The second fixture in the Northern League division 2W took place at sun drenched Leigh Sports village on Sunday. Despite fielding a depleted team LPS(356) clinched third place, behind Leigh Harriers (405) and Team Isle of Man(368). Liverpool Harriers were 4th (322), Manchester Harriers were 5th, with Blackpool in 6th place (301). The hot conditions […]
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County Champion at 54
LPS athletes were spread across 3 counties as this year’s Track & Field championships that took place at the weekend. Jenny Pyatt won the senior women’s discus event with a throw of 40.52 metres which not only broke the Cheshire record, but it maintained her sequence of winning the county discus title at various age […]
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Excellent run from Kirsty
The 2018 Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run this year attracted over 7,000 runners. The 10K course took in the city centre and some of Birmingham’s icon landmarks including Edgbaston cricket ground and Cannon Hall park. The race had the added incentive of including an international race for veterans and an inter regional race. LPS runner, Kirsty […]
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Seniors clinch third place
Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton’s senior team clinched third place on their return to division 2 of the Northern League. The meeting was held in glorious sunshine at the newly refurbished Wavertree Athletics centre in Liverpool. The event was won by a strong combined team from the Isle of Man (402), with last year’s winners, Leigh […]
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Excellent Debut from Matthew
Seventy LPS athletes made the journey to Preston for the second fixture in this season’s Mid-Lancs Track & Field league. There were some excellent individual performances, none more so than from debutant, Matthew Hughes (U15B). The 14 year old from Formby was a comfortable winner of both 100m (12.3 sec) & 200m (24.9 sec). Other […]
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LPS Ladies first and second at Tunnel 10k
The annual Mersey Tunnel Run took place on Sunday with over 2,500 entries. The race started on the Liverpool side of the Mersey before entering the tunnel after 1Km. It was a steady ascent for the next 2K before the athletes saw daylight on the Wirral side. The final 5K from the Wallasey ferry terminal […]
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Double delight for Matt
There was double delight for Matt Ingram at the first Mid-Lancs track & field meeting held at Blackburn’s Witton Park. His leap of 13.89 metres in the triple jump not only broke the club’s junior record, but put him 3rd on the all time club rankings. Just for good measure he comfortably won the long […]
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Kirsty & Lisa Gawthorne take top two places at Hale 5, Hannah Doyle 10th at Rivington
Hale 5 mile Easter Sunday It was one two for LPS ladies at the Hale 5 mile road race on Easter Sunday as Kirsty Longley won this popular event and teammate Lisa Gawthorne taking second place. In a large field of 541 finishers, Kirsty was 7th overall and first lady in a new pb of […]
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Winning start for Hope.
Hope Kennedy travelled to Spenborough in Yorkshire to compete in her first track & field meeting of the season. The 14 year old from Ormskirk took part in the Sheila Bolland Memorial Meeting and it was well worth the journey. Hope won the under 15 girl’s javelin with a throw of 26.55 metres, slightly below her […]
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English School Cross Country Championships
This year’s event were held at Temple Newsam Park near Leeds and is the most eagerly anticipated event of the winter for young athletes. Runners had to battle against the elements as bitterly cold winds, occasional showers of sleet and deteriorating conditions underfoot, provided the challenge before them. They got very little sympathy from the […]
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