While their cross country colleagues are getting into their stride Liverpool Pembroke Sefton track and field athletes are contemplating the indoor season, traditionally beginning at Manchester’s Sport City. Three of the club`s high jumpers shone with Under 17 Amelia McLaughlin clearing an impressive 1.70m and U20 Kate Doran also on a highly satisfactory 1.60m. The [...]
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Harry on a high
Harry on a high Harry Doran is finishing the season with a flourish. After a splendid 21.9 200m at the Bebington Northern League match he went to Stretford for the BMC Gold Standard races to test himself once again at 800m. The result was a win in the A race with a stunning 1.49.42. One [...]
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Kirsty… leader of the pack
While attention was naturally focused on the Olympic Games elsewhere Liverpool Pembroke Sefton were faced with the rather more mundane task of surviving relegation from Division 2W in the Northern League in the somewhat appropriate surroundings of the Oval in Bebington where the track scenes from Chariots of Fire were filmed. Nothing less than an outstanding team [...]
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Tough choice for Harry
After running an excellent 800m at Stretford in 1.51.84 it looked like Harry Doran was about to announce his switch from 400m to two laps. He might have to revise that view. Running in the BAL Premiership League match at Hendon(for Liverpool Harriers) he set a new PB of 47.00 for 400m. The tantalising prospect [...]
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English Schools Championships
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton had six athletes at the highly competitive English Schools Championships at Gateshead. Rosie Johnson posted a personal best time of 4.38.85 in finishing second in her Junior Girls 1500m heat. In the final she could only manage 4.42.15 which left her in ninth place. Still a very good performance at this level. [...]
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Amazing recovery by LPS
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes went to Ellesmere Port for the third Northern League(2W) match trailing five other clubs and facing the distinct possibility of relegation. However, the spirit that has always characterised the club when in difficulty came to the fore and none more so than in the diminutive figure of Kirsty Longley. Following a [...]
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Athlete of the Match Award’
After breaking through the 11 metre barrier for the first time only 2 weeks ago, Ruth Doran improved her PB to 11.11m at Clayton-le Moors on Sunday. Competing in the Junior League, Ruth’s performance earned her the ‘Athlete of the Match Award’ and this was presented to her by the league chair person Margaret Grayston. [...]
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Busy Weekend for LPS Athletes
England Under 23s Champs On a busy weekend of athletics, the England Athletics U23 Championships took place at Bedford.400m runners, Wayne Ashall (49.4) and Nathan Hilton (49.2)both ran a season’s best in their heats, but this was not enough to gain a place in the final County Schools Championships For those LPS athletes aspiring to [...]
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Four flourish at Birmingham
Coaches Ray Twentyman and Trish Farrell took four of their Liverpool Pembroke Sefton sprint squad to Birmingham for the England Athletic Championships. The quartet prospered in spite of the poor conditions. Harry Doran blazed through his 400m heat(48.27) and semi-final(48.03) and was only slightly off the pace in the A final where he finished 6th [...]
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County Glory
As usual Liverpool Pembroke Sefton members split for the county track and field athletic championships, the Lancashire contingent heading for Blackpool and the Merseysiders to Wavertree. There were three champions at the seaside venue with Wayne Ashall retaining his 400m crown with 49.7 and Under 17 Mark Hynd taking the Discus with 29.87m, a new [...]
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