The British Masters Championships were at Derby and Matt Thompson was crowned O40 800m champion. After a slow start Matt started a long run for home grabbing a 15 metre lead. His opponents cut this back at the tape but were unable to stop him claiming the title in 2.06.07. At the same meet another […]
Rosie unstoppable at Hull
A small contingent of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes were at Hull for the Northern Under 20 Championships and came away with a clutch of medals. Under 15 Rosie Johnson demonstrated a maturity beyond her years in the 1500m. Up against two girls who on paper were faster she simply sat in and unleashed a blistering […]
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English Schools Championships
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton had six athletes at the highly competitive English Schools Championships at Gateshead. Rosie Johnson posted a personal best time of 4.38.85 in finishing second in her Junior Girls 1500m heat. In the final she could only manage 4.42.15 which left her in ninth place. Still a very good performance at this level. […]
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Breaking news!
Michael Rimmer has been selected for the Olympic Games 800m. Congratulations to him and to his coach Norman Poole.
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Amazing recovery by LPS
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes went to Ellesmere Port for the third Northern League(2W) match trailing five other clubs and facing the distinct possibility of relegation. However, the spirit that has always characterised the club when in difficulty came to the fore and none more so than in the diminutive figure of Kirsty Longley. Following a […]
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Athlete of the Match Award’
After breaking through the 11 metre barrier for the first time only 2 weeks ago, Ruth Doran improved her PB to 11.11m at Clayton-le Moors on Sunday. Competing in the Junior League, Ruth’s performance earned her the ‘Athlete of the Match Award’ and this was presented to her by the league chair person Margaret Grayston. […]
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Merseyside’s 100 Olympians
The Liverpool Echo is currently running a series of articles on famous Olympians for the Merseyside area., three former member of our club are featured , Jack Rimmer, Robert Wilkinson and Alex Kruger. We have a long tradition of producing Olympic athletes going back over a century and of course have high hopes for Michael […]
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Seven LPS Athletes picked for English Schools
Congratulations to the seven LPS athletes who have been selected to represent their county in the English Schools Athletic Championships at Gateshead next month. Representing Merseyside Schools will be Rosie Johnson (JG 1500m), Joe Milton (JB 400m), Amelia McLaughlin (IG High Jump), James Grundy (IB 1500m) Kate Doran (SG igh Jump)and Ruth Doran (SG Shot […]
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Busy Weekend for LPS Athletes
England Under 23s Champs On a busy weekend of athletics, the England Athletics U23 Championships took place at Bedford.400m runners, Wayne Ashall (49.4) and Nathan Hilton (49.2)both ran a season’s best in their heats, but this was not enough to gain a place in the final County Schools Championships For those LPS athletes aspiring to […]
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Night for PB’s at Stretford’
Tuesday June 12th was certainly a night for PB’s at Stretford. Jai Vernon-McGuigan’s time of 8:31.68 for the 3K placed him top of the north-west rankings in the U20 category.Not to be outdone, Matt Thompson also went to the top of the NW rankings in the V40 category when he clocked 2:03.7 in the 800 […]
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