The headline says it all. Congratulations to Tony O’Brien who became 3000m indoor masters world champion today in Poland. More photos to follow but in the meantime, here’s the finish 🏆👑🏆👑🏆🏅🏅🏅🥇🥇
European Gold for Lisa!
What an amazing two weeks it has been for Lisa Gawthorne. Two weeks she ran for England in the masters team in the Chester 10K running a solid 38.51. Lisa said that the course was quite challenging and hilly in parts but it was another special experience being part of the team for the third […]
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Independence day for young athletes
Last weekend we had three young athletes representing their districts in the national finals of the Independent schools cross country championships, which took place in Worksop. Anna and Sarah Yates ran in the year 10/11 girls, both finishing well with Sarah taking an impressive 5th place and Anna 19th. In the year 7 girls, Hattie […]
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National Cross Country Championships
Last weekend The Saucony English Cross Country Championships were held at Bolesworth Castle, near Tattenhall, Chester. The full set of results can be found here where LPS had 3 of the 1473 athletes running, Thomas Harkin, Tom Mattack and Chris Pedder, all of whom completed the gruelling 12k race. Thomas Harkin was our 1st finisher in […]
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Mark draws a line in the sand and Debbie “Dassestroys” the field.
Meanwhile over in Madeira ….. Mark draws a line in sand and Debbie “Dasse”stroys the field! Another two of our super talented masters athletes, Debbie Dasse and Mark Line, jetted off for a little Winter Sun in Madeira, Portugal where they snatched 7 first places in an international Masters meet. Yes you read that right […]
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Gold medals and Golden Oldies
What a fantastic indoor season Tony O’Brien is having. Last week he not only won gold in the British Masters 800m at Sheffield in a time of 2:08.66 but he followed it up with a gold in the 1500,with super time of 4:23.22. These are fabulous results for Tony, who is continuously adding to his […]
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Keeping it in the family at Parbold, whilst Mark “Wynnes” at Aintree
Last Saturday saw almost 500 runners arrive in Parbold for the iconic annual Parbold Hill race. It was a fabulous event with a contingent of 17 runners from LPS taking part. The day belonged to LPS’s Olly and Kate Sutcliffe, brother and sister from Parbold who finished 1st male and 1st female in the race. […]
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Icy cold but Tony melts the indoor track
The ice and snow from freezing January was melted with a super hot 3000m performance by Tony O’Brien, who completed the Sheffield course in 8:55.57, which was a great start to the indoor season. Over in Spain, the Valencia 10k produced a dramatic start with a pile up at the beginning which hampered a number […]
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Clither-ho ho ho & Ross Bosses Cross Country
The year ended with the Ribble Valley 10k at Clitheroe where we had a depleted team due to illness. That said, our team of 5 produced solid performances on a deceptively tough course. Veteran Tony O’Brien making his course debut took home 1st position in the V50 category with a time of 32:48 which was […]
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“Hark” the herald, 3 kings & a rising star
Hitting the V50 mark hasn’t slowed Thomas Harkin at all as he continues to churn out impressive results. On 4th December he competed in the Mytholmroyd fell race, which is a 6 miles / 9.7km run with 500m rather than a medical condition, and finished in a time of 54:57. This was 17th overall and […]
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