Author: Barry

A bunch of five athletes ran in Liverpool on a perfect day for running, if anything it got a little too warm running back toward Liverpool down the prom. Gemma Connolly (1st Senior Female, 1:21:23) managed to win the open race despite being a little disappointed with her time, putting it down to heavy training. Barry Graney (58th V45, 1:36:07) also ran much slower than he would have liked, for exactly the opposite reason. Peter Code (62nd V50, 1:47:55) was next home, followed by Collette Flaherty (77th V40, 1:58:47) finishing well under the two hour mark with Linda White (32nd V50, 2:01:47) completing the turn out.

Our twin town in Germany, the city of Stuttgart, would like to welcome St Helens runners to their 23rd festival of running, incorporating the Stuttgart 7KM and Half Marathon on the weekend 18/19th June.

You would need to find the cost of your flights and some food but the city of Stuttgart will meet accommodation and entry fees for up to 3 runners (see link below).  If you are interested in applying for a place, please email GemmaWebster@sthelens.gov.uk  by Monday 18^th April.

If there are more than 3 applications a draw will take place.

Stuttgart Run 2016

Ian Pass competed in this undulating and scenic half from the Menai suspension bridge to Beaumaris castle and back. On his return to racing after a couple of years out with injury, Ian was pleased to finish as 15th MV40 in 1:35:52.

Results

Yes I know, it’s been a while coming!

After 15 years of running the original club website the effort needed to do so has become more and more time consuming. The old package it was developed in became harder to keep running and website hosts who would host the old style site became increasingly harder to find.

So after a while of trying to develop this while keeping the old site upto date (which wasn’t possible) I decided to concentrate on moving over to the new site (you might have noticed the lack of news on the original site!)  I have been keeping this site up to date during the development so there shouldn’t be a gap between new and old and of course all that history is still there on the original site for you to search.

This new platform should be easier for others to share the task of updating stories, records etc… so if you’d like to see something on the site or volunteer to help please get in touch!  Please feel free to send in any news items or performances that we’ve missed.

There’s no excuse for not getting involved – we have arranged not one but two club championships to focus your choice of all the races available out there. The first of these is the St Helens 10k on March 6th – enter now!

More details St Helens Sutton AC Competitions

Several of the road races are also part of the Merseyside Grand Prix which also start with the above race.  As with our championship there’s no additional charge for the series, just enter the race as an individual, list your club name and you’ll be included.  Simple.

Merseyside Grand Prix

Saturday 27th February 2016 saw the English National Cross Country Championship held at Donnington Park. The conditions were ideal for cross country.

First off for the club was the junior women’s 6km race. Rachel McGoldrick finished in 66th place in 25:58.

Representing the under 13 boy’s in the 3km race; Michael Brussels ran superb to finish 216th in 15:08 and Charlie Roberts finished strong in 258th in 15:25. Both boys competed in their first National championships and gained experience from the race, well done!

Gemma Connolly ran in the senior women’s 8km championship, completing the race in 96th place in 35:21.

Steve Anders, Jake Healy, Andy O’Connor and Ian White all covered the distance of 12km in the senior men’s race. Steve finished in 680th place in 56.08 and Jake finished in 1294th place in 1:04:55 whilst Andy completed the race in 1330th in a time of 1:05:36 and Ian White finished in 1381st in 1:06:47.

Well done to those who travelled to represent the club in the National Championship. Hopefully all of the hard work from the cross country season will pay off in the track season this year!

Team manager- Helena.