Liverpool Pembroke & Seftons foray into division three saw us open with a lengthy away day to Whitehaven. Despite several gaps on the team sheet there was no need to worry as the team recorded it’s first opening day win for several years. It was a joy to see so many youngsters coming through the […]
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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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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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Mid Lancs Awards
The Mid-lancs League held their annual awards evening at Bamber Bridge on Friday. Club captain, Kirsty Longley, picked up two individual awards, finishing second senior lady and first over 35 lady in the 6 races over the course of season, not to mention leading the senior ladies team to the silver medal. Tom Dickinson picked […]
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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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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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Junior section updated
Wally Bridson has been busy updating items for the junior section of the club website, the following new items are now available downloading Young Athletes Newsletter April 2017 AAA Common Standards_2017-18 Mid Lancs T&F League Order of Events 2017 ESAA Current Standards 2017 LPS Junior website page
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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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