Wesham Road Runners

The main event in the athletics calendar on the Fylde last week was the second match in the Inter Club series, hosted by Lytham St Annes Road Runners from the beach huts on the seafront. Ex-Wesham member Rob Danson in his first season for new club Preston Harriers returned to winning ways with a time of 25:28 for the 5 miles to embark on his challenge to retain his 7-year crown and take them to the already-expected team win, while for the sky-blue team it was Adam Wilding leading the way to finish 5^th with 26:53. Tom Bamber followed in with 27:41 for 10^th place with Jamie Houghton 17^th in 28:39. David Taylor ran 28:50 for 20^th place with Dan Bolton 29^th in 29:24. Alek Walker came in 40^th with 30:25 and Steve Myerscough finished 47^th in 30:54 with Chris Haines right behind in 48^th for 30:57. Tom Crabtree finished 60^th in 31:36 with Will Parkinson 61^st in 31:40. Sue Coulthurst was the first Wesham finisher for the ladies coming in 15^th woman and 136^th overall in 35:35 for 3^rd female veteran. Carmel Sullivan was 22^nd and 6^th vet in 36:26 for 156^th overall with Natalie Mulrooney 29^th and 179^th for 37:47. Lisa Minns finished 47^th and 244^th in 41:34, with Bev Wilding 68^th and 281^st in 43:20. Helen Bailey clocked 43:41 for 72^nd (288^th); Kirsty Holland 43:46 for 73^rd (289^th); Olivia Cooper 82^nd with 44:52 (302^nd); Dawn Biggs 45:06 in 83^rd (305^th); and Lucy Smethurst 95^th in 47:40 (329^th). Three was the magic number for the Wesham teams this night, as in the Open category, Overall Veterans, Vet-50s and 60s and the Ladies Vets they finished 3^rd.  The Ladies overall team were 6^th against stiff competition. The Vets team was Bamber (2^nd); Walker (16^th); Myerscough (19^th); Dan Eyre (36^th and 78^th overall in 32:31); Carl Groome (47^th and 92^nd in 33:23); and Stuart Mulrooney (48^th and 94^th with 33:42). The vet-50 team were Myerscough 4^th; Groome 16^th; Jason Barlow 18^th (173^rd in 34:16); and Mick Edge 22^nd (126^th in 35:15. The Vet-60s were Edge 8^th; Nigel Shepherd 10^th (132^nd with 35:24); and Tony Leach 18^th (173^rd in 37:30).

Dan Bolton finished 4^th in the Tatton Park 10k on Sunday in 36:44, and in the Blacksticks Blue 10k a hilly loop from Inglewhite up and around Beacon Fell Tom Bamber finished in an excellent 3^rd place in 36:42 for 1^st M40. Chris Banks was 38^th in 43:10.

The Blackpool 10k took place on Sunday morning in very warm conditions and was enjoyed by Chris Haines who finished 18^th in 39:36 for 4^th M36 place. Lee Barlow came in 86^th with 46:10 for 11^th M46. Carmel Sullivan clocked 47:13 in 101^st place for 1^st W55 and 13^th woman. Mick Edge was 109^th in 47:41 coming in 7^th M61. Ian Garrod placed 110^th with his time of 47:47 for 8^th M56 and Rob Wallace was 114^th in 47:51. Mark Renshall was 130^th in 48:25, 16^th M46; Elliott Costello placed 136^th in 48:45; Finlay McCalman was 256^th in 53:11 (chip time 52:43) for  27^th M56; Ryan Azzopardi was 261^st 53:22 and Lisa Minns finished 274^th in 53:44 for 5^th W56 and 33^rd woman. Alan Hudson was given 6^th M66+ in 328^th place overall in 55:14 (chip time 54:43); James Danson was 370^th in 55:59; with Sharon Cooper 407^th and 68^th woman in 57:02 (chip time 56:42) and 11^th W46. Stephen and Kay Twist were dressed up as baseball shoes and were 414^th and 415^th in 57:10, Kay was 12^th W46. Gary Moore placed 598^th with 60:52; Andy Moore finished 623^rd in 61:37; and Sean Murray returned to action in 720^th place for 63:52. Michelle Pitt was 1329^th and 538^th woman in 1;22:31.

Andrew Wilkinson finished The Lap from Ambleside, a 47-mile ultra run on the trails in the hills around Windermere, coming in 913^th in 14:04:57.

John Naylor and former Wesham member Simon Eaton are running the Brathay 10 in 10 this week, running the 26.2 miles on a circuit of Windermere once a day for 10 days, culminating on the last day this Saturday in the actual Windermere Marathon itself. Full results will be available next week. John has completed 115 marathons between 2012 and 2019 a series of 7in7 and others up to 10in10 events, with 52 of these completed in under 4 hours. Simon has completed over 15 marathons and several ultras including the Lakeland 50 six times. He spends a lot of time in the Lake District and loves running the fells and trails.

There were 26 Wesham members running a 5km parkrun on Saturday morning at 9am.  Tracey Hulme was running the South Manchester event in Platt Fields where e she clocked 35:33 for a W60 age graded percentage of 54.57%. In Preston’s Avenham and Miller parks Nigel Shepherd ran a good 21:55 for an M65 graded 77.26% and Steve Myerscough returned 22:19 for M50 66.09%. At Wilson’s Fields in Hyndburn David Taylor had the second fastest time of the day with 19:00 for an age graded 70.26%. Ryan Azzopardi was in Runcorn for the Phoenix parkrun which he completed in 26:59 for M40 52.13% as a First Timer. The Wesham Tourists went to Halifax for the event in Shroggs Park on Lee Mount again as First Timers where Carl Groome ran the sixth fastest time of 21:02 for an M55 graded 73.06%. Vicky Gore ran a good 24:47 for W45 66.04% with Elliot Costello on 28:56 for an age grade of 44.82%. Andy Moore recorded 30:02 for M60 54.33% with Sue Rigby and Steven Gore running 37:31 for a W50 grade of 44.69% and an M40 36.92%. Tracy Clare returned 39:22 for 37.76% and Michelle Pitt ran 39:30 for a W40 39.54%. Mike and Helen Eyre were in North Wales in the castle gardens for the Penrhyn run where thy ran 26:15 and 31:31 for M60 61.65% and W55 59.86%. Back on home soil at the Lytham Hall parkrun Ian Nichols Hogg recorded 22:01 for an SM30 grade of 59.05%, with Finlay McCalman running 28:20 for M60 56.59% and Mary Lois Cortes ran 38:34 for W35 39.02%. up the road in Stanley Park in Blackpool Jamie Houghton ran the fastest time of 18:10 for 71.01%, and along Fleetwood Promenade George Kennedy clocked 23:36 for an M65 71.75%. On Morecambe Prom Dan Eyre had 19:36 for M45 72.87%, Stuart Mulrooney ran 20:14 for M40 67.96% and Bradley Flatt ran up 20:36 for SM30 62.78%. At the Clarence parkrun in Bury on his home patch Martin Bates ran 27:48 for M65 61.45%, and in Worden Park in Leyland there were two Wesham members with Tom Nicholson running 26:14 for 49.43% and Colin Gibson on 33:01 for an M65 graded 51.74%.