News reports - May 2011 |
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28th May 2011: Hellish hills at Hutton Roof |
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The Fell Grand Prix continued on Saturday with the return of old favourite Hutton Roof Crags Fell Race; with perhaps an unlucky 13 Southport Waterlooers tackling the gruelling and extremely rocky route. As we made our way towards the race, Hutton Roof regular Rick Bowker painted a pretty vivid picture of what us newbie’s – Steve Lewis, Matthew Nelson and myself – were to expect on this very demanding course with a particular empathise on the sheer difficulty of the 2nd hill. With practically no fell racing experience under my belt this did nothing to ease the fear on what I was about to embark on! Just before 2:30pm 209 runners lined up in a rather overgrown field ready to begin the task at hand. At least the weather was on our side with the rain clouds at bay and only a fairly moderate south-westerly wind to endure. After a few words of warning from Race Director John Dickinson about the rather slippy and treacherous conditions we were off across the jungle-like weeds and down towards the first of the two assents. The first hill was quite tough made even more so by the constant stop-starting of the runners in front of me breaking the pace. Nevertheless within a few minutes I had reached the top and was ready to getting going again. However my enthusiasm was short lived by the vast number of rocky challenges and downward descents that lay ahead and then there was the ultimate challenge – the dreaded 2nd hill! Now as many of you may know this climb isn’t for the faint hearted with a 1300ft scramble on hands and feet towards the peak. As I looked up at the tiny ant’s way up into the distance my only thought was “You’ve got to be kidding me!” Further up the field Rob Ashworth, Neil Adshead and Steve McLean were battling it out to be first club runner home. However, it was Rob who managed to pull away to finish in a fantastic time of 59.01 leaving Neil and Steve to compete for 2nd SWAC place. It was a close call but Neil gained the advantage 59:43 with Steve just a second behind. Next in was running pro Rick Bowker (1:01:53) followed by FGP creator Brain Davey (1:04:11) and Andy Hudson (1:04.14) hot on his heels. A hung-over Steve Lewis crossed the line in 1:04:59 with Matthew Nelson making his debut in 1:05:56. Meanwhile after the torturous upward struggle it was time for my feet to take control of my brain as I finally started to pick up some speed and gain confidence. Towards the end I had managed to close the gap on new member Paul Talbot passing him to finish in 1:09:56 feeling rather relieved it was finally over. Paul wasn’t far behind coming-in in a very respectable time of 1:10:22. The final three runners all gained massive PB’s – with Michelle Spencer completing the course in 1:15:02 despite hamstring problems. Clive James knocked a whopping 3 minutes off last years time finishing in 1:18:33 with wife Carole also improving by a minute in 1:20:17. With everyone done all that was left to do was to enjoy the village fete and at last relax with a lovely cuppa and piece of scrumptious home-made cake making the whole ordeal worthwhile! By the way a big well done to Morgan Donnelly of Borrowdale Fell Runners who won the race in a super quick time of 47:42! Finally don’t forget the next exciting chapter in this competition – Great Hill on 18th June 2011!!! |
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28th May 2011: Poor turn-out at Round two of the Mid Lancs League |
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Only 13 athletes attended from Southport Waterloo, which inevitably meant a meaningful score was out of the question. The girls finished 3rd in Division 2 with 52 points and the men were 4th equal with Kendal AC, again in Division 2, with 57 points. Scores like that mean promotion back up to Division 1 must remain a pipe-dream. Although the Mid Lancs League has an inter-club competitive element, it is more about giving athletes an opportunity to compete or to try something different in a supportive environment. That said, with many of the Lancashire and Cumbrian clubs taking part there is also a high standard of competition for those who want to test themselves. But with only 13 athletes turning out, we are punching way below our weight! The first event in this league is the hammer and Graham Boreham was in action straightaway. A best throw of 15m 65 was a good start to the day. In the first track event, the 800m we had six runners in action. Nisha Kumari-Webster ran her first 800m in a club vest in 3:12.3, behind Emma Alderson who finished 3rd in the Under 13 Girls' race in 2:46.2. Lucy Hunter ran in the Under 15 Girls' race in 3:16.2. For the boys, Under 13 Jimmy Alderson ran 2:58.7, a PB by 6 secs! Our fastest 800m runner was Gary Clark, 2:24.2 in the Under 17 Men's race, and Tom Peacock ran 2:27.3 to finish in the top half of the Senior Men's field. In the 100m, Graham Boreham made an unusual appearance and recorded a PB 13.2 secs and Under 15 Ellie Alderson ran a season's best 14.0 in windy conditions. On then to the longer sprints, and both Gary Clark and David Gough ran 400m. Gary ran the faster time, 66.8, but David's 68.5 was a season's best. Both Harry and Tom Peacock Jnr ran in the Under 13 Boys 1500m, finishing 4th and 7th in 5:29.9 and 6:05.8. In the Senior race, Tom Peacock Snr got around in a comfortable 5:12.4 , just behind David Gough who finished 4th in 4:47.9. The next event on the track was the 200m and here we had three juniors taking part - all members of the same family! Ellie Alderson ran a good race to finish 3rd in her race in 30.2. Next fastest was sister Emma, also 3rd in her Under 13 race in 31.9 and then Jimmy Alderson ran a PB 33.7 in his race - his second PB of the day. Jonathan Foster opted for his favoured 3000m and was pleased with 10:37.8, a season's best in less than ideal conditions. Over in the field events, we had three in the long jump, Emma Alderson clearing a best of 3m 50, Tom Peacock Jnr 3m 31 and Jimmy Alderson 3m 23. Nisha Kumari-Webster put the 2.72 kg shot a very good 4m 32 and Lucy Hunter managed a best of 5m 35 with the 3.25 kg weight. Lucy was also in the javelin competition where a single throw gave her 17m 80. In the Senior Men's competition Jon Hunter threw a season's best 28m 54 in the javelin. Earlier, he had a best discus of 17m 68 and a best shot put of 8m 44. Interestingly, Jon's first throw was his best in javelin, shot and discus. Thanks to team manager Chris Henders, to Robbie Clark who track judged, to all the athletes who supported the meeting and to Jon Hunter and Steve Boreham who sent in photographs of today's action. Results for Southport Waterloo athletes | full results on the Mid Lancs web site.
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25th May 2011: Fast times at 10th year Harrock Hill |
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Shortly after 7.30 pm we set off up the climb, sprinting away from the start. With lungs bursting and quads burning we fought our way up against the unforgiving incline. Towards the top of the first climb, team mate and club chairman Steve Mclean shot past me like an exocet missile, which caught me by surprise. I regained my stride on the downhill and overtook Steve as my Garmin showed sub 5 min mile pace. Just behind was Steve Lewis followed by Rob Johnson [farther of Ben] and Andy Hudson and Paul Tobin. Tracey Peters was the first of our girls over the top, with Vicky Harvey followed by Rachel Thomas, Carol Wright and Sue Stewart who was being shown round the course for the first time by an obliging Carole James. I was now running in the ‘moment’ concentrating hard to take it to the limit one more time. Out of the farmer's field and on to a flat road section hitting 5.20 pace until I turned a sharp corner and headed up the next climb.I’d now moved up to 8th place with a big gap to the lead runners. I shortened my stride and speeded up my cadence, leaning into the hill, a couple of guys got into formation behind me waiting for me to faulter. No Pressure! Out on to the Parbold Hill road for a second before plunging down a dark narrow dirt path with gnarly tree roots under foot to take out the unwary Over a stream, up the bank then out onto the escalator, a never ending climb that carries on into the distant horizon! This is where many runners suffered among them was Steve Lewis, Matt Nelson and Neil Silcock all who retold their stories of woe back at the pub after the race. Pushing on at last I reached the top road, still in 8th place and feeling strong. Just one more short climb up to the ruins of the ancient windmill. Next is a very technical section along a rocky path. I feel the breath on my neck of 3 guys on my shoulder lining up for the final sprint. Down through the last cow field I’m out-paced by two of the guys only to have the 3rd guy out sprint me to the line. This gave me 11th place out of 179 [a record number of finishers] and my fastest time in many years! The race was won by John Morrisey of Wigan Phoenix in 32.02. Out of our club members there were some great performances;Tracey Peters, Vicky Harvey and Rachel Thomas won the ladies Team prize! Steve McLean was 21st, Steve Lewis in only his second race here set a massive P.B. with 37.17 and 23rd place. Rob Johnson a very good fell runner over the longer distances had a big smile on his face at the end finishing with 38.01 and 28th Next was Andy Hudson 37th, Simon [flying Doctor] Tobin on the comeback trail after injury 45th in 39.27, 59th Matt Nelson, 40.40, Paul Cain pulled off a new P.B. with 40.55. Tracey Peters was the first lady of our club finishers taking 3rd lady overall on the night with 41.09 and a new P.B. Ex club member Ted [big boy] Maguire ran 42.54. Paul Ashby 43.31 out sprinted Neil Silocock, 43.32, who enjoyed his first ever run here. Big Ed Sherstone no stranger to climbing the high peaks finished in 101st place with 44.25. Rob Cosgrove set a shiny new P.B. with 44.48. Vicky Harvey put in a good showing with 46.32. Silver haired old fox Phil Baxendale put on his trainers one more time for 46.49. Clive James was close behind with 46.54 Next lady was Rachel Thomas pleased with her 47.32 but looking to get faster by next month. Shy retiring Carol Wright, 51.46, complained that she wanted a specially designed SWAC T-shirt to cover her hairy chest! Super Sue Stewart, running her first ever race here, put in an awesome performance to win the L 60 age group with the help of pacer Carole James 52.46. All in all a great turn out from the club, just missing a few big hitters from the Formby end. After the race we all enjoyed a few pints at the friendly Farmers Arms and recounted daring tales of epic hill climbing and descending. Next race: Hutton Roof on Saturday. |
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22nd May 2011: Young Athletes 2nd in Round 2 |
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Our 431 compares with just 417 from Round 1 so at least a better overall performance. Wigan were close on our heels all afternoon but there were few of their athletes to be seen on the track. Their strength was in the field events whereas Lucy Hunter was probably Southport Waterloo's only specialist thrower across all the age groups. If we could combine Wigan's field eventers with our track athletes we would have a team that would do well in the Premier Division! If we are to grow our own dedicated field eventers we need more throws and jumps coaches and athletes to work with them. The weather conditions at Wavertree were not conducive to fast times on the track with a strong, blustery wind blowing all day and bringing a few showers with it. Nonetheless, there are always some athletes who manage to beat the elements and produce good results. Two of them were our Athletes of the Match; Emma Alderson for her 800m run and Niall Cullen for his 1500m run - although a special award should go to Patrick Cullen for his 400m hurdles performance. See below. In Round 1 we only had 2 Under 13 Girls available and fortunately we had more turn out for us at Wavertree. There were only 4 in total but at least we were able to cover most events and run a relay team. The girls were Emma Alderson, Lily Edwards, Catlin Pih and new member Leah Ward. Emma Alderson was in fine form again, winning the 800m in a grade 4 2:39.7. Leah Ward also ran the 800m, in 2:59, in her first outing in club colours and achieved a good shot put of 4m 35. Lily Edwards did well again in the sprints, finishing 3rd in both the 75m (in 11.6 secs) and the 150m (in 23.3) and was 3rd again in the long jump with a best of 3m 71. Sally Laughton ran the 1200m in 4:44.5 for another 3rd place and ran the 70m hurdles in 17.0. Finally, Caitlin Pih achieved a PB in the long jump with 3m 05 and ran 12.2 for 75m. After five Under 13 Boys competed for us at Macclesfield in Round 1, we were down to three at Wavertree. They were Harry Peacock, Jimmy Alderson and Jamie Tipping. This was Jimmy Alderson's first league match and he was rewarded with a PB in the 200m, running 35.7. He also ran the 800m in just over 3 minutes. Harry Peacock took 2nd place in the 800m with a time of 2:31.7, a new PB and he was 3rd in the 200m in 33.8. Jamie Tipping's best long jump of 3m 30 was a season's best and he ran the 100m in 17.3. Jamie and Harry also picked up points in the shot competition. The Under 15 Girls team sheet looked much better with all events bar the pole vault and the 'B' shot covered. The 11 girls competing were Ellie Alderson, Alice Cribb, Millie Cosney, Lucy Hunter, Sara Laib, Lizzie McKay, Ellie Roberts, Amy Sinclair, Becky Sinclair, Caroline Smith and Abby Sutton. We have more established athletes in this age group and Ellie Roberts was probably the best performer today, winning her 1500m race in a new PB 5:16.5. Ellie ran a good tactical race (which combined both match 1 and 2 girls) running on a Liverpool Harrier's shoulder for most of the race until accelerating past her on the final lap and finishing with good speed. Lizzie McKay also ran the 1500m, and again finished with great pace in 5:44.5. Becky Sinclair won her 75m hurdles race, in a PB 14.2 secs with sister Amy 3rd in 16.2. Both girls also high jumped taking 2nd and 3rd place. Amy equalled her PB clearing 1m 20 and Becky cleared 1m 15. In the 800m, Caroline Smith and Alice Cribb carried the club colours as they did at Macclesfield, and finished in much the same time despite today's high winds. Caroline was 3rd in 2:40.5 and Alice 4th in 2:58.6. Sprinters Abby Sutton and Sara Laib ran the 100m in 13.9 and 16.0 and Ellie Alderson and new member Millie Cosney covered the 200m in 30.3 and 32.0. Several more PBs were achieved in the field events. Thrower Lucy Hunter pushed out her javelin PB to 17m 96 coming 2nd in that competition. Her shot put of 5m 95 was another PB. In the discus, Ellie Roberts was 2nd with a PB throw of 14m 53 and Abby Sutton's 9m 88 javelin throw was another personal best. Our Under 15 Boys - Matthew Campbell, Adam Cullen, Zak Hogg, Andrew Kershaw, Tom Lodge, Michael Panes, Luke Tyson and Matthew Williams - were simply Drew Warnock Dumbell, Matthew Williams and Andrew Kershaw all achieved graded standard performances. Drew won both the 100m and 200m in 12.3 and 25.2; Matthew won the 400m in 58.1 and Andrew won the 800m in 2:14.2. Other event winners were Andrew Kershaw in the 800m (2:14.2), Adam Cullen in the 1500m (4:47.5) and Luke Tyson in the 80m hurdles (15.5). Matthew Campbell gave excellent support to Drew Warnock-Dumbell in the short sprints, taking 2nd spot in 13.1 and 27.1. Zak Hogg was 2nd in the 400m in another sub 60secs 59.8. In the middle distance events there is still strong competition for places and today we had Andrew Kershaw and Tom Lodge doing a great job to finish 1st and 2nd in the 800m in 2:14 and 2:19. And Adam Cullen and Michael Panes jockeyed for position in the 1500m Adam coming through to win in 4:47 with Michael in 4:49. That left Luke Tyson in the 80m hurdles, winning in a PB 15.5, and he picked up another PB in the long jump with a best of 4m 22 for 2nd place. The relay wins were achieved in 52.2 secs and 4:03.6, only a little slower than at Macclesfield. Like many other clubs, Lauren Clarehugh warmed up with an 800m and won in a new PB time of 2:31.4 before going on to finish 3rd in the 1500m in 5:37.8. In the field, she was 2nd with a discus throw of 15m 31 Sophie Lewis also ran an 800m, finishing 3rd in 2:39.1 and also joined sprinter Megan Crewe in the 200m. Megan ran 30.0 and Sophie 33.9. Megan also ran 14.2 in the 100m and was 3rd in the shot with a best put of 5m 77 Against all the odds, our Under 17 Men produced loads of PBs; 11 by 8 athletes. The best performance was by Niall Cullen in the 1500m. Niall started with an 800m, winning that in 2:08.0. In the 1500m, he started off easy, staying with the pack but the pace was too slow so after a lap and a half he just took off and treated it as a training run, winning by 100m in 4:18.1. Niall is a class athlete but spectators couldn't help but be impressed by brother Patrick running in the 400m hurdles. Patrick caught one of the hurdles in the back straight - the 3rd I think - and fell over. He quickly picked himself up and charged after the others. He was so fired up he came through to finish 2nd, to some well deserved applause, in 66.7 secs; incredibly achieving a new PB! Patrick was also 2nd in the 100m hurdles in 15.8 and won the 400m in 57.2. Graham Boreham also set a couple of PBs: 16m 21 in the hammer and 15m 55 in the discus as well as battling the wind to cover 200m in 27.9. Owen Williams just dipped ahead of Graham in the 2oo and was also 2nd in the 400m in 61.3 behind Patrick. Jonathan Foster and Liam Ellis focused on the 3000m, Liam finishing 2nd and setting another PB of 10;00.8 - so nearly a sub-10 minute time. Jonathan was 4th in 11:04.7. Jonathan achieved a PB in the shot with a best of 3m 15. In a surprise return to team action, George Ingram produced a 5m 38 PB long jump, a discus throw of 12m and, working with the 4 x 400m relay team, took the 3rd leg in a split of 60.2. Niall Cullen brought the team home for a win in 3:57.5, his 400m split being an impressive 53.3 secs. Finally, Gary Clark has been thinking about it a while and today he did his first steeplechase. Getting around (and wet) in 5:58.7, he now has a target to improve on next time. Earlier, Gary ran a PB 800m in 2:16.6 and his 5m 80 shot put was another PB. Thanks to our team of officials; Steve Boreham, Mark Kershaw, Graham Topping, Chris Henders, Lesley Scott, Dave Whitehead, Lucy Potter, and Robbie Clark. Thanks too to Tina Pilkington, our team manager, Lucy Whitehead, assistant team manager, and to both Steve Boreham and Jon Hunter for sending in photos of today's action. Bring on Round 3 at Warrington on 5th June when we are up against East Cheshire and Colwyn Bay. Results for club athletes |
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18th May 2011: School runners are Victoria Park milers |
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With 330 finishers, numbers were slightly down on last year, which was a little disappointing as entries were more than 100 higher! Apart from years 10/11 where numbers are always small, it was interesting to note that each age group had more girl runners than boys. Those watching the start of the races will be left in no doubt, however, how much everyone enjoys these races which remain a highlight in the local running calendar. Our Lady of Compassion won the overall Primary School Trophy and Stanley High won the Champion Secondary Schools Trophy. Both schools were winners for the second year running. 76 Year 5 Girls crowded the start area for the first race of the evening and quickly were on their way around the paths of Victoria Park. There was some good competition at the front with Yasmin Leece of Merchant Taylors winning in 6:40 with Alice Delaney of St Luke's Formby (and Southport Waterloo) 2nd in 6:47 with Emily Norcross, St Philips, 3rd in 6:54. Yasmin also won the Sefton Junior Schools' Cross Country Champs in Formby in March so is clearly showing good endurance running potential. St Luke's Formby won the team award with Great Crosby 2nd and Holy Rosary 3rd. A great run by Tom Langford from Norwood ensured victory in the Year 5 Boys' race. His time was 6:00; just 3 secs off the 5:57 course record set by Chris Lawson in 2005 which in windy conditions shows great promise. Tom also won the cross country champs in Formby in March. Ryan Smith, St Jerome's, was 2nd in 6:11 and Frazer Jones 3rd in 6:14. Our Lady of Compassion took the team award with St Jerome's 2nd and Norwood 3rd. 48 girls competed the Year 6 Girls' race with Morag Molynuex from Halsall taking the honours, finishing the measured mile in 6:05. Emma Alderson, Trinity St Peters, - last year's Year 5 winner in 6:29 and this year's winner of the Sefton Junior Schools Cross Country Champs - was 2nd in 6:18 with Sally Laughton 3rd in 6:37. Both Emma and Sally run for Southport Waterloo. The team award was won by St Jerome's, Our Lady of Compassion was 2nd and Great Crosby 3rd. Matthew Richardson from Great Crosby was the Year 6 Boy winner in 6:00. Oliver Burrill, Farnborough Rd and Southport Waterloo, challenged strongly finishing 2nd in 6:02 and Joe Deary, Great Crosby, was 3rd in 6:15. Farnborough Rd was the winning team with Our Lady of Compassion 2nd and Norwood 3rd. The high school races started with the Year 7 Girls. Here, Anna Niven (Range) was the winner in 6:13 with Rachel Knowles (Range) 2nd in 6:25 and Charlotte Casselton (Greenbank) 3rd in 6:51. The team award went to Stanley, with Chesterfield and Greenbank following up. There was a disappointing 15 runners in the Year 7 Boys' race with Alex Moreira (Chesterfield) coming home first in 6:01. Thomas Moore (Chesterfield) was 2nd in 6:14 with Elliot Styche (Range) 3rd in 6:15. The team winner was Chesterfield, the only high school to finish a team! Ellie Roberts, Sacred Heart and Southport Waterloo, stamped her authority on the Year 8/9 Girls' race right from rom the start, winning in 5:54. Lauren Deane, Stanley and Southport Waterloo, was 2nd in 6:06 and Georgina Hannaway, Sacred Heart, was 3rd in 6:07. With four of the top six finishers, Sacred Heart was the outstanding team winners with Stanley 2nd and Greenbank 3rd. The Year 8/9 Boys' race was won by Thomas Rogers (Chesterfield) in 5:36, with Luke Holt (Stanley) 2nd in 5:47 and Anthony Brown 3rd in 5:52. Stanley was 1st team ahead of Chesterfield and Meols Cop. The Year 10/11s all ran together. Although there were only 3 Year 10/11 Girls, they provided probably the best competitive race of the evening. Charlotte Sinclair (Stanley) and Lauren Clarehugh (Greenbank) - both Southport Waterloo runners - were locked together all the way around and even entered the finish straight together. They increased the pace towards the finish line and Charlotte just dipped to get the decision on the line. Both girls were given the same time of 5:40. Charlotte joins a small select group of runners who have won this event every year - at each age group from Year 5 through to Year 10/11, winning twice in both years 8/9 and 10/11! Alicia Burke (Sacred Heart) was 3rd in 6:28. The Year 10/11 Boys' race was won by Liam Ellis, Chesterfield and Southport Waterloo, in 5:18- exactly the same time he finished 2nd in last year's Year 8/9 race. Sam Gittins (Meols Cop) was 2nd in 5:28 and Gary Clarke (Chesterfield and Southport Waterloo) - last year's Year 8/9 winner - was 3rd in 5:34. Chesterfield was the team winner with Meols Cop 2nd and Stanley 3rd. Thanks to Race Director Gill Gillison and her team of volunteers for another very successful event, |
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17th May 2011: 2 club records, 4PBs at Stretford |
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The ever popular open graded meetings at Stretford attract athletes looking for qualifying times, PBs or SBs. On Tuesday, four Southport Waterloo runners made the trip. All achieved new PBs and two set new club records. Under 15s Michael Panes and Tom Lodge competed over 800m. Michael was 2nd in his race running a new PB time of 2:16.23, 2 secs faster than his 2:18.26 time at Wavertree last Sunday. Tom Lodge was 4th in his race but Stretford is about times and his 2:08.02 was not only a new PB but a new club record, setting aside Mark Leicester's time from 2001. Tom ran 2:09 at Blackpool in the Mid Lancs League so is clearly in fine form after a difficult winter and may well run even faster as the season develops. Hopefully he can get under the English Schools qualifying time of 2:07, as indeed can Andrew Kershaw who has run 2:08.6 this season. Andrew is also less than a sec off the qualifying time for 1500m, having run 4:22.85 at Stretford earlier this year. Under 17 Niall Cullen was also in fine form. Running with Junior and Senior athletes he ran the 1500m in 4:06.30. That beats his own club record from last year of 4:10 and gives him an English School qualifying time. This is Niall's 2nd Club Record of the season having set a new Under 17 1 mile record at the Wavertree open meeting. Finally, senior runner David Hamilton ran in the 'A' 3000m and was rewarded with a new PB time of 9:47.25. |
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14th May 2011: Runners take to two wheels
An enthusiastic band of cyclists are now planning an expedition to the Velodrome in Manchester for a coached hour of cycling. If you are interested in this activity please contact Carole James. |
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14th May 2011: Club athletes take 14 county medals |
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Nonetheless, athletes from across the county took part and tested themselves against their county peers. As expected, Liverpool Harriers provided the greatest number of competitors (115) and, of all the Merseyside track & field clubs, Southport Waterloo provided the smallest contingent, just 18! It didn't help, of course, that this year the county championships were sandwiched between two Young Athlete League fixtures. Overall, our small delegation of athletes produced 14 County medals. The best performers were by Sally Wareing and Jordan Kelly, both of whom managed to achieve grade 2 standard performances in difficult, blustery conditions. The conditions affected all track times with sprints typically experiencing wind speeds of +4mps. Having done so well on the track last year and in this year's early season open meetings, Under 13 Emma Alderson competed in her first county championships. Unfazed by the experience, she ran a solid 800m race, keeping in touch with the leaders and was rewarded with a bronze medal, finishing in 2:50. In the Under 13 Boys, Harry Peacock competed in his first county 200m and 800m, running 31.99 and 2:38.99. In the preferred 800m, he was 4th of 11 boys, frustratingly just outside the medals despite a strong challenge in the last 200m. In the 200m, his strong finish earned him a bronze medal and it was nearly silver with less than a second between 1st and 3rd. Our solitary Under 15 girl was Ellie Roberts, competing in the 800m. She moved up from 4th to 3rd in the back straight second time around and challenged the leaders but had to settle for 3rd, in 2:33.42, for a bronze medal. Our Under 15 Boys took four silver medals with Liam Harrison finishing 2nd in both the discus, with a best throw of 23m 69, and the javelin, his best of 31m 56 being a new PB. On the track, one silver went to Andrew Kershaw who was again up against his Warrington nemesis, finishing the 1500m in 4:36.35. Luke Tyson and Adam Cullen also ran the 1500m, finishing in 4:50 and 4:53 respectively. Earlier, silver medallist Michael Panes had a great run in the 800m, finishing with a perfectly time late run that propelled him into 2nd place in 2:18.16. Again, we had just one Under 17 Woman in action. Sally Wareing ran in the 300m and took the gold award in a new PB time of 41.74. There were so few PBs today that Sally's time is impressive, but still a little way off the English Schools entry standard of 41.4 secs. There were more medals for the Under 17 Men with silvers going to Gary Clark and Niall Cullen. Gary's time of 2:18.72 was a season's best so very encouraging in today's conditions. Niall ran 4:22.26 with Matty Shirling, St Helens Sutton's latest middle distance phenomenon, running 4:15. Jonathan Foster was just outside the medals in the 3000m but the compensation was that 10:41.88 was a new PB. Finally, in the very last race of the day, Patrick Cullen found himself the only Under 17 400m runner. Running with the Junior and Senior Men, Patrick was propelled along to a fast time, finishing in a new PB 57.74. As there were two entries, I'm presuming Patrick won the gold award. Under 20 Jordan Kelly entered both long jump and triple jump but the triple was cancelled through lack of competitors. In the long jump, it took a championship best performance by Liverpool Harrier Craig Jones to beat Jordan who took the silver with a best jump of 6m 72. Again, the blustery wind conditions made it difficult for the long jumpers. Jordan is still a few cms off the English Schools standard of 6m 80 but surely it will come! Finally, ambulant sprinters Owen Fennell-Rutherford and Chris Honess were competing is the disability sprints, which events attracted a number of athletes from across the country looking for para olympic qualification. The wind made that a tough challenge but Owen took a silver in the 100m in 13.51, Chris being just behind. In the 200m, it was Chris who took the ambulant silver in 27.94 with Owen just behind in 28.17. For Under 20s and Seniors there is a North West Regional Champs being held at Stretford on Sunday 12th June. Results for club athletes. Full results.
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10th May 2011: New T&F graded standards for 2011/12 |
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Those readers at the Young Athletes League meeting on Sunday will have noticed that the YAL programme booklet contains new graded standards. These are based on the AAA's Common Standards Scheme which is revised every two years based on actual performances recorded across the country. The new standards are now on the web site and include a pdf copy that can be printed off. It looks as though more standards have been toughened than have been relaxed. Check out the standards that affect you. |
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8th May 2011: Poor start for Young Athletes team in YAL |
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Talking to team manager Tina Pilkington - who took responsibility this year for both boys and girls - a lot of youngsters were unavailable for this first fixture but should be available for later matches. Clearly, with only 2 under 13 girls and the usual dearth of Under 17 athletes, it would have needed a miracle to win the fixture. The overall team performance is, of course, no reflection on the athletes who competed; and there were some great competitions and individual performances. There were 11 standard graded performances and 26 new personal bests. The sprinters will have benefited from a strong tail wind all day so some PBs were expected there. But the middle distance PBs were more a battle against the elements. All the PBs reflect real achievements for the young athletes concerned and a just reward for the hard work put in in training. Athletes of the Match were Sally Wareing and Drew Warnock-Dumbell. Starting with the Under 13 Girls, there may have been only two of them but they did exceptionally well in their first YAL. Lily Edwards in particular was outstanding, winning both the 75m (11.1) and the 200m (22.4) and finishing 2nd in the long jump. Lily's 75m time was 0.7 sec faster than her time at Warrington in April and both the sprint times were grade 4 standards. Her long jump was another PB, her 3m 76 improving on the 3m 25 cleared at the Wigan Open. Caitlin Pih was the other girl making her debut here and competing in the same events. Her best performance was in the 200m where she was 3rd in 24.5. The Under 13 Boys were a bit more plentiful - although we had no runners in the 1500m. The team comprised Harry, Ed and Tom Peacock, Joe Gordon and Jamie Tipping. Thankfully the Peacock family were available today! And each of them went home with a PB. Harry's 200m time of 29.9 was a new best and both Tom and Ed recorded new bests in the long jump with 3m 51 and 2m 72. Harry was also outstanding in the 800m, finishing 2nd in 2:33.8, the only graded standard achieved by our Under 13 boys and the highest placed finish. Joe Gordon competed for the first time and ran 15.2 for 100m and 17.7 for the 75m hurdles and cleared 1m 05 in the high jump. Jamie Tipping ran 16.6 for 100m and put the shot over 3 metres. With enough boys for a relay, Tom, Jamie, Joe and Harry got the baton round safely in 63.8 secs for a 3rd place. The Under 15s are always our strongest age group and the Under 15 Girls were no exception. The team here was made up of Alice Cribb, Lucy Hunter, Sara Laib, Lizzie McKay, Ellie Roberts, Amy Sinclair, Becky Sinclair and Caroline Smith.With the exception of the pole vault we managed to cover all the events. The girls had three event wins; Lucy Hunter in the javelin with a new PB best throw of 14.31 - 3 metres up on last year! - Caroline Smith in the 800m in a PB 2:39.9, and Ellie Roberts in the 1500m, again in a PB time of 5:17.9. Lizzie McKay joined Ellie in the 1500m finishing 3rd in 5:41. Altogether, the girls recorded 9 new PBs. They were Abby Sutton, finishing 3rd in the 100m in 13.5 and 4th in the javelin, Lucy Hunter, running 33.2 for 200m her first race over that distance in some time, Caroline Smith in the 800m, Ellie Roberts in the 1500m and again finishing 2nd in the discus competition with 12m 38, both Amy and Becky Sinclair, who both cleared 1m 20 in the high jump, and Lucy Hunter in the javelin. Sara Laib competed for the first time in a Southport Waterloo vest. She ran 15.7 for 100m and put the shot over 4 metres. There was no shortage of Under 15 Boys, and eleven of them turned out to represent their team at Macclesfield, enabling many of them to concentrate on their preferred events. There is real competition for places and indeed the standard was high. They won 9 events outright; Drew Warnock-Dumbell in the 100m in a PB and grade 1 time of 11.7 secs; Tom Lodge in the 800m in a grade 3 2:12.7; Andrew Kershaw in the 1500m in a grade 4 4:36.4; Ollie Atkinson with a 3m 95 long jump; Liam Harrison in the shot with a best throw and new PB of 9m 72; Liam Harrison again in the discus with a PB best throw of 25m 51, Liam McAdam with a javelin throw of 27m 48; and both relay teams, winning the 4 x 100m in 52.0 secs and the 4x400m in 4:00.1. Drew's 100m win might have been wind-assisted but his previous best was 12.1 at Wavertree in April so this is a vast improvement. And he just took it on the line, the 2nd placed runner being given the same time so overall a great race! Tom Lodge and Adam Cullen commanded the 800m race, Adam finishing 2nd in a new PB time of 2:23.3. In the 1500m, Andrew Kershaw had a battle on with a match 2 Warrington runner who Matthew Campbell in his first YAL was 2nd in the 200m in 52.2. And Matthew Williams in his first YAL ran a PB 100m in 12.7 and another PB of 26.0 in the 200m, both significant improvements on last year. Finally, Luke Tyson was 2nd behind Andrew in the 1500, running 4:48.9. After so many boys, numbers competing dropped again in the Under 17 Women, largely because of impending GCSEs. We had four girls at Macclesfield. Sally Wareing, Megan Crewe, Charlotte Sinclair and Lauren Clarehugh. The best performances were by sprinter Sally Wareing who won both the 100m and the 300m in grade 3 times. of 12.8 and 42.9. Her 100m time was also a PB by a tenth of a second. Following on from Rachel Jacks' endurance performance on Saturday, here we saw Lauren Clarehugh bravely take on both the 3000m and the 1500m. She took maximum points from the 3000m finishing in 12:28.9 well outside her PB but a great effort in such strong winds. In the 1500m she ran with Charlotte Sinclair, just picking up the pace to finish strongly in 5:34.4 to win the race. Charlotte has lost a lot of training recently and isn't race fit but she wanted to run today and was rewarded with a 1500m PB of 5:37.9. The other runner was Megan Crewe who was 3rd in the 100m in 13.7, 5th in the 200m in 29.2 and 3rd in the shot with 5m 81. Last but not least, the Under 17 Men turned out in reasonable strength; six of them - Graham Boreham, Gary Clark, Niall Cullen, Patrick Cullen, Jonathan Foster and Owen Williams. Niall Cullen had the best performance, winning the 1500m race in a grade 3 4:15.0 - an excellent time in the windy conditions. there were three other event wins; two by Patrick Cullen who won both short and long hurdles in 16.6 and 67.4, and Owen Williams who won the 400m in a season's best 57.4 - again, very good in the wind.. Owen was also 2nd in the 200m, in a PB 25.5, with Graham Boreham 3rd in another PB, 26.1. Graham also did well in the field events; 4th in the discus with 14m 35 and 2nd in the hammer with 15m 42. Gary Clark ran a 2:21 800m but with a niggling heal injury he sensibly avoided further running and picked up good points in the shot and discus. Jonathan Foster took 3rd place in the 3000m, in 11:02.2, and ran a 400m for the first time and picked up more points in the shot. Patrick, Graham, Niall and Owen also enjoyed a good win in the 4 x 400m, Niall running the fastest leg in 54.6 secs. The next fixture is at Wavertree in two weeks time. Thanks to team manager Tina Pilkington and to assistant manager Lucy Whitehead. And thanks to our team of officials; Robbie Clark, Dave Whitehead, Lesley Scott, Chris Henders, Lucy ?, Steve Boreham, Jon Hunter, Graham Tipping. And to Steve Boreham for contributing photos for use here. (It is difficult for those of us who officiate to take photos to publish here and this results in a bias towards distance runners. Photos from others - particularly of sprinters and field eventers - are always welcome, accepting that I will try and publish the best.) Results for club athletes. Full results will appear shortly on the Young Athletes League website.
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7th May 2011: Junior team captains appointed |
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| The club has appointed Ellon Hart and Graham Boreham as its junior Team Captains for 2011. Both have been involved in track and field athletics for a number of years. They will assist team managers in the YAL in particular and will make excellent ambassadors for the sport and for the club. | |||
7th May 2011: 5th of 6 for Seniors at first Northern League |
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This first round match was held at the Stanney Oaks Track, Ellesmere Port, hosted by West Cheshire AC. The final scores were West Cheshire, 1st with 428 points, Trafford 2nd with 386, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton 3rd with 332, St Helens Sutton 4th with 331, Southport Waterloo with 251 and Altincham 6th with 201. Both Southport Waterloo and Altrincham were last season's promoted clubs! Looked at separately, whilst the men finished 5th, the women managed a 4th place finish ahead of both LPS and Altrincham. Overall, the team had 3 event wins - Eleanor Newton in the 100m hurdles, Stephanie May in the pole vault and Jordan Kelly in the long jump - and produced some good individual performances. For the Women, the star of the show must be Rachel Jacks. Whilst we are accustomed to Stephanie May competing in the maximum 7 events - and she did again at Ellesmere Port! - Rachel took on the endurance challenge. After a long jump, she ran in the 800m (2:48.9), then the 3000m in12:32.7 and finally a 1500m in 5:55.5. Rachel doesn't have a history of T&F athletics and each of these times will be improved upon with experience. In the 3000m, Rachel was joined by Sue Cooper, who consistently runs under 12 minutes; today in 11:50 for 4th place. Stephanie started her day with a PB in the pole vault - 2m 15 - and although not fully competition fit competed well on the track and the throws.She was 3rd in the 400m in 65.1 and 3rd again the 400m hurdles, in 78.6. In just her second outing in the senior league, Under 20 Eleanor Newton recorded a fine PB of 13.1 for 100m and another in the 200m, 28.0, last run in club competition in 2007. Another Under 20, Jenny Girdler, also recorded a PB. In the 800m she improved her previous best to 2:38.2, finishing 3rd in the race. Running with Rachel Jacks in both races, Jenny was 3rd again in the 1500m, crossing the line in 5:45.2. Most of the throws were covered by Ann Dignan, for example 6m 69 in the shot and 13m 72 in the discus, but team manager Barbara May was also seen to lead from the front with throws in the discus (12m 61) and the shot (5m 08). Stephanie May got in a good javelin throw of 17m 88. So seven ladies covered 26 events between these and notched up 119 points for 4th place. Well done ladies! For the Men, there were 9 competing at Ellesmere Port, covering 28 events for 102 points and 5th position. Jordan Kelly's win in the long jump with 6m 65 was probably the best individual performance but James Armstrong also did well to run 11.3 for 100m. James recorded that time as a non-scorer, however, having earlier false-started. A resulting niggle meant it was best to opt out of the 200m but he competed in the javelin with a best of 22m 63. A welcome newcomer to the team was Jon Hunter, father of Under 15 Lucy Hunter. Jon takes Lucy to javelin training and caught the bug himself. At Ellesmere Port he throw the javelin a best of 25m 20, competing also in the shot, discus and hammer. If Rachel Jacks was the endurance performer for the Women, David Gough was the performance star for the men. David did both the 3000m steeplechase, 2nd 'B' in 10:53.7, and the 5000m. But it was talented all-rounder Steve Wilkinson who was most in action, covering the maximum 7 events - both hurdles, steeplechase, high jump, discus, javelin and hammer! His best position was in the steeplechase where he came from behind to finish 2nd in 10:46.6. Craig Wilson competed in the 100m (13.2), 200m (26.8) and 400m (61.5). Mike Evans and Matt Goddard covered the middle distance races, both I think recording PBs in the 800 - 1:58.9 and 2:12.4 - and Mike was faster again in the 1500m with 4:17. David Hamilton returned to the track to run the 5000m and his 16:29 was faster than his outing last year at Stretford. Neither the women nor the men put out any relay teams at Ellesmere Port. Hopefully we can see that remedied at the next fixture, at Warrington on Saturday 4th June. Thanks to team manager Barbara May and the team of officials; Norman Marshall, Ann Dignan, Steve James, Paula Kelly, Chris Henders and Sheila Marshall. |
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2 May 2011: A clean sweep for Southport Waterloo at 15K races; New course record for Amanda Crook |
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Two long bank holiday weekends in a row meant that it was difficult to recruit school runners for the Waterloo 3K Fun Run but the bright and breezy spring weather made for a great day out in Blundellsands for the annual Waterloo 15K races, generously sponsored by Gillions of Crosby and many others. Gillions put on their popular roast hog to refresh runners and spectators alike.
Nonetheless, it was a great day for Southport Waterloo with club runners winning each of the races, both male and female, and taking both 15K team awards! I don't believe that has ever happen before - unless you know differently? And to top it all, Amanda Crook's winning time was a new women's course record on her first run over the course and distance! The 3K fun run was the first event and the runners reacted to the starter's gun with characteristic enthusiasm. Southport Waterloo's Chris Fallon quickly established a lead and seemed to cruise effortlessly around Merchant Taylor's Playing Fields. He went on to win in 11:16. In fact, the first six runners were all Southport Waterloo! Second home was last year's runner-up Jack Lenehan, St Mary's Prep and Southport Waterloo, 11:28, with Harry Peacock who did so well at Blackpool on Saturday coming home 3rd in 12:00. Last year's first girl home, Lauren Deane, Southport Waterloo, was first girl again this year, her time of 12:04 over 40 secs faster than in 2010. Georgina Hannaway from Sacred Heart High School was 2nd girl in 13:01 and 11-year old Emma Alderson from Southport Waterloo was 3rd in 13:34. There were good numbers of club juniors running in the fun run. Other finishers were Andy Fallon, 12:19, Tom Shearer, 12:24, Tom Peacock, 13:02, Jimmy Alderson, 13:33, Ed Peacock, 13:49, Jack Shearer, 14:01, Lucy Hunter, 14:27, Jamie Tipping, 14:43, Sam Cain, 16:02, Charlie Warrington, 16:24 and Sarah Dryden, 17:30. Apologies to any I may have missed. Once the 15K runners had departed out towards the Altcar training camp it was time for the 5K runners to assemble for the start of their race, following the beginning of the 15K course and then sweeping back across pastureland before returning via Dibbs Lane. Last year's winner and course record holder James Tartt wasn't running but it was another Southport Waterloo runner who was first back into the Playing Fields. Richard Shearer won the race in 17:28 with Unattached runner Bryan Renton 2nd in 17:46 and Chris Dunn, Southport Waterloo, 3rd in 18:44. Other club finishers were Peter Roome, 4th overall in 18:50, Matt Goddard, 5th in 19:01, Carlos Irizar, 13th in 21:29, Under 17 Lauren Clarehugh, 22:42, running with dad Mark, 22:43, Clive James, 23:58, Chris Mossner, 25:10, Sandra Waters, 28:18, Elaine Sutton, 28:26, Sheila Marshall, 30:06, Karen Simpson, 33:21 and Ellie Wilson, 38:23. There were 134 finishers. The multi-terrain 15K race was won by Southport Waterloo's Ben Johnson in 53:13 with Bernie Murphy, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton 2nd in 53:22 and Alan Ashton, Liverpool Harriers, 3rd in 53:44. Alan was also 3rd last year. There were 430 finishers in the race this year, 36 from Southport Waterloo - a few more than last year - and of them 6 recorded sub-60 minute times; Ben Johnson, Gerry Lenehan, Amanda Crook, Adam Clansey, Steve Lewis and Rick Bowker. Such good finishing helped the club to take both the men's and the women's team trophies. In the men's race, Gerry Lenehan, was our 2nd counter, 7th overall and 3rd, M40 in 55:59. Adam Clansey is returning to some form and was 14th overall in 58:55, Steve Lewis, 17th in 59:23, and Rick Bowker, 21st in 59:42. Running just over 60 mins were Steve Wilkinson, 62:49, Matthew Nelson, 62:57, Andy Hudson, 64:07, and Ian Dodds, 64:34. The Women's race was won by Amanda Crook, Southport Waterloo, in a new course record time of 57:32, with Caroline Hemming from Spectrum Striders, 2nd in 65:35, and Southport Waterloo's Sue Cooper, 3rd overall and1st L55, in 66:05, 2 minutes inside her 2010 time. Tracey Peters was 4th in 66:14, and Vicky Harvey 10th in 73:04 to give the ladies the team award. Other club women finishers were Carole James, 75:19, Rachel Thomas 78:07, Christine Cutner, 26th female and taking the L55 prize, Sue Stewart, 81:04, Helen Rigg, 82:41, Liz Stanfield, 82:55, Jane Blacklin, 86:04, Rebecca Dennehy, 92:38, Sarah Reynolds, 94:08, and Gill Gillison, 94:28.. Other Southport Waterloo male finishers were Will Tansley, 65:11, Brian Davey, 65:14, Michael Cunningham, 66:03, Simon Tobin, 67:03, Paul Warrington, 67:23, Paul Ashby, 68:13, Carl Pedder, 68:20, Alan Gray, 74:49, John Vis, 82:29, Paul Newell, 83:27, David Marsh, 84:47, and Jon Singleton, 98:04. Jon has run in 23 15K races -more than any other club runner - and has a best time of 54:56 achieved in 1990. Nick Sinclair also ran but not sure where he finished. Events like this take a tremendous amount of organising and Mike Wilkinson, Race Director, has been working on this year's race and overcoming a number of hurdles for many months. The runners and spectators today will have enjoyed the fruits of his labour. Feedback after the race was entirely positive and immense thanks are due to Mike and his very large team of volunteers. Thanks too to all our sponsors, to the British Red Cross who provided first aid cover,to the Southport Air Training Corps who provided a team of volunteers and most especially to all those runners who supported the event.. 15K Race results | 5K Race results | 3K Fun Run results | updated Grand Prix Table | updated 15K club rankings
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We have had a run of very windy days for track & field competitions this year; and it was more of the same as several of our athletes traveled to Lancaster's Salt Ayre track for the 2nd Mid Lancs T&F fixture of the season. The wind again affected times but for those athletes less concerned about times and more focused on how to win races the conditions offered plenty of opportunity.
The ever popular Harrock Hill race series resumed again for the 10th year. 
There are no easy fixtures in the Young Athlete's League and, after taking only one match point from Round 1, we needed a good turnout and some good performances in Round 2 at Wavertree to get us away from the bottom of the league table. We were up against Wirral and Wigan and that would be tough with Wirral in particular a strong local contender for promotion. The final scores were Wirral 1st with 606 points, Southport Waterloo 2nd with 431 points and Wigan 3rd with 398 points. 
outstanding, particularly on the track where they took 1st and 2nd places in every event from 100m through to 1500m! With such talent it was not surprising that they also won both relays, Tom Lodge running the fastest (first) leg of the 4 x 400m relay in 59.0.
we struggle to field strong teams of 
The 23rd annual 1 Mile Races for school years 5 - 11 were held in Victoria Park in Southport on a blustery spring evening. Fortunately, It stayed dry and sunny but the wind made it difficult to make the most of this fast, flat circuit, even after the course was reversed to get the wind behind the runners on the central avenue.
Saturday's social bike ride was nearly cancelled due to the heavy rain prior to the start. However, twelve brave cyclists embraced the elements and congregated outside Dunes, where we debated whether or not to embark upon our mission. The general consensus was 'lets get this thing over with' and off we went into a strong headwind led by John Taylor and Gyl from Southport Cycling Club. We battled against wind along the coast, but on a positive those who were drenched upon arrival at Dunes soon dried off. The pleasantness of the occasion masked the harsh elements and we were soon cycling along the very pleasant Cheshire Lines heading towards Formby. We had an excellent meal at the Freshield Pub, where Steve McLean joined us post a successful Fairfield fell race in the Lakes. There was a small delay on the way back due to a missing bike lock key. After searching every pocket, Tracy decided to embark upon a lock picking mission. Unfortunately Tracy's efforts proved fruitless, as were a variety of attempts were made by Formby residents (and relatives) until a man with a van arrived with a large hacksaw and was able to release Tracy and Steve's trusty mounts. A relieved Steve led a merry, but now rather chilly band of cyclists back home through Freshfield Pinewoods and along the coast road. Within sight of Dunes one poor cyclist experienced a puncture, that even the Chairman could not inflate, it was decided that Clive would ride the stricken cycle and he limped back to Dunes. 
The Merseyside County Track & Field Championships were held again at the Wavertree Athletics Centre in Liverpool. These championships are poorly attended and, although I don't believe Merseyside is any worse than the other counties, the hope was that having photofinish / electronic timing in operation this year would make the event more popular. That didn't seem to work, as was evidenced not just by the few competitors but in the few track races that required heats. Incredibly, there were no entries for Under 13 Boys 100m, an event where we would hope to have run 2 or 3 heats.
The Young Athletes League kicked off on Sunday with the Southport Waterloo juniors traveling to Macclesfield for their Round 1 match. In some respects it was a repeat of last year's first fixture in Division 1, a home fixture for us against Liverpool, Pembroke & Sefton and Macclesfield Harriers. This year's fixture was at Macclesfield but with the same three clubs competing. The big difference was that we won last year and came third this year! The scores on Sunday (with last year's scores in brackets) were Macclesfield 600 ( 438), LPS 484.5 (539) and SWAC 417.5 (541). So I think the renaissance may still be some way off!
he ran against at Stretford last Tuesday in a BMC invitation race. Andrew ran 4:22.85 at Stretford which is a grade 1 standard but unfortunately 0.85 secs outside of the English Schools entry standard! Such fast times were out of the question in the windy conditions at Macclesfield but Andrew will have been pleased with a fastest last leg in the 4x400m of 57.8 secs.
It wasn't one of the team' best performances in the Northern Senior T&F League but with a number of key names missing from the team sheet the result was probably the best that could be achieved. Last year, the team, managed by Barbara May, won promotion from Division 3W back up to Division 2W so this was our first outing in the higher division since 2009. The higher level of competition showed - which of course is why we want to be there - but it left us wanting in several areas. Hopefully, some of those missing today will be available for the remainder of fixtures and we can get a better sense of our ability to stay up at this level.
Although the popular Waterloo 15K - in its 27th edition this year - is a generally flat and fast course, the strong easterly wind meant that times were down a little. Several club runners managed fast times but generally times were down about a minute on last year.
The first woman to cross the line was Southport Waterloo's Rachel Jacks, running her first Waterloo race and finishing in an excellent 22:04. 2nd was Rachel Shepherd, 22:29, and 3rd was an ex- Southport Waterloo sprinter, Kate McGing, 22:34. 
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