
Lancaster and Morecambe Athletics Club ended 2023 with their annual Festive Fun Run last month.
The 4k event, on December 27, was a huge success, with over 200 people taking part.
LMAC’s Ben Brassington finished first with a time of 12 minutes and 59 seconds.
Here’s how the club’s runners got on:
Ben Brassington 12:59
Matthew Guilder 13:23
John Brassington 13:38
Thomas McGrattan 14:14
Chris O’Neil 15:16
Graham Dent 15:23
Rob Clayton 16:28
Joe Maguire 17:18
Jack Husband 17:52
Jack Parrington 18:35
Lee Parrington 18:36
Zach Thomas 18:39
Fay Thomas: 19:26
Erin Gillan: 20:12
Keith Postlethwaite: 20:15
Scarlet Gora: 20:23
Lauren Gora: 20:29
Holly Satterly: 21:14
David Wilkinson: 21:38
Carole Wilkinson: 21:42
Zoe Lock: 22:31
Christine Perry: 22:43
Peter Lloyd: 22:51
Ola Mustapha: 22:56
Charles Satterly: 23:07
Faith Firkins: 23:31
Nancy Charnley: 25:36
Dan Charnley: 25:37
Nicola Barnes: 27:59
Andy Firkins: 48:26
Catherine Douglas: 48:27
Gurb Dhillon: 48:28
Three of the club’s runners took part in the Myerscough 10 mile run on December 3.
John Brassington, Peter Heald and Gary Atkinson finished with times of 1:00:10, 1:06:57 and 1:07:17 respectively.
There was heavy LMAC representation in the Mid Lancs Cross Country event in Ryelands Park on December 9, where athletics clubs compete in different age categories:
Under 11 girls - 4th:
12th: Scarlet Gora
19th: Sienna Harriman
23rd: Lily Hutchinson
Under 11 boys - 6th:
19th: Joe Maguire
31st: Jack Parrington
33rd: William Gardner:
Under 13 girls - 8th:
35th: Mia Thistlethwaite
44th: Alice Briffett
45th: Olivia Hemingway
Under 13 boys - 5th:
21st: Elijah O’Neill
30th: Arthur Dickinson
31st: Harry MacLuskie
32nd: Lucas Hall
Under 15 girls - 6th:
18th: Eve Briffett
34th: Alice Lupton
36th: Tilly Douthwaite
Under 15 boys:
4th: Ben Brassington
Under 17 women - 2nd:
1st: Isabelle Murphy
16th: Annie Dickinson
19th: Erin Gillan
Under 17 men - 4th:
3rd: James Brassington
7th: Jack Eccles
26th: Ronan Maher
27th: Milo Renolds
Under 20 men:
4th: Tom Bowman
13th: Thomas McGrattan
Senior women - 12th, 3rd in V35, 7th in V45:
12th: Mary Heald
53rd: Christine McGuire
58th: Miriam Maher
59th: Che McGarvey-Gill
92nd: Emily Stapleton
Senior men - A team 3rd, B team 10th, 2nd in V40, 3rd in V50:
19th: Tom Bowman
23rd: David Brown
24th: Mark Holgate
38th: Lee Parrington
40th: Tom Nicholson
62nd: Thomas McGrattan
66th: Sean Bolland
74th: Matt Guilder
77th: John Brassington
86th: Peter Heald
98th: Adam Elkin
153rd: Paul Riches
157th: Andrew Cooley
159th: Graham Hodgson
161st: Paul Gillon
200th: Alan Wylie
On December 17, Steve Walsh ran the Aintree Half Marathon in 2:08:51.
On the same day, James and John Brassington ran Lancaster Race Series’ 10K Christmas Cracker in 36:29 (third place) and 37:06 respectively.
Nicola Barnes ran LRS’ Turkey Trot Half Marathon in 2:21:32.
In the Winter Tolkien Trail Race, organised by Pennine Trails, on December 30, Stephen Perry and Rob Clayton both finished with times of 1:28:13, while Nicola Barnes recorded a time of 1:30:55.
On the final day of 2023, four LMAC runners took part in the Ribble Valley 10k:
David Brown: 34:20
Beau Smith: 34:24
Mark Holgate: 36:53
Emily Stapleton: 54:23