Athletics: Pembroke star Rimmer steps up to top table.Byline: By JANE WOODHEAD LIVERPOOL Pembroke Sefton star Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer (born February 3 1986, Southport) is an English middle distance runner. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC but defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton who he still now races with. has ended his year on a high after being handed Lottery Funding support. The 20-year-old, who finished eighth in the European Championships 800m final in Gothenburg this August, is one of only five athletes across the country to be promoted to the World Class Podium class, which includes such household names as Jason Gardner and Paula Rad-cliffe. Rimmer is also one of 16 TLPS TLPS Transient Liquid Phase Sintering (adhesive) stars who have been selected for the North West Athletics Academies. The club has five 400m runners in the Academies, in Mark Grimshaw, Harry Doran, Jack McGinn, Wayne Ashall and Daniel Higham. The three athletes who have already collected national relay gold An earlier communications program that supported modem transmission and mainframe file transfer. Originally developed by Microcom, it was marketed by Relay Technology until the company was acquired in the late 1990s by NetManage. medals this season for the club, David Forrester (800m), Jake Helm (1500m) and Chris Hesketh (1500m) join them plus Andrew Bowen Andrew Bowen (Born March 31, 1972) is an American comic actor. Bowen is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv. at 3,000m. The throws group has produced Lauren Cummins (discus), Becky Keegan, Emma Carter and Luke Parker (all javelin) and Tony West who is named for both discus and hammer throws, alongside Mark Leicester (long jump) and Jacob Shaw (high jump). In the Mid-Lancashire Cross Country league at Burnley's Townley Park, Adam Goldfarb finished third in the under-13s, as did Andrew Bowen in the under-17s division. There were some impressive runs at the second Borders League event in Caernarvon at the weekend. Wirral men finished second behind club host Eryri Harriers but still retain the overall lead in division one. Meanwhile, Wirral Ladies have dropped to second in division one after finishing fourth team on the day. |
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