Local Sport
2nd August 2018
Issue 1020
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Norman, 83, reaches Parkrun landmark NORMAN Cole, aged 83, of Penistone Footpath Runners celebrated his 250th Parkrun at Barnsley at the weekend.
Joined by his family and running friends, he was presented with a commemorative plaque by Steve Lavender, to mark the occasion. Norman, who was diagnosed with cancer late last year, completed the 250th run after a short break whilst receiving 18 weeks of treatment. Norman thanked all the Parkrunners for their support and the standing ovation he received running into the finish. It’s been a congested racing week for Penistone Footpath Runners with many runners taking part in races across Yorkshire. James Thompson broke his own senior make club record at the Doncaster 5k with an impressive 15-53. Gareth Cook also broke the old record recording a PB time of 16-07. 27 Penistone runners undertook the Hud-
dersfield 5km which formed part of the club’s championship competition. On the night two 5km club records were broken - the ladies senior record by Ashleigh Bowskill in 23-12 and the ladies V35 by Laura Gill in 20-33. The Penistone teams fared well with the ladies team (Laura Gill, Julia Cobham, Ashleigh Bowskill) picking up second place and the men’s team (Kieron Reed, Rob Lees, Martin Ball) placing third. The race also represented the Yorkshire veterans 5k championships and there were many Penistone runners in the medals. A few hardy runners from Penistone made the short trip over the Strines to run in the Bamford Carnival Fell Race. First male back for the club was Mark Riordan in 53rd place in a time of 38-10. First lady back for Penistone was Julie Darigala in 40-24. Julie was an impressive fourth lady back overall and second FV40.
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Boss admits Tigers loss is low point SHEFFIELD boss Simon Stead described Thursday’s 52-38 home loss to Lakeside as the most disappointing result of his managerial career. In a rare Owlerton defeat, the Tigers threw away a ten-point lead in what can only be described as a total collapse for the steel city side. Despite a heavy downpour just before start time, Sheffield looked in control with six races gone.
But the Hammers began to get the better of the hosts away from the tapes with gating imperative and the visitors registered eight heat advantages in the final nine races. “First and foremost all I can do right now is apologise to our fans who paid good money to come and watch us tonight,” Stead said.
“It wasn’t good enough and if I’m being honest I think they were more up for it than we were.
“We held a ten point lead at one point and still lost by 14 and that’s just an embarrassment.
“Yes track conditions weren’t ideal, but I’m not accepting that as an excuse for that kind of performance.
“That’s the most disappointing result of my managerial career so far and I hope the team go home and have a good, long, hard look at themselves because that makes tomorrow’s meeting even more important.”
“People will say the rain suited the away team more and it was a leveller but we should still be good enough on our home track to beat anybody here at Owlerton.
The Tigers travel to rivals Scunthorpe on Friday (July 27, 7.30) - a full meeting
preview will be issued on the morning of the fixture. SHEFFIELD 38: Kyle Howarth 10, Charles Wright 9, Lasse Bjerre 6+1, James Shanes 6+1, Todd Kurtz 3+1, Broc Nicol 3+1, Georgie Wood 1+1. LAKESIDE: 52: Adam Ellis 13+2, Richard Lawson 11, Nick Morris 8+3, Ben Morley 6, Kyle Newman 5, Zach Wajtknecht 5, Alfie Bowtell 4.
