
other competitors and a useful 48 second split in
the 4 x 400m relay team. The sprinters were really
enjoying themselves with Michael Zaim second in both
the A 100m(11.0 ) and B 200m(22.8) plus team
mate Alex Stokes comfortably winning the B 100m
event in 11.1. Ormskirk is getting a reputation as
an athletics town with Taylor, Zaim and 400m winner
Mark Grimshaw(50.3) all residents. The distance men
were also on song and Adam Clansey took first in
the 1500m(4.19.7) partnered by B winner Edge Hill
student, Clark Roberts(4.32.7). Bernie Murphy used
his tactical knowledge to good effect taking the
3000m Steeplechase(10.20.5) and second spot in the
5000m(16.03.6). Paul Milburn recorded 60.9 in the
400m hurdles to also come home first. The clubs
indefatigable veteran decathlete, Mark Line, had his
usual busy point gathering fiesta which included
winning the pole vault(3.30m) and Mark Leicester
added a long jump(6.67m) victory to a 400m B(52.1)
result. The 4 x 110m and 4 x 400m relay teams
were once more emphatic victors.
The women were also in
form as June Swift, another Ormskirk local, was
untroubled in the 800m with 2.17.8 and the
effervescent Kirsty Longley the 1500m(5.00.7).The
throwers are guaranteed gold plate performers led,
on this occasion, by Charlotte Christian and Rachel
Hutchinson A and B winners of the Hammer with 35.93m
and 31.16m
respectively and diligent point gatherers in other
disciplines. As usual emerging talent attracts
attention even if not necessarily a winning result.
In this case it was Philippa Makepiece(200m with
26.8) and a Fay Atkins long jump leap of 5.15m.
The club consolidates
its overall third position but Preston and West
Cheshire will be looking over their shoulders.
Results
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Grade 1
performance from Adam Thomson ! June
 In
the third of the rotating Young Athletes Premier
League matches Liverpool Pembroke Sefton were at
Preston Arena for an exciting encounter even though
LPS were only to emerge third on the day. Beaten
narrowly into second spot Adam Thomson probably
deserved the nod for best club performance with a
personal best Under 17 400m in 51.2. He is coming
into form at the right moment with major events in
the offing. The club,s talented three middle
distance `musketeers' duly collected maximum points
in their events with David Forrester taking both the
800m(2.02.7) and 1500m(4.19.1), Toby Loveridge the
3000m(9.29.2) and Chris Hesketh the 1500m
Steeplechase(4.59.8). All were untroubled. The Shot
Putt also provided a double victory with Brad
Brennan (11.15m) and Simon Birch(9.26m). Similarly
Jessica Broady was far too good for her opponents at
both Discus(21.82m) and Hammer(27.52m). The club's
strength at Under 17 was underlined by another
double in the High Jump Billy Williams(1.73m)
and super-understudy Simon Birch(1.50m).
The club's High Jump
renaissance continued at Under 15 with both Alice
Donnelly and Zoe Rafferty cleaning up with 1.40m
leaps. The Under 13 girls are also beginning to
claim their share of the current limelight in
particular Emily Canning, a superb 75m hurdle
winner(13.5) plus, naturally, a 1.28m High Jump win
and team mate Tawanda Lunghu looking equally
dominant in her favourite event the Long
Jump(3.91m). Coach Mike Dandy is beginning to see
some real talent emerging from his training group.
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