Steve Myerscough and Neil Tate in the Fishwick Five on Monday

The Fishwick 5-Mile was the latest in the Wesham Trail Championships on bank holiday Monday morning and David Taylor placed 5^th with a time of 31:16 on the undulating course in and out of the Ribble valley towards the Tickled Trout. Steven Gore was 9^th in 33:23 having got ahead of Steve Myerscough who came in 10^th with 24:23, 2^nd M40. Helen Lawrenson was in a close finish with Sarah Ridehalgh just losing 1^st place by 2 seconds clocking 36:08. Jason Blagden was 20^th in 37:05; Graham Brock 27^th in 43:27; Alan Taylor 28^th with 43:36; Paul Eccles 29^th in 43:39. Dave Young was 1^st M65 and 34^th in 46:42; Kerry Eccles 10^th woman and 2^nd W55 in 48:48; Debbie Myerscough 11^th and 2^nd W50 in 49:11. Paul Carter was 41^st in 50:58; Peter Cooke 43^rd in 51:14; Julie Rooney 44^th in 55:46.

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The leading group soon after the start of the Christleton 5k on Friday evening

Rob Danson ran the Christleton 5k one of the top races at the distance in the North West and he finished 3^rd with a time of 14:56, another sub-15 minute clocking. Anne Mayers-Smith was 73^rd woman and 12^th W35 in 23:32, 364^th overall. Molly Watson was 97^th and 408^th overall in 28:04 (chip time 27:40). Continue reading →

The big event last week was the second round of the Inter Club Grand Prix at Lytham from St Annes Promenade down to Fairhaven Lake and back, an accurate 5 miles, and it was a big event with over 400 runners, a new record. Wesham had a bumper 73 runners. Rob Danson was once again the winner, pulling away from the start with Preston’s Dave Rigby and new Wesham recruit Joe Monk so that the three made a clear lead group coming out on to the road up to the first mile mark. It was a tight run with Rob winning by 5 seconds in 25:23 and Joe dropping back over the second half retaining 3^rd place with 26:43. James Mulvany was powering behind and finished 8^th in 28:20 with David Taylor 11^th in 29:04. Continue reading →

Spring has finally arrived, and that can only mean one thing, London Marathon! All the hard work through those dark cold winter days paid dividends for so many. Wesham, once again had a fab turnout and a great weekend. I’m so glad that many of our members experienced it for the first time. Julie Rooney had the run of the day, smashing her PB, Stuart Topping was also rewarded with a PB. Elliot made the start line this year and can be proud of his achievements, the club was also represented by Nicola, Gemma, Pete Cruse and myself. The support team for the weekend included Kerry, The Dansons, Ryan, Mick & Carmel, Nicola’s husband Andrew, just to name a few, each and every one of them motivated Team Wesham on the course. They were amazing. The only disappointment was that Sally Deacon, who had tried so hard to be fit, was unable to shake off the injury she has been plagued with for over the last couple of years, and was not able to join us.

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Team picture at the Wigan Trail Race

The third round in Wesham’s new club trail championship took place within the Wigan Trail 10k on Sunday within the Amberswood park on a variety of paths and trails over two varying laps. There was a very strong turnout of 16 men and 13 women, lead by David Taylor who finished 5^th overall in 37:05. Paul Hetherington was 11^th in 39:13, 2^nd M40; Steve Myerscough 18^th in 40:27, 4^th M40; Nigel Shepherd 26^th in 42:02, 2^nd M55; Jason Blagden 33^rd in 42:54; Mark Renshall 34^th in 42:58; John Collier 35^th and 1^st M60 43:07. Tracey Hulme was 10^th woman and 2^nd W50 in 47:59; 76^th; Kath Hoyer 13^th and 1^st W55 in 49:09, 87^th; Sharon Cooper 18^th and 4^th W40 50:16, 103^rd; Kerry Eccles 24^th; 2^nd W55 in 51:39; 116^th; Vicky Gore 33^rd in 52:59; 129^th; Fran Hodskinson 37^th in 53:32; Diane Blagden 48^th and 4^th W50 54:49; Debbie Myerscough 52^nd; 5^th W50 in 56:17. Roger Leadbeater was 81^st in 48:41; Chris Moss 97^th with 50:06; Alan Taylor 105^th (50:28); Dave Young 132^nd (53:11; 2^nd M65); James Danson 152^nd (54:41); Dave Waywell 161^st and 1^st M70 in 55:25; Graham Brook 178^th (57:10); Peter Cooke 208^th (1:02:26); Clive Berry 210 (1:02:28). Pauline Eccleston finished 58^th woman (181^st) in 57:38; Maureen Danson 63^rd (188^th; 59:38); Jayne Hurst 79^th and Julie Rooney 80^th (1:03:12); and Caz Wadsworth 88^th (1:05:56). Continue reading →