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Welcome to the Lancashire Constabulary Athletics Section   Welcome! to the Lancon AC Website! This site is intended to be a reference point platform to all our main Athletics Section activities and races. We also have a Lancon AS Facebook Site where members can be more interactive and share their stories and pictures with other members. I have been Secretary of the Lancon Athletics Section for over 30 years and hope to continue promoting sport and fitness through running activities for members of Lancashire Constabulary staff, family members as well as retired members. Though the Section focuses mainly on 'running' we do also participate in 'Field Athletics' and 'Race Walking'.   For further information contact the Secretary:  Steve Broadbent Mobile: 07974 795466 Website address: www.policesport.co.uk Website last updated - 14 August 2024  Club Memberships Sports & Wellbeing Club The Lancon AC sits under the Constabulary Sports & Wellbeing Club and therefore you need to be a member of the Lancashire Constabulary Sports & Wellbeing Club first, to be a member of the Lancon AS.   A subscription needs to be paid monthly through police payroll or police pensions. It may also be paid annually in full if you are a retired 'police staff' member. The Sports and Wellbeing Club kindly provides funding support to all members to take part in competitions including the affiliation to England Athletics. To pay, email your request to: sports@lancashire.police.uk Annual Sports & Wellbeing Club Membership is £3 a month/£36 a year. Lancon AC All members of LCSWC can join Lancon AS free of charge as part of their main Sports Club membership. You may also be affiliated to Lancon AS with England Athletics. Either directly or through another running Club. Affiliation is not compulsory but it does offer you reduced price entry fees at races and allows you to compete under the Lancon AS name and wear a Club vest in open races. The cost is only circa £19 a year. If you are not affiliated you would either enter open races as 'unaffiliated' or "2nd Claim" if you are a member of another running Club. You would also be able to represent LanconAS in 'closed' Club races such as the NPCCL. Annual England Athletics Affiliation for 2024/2025 Season is £19. Contact Steve Broadbent for details. Club Hoodies We have now created an official Lancashire Constabulary AC Hoodie Training Top for purchase by our members. These cost £17.50 - we have all sizes in stock Club Vests We also have a small stock of Club Vests that are now free to any existing of new members who compete for the Section in Sectional approved events. Once stocks/sizes run out then these need to be ordered and purchased at a cost of around £20 a vest.   To order contact Steve Broadbent	Annual Athletics Club Fixtures The Club have currently around 24 Official Club Fixtures each year. In addition our members can represent the Club in a variety of other running events throughout the year as Lancon AC. Members can come forward to suggest other 'open' events to be considered for the Club calendar. Groups could travel together, take part and represent the Club individually or as a team. News Latest Our Official 2024/2025 Club Fixtures! Northern Police Cross Country League 2024/2025 Season For 2024/2025 we have twelve great fixtures including the Nationals. Venue details will be published here prior to each. Fixtures start at 1.30pm on a Wednesday unless otherwise stated. Fixture 1 – 25 September 2024 - North Yorkshire – Confirmed Fixture 2 – 9 October 2024 – Cheshire – Confirmed Fixture 3 – 30 October 2024 – Cumbria/Lancashire – TBC Fixture 4 – 13 November 2024 – GMP - Confirmed Fixture 5 – 27 November 2024 – South Yorkshire – Confirmed (North+Mids) Fixture 6 – 11 December 2024 – Derbyshire/Northern – TBC (Mids) Christmas Fixture 7 – 8 January 2025 – Staffordshire – Confirmed (Mids) Fixture 8 – 29 January 2025 – Humberside – Confirmed Fixture 9 – Fri 21 February 2025 – Merseyside Confirmed Fixture 10 – 5 March 2025 – North Wales – PSUK National – TBC Fixture 11 – 26 March 2025 – West Yorkshire - Confirmed Fixture 12 – 9 April 2025 – Lancashire - Confirmed Further details of each venue will be added here two weeks prior to each fixture. 2024/25 Season League Race Entry Point 12 Fixtures - £15 Single Fixture - £4 Please enter using our secure BookitZone System. Cost includes your booking fee. https://bookitzone.com/steve_broadbent/RgjFFX PSUK and Other Official Fixtures 2024 PSUK Cross Country - Derbyshire -6 March 2024 British Police Fell Race - North Yorkshire - 8 May 2024 PSUK Track and Field Athletics - 5 June 2024 Snowdonia 7 Team Fell Race - North Wales - 6 July 2024 PSUK 10 Mile Road Race - Gwent - 11 September 2024 PSUK 5k/10k Race Walk - Evesham - 18 September 2024 PSUK Marathon Loch Ness - Sunday 29 September 2024 PSUK Orienteering - Formby - Sunday 17 November 2024 Entry Points If you are interested in any of the PSUK or Other events contact Steve Broadbent regarding entry - Furher information can be found at www.policesport.uk Athletics Website Lancon AC Website Links These pages are currently being revised and will be updated shortly... Picture Gallery - Click Here 'Runner of the Year' - Click Here 'Lancashire Sports Personality of the Year' - Click Here	Lancon AC Training Sessions Traditionally, as the 'Club' is spread across Lancashire the Lancon AC members tend to train in their own time maybe in small, pre-arranged groups. However,we currently have a new group created at HQ. NEW!! The Plods Run Club Organised by Tess Wood - HQ Control Room Tess Wood is a qualified fitness trainer and is started a new Wednesday Afternoon/Evening run group from Police HQ. The Group is for all levels of runner. Complete beginner upwards! If you are interested please email Tess by internal email or Steve Broadbent steve@policesport.co.uk There is a WhatsApp Group that you can join to receive notifications and details of the weekly running sessions. PSUK Athletics Website The PSUK Athletics site featuring all the fixtures is on line. The site contains much of the information on this site but holds full details of forthcoming events and as well as results of past events also. Go to: www.policesport.uk North Wales Police Snowdonia 7 Mountain Race The Club have supported this great event for many years and is one of our annual fixtures. The 2024 event will take place on Saturday 6 July 2024 We hope to field a team of four runners in the 2024 event. Contact Steve Broadbent if you are interested in competing in a for person team.
Northern Police Cross Country League     2024/2025 Season!   All fixtures generally 1.30pm Start - Dates and venues now fixed  Venues to be confirmed - 12 League Fixtures including Nationals Planned fixtures detailed above. Minibus Transport will be arranged from HQ/Bamber Bridge for all away fixtures. There is a NPCCL website where you can find more information on the league and past results. www.npccl.co.uk   Link to NPCCL Website Team Lancon Runner - Mark Mulryan - Update: Many of our runners from other Divisions will remember Mark Mulryan. He is a stalwart member of the Lancashire Team and has attended many fixtures in previous years, including the PSUK Nationals. He works as a CDO at Lancaster. To cut a very, very long story short.......Sadly, Mully developed a knee injury and stopped running. However, he was recently admitted to Kendal Hospital for surgery to repair his knee so he could hopefully return to running. However....complications followed the surgery and sadly, his leg had to be amputated two weeks ago! I have spoken to Mark today and he has taken things well and is in fairly good spirits. His leg amputation surgery has thankfully gone well. He was discharged from Lancaster Hospital yesterday to return home to his family. His Sergeant at Lancaster, Dave Forshaw, has created a Justgiving fundraising page with a view to raising funds that will hopefully help Mully along the way in the coming months. Funds raised will support the inevitable additional costs that he will be faced with. Mully is very optimistic, and he tells me that one of his big goals is to run again for Team Lancon in the not too distant future! We all wish Mully the very best and a speedy return and really hope to see him on the cross-country course soon! If you would like to help him on his quest and contribute, the link is posted below. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Mully...	Northern Police Trail Race Series     2023 Season Another season is planned. All fixtures 1.30pm Start - Venues to be decided nearer the time. The trail events will be around 10K. They are intended as an informal afternoon event. Northern Police Cross Country League 2023/2024 Season Likewise, another fantastic season will start in October with 11 races planned at different venues across the North of England. These Trail or XC races are not elite by far and attract ALL standards of runner with no cut-off times. Some light refreshments after each race and a garthering with other Forces makes for a great day out! Please give these races your support as they provide some nice informal running throughot the year and form the nucleus of our AC activities. Further details on the www.npccl.co.uk site. PSUK 5k and 10k Race Walk Birmingham 1.00pm, Wednesday 27 September 2023     This is a great event taking place in Canon Hill Park near to the West Midlands Police Tally Ho Club. 10K for men and 5k for ladies. Race walking is easy and a great way to keep fit and suppliment your running. The Club usually send a team of men and ladies each year. To enter, contact Steve Broadbent direct.	Lancon AC on Facebook Our best platform for interacting with Club members is through our private Facebook Group Page. You can join and receive notifications about Club activities as well as through this Website Platform. The FB platform is ideal for sharing stories and pictures from your latest actvities. Click here to join the Group: Runner of the Year     This page is currently being updated. It contains details of our 'Club Runner of the Year' going back to 1994. Click Here Competition Orienteeing is technical but very rewarding and offers an excellent run with some cunning running! You don't need to be the fastest runner to do well at Orienteering. Police Sport UK Orienteering TBA The annual PSUK competition is now held within another open orienteering event in October/November. The event takes place in Formby November 2024. Contact Steve Broadbent if you are interested.
Lancon AC Entry and Payment Portal You may pay for certain race entry fees and affiliation fees as well as make purchases of Club vests directly through us. Club Vests - To order - £20.00 Club Hoodies - £17.50 2023/2024 Club Affiliation - £19 Northern Police XC League - £15 or £4 Payment details will be advised - By BACS or Bookitzone Club London Marathon Places Lancon AC are allocated one London Marathon place each year. This is offered to someone who has been rejected in the open ballot and has competed and supported the Club in the previous 12 months. The latest available LM place will be for the 2024 event. To qualify for the 2024 Club place runners will need to apply for the ballot that will be held in April 2023. If rejected then contact Steve Broadbent to be considered for the Club place. Duathlon and Triathlon Events The Club also participate in athe annual PSUK Triathlon and Duathlon events. Contact Jon Marshall at Lancaster for further information.	PSUK 10 Mile Road Race Gwent  Wednesday 11 September 2024   The next PSUK 10 Mile Road race takes place in Gwent in September 2024. The event will require a two night stay in Gwent. Contact Steve Broadbent direct if you are interested in competing.. British Police Fell Race  - Reeth, North Yorkshire Wednesday 8 May 2024 This is a 10 mile/2000ft ascent fell race taking place in the Arkengarthdale Valley, North Yorkshire. Entries being taken. Contact Steve Broadbent To view the 2023 results and race report visit the PSUK Athletics Site at:  www.policesport.uk	Police Sport UK Marathon Loch Ness Sunday 29 Septemebr 2024   This annual PSUK Championship takes place at a different venue each year.  The PSUK event is held within an established marathon race and 2024 is in Inverness. A separate prizegiving taked place for the police after the race. All standards of marathon runner may enter this event. Some funding toward travel and accommodation is also paid by the Club.   Details and Entry Form - Contact Steve Broadbent direct to enter   Police Sport UK Track & Field Wednesday 5 June 2024 Nuneaton The Club have supported this event in years gone by. It offers a whole range of track and field events taking place all day. The running events are: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5k, Hurdles and 3k Steeplechase. We can also enter a range of 'Athletics Field' events as well: Long, Triple and High jumps Shot, Discus, Hammer, Javlin, Pole Vault The date has now been announced. Contact Steve Broadbent if you are interested. We plan to travel down on the day.