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| A SMALL NOTE: READ HISTORY FROM THE BOTTOM UP. |
| Read below about the vital early months of Lytham St. Annes Road Runners Club which led to today's thriving club with around a hundred members. |
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| 1998 AUGUST - Membership 44. | ||||
| 1998 JULY - Saturday
10th, Conservative Club - First Awards Ceremony - First Club Champions
are Terry Hellings who receives the James Brearley Cup and Christine Toft
who receives the Booths Supermarket Cup. Age shields are donated by other
members and are won by Tim Gibson (SM), Michaela Dempsey (SW), Chris Toft
(V35), Terry Hellings (V), John Howarth (V45), Paul Walsh (V50), Doreen
Walsh (V50), Bill Lock (V55) and Bryan Grundy (V60) won the Age Group
Trophies. |
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| 1998 JUNE - Bryan Grundy produces the Newsletter. Bill & Dawn Lock start the "Half Marathon for Dummies" series on Sunday mornings. Membership reaches 29 | ||||
| 1998 MAY - Wednesday 20th . First application for affiliation to the Lancs AA is blocked by some other Fylde clubs. Membership peaks at 21. | ||||
1998 APRIL - The green, black and white strip was adopted and remains the same to this day. |
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1998 APRIL - Lytham St Annes Road Runners Club (LSARRC) was founded in April 1998 by Bryan Grundy (February 1935 - ) supported by his friend Rod Fisher (1926?). The inaugural meeting took place on 2nd. April. Bryan, an ex-county level runner, drew on his experience of membership of several running clubs including most notably his first in Darwen, to set up the Club with a view to regaining some of his former running ability. Early methods of attracting members were to approach anyone jogging around Lytham, Ansdell or St. Annes and hand out cards. The Club's first home was at the Conservative Club, Hastings Place, Lytham. Lacking such facilities such as changing rooms or showers, it nevertheless regularly attracted a group of a dozen or more runners who then ran four or five miles together before settling into the Conservative Club bar and the atmosphere was friendly, sociable and informal. Members recruited in the first months who remain active to today are Bryan himself (Chairman 1998 - 2004), Terry Hellings (Senior Coach), Joyce Grundy ( Treasurer 1998 - present), Derek Goodenough, Bill Lock (Secretary, Newsletter Editor & Race Director 1998 - 2004), Dawn Lock (Women's Captain 1998 - 2004), Ken Peters, Tim Gibson, (Club Champion 2001 - 2003), Paul Walsh (Chairman 2004 - present) and Doreen Walsh. Rt Hon Michael Jack MP agreed to be President in May and remains in this ceremonial role up to today. |
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SEE
ALSO: The First Six Months
+ + + The Club Develops + + +
History Today OR RETURN TO THE PARENT PAGE: History |
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The story of how Lytham St. Annes Road Runners Club came about.
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