Archive | 2013

Bronze medals in the Lancs Road Relays

Atrocious weather greeted runners at the traditional start of the winter season, the North West Relays at Lancaster that incorporate both the Merseyside and Lancashire Championships. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton straddle boundaries so have interests either way. First up for Lancashire was the club’s Under 15 Girls led by Charlotte Mawdsley who gave her usual fighting […]

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Jumps and Throws Meeting

In the twilight of the Track and Field season there were some good performances at the Liverpool Harriers Open Jumps and Throws meeting. Evelyn Smalley(U15) continues to improve finishing a healthy second overall and beatingĀ  her personal best twice in the Long Jump. She is now at 4.76m, the longest jump of the season by […]

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Kirsty at Salford and other road race performances

While it`s been a successful year for our track and field athletes those who took to the road have also enjoyed themselves. The highly rated Salford 10K attracted some 2500 runners. This was a race Kirsty Longley won last year but had to yield to Rachel Burns of the Harriers on this occasion. Nevertheless second […]

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End of season `opens’

Some 20 medals were collected at the Mid-Lancs meeting at Wigan. At Under 13 Lauren Lewis was again in form with a sparkling 13.4 100m win and other golds were collected by the talented High Jumpers Jade Murphy(1.45m) and Kai Finch(1.43m) Silvers went to Owen Southern who tied with Kai on 1.43m but lost out […]

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Annual General Meeting

The AGM of LPS will take place at St.Mary’s Millennium Centre in West Derby village on Friday 20th September, commencing at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend although only fully paid up members will be eligible to vote. There are some important issues to be discussed which will impact on the future of the club, […]

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Joe Milton with his gold medal

A superb season for Joe Milton

Three members of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton duly made the long trip to Bedford for the England Athletic Championships for Under 15 and Under 17`s with the trio all having realistic medal prospects. Joe Milton has already had a truly outstanding season and has never been headed in his favourite 300m event. With controlled heat times […]

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Amelia McLaughlin Northern Athletics Under 17 High Jump Champion 2013

Five medals at the Northern U15/17 Championships

While all eyes were on the World Athletic Championships in Moscow it was business as usual for local athletes at the Under15 and Under 17 Northern Championships in Liverpool`s Wavertree Stadium. There was only a modest entry from the Liverpool Pembroke Sefton club but nevertheless there was a five medal haul. Amelia McLaughlin has waited […]

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Jade Murphy

Another LPS High Jump star emerges

The final meeting of the Mid-Lancs Track and Field League at Hyndburn was predictably low key given the holiday period and had a distinctly end of season feel. In these circumstances it is normally difficult to raise one`s game but out of the blue Under 13 Jade Murphy produced a stunning High Jump result. She […]

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Huge disappointment for Michael in Moscow

After having to run a super fast time of 1.45.47 to qualify for the semis in the opening rounds of the 800m in the World Athletic Championships in Moscow Michael Rimmer was clearly up against what was going to be an unexpectedly top quality event, even without the presence of the world record holder David […]

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Winners all at Sport City...Zoe Tarrach, Lisa Gawthorne, Kirsty Longley and Maxine Thompson. Is that John Bradshaw in the background finally bowing to `girl power'?

The Great Escape…once more!

Once again there was more than a touch of drama as Liverpool Pembroke Sefton went into the last of their Northern League Track and Field matches at Manchester’s Sport City. A slip up and the club would have been humiliatingly relegated from this closely fought division. But as has happened before the members rose to […]

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