It is with sadness we record the passing of an old Sefton Harrier Charlie Doyle. Charlie was a lecturer at Millbank College and took up running in his mid 40s joining Sefton through colleagues at the collage who also ran for Sefton. He was a regular for many years at the club’s training nights from […]
Archive | 2018
Sefton Park Cross Challenge Entry Proceedure
Athletes wishing to run in the UKA Cross Challenge to be held at Sefton Park on the 24th November are requested to let their coach know by the 7th November at the latest. Coaches are requested to submit a list of athletes to; John McCarten will handle all age groups up to Under 20s. Robbie […]
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Kirsty sets new club record for Half Marathon
Kirsty Longley who has been racing consistently well all year took part in the Manchester Half Marathon on Sunday. In a high quality field Kirsty finished in 88th position overall (5th women) in a time of 78.26 which was a new pb for her and also a new club record. She also collected the first […]
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Chris and Tiff star at Arrowe Park
The cross country season got off for Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton harriers to an extremely wet and wind swept start. The senior men and women were partaking in the Liverpool and District League at Arrowe Park while the rest of the club made the long trip to Ulverston for a Mid Lancs League fixture. At […]
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Mike Beisty flies the LPS flag down under
Mike Beisty is the son of Ken Beisty, sadly deceased but whose story figures in the Pembroke history. Mike is enormously proud of the club connection in spite of permanent exile in Australia. Running in his club vest in the Lake Macquarie 10.5k Road Race in August, he finished outright in 11th place in 39.46 […]
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Publicity Officer Wanted
Do you have a journalistic bent ? Do you love to write ? The club has a volunteer opportunity for a Publicity Officer. The role involves preparing competition reports and publishing them on the club website and in the local press. Both the website and the press reports help promote the club and draw in […]
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Ron Hill’s 80th Birthday Race
On the 25th of September 14 LPS members travelled over to Whitworth, Lancashire for the ‘Ron Hill 80th Birthday Celebration race’. Ron Hill who is very well known and admired throughout the running world was on hand to act as both starter and prize giver. Mark Wynne was 2nd and Chris Maher 4th and with […]
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Astonishing sprinting from Elliot Jones
Elliot Jones who is continuing his studies at Monash(Melbourne) University took part in the University National Championships held at Griffith University on the picturesque Gold Coast. He put together an astonishing series of 100m sprints 10.86 (Qualifier), 10.71 (Semi-Final) and 10.54 (Final). The latter earned him a brilliant bronze medal although the 10.54 time, we […]
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Northern Road Relays
Glorious sunshine greeted runners at the northern road relay championships in Manchester, a far cry from the dismal conditions at Delamere two weeks earlier. This time the course was truly road relays, meandering around the perimeter of the Etihad stadium and the campus of Sports City. The younger age groups all ran a distance of […]
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Dan wins bronze on gold coast.
When Dan Slater first joined LPS five years ago it was with the intention of improving his running skills. Now at the age of 18 he just won a bronze medal at the World Junior triathlon Championships on Australia’s Gold coast. Out of 62 competitors who finished the junior event, Dan finished a very creditable […]
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