New record for Andrew

NEW NORTH WALES BEST IN PORTSMOUTH

Maldwyn's Andrew Davies joined a class field in the BUPA Great South 10-mile race in Portsmouth and finished an excellent 20th.

 His time of 50.17 was a new North Wales record, beating by 20 seconds the time set by Steven Henshaw (Deeside) in Ballycotton in 2005.

 In seventh place in Portsmouth was Liverpool's Johnny Mellor in a superb 47.35, and 27th, in 52.09, was former Bangor University student Fabian Downs (Chiltern).

Livett in Bristol CC

LIVETT IN MCCAIN CHALLENGE

Menai's Sarah Livett travelled to Bristol for the first race in this season's McCain's UK Cross Challenge and finished a highly creditable 12th in the junior ladies' race.

 Ffion Price (Brecon) was 9th and her twin sister Rhianwedd  16th.

 At the same meeting Swansea AAC achieved a superb "double", Dewi Griffiths winning the men's race and Caryl Jones the women's.

 Meanwhile Wrexham AAC member Gina Paletta (University of Portland) finished 13th in the West Coast Conference championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Nathan takes award

NATHAN IS TOP SPORTSMAN

A few days after returning from Italy where he represented Wales Nathan Jones has been named as Denbighshire's Sports Performer of the Year.

 He received the award at a ceremony in Llangollen's International Pavilion at an event revived by Denbighshire County Council. Though only 17, he took the senior award, with one of the others shortrlisted being Welsh international hurdler Chloe Jones (Sale), also from Rhyl.

 Appropriately, Nathan (Colwyn Bay) , a student at Rhyl College,was presented with the award by Derwena Watkin on behalf of sponsors Llandrillo College.

50k win for Williams

WILLIAMS IN SINGAPORE WIN


 Mark Williams, who usually chalks up a few wins when he returns to his native Vale of Clwyd, won the 50k race which formed part of the North Face 100k event in Singapore. He clocked 4-01.17, finishing about 25 minutes ahead of the second-place athlete.

 Mark, who was second in this year's Kuala Lumpur Marathon in 2-48.49, won the Push up the Pincan fell race in Clawddnewydd this summer and can often be seen training on the Clwydians when home.

Flintshire 10k

JONES CELEBRATES EARLY

TWO days before his 43rd birthday Lee Jones proved that age need not be a great barrier when he won the Flintshire 10k in Mold, in aid of Nightingale House Hospice.

 His Deeside clubmate David Lemon was second with Harvey Wharton (Cybi), a new name on the local scene, a further minute behind.

RESULTS

1 L Jones (Deeside, M40) 33.06
2 D Lemon (Deeside) 34.23
3 H Wharton (Cybi, M35) 34.29.
4 A Edwards (Deestriders) 35.25
5 M Green (NWRR, M35) 36.02
6 S Caldwell (Vale Royal) 36.44

U20
1 A Williams (Deeside) 37.25
2 M Blackwell (Deeside) 40.34
3 L Griffiths 43.34

M35
3 S Hayes (Deestriders) 36.54.

M40
2 C Yorke (NWRR) 36.52
3 G Roberts 37.28

M45
1 D Gilbert (UKnetrunner) 38.02)
2 S Hooson (Buckley) 38.24
3 M Williams (Deestriders) 41.10

M50
1 M Williams (Cybi) 40.17
 2 I Hughes 41.24
 3 M Stone 41.45

M55
1 B Freeman (N Vets) 40.11
2 C Price 44.08
3 W Leonard 45.12

M60
1 S O'Neill  42.09
2 G Armstrong 47.30
3 T Clixby (Village RR) 48.01

M65
 1 R Frost (Wrex) 48.32
 2 R Tulley 55.16
3 N Grundy 73.30

M70
1 J Thomas (Buckley) 51.56
2 P Jones (Prestatyn)52.48
3 G Carter 53.27

M75
1 R Harrison-Jones (Prestatyn) 48.37
2 E Naisby (Prestatyn) 60.20

LADIES
1 S Kearney (Wirral, L35) 37.39
2 L Grantham (Chester Tri, L35) 38.01
3 I Redfern (Colwyn Bay, L35) 39.27
 4 D Holl (L35) 41.45
 5 H McArthur (Colwyn Bay, L40) 42.08
 6 L Morley (Wrexham, L40) 42.43)

 U20
1 A Cheetham (Prestatyn) 50.29
2 H Daly 51.10

L40
 3 C Cook 44.35

L45
1 K Hatton (NWRR) 47.14
2 L Gittins (UKnetrunner) 50.13

L50
1 M Ludden (Buckley) 45.39
2 C Wright 51.31
3 H Massey 52.57

L55
1 J Green 50.45
2 J Dawe 54.09
3 A Gwynn (Birkenhead) 59.10

L60
1 M Delaney (Birkenhead) 62.04
2 P Linney 65.47

L65
1 C Birch (Abergele) 45.55
2 A Jones 56.58

L70
1 B Jones (Bro Dysynni) 53.34

L80
1 J Jolley 73.55

North Wales road awards

MOUNTFORD VOTED TOPS


David Mountford (Liverpool Harriers) has been voted as the Best Under-23 Road Runner in North Wales of the past year.

 In a ballot clubs throughout the region he beat Sarah Livett (Menai) and Nathan Jones (Colwyn Bay) to the title. David will receive the Sherion Shield and a £50 cheque from an anonymous donor.

 Meanwhile the P Brooks Shield, awarded for services to road running, will be shared between Wrexham AAC chairman David Alun Williams and sisters Anne Lewis and Sharon Owen (Eryri), after they tied in the ballot.

Ras 4 Llyn

SAMUEL COMPLETES WEEKEND DOUBLE

Less than 24 hours after his comfortable win in the cross-country in Bangor Rob Samuel chalked up another win in the new Ras 4 Llyn, a tough 30k which was used by many as a "warm-up" for the Snowdonia Marathon.

 In the early stages he and clubmate Matthew Roberts, who finished third on Saturday, were accompanied by Chris Evans (also Eryri), but he was eventually dropped.

 Samuel then took advantage of a "pit-stop" by Roberts near Betws Garmon to gain an advantage and go on to win by just 13 seconds.

RESULTS RAS 4 LLYN 2012
POSITION	TIME	NAME	TEAM	CAT.
1	1:48:36	SAMUEL, Rob	Eryri Harriers	Senior Male
2	1:48:49	ROBERTS, Math	Eryri Harriers	Senior Male
3	1:58:09	EVANS, Christopher	Eryri Harriers	Senior Male
4	1:59:09	FORD, John	NWRRC	Male Vet 40
5	2:00:53	KASHI, Daniel		Senior Male
6	2:06:48	ROWLEY, John	Unattached	Senior Male
7	2:08:08	WILLIAMS, Adrian	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 40
8	2:09:24	PARKINSON, John	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 40
9	2:09:57	JONES, Dylan Wynn	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 40
10	2:12:27	BEACHELL, Ben	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 40
11	2:12:40	THOMAS, Dyfed Whiteside	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 35
12	2:13:58	DAVIES, Mark	North Wales Road Running Club	Male Vet 35
13	2:14:13	EDGAR, Iwan	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 55
14	2:14:37	OWEN, Dewi		Senior Male
15	2:16:19	RIDGWAY, Sarah	Mercia	Female Vet 35
16	2:21:17	FOULKES, Llifon	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 35
17	2:21:27	LEWIS-JONES, Tammy	Eryri Harriers	Female Vet 40
18	2:21:42	ROBERTS, Nigel	North Wales Road Running Club	Senior Male
19	2:22:21	TYLER, Jonathan		Senior Male
20	2:22:47	DAVIES, Gwylym		Male Vet 35
21	2:25:15	CAREY, James		Senior Male
22	2:25:28	ROBERTS, Emlyn	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 45
23	2:25:41	CAIN, Patrick		Male Vet 50
24	2:28:16	ELLIS, Dave	Cybi	Senior Male
25	2:28:28	PAWLING, Ralph		Senior Male
26	2:28:31	JONES, Neal	Colwyn Bay AC	Senior Male
27	2:30:54	ROWLANDS, Dilwyn	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 40
28	2:32:11	WAGER, Ashley	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 50
29	2:35:34	JONES, Phil 'Tan'	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 60
30	2:36:14	ROBERTS, Harri	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 45
31	2:37:28	LLEWELLYN, Tracey		Female Vet 35
32	2:38:12	WITTENBERG, Ben	Southampton AC	Male Vet 35
33	2:39:15	JONES, Emrys Lewis	Cybi	Male Vet 50
34	2:40:43	BROMLEY, A T	Deeside	Senior Male
35	2:40:43	MORRIS, John Edward	Denbigh Harriers	Senior Male
36	2:44:14	TOMOS, Gwydion		Male Vet 35
37	2:44:14	ELIAS, Owain Arwel		Male Vet 35
38	2:52:52	ELLIS, Sian	Cybi	Senior Female
39	2:53:53	ROBERTS, Gwynfor		Male Vet 50
40	2:56:10	EVANS, Gwyn	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 50
41	2:57:10	EDWARDS, David	Abergele Harriers	Male Vet 55
42	2:57:52	MCDONNELL, Tina Louise	Eryri Harriers	Female Vet 40
43	3:13:16	KEMP, Ian		Male Vet 55
44	3:15:23	ROBERTS, Iorwerth	Eryri Harriers	Male Vet 65