There was mixed emotions at the weekend for 15 year old Ormskirk pupil, Jamie Hopkins. Jamie was part of a Lancashire schools team competing in the English Schools’ Combined events championships at the international stadium in Bedford. This is a gruelling event, with each athlete having to compete in eight track & field events, over […]
Archive | 2018
Outstanding performance from our senior women
The first of the autumn relays began at Delamere Forest on Saturday with the North West Road Relays. Hilary Honeyball led the senior women’s team off coming home in 20th place (26.06), before Loughborough student, Rosie Johnson, took over on leg 2. Rosie soon began to catch the runners ahead of her & her time […]
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Success at Medal Meeting
The final Mid-Lancs track & field event took the form of a medal meeting held at Stanley Park in Blackpool. Numbers were depleted in most events due to the number of athletes still away on holiday. Juniors, Matt Ingram & Kai Finch continued the dominance of their events. Matt winning both long (6.52m) & triple […]
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Mark Takes Decathlon Silver
Veteran, Mark Crompton, decided to take on the challenge of the Decathlon at this year’s British Masters Championships held in Sheffield. Mark’s strength was in his jumps and throws and so it proved over the two day event. A shot putt of 9.44m earned his highest point score of 549, closely followed by a high […]
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Lisa goes below 19 minutes for a new PB, Helen wins in Spain.
Running in the very popular Sale Sizzler 5k on 16th august Lisa Gawthorne claimed a new pb with a time of 18.49. This was enough to see her finish 5th female and second V/35. Over in Spain whilst on a family holiday Helen Sahgal won the 7.4k XIV Cursa Nocturna Ronda Murada Alcúdia which was […]
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23rd Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given, that the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton H&AC will take place on Friday 21st September 2018 at Sporting Edge (upstairs room), Edge Hill University, commencing at 7.30pm. All club members are invited to attend. The club is eager to recruit more members to join the club committee, […]
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Sandy Takes Gold
This season’s northern athletics championships were held over two days at the newly re-furbished Wavertree Athletics Centre in Liverpool. Sunday turned out to be a golden day for high jumper Sandy Clarkson who took the U15 title with a leap of 1.76m to equal his personal best. There were medals too for fellow high jumpers, […]
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Mark is the Main Man
Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton went into their final northern league match knowing their mid table position was precarious. First and second place was beyond them, but behind them three clubs were battling to avoid relegation. Blackpool provided perfect weather conditions, even if the track was in urgent need of improvement. On the day, veteran and […]
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Girls beat the elements to claim victory at Barrow.
There was end of season feeling to the final Mid-lancs fixture held at Barrow–in-Furness on Saturday. With the holiday season having started and the prospect of a 4 hour round trip, many youngsters decided to give this meeting ‘a miss’. For the 33 LPS athletes who did make the journey, they were met by heavy […]
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Big turnout by LPS at the 3rd Harrock Hill Race
On yet another very warm July evening eleven LPS athletes made the short trip to Lancashire for the third in the four race series of Harrock Hill races. Ian Roberts was first home from the club in 9th place in the very fast time of 36.48 for this challenging 5 mile course. Ian who recently […]
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