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News reports - April 2024

21st April 2024: Our London Marathoners

Eight of our senior runners ran the TCS London Marathon on Sunday in some very good times, Francois Rafferty well inside 3 hours and Katie Lee finishing in 3 hrs 11.  Individual times below.  Well done to all.

 

Francois Rafferty 2:49:08 - Maybe his first marathon.

Anthony Pratt 3:11:04 - has run several international marathons.  this may be his first London. has run sub 3 hours before. 

Stephen Ward 3:17:36 - ran 3 hrs 27 in London last year

Peter Roome 3:43:21 - has run sub 3 hours back in 2011

Sam Moran 3:54:25 - ran 3 hrs 10 in Manchester in 2021. first London

 

Katie Lee 3:11:03 - ran London last year in 3 hrs 13. good PB 

Rachel Jacks 3:19:55 - last ran London in 2014.  good PB

Fleur Culshaw 3:44:30. - ran 3 hrs 50 in Manchester last year. good PB

Results

20th April 2024: U13s and U15s test themselves in first YDL of the season

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The first of four YDL (Lower) T&F matches of the season was held at Longford Park, Stretford, on Saturday hosted by Sale Harriers on one of the best spring days we have had for athletics this year. Gone was the chilly NW wind and warm sunshine removed coats and jackets at least for a while in the afternoon. Pretty much ideal conditions for a T&F meeting.

With a number of key players not available for this opener, we were not at full strength but a great squad of youngsters happily covered most of the events to score for their club. Relegated from the Premier Division last year, Sale Harriers probably had a point to prove and, helped with a home fixture, they were unassailable on the day, winning with 621 points. Team Isle of man came across in force too and took 2nd spot with 451 points. Blackburn Harriers, also relegated last year, were 3rd with 421 points. Then followed Leigh Harriers with 402, Wigan & Dist Harriers 390 and Southport Waterloo 377. On a first showing, Sale and Blackburn will be favourites to win promotion but we can do well against the other clubs and a mid-table finish is definitely achievable. The league this season will give our young athletes the opportunity for some great competition and the other clubs will have noted a few stars of our own.

Our Under 13 Girls were Lucy Delamere, Alice Dobson, Eliza Dobson, Minnie McNally, Olivia Nugent and Gabriella Otty. Alice won the shot competition with a best of 6m 26 and high jumped 1m 20. Lucy ran a good 1200m race for 2nd place, finishing just outside 4 minutes; 4:06.3, a new PB. She also stepped in to cover the 70m hurdles, getting safely across the line in 15.7; and she ran another PB in the 150m in 22.7. Olivia ran 11.5 for 75m and a PB 23.3 for 150m and she high jumped 1m 10. Minnie ran a PB 11.0 for 75m and 3:06.8 for 800m, her first  middle distance race in club colours.  This may have been Gabriella's first competition and she ran 4:48 for 1200m, long jumped 2m 84 and threw the javelin 7m 57 showing a range of athletics skills. Finally, Eliza put the shot 5m 19 and threw the javelin 6m 88. Minnie, Gabriella, Lucy and Olivia got the baton safety around in the 4 x 100m race in 64.2

Our Under 13 Boys were Roman Cantelejo, Lewis McIlroy, Joseph Sarbutts, Henry Summers and Caden Walker; just 5 boys but some very good results with Lewis taking two 2nd place finishes and a 2nd 'B' finish. He was 2nd over 150m in a PB 20.8, 2nd over 800m finishing strongly in 2:36.8 - another PB - and ran 10.6 for 75m. I think only Jake Edwards has run faster over 75m in recent years. Harry ran 11.4 for 75m, a Season's Best and 23.6 for 150m.. Roman and Caden ran the 1200, Roman the faster in 4:35 and Caden in 4:45. Roman also long jumped 3m 15. In the Throws, Joseph put the shot 6m 80 and threw the javelin 18m 33. Harry, Roman, Caden and Lewis set the bar for the season in the 100m relay at 60.8.

Our Under 15 Girls were Indie Latham, Phoebe Mangan, Millie Milligan, Andrea Mosquei, Lauren Silcox, Grace Veevers, Eva Willets, and Lilly Zajitschek; a good size squad which enabled the team manager to cover almost all the events! We had no event winners but several PBs were achieved, their 4 x 300m relay was possibly one of the best results - a 3rd place finish for Grace, Phoebe, Lauren and MIllie in 3:20.9 - and a special mention is deserved for Mille Milligan, denied an almost certain PB by a fall in the home straight. With the Sale Harrier out in front, and not much between the four other girls in the 'B' 800m, Millie ran a tactically correct 2nd lap and came into the home straight challenging for 2nd place. Unfortunately, 20m or so from the line she got tangled between two other girls and fell. Fortunately, she didn't do any damage and got up to cross the line for race points but, without that incident, we could have been looking at around 2:50, a good 6 secs inside her current best.

Indie ran a PB 14.8 for 100m, ran 17.2 for 75m hurdles and long jumped 3m 29.Eva equalled her 32.0 200m PB and ran 14.9 for 100m.Phoebe's 30.4 for 200m was a new PB, she put the shot 4m 03 and had a best distance of 4m 88 in the javelin. Grace's 2:28.6 was a Season's Best in the 'A' 800m race. She ran 47.1 in her first 300m race and went on to throw the javelin 6m 96. Lauren ran 5:22.1 for 1500m, just out side her Best having run 5:21 twice last year. She also threw the discus 7m 69.

First timer Andrea Castineira Mosquei ran 53.7 for 300m and cleared 1m 20 in the high jump. A well established athlete in her first outing of the season, Lilly Zajitschek ran 14.3 for the 75m hurdles, put the shot 6m 29 and threw the javelin 17m 24

As well as their fine 4x300m relay race, Indie, Eva, Andrea and Lilly got the baton around in the 4x100m relay in 57.6.

Our Under 15 Boys were Eddy Clark, Jake Edwards, Ruben Chadbond Galiano, Jack Nelson, Matthew Nuttall, Caleb Still and Liam Yates. With some of our best athletes available here, its not surprising that the Under 15 Boys included some event winners. Caleb left the field far behind him on his way to winning the 1500m race in 4:23.1, improving his PB by 4 secs. His 2nd place in the 200m race was also a PB - 25.2. Liam won the 300m in 40.9, just outside his 40.5 from last year. He also ran 2:21.1 for 800m and won the 'B' long jump in 4m 84. Eddy was 1st 'B' 1500m runner in 4:38.8, a new PB, he ran 13.9 for 100m and threw the discus 13m 14.

Jack Nelson did well in the high jump beating his previous PB - twice I think - to clear a best of 1m 50 on the day. his 13.9 for a 2nd place in the 80m hurdles was another PB and he long jumped 4m 84. First timer Ruben was 2nd 'B' runner in the 200m running 27.2, Jake ran 13.8 for 100m and 15.4 for 80m hurdles and Matthew was our mainstay in the throws. His 17m 27 was a Season's Best in discus, he put the shot 9m 44 winning both the shot and discus competitions; and he threw the javelin 24m 35. We would do even better if we had more throwers like Matthew!

Jack, Matthew, Jake and Caleb were 3rd in the 100m relay. Liam, Jake, Eddy and Caleb won the 4 x300m relay - with that line-up how could they fail - in 2:50.8, just 3 secs off the current 2018 club record.

Well done to all athletes and to Team Managers Barrie Hughes and Graham Boreham; and thanks to our officials Chris Burgess, Steve Boreham, Lee Coupland and John Delamere.

Full Results | Results for Southport Waterloo

14th April 2024: Francois 3rd in Mersey Tunnel race

Francois Rafferty romped home 3rd of just short of 2000 runners in the 2024 Mersey Tunnel race over 10K in Liverpool on Sunday, not at all bad for a Vet 55 runner who seems to go from strength to strength. He ran the course in 35:22, all times here chip times. David Hamilton was also up there at the front finishing 6th in 36:24. Francois and David also took podium positions as 1st and 2nd MV55.

Nine senior runners represented the club in this race. Marc Singer ran 37:54, Jason Oliver 40:21, Graham Cuddy 48:02 and Lee Coupland 51:46.

In the Women's race, Catherine McElhinney had the fastest chip time of 53:38 but Susan Cooper crossed the line first in a chip time of 54:27, 1st FV65. Katy Coupland, ran the course in 57:52.

Early results.

And congratulations to Josh Makin for a sub 3 hours Manchester Marathon; 2:58:50.

13th April 2024: Will Delamere smashes U15B 1500m club record

With a choice of meetings over the weekend, 7 of our club juniors chose the Trafford AC open meeting in Stretford, south Manchester on Saturday. Several PBs were achieved at a track well known for its PB record; but the star of the show was Will Delamere winning his 1500m race in 4:15.73, knocking 4 1/2 secs off Andrew Kershaw's club record of 4:20.26 set in 2011. Will had set a track target to achieve English Schools selection. The Entry standard for 1500m is 4:20; target achieved. He also hoped to get his time down to around 4:15; target achieved - in his first track race of the season. Interestingly, Andrew Kershaw held both 800m and 1500m club records in 2011. The 800m was set at the Stretford track and his 1500m record was set at Gateshead at the English Schools National Championships!

The season is only getting started but Will's run at Stretford on Saturday places him Number 1 in the UK rankings. The Power of 10 target is to get 10 runners inside 4:08.00, Will's new target for 2024 I'm guessing!

13th April 2024: Carlisle hosts first T&F league fixture of the season

With a Jumps & Throws meeting at Wavertree and an open T&F meeting at Warrington on Saturday followed by the annual Spring open T&F meeting at Wavertree on Sunday, there was little incentive to travel 125 miles each way up the M6 to the opening  Mid Lancs Track & Field  fixture of the season at the Sheepmount stadium in Carlisle.  As it happens, this was the best attended Mid Lancs T&F meeting in Carlisle and highly enjoyable despite the strong gusting wing and showers. Several Mid Lancs clubs made the trip - LPS in particular were there in good numbers - and there were quite a few guests from across the border. Notably, there were 22 starters in the 3000m race, the biggest field I can recall.

Southport Waterloo had 4 athletes competing here; Eva Willets, Sydney Monahan Clarkson, Graham Boreham and Marc Singer.

In her first T&F competition of the year, Under 15 Eva recorded two sprint PBs running 14.8 for 100m and 32.0 for 200m. In the long jump she was a little below her best jumping 2m 85. Two PBs was, however, ample reward for the journey.

Senior Marc Singer ran in the 800m race recording a good start time for the season of 2:18.6, which he can improve on in better conditions.

Finally, Graham Boreham, a supporter of the Mid Lancs league, came along and ran 24.8 for 200m, pretty much what he might expect in today's conditions and at this stage in the season. And faster than the opening fixture in Blackburn last year.

Thanks to Lesley Scott and Mike Dandy officiating for the club at Carlisle

Next weekend we have the opening meeting in the YDL (Lower), at Longford Park, Stretford, hosted by Trafford AC.

Full results