It was a quiet week for Fylde runners although there were some very good events in the North West that did not attract club runners from this area, such as the Village Bakery Half marathon, a long-standing quality event in Wrexham, and, further afield, the Pocklington Lane 10-Mile in East Yorkshire.
Finlay McCalman ran the Great North West Half Marathon along Blackpool Promenade and he finished 361st in a time of 1:58:22 to place 17th M55. Bradley Flatt was 123rd in 1:37:07 to finish 114th male. Popular Wesham ex-member and ultra-distance ace Ugis Datavs was 16th in 1:22:26.
The Parbold Hill Race is an historic event with a long tradition and typically attracts Merseyside runners to the nearest hill for a harrier event. Wesham member Chris Banks ran this year, and he finished 19th in 50:30, a good result.
There were 32 Wesham members running a parkrun last Saturday morning at various locations. runners
In the Riverside parkrun in Chester-Le-Street Emma Brook ran 27:51 for a W40 age graded performance of 55.24% of the world best for her age. In the Tymon Park event in Greenhills in the west of Dublin Antoinette Holton ran the 9th fastest female time of the day in 27:27 for a W35 grade of 55.37%. The biggest turnout of Wesham members was at the Lytham Hall parkrun where 23 took part to celebrate Sue Rigby’s 200th parkrun. Carl Groome was the fastest finisher in 20:42 for the 6th quickest time of the day for an M55 graded 74.24%. Mark Belfield running with his son Archie clocked 21:23 for M40 64.77% and Nigel Shepherd 21:28 with M65 78.11%. Ian Nichols Hogg recorded 23:00 for 56.52%; Jonathan Lawson came in at 23:01 for an M55 67.34%; Steve Myerscough ran 24:01 for M50 61.42%; and Elliot Costello 24:25 with 53.11%. Vicky Gore was 6th fastest female in 25:03 for a W45 graded 65.34% with Steven Gore in 25:04 for M40 55.25%. Bev Wilding returned 25:49 for W60 76.24% with Stephen Twist running 26:09 for M55 59.78%; Ryan Azzopardi 26:51 with M40 52.39%; Alona Versinina ran 26:54 for W35 55.76%; Andy Moore on 28:34 and M60 57.12%; Pauline Eccleston returned with 30:52 for W50 56.43%; Liz Sharrocks came in with 31:15 for W60 63.89% with Clare Belfield running 31:50 for W40 48.69%. Michelle Pitt and Kerry Eccles were together with 37:57 for W40 41.15% and W60 51.87%, with Sue Rigby herself running 39:57 for W50 41.97% with Anne Berry also 39:57 and a W60 graded 49.27%. Tony Sharrocks clocked 40:22 for M60 40.09%; and Phil Leaver recovering well to walk 48:56 for M70 36.04%. In the neighbouring Blackpool parkrun in Stanley Park Chris Haines ran 22:21 for an M35 60.63% and Rob Wallace returned 25:49 for 50.10%. On Fleetwood Promenade Dave Young ran 34:09 for M75 56.47%, and on Morecambe Prom Steve Abbott recorded 18:41 for M45 77.07%. In Manchester’s Alexandra Park in Moss Side Martin Bates ran 23:40 for M65 72.18%, and in the Silloth Promenade parkrun in northwest Cumbria Mike Eyre was 8th fastest in 23:31 for an M60 age graded 68.82% and Helen Eyre ran 30:28 for W55 61.93%.