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News reports - July 2024

26th - 28th July 2024: 2 silver medals and a club record at England U15/17 champs (by Graham Boreham)

Hot on the heels of the English Schools' championships, the England Athletics U15/17 Championships, combined with the senior/U20 combined events took place in Birmingham over 3 days from Friday 26th-Sunday 28th July. As with English Schools, standards are required in order to enter and having run the required times, 5 Southport Waterloo athletes made the trip to the Alexander stadium, three U15 boys and two U17 women. All the middle distance events took place on the Friday evening and first to take to the track, in just the second event of the programme was Caleb Still in the U15 boys 800m. The standard for this year had been lowered by 4 seconds from 2:08.0 to 2:04.0 and that, combined with being 1 week into the summer holidays meant there were just 9 entries so it was run as a straight final. Everyone was pretty bunched up through the first 400, passed in 60", after which it was Caleb who took the pace out through 600 and onto the top bend. The fastest man on paper went round him coming into the home straight but Caleb stayed strong to cross the line in 2nd for a well deserved silver medal, stopping the clock in 2:01.36. A couple of hours later, Will Delamere took to the start line in what was probably the most exciting event of the evening, the U15 boys 3000m. He’d only run this distance on the track once before and with 4 boys in the field having run faster than his 9:11.7 this season it would be a great test for him. As is often the case in championship racing though, over the course of the 7½ laps the form book was thrown completely out the window. The field of 13 stayed pretty much together for the first 850m with Will comfortably in 3rd or 4th, after which Teddy Murphy from Dacorum who was the fastest on paper struck out on his own. Over the next couple of laps the field became very strung out and by the 1500m mark Will was in a chasing group of 3 behind Teddy Murphy, 1 of the other 2 boys being Adrian White from Trafford who he has raced against over many distances on the track, roads and in cross country. All was then unchanged until 600 to go when Will made a move which Adrian stuck with but the 3rd boy couldn’t and the 2 of them began a long charge all the way to the finish. Up ahead, Teddy Murphy was paying for taking it out early and had hit a wall; in the space of 120m the sizeable lead he had was gone and with 170m to go Will and Adrian literally flew past him, something the stadium commentator clearly wasn’t expecting. The pair of them were neck and neck coming into the final straight; Adrian just edged the win with Will 2nd for the silver. On top of the well deserved medal, his time of 9:00.21 improves his PB and club record by 11.49 seconds and takes him up to 5th in this years’ rankings on Power of 10. On Saturday morning, Scarlett Adderley competed in the U17 women’s 300 hurdles. With only 2 to qualify automatically from each heat plus 2 fastest she went hard at the race straight from the gun and at the halfway point was in a great position but later dropped off a bit. She finished 7th in her heat in 50.19. Liam Yates was competing in his first championship race on Saturday afternoon, the U15 boys' 300 and gave a great account of himself. There were 6 heats with the top 3 plus 6 fastest to qualify for the semi finals and he found himself in a very tough heat 6 with 3 boys who were faster than him on paper. Once again though the form book went out the window! Liam went off hard from the gun and came into the home straight in 2nd, a position he was able to Hold to the line. His time of 38.24 was a PB by 0.16 seconds. The semi final was an even tougher race – getting into the final would be a huge ask but he had a really good go at it anyway and finished 5th with 38.49, which was the 11th fastest time out of 24 across the 3 semis. inally, on Sunday, Renee Adams took to the track in the U17 women’s 200m. There were 6 heats here too with the top 3 plus 6 fastest to progress to the semi finals. Like Liam in the 300 on Saturday, Renee was drawn in a very tough heat with 3 others being faster on paper. This time though, the form book stayed true and she finished 4th in her heat with 25.96, but that was quick enough for the 6th non automatic qualifying spot, with everyone who progressed running under 26 seconds. In the semi final, with only 2 to go through from each plus 2 fastest she really upped her game and had a great run, coming off the bend in 3rd which she held all the way to the line, her time of 25.18 being a PB by 0.12 seconds. Once again, that was good enough to get her the 2nd non automatic qualifying spot for the final. In the final she went better again with a second PB of the afternoon, running 25.09. What was remarkable in the final was that 6 of the 8 women were only 1st years, including all 3 medallists! Well done to all 5 athletes who competed in Birmingham over the 3 days, some great experiences and memorable races had. I’m sure we’ll see all of them competing in national championships again in the future. Full Results

21st July 2024: Lower YDL team finish 3rd in League

The final match in this year's YDL (LAG) was held at Blackburn on Sunday with, I guess, all participating clubs losing athletes due to the start of the school holidays. But we managed to cover the vast bulk of the events and, at one stage in the afternoon, were even ahead of Sale. On the day, Team Isle of Man, able to draw athletes from 4 clubs on the island, were the strongest team and finished first. The scores were, subject to scrutiny, Isle of Man 506 points, Sale Harriers 501, Southport Waterloo 474, Blackburn Harriers 452, Leith Harriers 358 and Wigan 356. Team Isle of Man may have won on the day but Sale edged the League with 23 points overall ahead of IofM's 21 with Southport Waterloo finishing 3rd, equal on League points with Blackburn but with a better match points total. Leigh and Wigan hold the bottom two slots and are relegated. Isle of Man and Sale are promoted to Northern Premier next season. It has been a closely contested Division this year and a 3rd place finish behind much larger teams and ahead of Blackburn is something our young athletes can be proud of. Well done and congratulations! In total, we had 34 athletes at Blackburn; 18 girls and 16 boys. They achieved 8 event wins and 7 'B' wins, some useful new PBs and Lewis McIlroy improved his Under 13 150m club record. Our Under 13 Girls were Sophie Burns, Lucy Delamere, Alice Dobson, Eliza Dobson, Minnie McNally, and Lauren Sinha. Not a large squad but the girls stepped up, leaving just 2 empty slots in the team sheet. Lucy and Alice were event winners. Lucy led the field in the 1200m race and will be pleased to dip below 4 minutes for the first time, finishing in 3:58.5. Her 150m in 21.7 was another PB and 15.5 for the 70m hurdles was a Season's Best. Alice won the shot competition with a best put of 6m 72 and was 2nd in the high jump clearing a new PB 1m 38. Minnie ran 11.6 and 23.8 for the 75m / 150m double and her 3m 33 long jump improved her PB by an impressive 60 cms. Sophie equalled her 1m 15 PB in the high jump, ran 11.6 (same as Minnie) for 75m and slotted in to the 800m running 3:06.9. Lauren also took on the 800m, running 3:10.2, and long jumped 2m 94 and threw the javelin over 6 metres. Eliza won the 'B' shot with 5m 54. Finally, Lauren, Sophie, Lucy and Minnie got the baton safely around in the 4x100m in 62.5 seconds. Our Under 13 Boys were K'Trell Drayton, Oliver Kimball, James McGrory, Lewis McIlroy, Joseph Sarbutts and Stanley Stewart. There were some fine wins by Lews and James. Lewis improved his club record with a 2nd place finish in the 150m in 19.4. His run in 10.1 in the 75m was also a PB and he won his 800m race in 2:30.2. James, as expected, won the 1200m race in 3:42.6 and he put the shot 3m 92. He was also 2nd 'B' in the 150m in 20.7. Henry had a good 2nd place finish clearing 4m 11 in the long jump and he cleared 1m 20 in his first competitive high jump competition. K'Trell was 2nd in the 75m hurdles in a new PB time of 13.1 and he won the 'B' 75m in 10.3. He also threw the javelin 12m 60 for a good and varied afternoon. In his first competition for the club, Oliver impressed to win the 'B' 1200m race in 4:05.7. An excellent start to his athletics career. Joseph put the shot 7m 83 and threw the javelin 17m 20 and Stanley ran 11.7 in the 75m, long jumped 3m 16 and ran a PB 2:52.9 for 800m. Henry, K'Trell, James and Lewis were 2nd in the relay in 55.8; the fastest this season! Our Under 15 Girls were Jessica Burns, Sienna Fortune, Olivia Johnson, Phoebe Mangan, Millie Milligan, Lily Ryan, Lauren Silcox, Amelia Tyrer, Charlotte Tyrer, Grace Veevers, Eva Willetts and Daisy Wong. We had no event winners in this age group but many good performances and, with our largest squad of the day, keen competition for places. Phoebe was our main sprinter running 14.1 and 29.1 for the double. She also put the shot 4m 38. Millie doubled the 100m with a 300m in 14.2 and 48.6. Eva equlled her PB over 100m running 14.6 as a non-scorer and she ran 31.1 for 200m. Grace ran 45.9 for 300m, a new PB, and 2:28.4 for 800m as well as picking up points in the javelin. There were no takers for the 'B' 800m but both Sienna and Lauren competed over their favoured 1500m distance, Sienna running 5:17.6 and Lauren a PB 5:20.4. Sienna and Olivia covered the discus event with both recording Season's Bests, Sienna with a best of 10m 69 and Olivia 10m 60. Both Tryer twins equalled their PB' on the 75m hurdles Charlotte running 13.0 in the 'A' race and Amelia 14.0 in the 'B' race. Both girls also competed in high and long jump, Charlotte taking bragging rights in the high jump with 1m 25 and both clearing 4m 20 in the long jump, a Season's Best for Charlotte. Lily put the shot 7m 03 and threw the javelin a PB 17m 14 and she also ran a non-scoring 100m in 14.6. And Jessica and Daisy competed in the hammer, Jessica throwing 13m 14 and Daisy 12m 33. Finally, Amelia, Charlotte, Eva and Phoebe ran the 4x100m in 57.5 and Sienna, Grace, Lily and Millie ran the 4z300m in 3:17. Our Under 15 Boys were Eddy Clark, William Delamere, Jake Edwards, Ruben Galiano, Matthew Nuttall, Jack Nelson, Charlie Stewart, Caleb Still and Liam Yates. We had an impressive five event wins in this age group, probably our strongest in terms of performance. Liam recorded PBs in each of his events, 24.5 in the 200m, 38.3 to win the 300m and 4m 89 in the long jump. William and Caleb swapped main events and still won both; William running a PB 2:06.5 to win the 800m and Calib running 4:24.4 to easily win 1500m, just a second or so outside his PB. Will also threw the javelin 10m 51 and the hammer 13, 22 whilst Caleb put the shot 6m 70 and threw the hammer a PB 17m 73. Matthew was another event winner, throwing 9m 57 in the shot. He was also 2nd in the discus with a best of 19m 11 and 3rd in the javelin with 28m52. Back on the track, Ruben ran a PB 12.5 for 100m was 2nd 'B' in the 200m in 26.1 and equalled his 1m 50 PB in the high jump. Jake's 100m run in 13.2 was also a PB after running 16.2 in the hurdles. Jack was our 'A' hurdler running 13.7, before he too equalled his 1m 50 high jump PB and he cleared 5m 02 in the long jump. Eddy won the 'B' discus with 13m 98 and the 'B' 1500m in a PB time of 4:36.1. And Charlie ran 45.9 for 300m and 2:51.8 for 800m Finally, the boys ran the 4x100m in 52.1 an Liam, Jake, Eddy and Charlie ran the 4x300m giving the boys their 5th event win of the day! Full results | Results for Southport Waterloo

20th July 2024: T20 athletes at GB Special Olympics

Special Olympics GB's Special Games for North Staffs and Region were held at the Northwood Stadium in Stoke on Trent on Sunday 20th July and four of our athletes took part, winning a good haul of medals. Special Olympics focusses on ability not disability and, just like in the Olympics, the athletes swear an oath; “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt”.

Our athletes were Ethan Mullin, Will Edmunds, Adam Ryan and Dominic Alden. It is impressive how the PBs of these athletes have progressed in the last couple of years. On Sunday, here were 12 teams taking part in this competition from Stafford, Wrexham, Sandwell, Bradford & Skipton, North Staffs, City of Birmingham, Southport Waterloo, Dudley Olympics, Worcestershire, North Shropshire, Stockport Harriers and Redditch. So with three 3rd places, three 2nd places, a 1st place finish and 8 PBs our athletes did very well indeed!

All competed over 100m, 200m and the shot put and finished with a 4x100m relay where Ethan, Will, Adam and Ryan finished 3rd for another podium finish.

In the 100m events, Under 17 Will ran 18.15, Dominic ran a PB 16.00 for a 2nd place, Ethan was 3rd in his race in a PB 19.44 and Adam ran 22.91.

Over 200m, Dominic had another 2nd place finish in a PB time of an 35.03, Will  ran 45.92, Ethan ran a PB 48.27 and Adam a PB 51.65.

And in the shot, Under 17 Will threw a PB 3m 35 for a 2nd place, Under 23s Dominic put a PB 4m 45 to win his event, Ethan threw 3m 78 and Adam a PB 3m 50 for 2nd place.

This was a first special Olympics event run in the area for some time and a learning curve for many - organisers, volunteers, coaches and athletes - but a great event enjoyed by the athletes who have all performed extremely well.

14th July 2024: Another mid-table finish in Northern West Premier Division

Under 17, Under 20 and Senior track and field athletes travelled to Bury on Sunday for Round 3 of our Northern T&F League, West Premier Division. Going into this match, Southport Waterloo were lying 4th of six in this division, but just one league point ahead of Wirral, Wirral and Bury occupying the relegation positions. So a strong performance would be needed to at least finish above Wirral. The team manager's call for participants produced a good response and virtually all the team sheet for male and female was filled. The results on the day were Blackburn 407 points, Sale 395.5, West Cheshire 380.5, Southport Waterloo 355.5, Wirral 321.5 and Bury 261. Almost certainly Bury are relegated. After 3 fixtures, we now have 9 League points against Wirral's 7 so we have extended the lead. Wirral could come back strongly at the final fixture at Ellesmere Port in August but West Cheshire will have a strong team for their home fixture so it is hard to see Wirral coming higher than 4th. So we are strongly placed to stay in this Premier Division but the permutations make the final fixture an interesting one!

The day started with a few showers but these faded away leaving an overcast and slightly chilly day; good weather for a sporting event with several PBs and SBs achieved; and 6 event wins and 4 'B' wins, so important for points.

In total, we had 26 athletes at Bury, 13 men and 13 women; not as many as at other fixtures but the events were well covered and we benefitted from Renee, Lauren and Sierra coming along after English Schools the day before; and Stephanie Robertson fitting in her first Northern meeting for us and Niamh Procter competing for the first time since the Southport Open last September. The Men's team greatly benefitted from Sam Coupland's presence; competing in a maximum 7 events with 3 wins and 3 2nd place finishes!

Our Women's team comprised of Renee Adams, Lola Armstrong, Lauren Byrne, Katy Coupland, Emily Dean, Amber Hughes, Charlotte Hughes, Sierra Jalloh, Esme McNally, Niamh Procter, Stephanie Robertson, Amelie Scott and Olivia Morgan. Renee and Sierra returning from English Schools were event winners. Renee won the 100m in 12.5 with Sierra winning the 'B' race in 12.9 before winning the 200m in 25.9. The girls were joined by Esme and Lauren to win the 4x100m in 51.6.

Olivia ran both 200m and 400m, winning the 'B' 200 in 27.0 and 3rd in the 400m in 62.5. Amber also ran a 400m, in 67.3, and won the 'B' 400m hurdles in 72.4. In her Field events, she put the shot a Season's Best 9m 73 and threw a good javelin, a best of 25m 68.

Stephanie was a welcome return for the team, starting her day with a best of 4m 89 in the long jump before being persuaded to run an 800m, a first since 2019, and in a very respectable 3:11.7. On slightly more familiar ground, she ran the 100m hurdles, 2nd 'B' in 17.7. Charlotte also picked up points in the 800m but was more comfortable in the high jump where she equalled her PB of 1m 35 to win the 'B' event. Lauren was 2nd overall in the high jump, clearing 1m 55 today, and was also 2nd in the 100m hurdles, crossing the line in 16.1. She also put the shot 9m 79.

Back on the track, Emily was 2nd in the 400m hurdles in 74.6 and ran 5:17 for the 1500m where Amelie had a good run to record a new PB of 5:35.8

Good to see Niamh return to competitive athletics, 3rd in the triple jump with 9m 56. Esme featured in both long and triple jumps, with bests of 4m 05 and 8m 58; Lola featured in the throws with 15m 20 in the discus, a PB 23m 16 in the javelin and 11m 70 in the hammer; and Katy threw a Season's Best discus of 27m 18 and 15m 31 in the hammer.

Finally, Olivia, Amber, Niamh and Sierra took on the 4 x 400m relay finishing 3rd in 4:18.2. Sierra was again fastest running 60.3 for the 4th leg.

In our Men's team were Jake Anders, Graham Boreham, Adam Byrne, Chris Burgess, John Byrne, Lee Coupland, Sam Coupland, Kieran Edmunds, David Hamilton, George Ingram, Liam McCormick, Will Rothwell and Alex Vernon. Quite a changed team from the Litherland fixture. Sam Coupland was the backbone of this team, competing in 7 events with considerable success. He won the high jump with 1m 70, won the long jump with 6m 29, won the triple jump with 11m 62 - a new PB - and was 2nd in the pole vault (a conservative 3m 40), 110m hurdles (16.8) and the 400m hurdles (68.2) and ran 24.0 for 200m!

Jake was our main short sprinter today, running 12.2 for 100m and triple jumping 8m 10.Sprint stalwart Chris ran 12.7 for 100m and 25.9 for 200m, as well as putting the shot a Season's Best 8m 22. Graham and Will covered both 800m and 400m, Graham running 2:03.9 and 54.8 and Will a PB 2:07.9 and 56.8.

There was some good distance running at Bury with both George and Liam running 1500m PBs, George, on his return to athletics, is improving with every outing and ran 4:17.8 today. Liam's new PB was 4:29.8. Over 5000m, David ran a Season's Best 17:04.4 and Alex Vernon, in his first track event perhaps since his school days, ran 17:20.6.

In the Field events, Kieran cleared 1m 45 in the high jump and Adam cleared 3m 40 in the pole vault, the new PB denied him at the Reg'l Schools C/E champs last month. Adam also long jumped 5m 55 and threw the javelin 36m 87. Dad John was also in good form throwing a PB 29m 66 in the javelin, 15m 99 in the hammer, 16m 91 in the discus and 8m 31 in the shot. He also picked up valuable points on the track, getting around in the 400n hurdles in 96.7. Team manager Lee threw a Season's Bes 15m 96 in the hammer and 19m 50 in the discus.

Finally, Graham, Will, Kieran and George ran the 4 x 400m relay in 3:48.6. Interestingly, George ran the fastest leg, in 54.4

Thanks to our officials Lesley Scott, Mike Dandy, Barrie Hughes, Lee Coupland, John Byrne, Katy Coupland and Steve James. To team manager Lee Coupland and all the athletes who supported the team so well.

The final Round is at Ellesmere Sports Village on Saturday 17th August. I believe the League clubs have agree a Premier Final between East and West will not now take place. The Round 4 fixture should be a celebration of the club's success in this Division this year.

Full results (when available) | Results for Southport Waterloo

12th-13th July 2024: Stars of the future shine at English Schools

Southport Waterloo is privileged to have so many of its young athletes good enough to be selected regularly to represent either Merseyside or Lancashire at the prestigious English Schools National T&F Championships. Seven were again selected this year to represent Merseyside at the home of UK athletics; Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. This success reflects the talent in our squads and the quality of coaching being provided at Litherland Sports Park.

This year's cohort were Junior Boys (Under 15 Boys) Calib Still and Will Delamere, Inter Girl (Under 17 Woman) Renee Adams, Inter Boys (Under 17 Men) Josh Tan and Ben Turner-Bone, and Senior Girls (Under 20 Women) Sierra Jalloh and Lauren Byrne. There were no medals to bring home but two new Club Records were set and another one equalled, fantastic to perform at such a high level in one of Athletics most valued competitions.

I think Josh Tan was the first Southport Waterloo athlete to compete at these championships. His Inter Boys' 100m heats were on Friday, Josh competing in Heat 5 were he ran 11.41. That's just outside his PB and the standard was so high - fastest time in the heats was 10.78 with the top 10 running under 11 seconds - that Josh didn't progress.

Also on Friday, Calib Still ran in the heats of the Junior Boys' 800m. He finished 2nd in his heat in 1:59.67, marginally outside his PB, and progressed through to the final on Saturday. I believe he had a fall towards the end of this race, finishing 5th in 2:03.23, and judging by the other performances, a podium finish must have been on the cards. Hopefully he will get another chance of a medal at the England championships later this month and the Northern Age Group Champs early next month.

In the third last track event on Friday, Will Delamere featured in the Junior Boys' 1500m. With, again, a very high standard in the field, Will put effort into his heat and was 4th of 12 boys in 4:12.10, the effort rewarding him with an improved PB and Club Record - as well as qualifying him for the Final on Saturday. Two 1500m races in two days takes a lot of energy and Will did well to finish in 4:19.16. It was probably the right decision to go for a time in the heat.

Renee Adams was involved in the heats of the Inter Girls' 300m hurdles on Day 1. She ran a brilliant race to finish 3rd in 44.21 and so qualified for the Final, the very first event on the Saturday morning. Here she finished 4th in a marginally slower time of 44.28. Renee couldn't run this event as an Under 15 so, as a first year Under 17, this is the first season she has been able to compete over 300m hurdles; and, prior to English Schools, she had only competed in the event 3 times! So, to get to English Schools is a remarkable achievement in itself. And to cap it, her heat time of 44.21 was a new Club Record, replacing Amber Hughes' mark of 45.28 set in 2021 when she was a 1st year Under 17.

Shortly after Renee's Final, Sierra Jalloh took to the track in the heats of the Senior Girls' 200m. She ran 26.34, outside the qualifiers, having run 25.6 at Merseyside Schools this year.

Lauren Byrne's Senior Girls' high jump was also on Saturday morning. Lauren equalled her Under 20 1m 63 Club Record achieved at the England Indoor Champs (although her PB is 1m 68 from last year.)

Then, both Renee and Josh were part of Merseyside's 4x100m mixed relay team, finishing 2nd in their heat in 46.98 to qualify for the Final towards the end of the meeting, where they finished in 47.05.

Ben Turner-Bone was also selected for these championships but injury meant he was unable to take up his place.

Well done to all who will have benefitted from being here, not just from fine performances but also from the experience gained competing at this level and making new friends in the sport.

Thanks to Graham Boreham for photos used here. 

Full results

6th July 2024: Mid Lancs T&F League visits Lancaster

Lancaster's Salt Ayre Track was the venue for the 4th Round of the Mid Lancs T&F League, unusually just a week after a fixture at Bury's Market Street Track. Many of us endured heavy rain in Merseyside early on, but the skies cleared as we headed north and Lancaster managed to provide a warm and dry day. One unwelcome feature of the weather, however, was a gusting westerly wind which, in the home straight gave the sprinters wind readings of up to +5.3 mps. Neither could the endurancve runners avoid the effects of the wind . Unsurprisingly, most of the PBs came in the sprints.

18 Southport Waterloo athletes made the trip, just a couple more than competed at Bury, but with just 5, the girls were hard to spot. 

The boys and men did so well they finished 2nd to Kirkby Milers on the day and are actually top of the table, subject to officials points, just 6 points clear of LPS!

We had no Under 13 Girls but did have two Under 13 Boys; Lewis McIlroy and James McGrory. James ran his favoured 1500m and won that convincingly in 4:53.4. Lewis won his 100m heat in 13.3 which proved to be the fastest of all 18 runners on the day across 3 heats. Both boys met up to run in the 200m races, both winning their heats, Lewis in 27.5 and James in 28.1; the two fastest times of the day. I just wonder what the times might have been if they had been in the same race.

Our Under 15 Girls were Grace Cain and Grace Veevers Both girls competed in the windy 1500m race, Grace V finishing 3rd in 5:19.3 in her first race over this distance since August last year, and Grace C managing to defy the conditions with a PB run in 5:38.8, in just her 2nd 1500m race. Grace C stayed to run a 200m and finished 3rd in her heat in 30.3, another PB.

4 of our Under 15 Boys took part in competition at Lancaster; Eddy Clark, Harry Lavery, Jack Nelson and Matthew Nuttall. There were some fine sprint performances with Jack Nelson running 12.4 for 100m, the 2nd fastest time overall, before going on to run the 2nd fastest 200m in 25.9. These were both PBs, as was Harry's 100m run in 15.9. Jack was also the winner in the long jump competition, 4m 89 the best jump of all the 17 boys. In the 1500m race, Eddy was 2nd in 4:39.3 and finally Matthew competed in shot and javelin; 2nd in the shot with 10m 11 and 4th in the javelin with 22m 56, not so easy against the wind.

Under 17 Women distance runners Isla Gray and Sydney Monahan Clarkson ran at Lancaster. Isla was 2nd in her 800m race in 2:33.3, just 2 seconds outside her PB. Sydney won the Under 17 Women's 1500m in 5:24.5, the windy conditions having more effect over the longer distance.

Jake Anders was our sole Under 17 Man. Another promising sprinter, Jake ran 11.8 for 100m - a new PB - and 25.3 for 200m. He also cleared a best of 4m 17 in the long jump.

Under 20 Woman Lauren Byrne competes as a Senior Woman in this league. She won the high jump competition with 1m 45 and threw the javelin 23m 17 with just one throw as the event clashed with the high jump; but she was probably best pleased with her 4m 93 long jump, a Seasons Best.

Adam Byrne threw the Under 20 Man discus with a best of 30m 65. Competing then against Senior Men, he won the high jump competition with a best clearance of 1m 65 and won the javelin competition with a PB 36m 10.

5 of our Senior Men also competed at Lancaster. Graham Boreham ran 55.4 for 400m and then ran a 25.6 200m towards the end of the meeting. Despite the windy conditions, Marc Singer ran his 800m in 2:16.9, less than a second outside his time at Bury last week. And Alex Vernon competed in his first track 3000m as a senior runner, getting around in a very respectable 10:37.0. Finally John Byrne rather overdid the number of his events. Of the three to count, he started with a PB hammer throw of 17m 18, high jumped 1m 50 - his best clearance since 2018 - 2nd only to Adam. And he threw the discus 15m 11.

The final league match is closer to home, at Preston UCLAN Arena, on Saturday 3rd August with the medal meeting on Saturday 24th August. The Sportsoft portal opens for Medal Meeting entries on Sunday 4th August.

Result for Southport Waterloo | Full results