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LPS young athletes at Blackpool

LPS enjoy their day at the seaside.

43 athletes made the journey to Blackpool for the first of this season’s Mid-Lancs meetings. The boys (156.6) finished 2nd behind Preston (196), while the girls (156) finished in 3rd place behind Preston (199) and Blackburn (166.5) The high jumpers are already setting high standards at this early stage of the season winning 7 of […]

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LPS trio fly the GB flag

Three LPS athletes represented Great Britain at this year’s European Duathlon Championships which were held at Soria in central Spain at the weekend.All competitors were required to 5km, followed by a 20km cycle before completing the event with a 2.5km run. Running at altitude, in what were very windy conditions and an extremely hilly terrain, […]

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Kirsty Longley

Jenny and Kirsty sparkle

Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton stars, Jenny Pyatt and Kirsty Longley, had a weekend to remember. Guesting for Liverpool Harriers at a Youth Development League in Preston, Jenny threw the Discus an amazing 45.11m. The 18 year old  immediately leapt into the top 10 UK athletes and third in the Junior lists. Needless to say it […]

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Hilary Honeyball

Amazing Hilary

Running her first ever marathon, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton athlete, Hilary Honeyball, completed the London marathon in the amazing time of 3:10.53. Hilary was 192nd female runner to finish but 139th in her category (over 35’s). Ben Helme also competed, finishing the course in a time of 3:38.13               […]

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Excellent Endurance Video, a must see

This film was made in 1979 and has interviews with athletes trained by the great coach, Arthur Lydiard. One of these is Jack Foster who gave up cycling in his 30`s and took up running. He was a member of Liverpool Pembroke AC before he left for New Zealand and went on to represent that […]

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Mark Wynne & Kirsty Longley at Hale

5 miler joy for Kirsty & Mark

The ‘Hale 5 Miler’ took place on Sunday and there was double joy for two Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton runners who produced excellent performances on the day. Kirsty Longley(29.38) was the first female runner home, while Mark Wynne finished in 8th place overall but first over 40 in a new personal best time of 27.16. […]

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Clare Constable

NA Road Relay Championships

This season’s  Northern Athletic relays were held in sun drenched Stanley Park, Blackpool on Saturday. The men were required to run 12 stages with four being long (9.2K) and eight short stages(5K). Mark Wynne led Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton  off on stage one, finishing 37th (32.57) before Harry Doran (17.45) pulled back a few stages […]

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Lisa makes it a double

Lisa Gawthorne has now become the second Liverpool Pembroke athlete to be selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s World Duathlon Championships in Canada in August. Lisa has only just returned from injury but she was determined to succeed when she travelled to Bedford aerodrome last weekend. Not only did she manage to finish […]

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Helen-Sahgal

Helen selected for World Duathlon Championships

Helen Sahgal has been selected to represent Great Britain in this year’s World Duathlon Championships to be held in Penticon, British Columbia in August. Her selection has come after a qualifying round held last weekend in Bedford in what were horrendous conditions. With snow and sleet throughout the competition, conditions were so bad that 21 […]

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Kai Finch

Joe & Kai just miss out on medals

Three Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton athletes made the journey to Sheffield to compete at the England Athletics National Indoor Championships and were unfortunate not come away with at least one medal. Joe Milton was back to his best.His U20 400 metres event required heats and a semi-final but he was up to the challenge.Running 49.68 […]

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