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England Vest for Kirsty

On Sunday, Kirsty Longley was winning her almost weekly 10K race.This time it was the BeUrBest 10K at Rainford in in a time of 38:42.90 Twenty four hours later she was notified of her selection for England at the British & Irish Masters international Cross Country race at Bute Park in Cardiff on 16th November. […]

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Lisa Gawthorne and James Loftus October 2013

Double Delight at Gingerbread 10k

The annual Gingerbread 10K took place on Sunday around the streets of Ormskirk and attracted 240 entries A well organised race started & finished at the cricket club and it was a double delight for LPS athletes. First home was 17 year old James Loftus (34.47)who is rapidly developing into an excellent middle distance athlete. […]

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Dynamic duo

Two of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton`s endurance athletes are setting the early pace for the coming winter programme. After taking the first female award at the Grand 10K at Aintree Kirsty Longley lined up for the DW Sports Fitness Southport 10K. This is a rugged mixture of mud, hard and soft sand plus a run in […]

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Grand National winner!

The new Grand 10K at Aintree starts and finishes at the Main Grandstand and is run entirely on the inner tarmac road of the race course. An attractive proposition for the dedicated road runner and Liverpool Pembroke Sefton star Kirsty Longley received a special invitation. She did not let the organisers down as she sped […]

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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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MMike receives the Blaire trophy from former coach John Bradshaw for the outstanding performance by a Merseyside athlete at a National Championship

News July 2009

Juniors at Stretford 26 July In this volatile age group it is frequently hard to for most clubs field a complete team and so it turned out for LPS at Stretford. Although Harry Doran took the 200m(22.9), Wayne Ashall the 400m(50.9) and the men`s 4 x 100m(44.1) and 4 x 400m((3.28.6) duly triumphed once again […]

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News June 2009

A quiet weekend for LPS 28 June Something of a break in a frenetic programme for LPS. Three members were at Bedford for the U20 UKA Champs all contesting the 400m. Wayne Ashall(50.4), Harry Doran(49.60) and Danny Higham(50.12) had useful heat times but only Harry and Danny went forward to the semi-finals. Here they both […]

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George Curran

News April 2009

Charlotte joins international club 26 April The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton club journeyed to Warrington for the first round of the National Junior League(Mersey Division). The squad was far from full strength finishing sixth of eight teams, a position they can certainly improve on as the season unfolds. Pride of place must go to Charlotte Christian […]

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