Alex Bunclark, Clare Constable, Helen Sahgal & Hillary Honeyball

Jenny claims bronze at English schools

LPS athlete, Jenny Pyatt, representing Cheshire schools, won bronze at this year’s English Schools Track & Field Championships, held at Alexandra stadium in Birmingham. Her throw of 41.86 metres, although below her personal best for the season, secured her third place in the senior girl’s event. Kai Finch(1.89m) will be disappointed with his 6th place […]

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Helen Saghal

Success at the seaside

Helen Sahgal continued her winning streak with success in the Southport  10K on Sunday 2nd July. Her winning time of 37.40 was good enough for 6th place overall as well as taking the women’s title. Andy Foster was 10th (38.54) & third  over 40, with Mark Hudson (43.13) finishing in 31st place but third in […]

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Mark Wynne and Helen Sahgal

Merseyside Grand Prix Success for Helen

Helen Sahgal continued her fine run of form by winning the latest race in the Merseyside Grand Prix series. Her victory in the Penny Lane 10K (37.51) was over 2 mins ahead of the second lady home. In the same event, Victory Gilbody (44.17) was 8th & Kirsty Mackenzie (49.18) was 25th. In the men’s […]

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Bill Steel

Preston dominate latest Mid-Lancs fixture

Host club, Preston, dominated the latest Mid-Lancs Track & Field meeting winning both the boy’s (191) & girl’s(224) matches. There was a much improved performance from LPS girls who finished joint second (131) with Blackpool; the boys finished third behind Southport Waterloo (134.5) Remarkably, fifteen LPS girls competed at U15 level, with Imogen Ayres winning […]

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Debbie Campbell

Debbie makes a winning start

On a wet and difficult evening  Debbie Campbell made a winning start to her LPS career with victory at the Harrock Hill race on 28th June, twenty fours hours of constant rain prior to the event made this already challenging course ‘tricky’ to say the least but this did not deter a field of almost […]

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Helen Sahgal Lisa Gawthorne

Helen wins and Lisa takes 3rd place at Port Sunlight 5k

Helen Sahgal (18.25) and Lisa Gawthorne (19.36) took first and third places in the baking heat at the Port Sunlight 5k on the 18th June. It was good training for the girls as the prepare for the world duathalon world champs later this year.  

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Tom Corcoran

Boys win Mid Lancs fixture

50 LPS athletes made their way to Clayton-le-Moors to contest the third fixture in this season’s Mid-Lancs Track & Field league and the boys finished as overall winners. Their points score of 157.5 put them narrowly ahead of Blackburn (155) & Preston (124.5). At senior level, Matt Ingram won both long (6.30m) & triple jump […]

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Kirsty on route to victory

Kirsty wins tour of Tamside

Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton club captain, Kirsty Longley, is the year’s winner of the Tour of Tamseide. The event is a four day running challenge with a different event each day, including, an off-road10K, a fell race, a half marathon and a 7 mile road race. The variety of running routes and terrains is challenge […]

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High Jumpers take the plaudits at Bebington Oval

Heavy overnight rain had left plenty of surface water at Bebington Oval, the venue for this year’s Mersesyside schools championships. Entries were disappointing, no doubt put off by the weather forecast of rain all day. From an LPS perspective it was Dave McComb’s high jump group who took the plaudits, winning all the age groups […]

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Jenny Pyatt

Jenny shatters northern championship record

Jenny Pyatt won the U20 women’s discus at this year’s northern championships with a throw of 43.51m and in doing so shattered the championship record which had stood for 25 years. What better way to warm up for the English schools championships early next month. Also, competing at Sports City was Emma Givens who won […]

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