Three of our youngest athletes made their club track debuts at an open meeting at Sale Harriers on Sunday. Competing at U11 level, Ethan Tinsley was 4th in the 200m (31.5), sixth in 800m (2:53.5) and jumped 3.39m to finish fourth in the long jump. Teammate Evan Williams ran 3:03.4 (8th position) in the 800m, […]
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Dan wins double European gold
A tremendous performance from 17 year old Dan Slater,saw the LPS athlete win two gold medals at this year’s European Triathlon Youth Championships. The event,staged over 4 days, was held in Lithuania, where Dan competed in the individual and mixed relay events. After successfully negotiating the semi-finals, the individual final consisted of a 500 metre […]
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Clare gets GB Masters Call
LPS runner, Clare Constable, has been selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming European Masters Championships which will take place in Aarhous, Denmark from July 29th- August 6th. Clare competes in the veteran 45-50 age group. She is currently ranked 5th in the country at 400 metres and first in the 800 metres. She […]
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Jenny claims bronze at English schools
LPS athlete, Jenny Pyatt, representing Cheshire schools, won bronze at this year’s English Schools Track & Field Championships, held at Alexandra stadium in Birmingham. Her throw of 41.86 metres, although below her personal best for the season, secured her third place in the senior girl’s event. Kai Finch(1.89m) will be disappointed with his 6th place […]
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Success at the seaside
Helen Sahgal continued her winning streak with success in the Southport 10K on Sunday 2nd July. Her winning time of 37.40 was good enough for 6th place overall as well as taking the women’s title. Andy Foster was 10th (38.54) & third over 40, with Mark Hudson (43.13) finishing in 31st place but third in […]
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Merseyside Grand Prix Success for Helen
Helen Sahgal continued her fine run of form by winning the latest race in the Merseyside Grand Prix series. Her victory in the Penny Lane 10K (37.51) was over 2 mins ahead of the second lady home. In the same event, Victory Gilbody (44.17) was 8th & Kirsty Mackenzie (49.18) was 25th. In the men’s […]
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Preston dominate latest Mid-Lancs fixture
Host club, Preston, dominated the latest Mid-Lancs Track & Field meeting winning both the boy’s (191) & girl’s(224) matches. There was a much improved performance from LPS girls who finished joint second (131) with Blackpool; the boys finished third behind Southport Waterloo (134.5) Remarkably, fifteen LPS girls competed at U15 level, with Imogen Ayres winning […]
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Boys win Mid Lancs fixture
50 LPS athletes made their way to Clayton-le-Moors to contest the third fixture in this season’s Mid-Lancs Track & Field league and the boys finished as overall winners. Their points score of 157.5 put them narrowly ahead of Blackburn (155) & Preston (124.5). At senior level, Matt Ingram won both long (6.30m) & triple jump […]
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High Jumpers take the plaudits at Bebington Oval
Heavy overnight rain had left plenty of surface water at Bebington Oval, the venue for this year’s Mersesyside schools championships. Entries were disappointing, no doubt put off by the weather forecast of rain all day. From an LPS perspective it was Dave McComb’s high jump group who took the plaudits, winning all the age groups […]
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Jenny shatters northern championship record
Jenny Pyatt won the U20 women’s discus at this year’s northern championships with a throw of 43.51m and in doing so shattered the championship record which had stood for 25 years. What better way to warm up for the English schools championships early next month. Also, competing at Sports City was Emma Givens who won […]
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