Author: Barry

Parbold Hill Race

Post author By Barry
Post date February 13, 2017

St Helens Sutton A.C.’s leading men’s distance runner, Matt Crehan confirmed his recent good form at the weekend with a win over large field. Matt running in the 47th Parbold Hill Race, following in the footsteps of his father (Jim Crehan), mother (Susan Crehan) and Uncle (Neil Smart) all previous winners, lead from the gun to the finish, even with having to go back and find his running shoe that was sucked off in the muddy conditions. He won the testing 6.75 miles of what is described as “mixed terrain”. Matt’s time was 42 min.17 secs. with his nearest competitor in the 448 strong field 23secs. behind.

Picture shows Matt & Jim Crehan leading the fields in their Parbold Hill races.

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Southport Mad Dog 10k

Post author By Barry
Post date February 5, 2017

Three of the club’s senior ladies took part in the Southport Mad Dog 10km. race held on a circular flat course on the front at the seaside town. The open nature of the course and the current wind weather made the going more difficult than might be expected. First of the trio to finish the race, in a time of 52 min.26 secs. for the 642nd. place, was Laura Bunting (F45). Collette Flaherty (F35)’s time was 63 min.32 secs. for 1,626th. place and Jane Makin (F45) ran 77 min.09 secs. for 2,334th..If the ladies finishing positions seem high it should be borne in mind that there were over 2,500 finishers in the race.

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Merseyside Schools Cross Country

Post author By Barry
Post date February 5, 2017

Four of St Helens Sutton A.C.’s schoolboy members represented the town in the Merseyside Schools Cross-country Championships held on the parkland course of Birkenhead’s Arrowe Park. Michael Dobson continued his good form in taking third place in the Year 7 Under 13yrs. Boys group with a time for the 2.5km. course of 8 min.09 secs.. Jamie Ford. Charlie Roberts and Michael Brussels made up the town’s team in the Under 15yrs. Boys event over 4km.. Jamie finished a fine second place in 13 min.59 secs., Charlie was 13 th. in 15 min.36 secs. and Michael 23rd. in 16 min.51 secs.. The club’s congratulations to all four.

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L&D Cross Country Championships

Post author By Barry
Post date February 5, 2017

Some great performances at Sunday’s championship race from Matt who finished 4th, and Gemma who was the first female.

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Inter-Counties Selection

Post author By Barry
Post date February 1, 2017

Congratulations to Michael Brussels on making the Merseyside team for the Inter-Counties and to Charlie Roberts and Matt Crehan for making the county squads.

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Mick Maleedy

Post author By Barry
Post date January 28, 2017

Mick Maleedy, the last surviving member of the Sutton Harriers team which dominated cross country running after the Second World War, has died aged 88 . Mick was the West Lancs junior champion in 1948 and 1949 when he was drafted into the senior team for the 1949 Northern and National teams leading the team home for the gold medals on each occasion.

Mick came from a running family and in the early years of the twentieth century contests between Sacred Heart and Sutton were often billed as matches between the Maleedy and Morris families. These continued until the 1930s when Sacred Heart disbanded and Sutton became the town’s dominant running club.

Mick is survived by his son and daughter, six grandchildren and five great-children. The funeral took place at St Anne and Blessed Dominic Roman Catholic Church, Sutton, on Monday 30^th January.

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4 Villages, Helsby Half Marathon

Post author By Barry
Post date January 15, 2017

The club’s star road runner, Gemma Connolly, showed her quality by being the first lady finisher in the Four Villages half marathon run around the Frodsham area. Her time of 1 hr.19 min.18 secs. was good enough to make her the 23rd. finisher in the full field. Ian Pass (M45) was the club’s only finisher in the men’s section in 355th. place and a time of 1 hr.36 min.28 secs. Wind and rain combined with the hills to make this a tough test so the times recorded should show there’s more to come.

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Ribble Valley 10k

Post author By Barry
Post date January 2, 2017

St Helens Sutton A.C.’s captain, Matthew Crehan, was the club’s only competitor in the Ribble Valley 10km. race held on the undulating roads of the valley. Matt responded so well to the challenge that he recorded a personal best time for the distance of 32 min. 58 secs. and finished in 46th. place in a field of over 1000 starters.

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Round The Walls, Chester

Post author By Barry
Post date December 26, 2016

Three of the club’s veterans ran in the Essar Chester Round the Walls race on Boxing Day. This is now one of the oldest races in the country, the running of this race being a near-constant event in the city since its inception in 1972, Now in its 46th year, the approximately 6km route starts on the Roodee, then runs briefly along a quiet canal towpath before ascending steps to follow a clockwise section of the Roman and Medieval walls, passing under the Eastgate clock, before finishing back on the racecourse. First to finish for the club was John Appleton (M60) in 236 th. place in 33 min.23 secs., Laura Bunting (L45) ran 36 min.52 secs. finishing 315 th. and Pam Appleton(L65) completed the turnout in 393 rd. place with a time of 40 min.35 secs..

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Sale Indoor Meeting Record

Post author By Barry
Post date December 19, 2016

Darren Scott made an instant impact in his debut over the indoor 60m hurdles at Sport City, knocking over a second off Phil Robinson’s previous best recording 9.96 seconds.

Darren also competed in the 60m flat finishing third in 7.53 ahead of the much-fancied Declan Taylor from Blackpool and Harrow’s Andy Lewis.