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Lisa Gawthorne on her way to second place in Southport 10k

Lisa top of the Knowsley Harriers 5k Grand Prix rankings

Lisa Gawthorne, one of LPS`s most consistent performers, has seen off the opposition in the North West Grand Prix 5K road series organised by Knowsley Harriers. Competitors have to compete in at least 6 out of 12 races and are ranked on position and time. Lisa had an aggregate time of 1.56.58 for her best […]

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Ian Roberts

Great turn out for LPS senior men at Sefton Park

Sefton Park once again was the perfect scene for the Cross Country Challenge gathering incorporating the European Trials with the best in the country facing the Starter. For Liverpool Pembroke Sefton senior men the target was the Liverpool and District league match incorporated in the event. LPS had a bumper turn out with 16 completing […]

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Dan Jones, Daniel Slater and Matt Richardson 10th team at the English Cross Country Relays at Mansfield and second Northern club

Daniel and Rosie among the best!

The English Cross Country Relay Championships at Mansfield are always an exciting introduction to the season, attracting the nation`s very best. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton duo of Daniel Slater and Rosie Johnson excelled in their respective age groups. Daniel led for LPS in the Under 15 race and handed over third(6.15.50) in a nail-biting finish […]

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Clark Roberts (usual but effective arm action) first home for LPS at Beacon Park

Clark leads LPS home

The cross country season opened up as usual with league matches, the senior men in the Liverpool and District at Beacon Country Park and the rest of the club at Hyndburn for the Mid-Lancs fixture. The Beacon presented a tough introduction to the months ahead. Clark Roberts, up from Coventry, unexpectedly took up the Liverpool […]

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Amazing run from Sam Wade

The Ormskirk Gingerbread 10k attracted a large number of local athletes. Liverpool Pembroke Sefton`s Sam Wade was immediately prominent among the leading men from the start. The flat course and fine weather contributed to fast times. Sam was never troubled by any of the other females, even chatting to some of the men en route […]

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LPS Under 15 Boys Matt Richards, Dan Slater, Dan Jones 4th place in National Road relays

LPS Under 15 Boys Top Northern Team

Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton under 15 boys team finished an excellent  4th in the national road relay championships held at Sutton Park in Birmingham. They were led off by Dan Slater who ran the 5th fastest time of the day (12.33)to finish in 3rd place. Debutant, Dan Jones maintained the  momentum with a fine run […]

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Dan Slater silver medal 3,000m at England Athletics Under 15s Championships

Dan Slater goes from strength to strength.

Another mature performance from Daniel Slater The Under 15 Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athlete was at Bedford for the England Championships for many an intimidating prospect. He had, of course, experienced a succession of outstanding performances at 1500m but here he was stepping up to 3000m. With a highly successful Triathlon background, including a recent second […]

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Dan Slater 'digging deep on the final lap.

Rosie strikes Gold

Canon Slade school in Bolton was the venue on Saturday for this year’s schools cross country international, with thefinest youngsters from England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland competing against one another.With straw covering the deep mud in partsof the course and driving rain throughout the afternoon, conditions were not for the feint hearted.In the intermediate […]

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Vicky Jones, Maxine Thompson & Kirsty Mackenzie Kendal March 2014

More girl joy!

The final Mid-Lancs Cross Country League was run in splendid conditions at Kendal. The Liverpool Pembroke Sefton women`s team had to get a solid result to stay in the hunt for league medals. They did more than that with a terrific lead performance from Maxine Thompson who was 12th overall but first Under 20. Also […]

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A splendid occasion!

The recent weather conditions had reduced large sections of the Parbold Hill race to ankle deep mud. But this did not deter some 450 hardy harriers from tackling the six and a half miles course from the Farmer`s Arms in Bispham. The men`s race developed into a titanic struggle between local cross country champion, Richard Burney […]

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