| Mid Lancs XC at Rossall School, Fleetwood on Saturday 11th February 2017...details here! |
DIRECTIONS: Leave the M55 at Junction 3 and take the A585 to Fleetwood. Continue for nearly 10 miles and turn left onto the B5409 Rossall Lane. The main gate into Rossall School is opposite where Rossall Lane meets Broadway but don't use this entrance. Turn left and enter the School by the southern gate. Be careful turning as this is a busy road. Local runners will no doubt approach via the coastal road. Parking: Parking is straight ahead from the gate. Follow marshals' instructions. Registration: Registration at Mid Lancs HQ is in the sports pavilion. But go to the Preston HQ tent FIRST and please bring your number if you've run this season. If it's lost then don't produce a basic effort, please go to the Mid Lancs tent and get a decent copy. Food for Sale: The Rossall catering staff are putting on food for sale in the dinning hall. There will be tea and coffee, chips, hot dogs etc. Bring money to support their efforts. Toilets: Find six portable toilets behind the sports pavilion. Care of School Property: Please keep mud out of buildings, don't cut corners on courses which is unfair to others and can damage sports pitches and wash dirty running gear at home. Badges: Badges including year flashes for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 will be on sale at Registration at £2 each for those who have four attendances in those seasons. Compulsory Club Vests: All runners are expected to wear club vests. |
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Garstang 10k - Sunday 8th January 2017
An ideal morning for a run around the picturesque lanes of Bowgreave and Catterall to raise funds for Garstang Community Academy where the event is based. The race leaves the school heading down Garstang Road then turns left into Calder House Lane, another left down Dimples Lane and back onto Garstang Road. After going over the brow of the hill the runners had lots of support as they went past the school, this time continuing on towards Catterall following the circuit into Stubbins Lane. Just beyond the motorway bridge the runners turned into Smithy Lane; marshalling here was Steph Roe, one of the Harriers’ outstanding middle distance runners of a few years ago, helping out for her old Alma Mater. This is a good flat part of the course and a good steady pace can be maintained as the course turns towards Sandholme Mill. The undulations begin here and then at Ringing Hill another left into Ray Lane, up over the motorway, past the Kenlis Arms, up over the canal bridge and a respite before Brunna Hill on tired legs. About a quarter mile further is the turn for the finish up the hill into the school.
The first Club Road Championship race of 2017 saw fourteen Harriers taking part. They were led home by an in-form Rob Affleck who posted a good time for that course of 32.34, 15 seconds clear of the next runner. A fairly close run by two newish Harriers, Niall Higham (18th) in 38.02 followed by Oliver Heaton (23rd) in 38.22. The next pair having a close tussle were Dougie Potter (64th) in 41.09 with Andy Acklam (66th) in 41.26. Alan Appleby (134th) was next, chip timed at 45.14. Another pair followed; Vicki Sherrington (245th) was pleased with her time of 52.01 and Dorothy Parkes (248th) just missed catching her in the gallop to the finish in 52.11. Phil Lakeland (291st) running some of that Christmas spirit off posted 54.25 with another pair, Mel Howarth (312th) in 55.12 chased by Felicity Cross (316th) in 55.21. Olga Wiggins (382nd) had a good run in 59.51 followed by Nizam Ismail (398th) in 1.00.18 just missing that sub hour. He was followed by a gallant Kari Edwards (457th), finishing in 1.09.05. 480 runners finished the race.
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