Archive | 2004

News December 2004

L&D Sefton Park Liverpool`s Sefton Park was the venue for one of the Reebok Cross Challenge series that attracts the best of the nation`s cross country runners. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton senior star, Jimmy Boardman, was fractionally off the very fast pace but still came home a solid 17th. Incorporated in this event was the final […]

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Jake Helm, Mike McCarten and Chris Hesketh

News November 2004

Medals at Mansfield The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton club headed for Mansfield for the traditional high quality cross country relays that always attract large fields. At Under 13 the squad of Jake Helm, Mike McCarten and Chris Hesketh astonished everybody with third spot. Only the might of the Sale and Aldershot clubs prevailed. Mike even surged […]

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Maria Barrett

News October 2004

Mid Lancs Cross Country The cross country season opened with the Mid-Lancashire League at the notoriously difficult Witton Park course in Blackburn. Local club Liverpool Pembroke Sefton have unearthed yet another star in the shape of Eleanor Mitchell who released a storming finish to come home fourth in the Under 11 race. She will surely […]

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News September 2004

LPS take top two spots at World  Biathlon Championships Ormskirk`s Courtney Birch is a world champion. The Oxford University student easily won the gold medal at the World Biathlon Championships in Bavaria. The Biathlon is a sport rapidly growing in popularity. It consists of a gruelling 1500m run followed by a 200m swim in a […]

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News August 2004

Sam Hutchinson 3rd at AAA Local athletes were at Birmingham for the Under 17 AAA of England Championships. Star performer for Liverpoool Pembroke Sefton was Sam Hutchinson who took the bronze medal in the Under 15 800m in an excellent 1.59.95. Also at Under 15 Jack McGinn made the final of the 400m finishing 7th […]

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Michael Rimmer

News July 2004

Rimmer’s 1.48.64!!! After an extremely disappointing run in the trials for the Under 20  World Championships in Italy, Liverpool Pembroke Sefton 800m star, Michael Rimmer, was consigned to sitting it out at home. However, a phone call from the selectors, keenly aware of his potential, revived his spirits. He was offered a guest place in […]

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News June 2004

Double victory for local athletes Liverpool Pembroke Sefton Junior(Under 20)athletes were at Bebington for the second league match. Both Men and Women were up against a powerful combined North Wales team. Star performance of the girls was probably Erin Halsall`s 300Om win achieved by virtually lapping the entire field. Kiera Vogel enjoyed a good double […]

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News May 2004

Nathan wins Waterloo 15k Another victory by Nathan Vengdasalam to follow on his recent bridge race win last month was the order of the day at Blundell Sands as LPS kept up their excellent record at this very popular event. His winning margin of over a minute was enough for the recently turned 40 Nathan, […]

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Nathan Vengdasalam

News April 2004

North of England 12 Stage Road Relay Championship In the magnificent setting of Lister Park the NoEAA choose an interesting and testing undulating course for their annual long road relays. Good road surface was the key to making this an enjoyable venue, albeit for a few tight turns which caused a few problems on the […]

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Sammy Rashid

News March 2004

Inter Counties Championships Local athletes who had made it to their respective County teams trekked to Nottingham for the high profile Inter-counties Championships. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton provided 9 representatives. In the Under 15 race and running for Lancashire Joe McKenna was 99th and Andrew Bowen 165th. Also for Lancashire in the Under 17`s were Rob Stocks(53), […]

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