Farndon 10k

CHALLINOR WINS REVIVED RACE

Deeside veteran Lee Jones, who is yet to appear in the cross-country League this season, finished second to his former clubmate Ricky Challinor in the Farndon 10, which was revived after a two-year break.

 Results: 1 R Challinor (Liv H) 32.42, 2 L Jones (Deeside, M45) 33.00, 3 A Hall (Vale Royal) 33.34, 4 J Mills (Cardiff) 35.18, 5 G Dodd (Whitchurch) 35.55, 6 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 36.28, 6 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 36.43. U25: 1 H Arnull (Wrex) 39.35, 2 B Smith 39.35, 3 J Matthey 64.17. M40: 3 D Haines (Vale R)  40.26. M45: 2 R Webster (Wallasey) 3 7.08, 3 T Wardle (South Chesh) 38.34. M50: 1 P Garrett (Wilmslow) 41.09, 2 G Weedall (Vale R) 41.51, 3 G Woolmington 42.19. M55: 1 J Foy (West Chesh) 40.37, 2 B Freeman (West Chesh) 41.21, 3 P Norris (Wilmslow) 42.26. M60: 1 G Hunt (Wrecsam Tri) 47.23,  2 P Chadwick 57.02, 3 D Edwards 57.37. M65: 1 M Charman (Spectrum) 44.20, 2 A Jones (South Moulton) 53.40, 3 M Purcell (Deeside Or) 54.48. M70: 1 I Prior 57.01, 2 P Crompton 58.36, 3 N Grundy (Birkenhead) 84.00.

 Ladies: 1 S Roberts (Pensby) 40.54, 2 G Ross (Tattenhall, L35) 41.04, 3 L Grantham (Chester Tri, L40) 41.44. SL: 2 K Evans 42.43, 3 L Leonard 43.55. L35: 2 E Kearney 44.56, 3 C Stamper-Clark 45.09. L40: 2 R Court 42.08, 3 D Holl 42.13. L45:  1 L Jones (Wrex) 47.49, 2 D Moreton (Vale R) 49.08, 3 S Guinam (Wrex)   49.11. L50: 1 D Rutherford (Pensby) 46.21, 2 D Macloskey 48.08, 3 M Brockway (Wirral) 49.39. L55: 1 C Nevin (Penny Lane) 52.15, 2 J Green 55.34. L60: 1 S Sheedy 60.10, 2 S Charman (Spectrum) 61.30, 3 A Gwynn (Birkenhead) 68.53. L65: 1 B Clemence (Razzers) 69.35, 2 S Prior 70.05.

Grand Prix Express NWCC League (2)

DEJA VU AT LLANDUDNO

It was a case of "as you were" in the second fixture of the Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League at St David's College, Llandudno, with the under-17 men's, senior men's and women's races all being  won by the same athletes as at Bangor two weeks earlier.

 In the senior races the  runners-up were also the same.

 In the team competition Bangor University, who were promoted at the end of last season, consolidated their position at the top of Division 1 while Eryri ladies extended their lead, once again turning out in large numbers.

 One notable feature was the small number of Telford athletes who have competed so far, with only two men and no women appearing at Llandudno. 

Results.
SENIOR MEN: 1 I Hughes (Menai, U20) 33.07, 2 M Roberts (Eryri) 33.56, 3 T Roberts (Meir) 34.02, 4 D Kashki (Bangor Uni) 34.37, 5 L Renton (Bangor Uni)  34.47, 6 J Hudak (Bangor Uni) 35.10, 7 P Blake (Osw) 35.13, 8 D Alexander (West Chesh, M45) 35.39, 9 W Sheridan (Dee) 36.16, 10 B Lightowler (Abergele) 36.30.
Team. Division 1: Bangor University 92, Deeside  187, Eryri 188, Oswestry 188, Shrewsbury 241, Tattenhall 392, Meirionnydd 559, Telford 858. Division 2: Buckley 337, Colwyn Bay 341, Whitchurch 418, Prestatyn 426, Denbigh 436, Abergele 517, Cybi 539, Deestriders 548, Wrecsam Tri 586, NWRR 626, Menai 646, Wrexham 734, West Cheshire 758, Aberysywyth 864, Bridgnorth 883.

Aggregate after 2 races. Division 1: Bangor Uni 152, Eryri 321, Shrewsbury 352, Deeside 486, Oswestry 488, Tattenhall 899, Meirionnydd 961, Telford 1,597. Division 2: Buckley 638, Colwyn Bay 668, Prestatyn 768, Denbigh 915, Cybi 1,022, Abergele 1,133, NWRR  1,133, Deestriders 1,267, Menai 1,274, Wrecsam Tri 1,305, Wrexham 1,585, West Cheshire 1,658, Aberystwyth 1,727, Bridgnorth 1,765. 

 MASTERS
M40: 1 M Green (NWRR) 36.51, 2 P Taylor (Tatt) 37.14, 3 T Tansley (Osw) 39.06. M45: 2 I Houston (Wrecsam Tri) 37 .09, 3 G Blackwell (Dee) 38.20. M50: 1 R Jones (Shrews) 37.43, 2 E Campbell (Buck) 37.51, 3 M Robbins (Wrex) 38.37. M55: 1 G Jones (Prest) 38.25, 2 G Jones (Shrews) 39.211, 3 SP Jones (Eryri) 39.54. M60: 1 P Savill (Shrews) 41.33, 2 S Roberts (Osw) 41.55, 3 G Nixon (Prest) 44.34. M65: 1 P Walker (Wrex) 47.11, 2 JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 47.43, 3 T Searle (Osw) 48.03.
Teams: Shrewsbury 35, Oswestry 46, Buckley 50, Colwyn Bay 77, Prestatyn 80, Tattenhall 80, Denbigh 84, Eryri 84, Deestriders 103, Whitchurch 112, Cybi 122, Deeside 141.
Aggregate: Shrewsbury 79, Buckley 89, Oswestry 94, Eryri 116, Colwyn Bay 138, Denbigh 162, Prestatyn 201, attenhall 222, Deestriders 264, Deeside 278, Cybi 311.

M70: 1 D Williams (Eryri) 24.39, 2 A Egan (Wrex)   25.45, 3 J Morris (Buck) 25.53. M75: 1 R Harrison-Jones (Prest) 27.17, 2 D Hughes (Prest) 27.32, 3 P Norman (Wrex) 31.29. M80: B Forster (Wrex) 34.41. Team: Wrexham 16.

Men under 17: 1 C Smith (Wrex) 16.43, 2 C Linton (Menai) 16.59, 3 M Pleavin (Wrex) 17.26. Team: Wrexham 9.

SENIOR LADIES. 1 A  Lavender (Osw) 17.05, 2 C Hughes (Menai, U17) 19.21, 3 E Crowe (Wrex, L40) 19.47, 4 A Rowlands (Eryri, L40) 19.59, 5 L Wright (Wrex, L45)  20.11, 6 S Caskey (Bangor Uni) 20.20, 7 C Jones (Osw, L35) 20.21, 8 B Taylor (Bangor Uni) 20.38, 9 B Jenkinson (Eryri, U17) 20.45, 10 J Jennions (Deestriders, L35) 20.48.

Teams. Division 1: Eryri 54, Oswestry 66, Wrexham 87, Colwyn Bay 117, Buckley 162, Menai 228, Telford 400. Division 2: Bangor University 50, Denbigh 54,  Tattenhall 88, Cybi 111, NWRR 112, Prestatyn 128, Wrecsam Tri 131, Whitchurch 139, Abergele 198, Deestriders 210, Deeside 211, West Cheshire 215, Bro Dysynni 225, Shrewsbury 227.

 Aggregate. Division 1: Eryri 99, Oswestry 127, Wrexham 188, Colwyn Bay 241, Buckley 330, Menai 409, Telford 568. Division 2: Denbigh 128, Bangor University 154, Wrecsam Tri 253, Whitchurch 258, Cybi 268, Prestatyn 284, NWRR 305, Tattenhall 388, Abergele 402, West Cheshire 427, Bro Dysynni 472, Shrewsbury 483, Deestriders 484, Deeside 511.

MASTERS L35: 3 M Hughes (Eryri) 21.48. L40: 3 S Ryder (Wrecsam Tri) 21.55. L45: 2 L Jones (Wrex) 22.23, 3 L Dudleston (Whit) 22.24. L 50: 1 E Collins (Denbigh) 21.24, 2 T Williams (Denbigh) 21.57, 3 B Tiedtke (Prest) 23.16. L55: 1 G Waring (Prest) 24.16, 2 A Whitelaw (Wrex) 25.38, 3 S Greaves (Osw) 26.06. L60: 1 M Docking (Wrex) 27.15, 2 S Richards (Shrews) 33.13. L65: 1 C Bir ch (Abergele) 24.28, 2 M Oliver (Eryri) 28.05, 3 M Griffiths (Bro Dys) 39.21. L70: 1 B Jones (Bro Dys) 30.20, 2 M Singleton (CB) 33.32.
Teams: Wrexham 15, Eryri 22, Denbigh 25, Oswestry 38, Buckley 79, Wrecsam Tri 82, Prestatyn 93, Colwyn Bay 107, NWRR 108, Abergele 139, Bro Dysynni 154, Shrewsbury 156.
Aggregate: Wrexham 39, Eryri 39, Oswestry 70, Denbigh 83, Buckley 150, Prestatyn 200, Colwyn Bay 211, Abergele 273, Bro Dysynni 320.

Bangor 10k

BENTLEY CRUISES TO WIN IN BANGOR RACING

Eryri's second-claimer Russell Bentley eased to a comfortable win in the Bangor 10k with clubmate Brendan Rothery second, but it was teenager Georgina Outten who produced the outstanding performance, finishing fourth overall in 36.20.

 Results  (chip times): 1 R Bentley (Eryri) 33.06, 2 B Rothery (Eryri, M35) 34.57, 3 G Roberts (Mossley Hill) 37.09, 4 G Outten (Birchfield, LU20) 36.20, 5 A Connell (Eryri) 37.09, 6 A Roberts 37.27. U25: 1 JE Morris (Denbigh) 37.34, 2 B Butler (Bangor Uni) 39.57, 3 G Hall (Bangor Uni) 40.08. M35: 2 G Roche 43.56, 3 S Madeley (44.25. M40: 1 R Pearce (Wallasey) 41.06, 2 J Price 42.14, 3 N Webb 42.21. M45: 1 P Targett 42.19, 2 A Roberts 42.35, 3 K Clark (Cybi) 43.09. M50: 1 J Pozzi (40.31, 2 G Hughes 41.26, 3 M Evans (Wrecsam Tri) 43.48.M55: 1 S Taylor m(Menai) 41.52, 2 I Edgar (Eryri) 42.12, 3 T Poole (Thornton Cleveleys) 45.23. M60: 1 G Shone (Abergele) 45.57, 2 T Everid 55.14, 3 W Owen 55.24.M65: 1 I Hayhoe (Village RR) 51.30, 2 R Harrison 59.23, 3 R Jardine (Eryri) 59.49. M70: I Roberts (Eryri) 62.24.

 Ladies: 1 G Outten (Birchfield, U25) 36.20, 2 J Brown (Mossley Hill) 41.39, 3 T Llewellyn (Cybi, L35) 42.42, 4 HJ Davies (Mossley Hill) 43.45, 5 S Beck (Prestatyn, L35) 44.33, 6  N Gaynor (L35) 45.03.  U25: 2 V Taylor 48.07, 3 K Morris (Bentham) 48.23. L40: 1 L Shepherd 47.28, 2 J Houghton (Mossley Hill) 47.39, 3 L Jones 47.02. L45: 1 E Jones 49.50, 2 T Spicer 50.53, 3 S Barbaresi 54.23. L50: 1 C Williams (Cani Cross) 50.56, 2 D Jones (Llanberis Tri) 53.09, 3 S Leatherbarrow 54.03. L55: S Richards (Mossley Hill) 53.18. L60: L Evans 54.44.

Ceiriog Canter

RECORDS SMASHED AT A CANTER

The men's and ladies' course records were broken at the Ceiriog Canter 6.2-mile fell-race which attracted a good entry as it was a counter in the Cotswold Outdoor North Wales series.

 Veteran Lloyd Taggart took four minutes off Jon Bowie's record, set in 2011, while Andrew Rowlands bettered her own 2011 time by over a minute. Rowlands had a superb run, finishing 10th overall.

 Results: 1 L Taggart (Manx, M40) 42.43, 2 P Jones (Mercia, M40) 43.50, 3 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 46.43, 4 K Steinegger (Ambleside)  47.01, 5 P Stradling (Vale Royal, U23) 47.15, 6 N Ashcroft (Ambleside, M40) 48.32. M50: 1 N Shepherd (Bowland) 50.01, 2 V Belshaw (Denbigh) 52.23, 3 J Randell (Meirionnydd) 52.39. M60: 1 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 57.16, 2 C Wilcox (Clwydian) 57.48, 3 A French (Wrexham) 58.23. M70: 1 P Roberts (Buckley) 59.53, 2 J Morris (Buckley) 67.05.
 Ladies: 1 A Rowlands (Eryri, L40) 51.26, 2 E Collins (Denbigh, L50) 58.53, 3 S Ryder (Wrecsam Tri, L40) 59.52, 4 V Whitehead (Denbigh, L40) 62.13, 5 J Robinson (Helsby, L40) 64.03, 6 R Arnols (Helsby, L50) 65.06.

Flintshire 10k

BATTLE OF THE VETS

In what turned out to be the battle of the vets North Wales Road Runners' Martin Green came out victorious in the Flintshire 10k at Mold.

 On a good roll at the moment he won by 28 second s from Darren Blazier with Simon Roberts another 22 seconds behind.

 Age and experience also told in the women's race, with Helen Davies (Wrecsam Tri) extending her sequence of excellent performances.

 Results: 1 m Green (NWRR, M40) 36.56, 2 D Blazier (Abergele, M40) 37.04, 3 S Roberts (Buckley, M40) 37.26, 4 C Griffiths (M35) 38.25, 5 R Jones (Wrex) 39.25, 6 T Spence (Wrex) 39.34. SM: 3 T Henry (Dee) 40.05. M45: 1 C Stephens 42.01, 2 G O'Connor (Helsby) 42.10, 3 D Hughes (Osw) 43.53. M50: 1 M Wynne 43.56, 2 D Watts 47.10, 3 W Birkbeck 47.14. M55: 1 A Lewis (Eryri) 42.29, 2 S Bellis (Buck) 44.05, 3 A Smith (Buck) 44.32. M60: 1 G Richards 49.19, 2 RP Owen 54.28, 3 R Sayers 57.08. M65: 1 S Hatfield (Prestatyn) 51.08, 2 R Mackey (Buck) 61.40, 3 R Jardine (Eryri) 61.55. M70: 1 M Parry 56.15, 2 J Etherington 60.49, 3 I Roberts (Eryri) 64.15. M75: R Harrison-Jones (Prest) 58.26.
 Ladies: 1 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 40.48, 2 D Holl (L40) 44.44, 3 S Ryder (L40)  45.56, 4 S Beck (Prestatyn, L35) 46.13, 5 H Evans (Buck, L35) 50.00, 6 J Lindley (Buck, L45) 50.02.                
 JL: A Mountford 57.37.
SL: L Phoenix (50.50. L35: 3 G Henstock 53.00. L40: 3 M Owens 53.08. L50: 1 J Moore 59.57, 2 L Williams 62.41. L55: 1 J Kember 56.37, 2 S Ridings (Buck) 59.26, 3 J Hughes 61.34. L65: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 50.25, 2 R Thoroughgood 66.37. L70: J Parry 66.13.

MEANWHILE....

While his mate Martin Green was winning in Mold NWRR's Chris Yorke also had a good run, finishing ninth overall and 2nd M45 in the Wirral half-marathon. His time was 79.05, slightly faster than he did in Cardiff last week.

 Among other North Wales results were: Russell Williams (Cybi) 91.54, Mark Dunn (Deestriders) 93.08, Jon Evans (NWRR) 1-40.00, Joe Ames (Wrecsam Tri) 1-40.01.

 In the Wirral 10k 86-year-old Eddie Naisby (Prestatyn) was second M75 in 62.11.

Manchester CC League

HULSON AGAIN IN SPARKLING FORM

After his superb run in the previous week's road relays in Birmingham Sale's Charlie Hulson was again in tremendous form at the Manchester Area Cross-Country League meeting in Woodbank Park, Stockport.

 He was first home in a field of over 400 and also helped Sale win the team  competition.

Ras 4 Llyn

SECOND WIN FOR WILLIAMS

A week after his victory in the Southport 10k new Eryri signing Ben Williams claimed his second win in the 30k Ras 4 Llyn (4 Lakes Race) in Snowdonia. He had to work hard for his success, however, after coming under challenge from Cybi veteran Harvey Wharton.

 Results: 1 B Williams (Eryri) 1-52.59, 2 H Wharton n(Cybi, M35) 1054.16, 3 M Green (NWRR, M 40) 2-01.18, 4 J McEachern (ua, M35) 2-08.17, 5 RO Cross (ua) 2-13.02, 6 A Chant (Eryri, M40) 2-14.01. M45: C Hoult (Parafit) 2-52.41. M 50: P Cain (ua) 2-25.07. M55: E Jones (Cybi) 2-29.02. M60: D Owen (Prestatyn) 2-52.13. Ladies: 1 M Grant (MBT) 2-42.32, 2 A Fletcher (Eryri) 2-53.21, 3 H Turner (Eryri) 2-55.00. L40: M Duggan (ua) 2-59.13. L60: V Edwards (ua) 2-59.12.

English Road Relays

BRONZE FOR OUTTEN AND HULSON

North Walians Georgina Outten and Charlie Hulson  both picked up bronze medals in the English Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham. 

 In the four-stage ladies' competition Outten took over on the second leg for Birchfield and was up against GB international Steph Twell, who took Aldershot into the lead. Outten held onto third place and the Birmingham squad finished in that position.

 In the men's six-stage event Charlie Hulson (ex-Deeside) was the star performer for his club Sale. On the fourth leg he took over in 11th place but moved through to fifth, his time of 17.27 being equal 10th fastest of the day. Sale came  home behind Aldershot and Highgate.

 Running the third stage for Liverpool Harriers, Ricky Challinor (e-Deeside) clocked 18.54 and his squad finished in 13th place.

 Eryri second-claimer Russell Bentley opened the race for Kent and finished 21st in 18.00.

Chester Half-Marathon

"MR CONSISTENCY" DOES IT AGAIN

Wrexham's Marathon Man Ian James proved as consistent as ever in the Chester half-marathon, winning the M50 class in 2-49.18.

 The first North Walian home, in 16th place overall, was his clubmate Daniel Weston, who clocked 2-41.07 .

 Among other North Wales results were: Abergele: Jodi Waters 2-59.33. Buckley: Gareth Houghton 3-23.00. Cybi: Chris Thomas 3-25.09. Deestriders: Neil Robinson 2-58.18, Jay Jennions 3-10.23. Prestat yn: George Nicholls 3-23.27, Gareth Bailey 3-33.49. Wrexham: Craig Prandle  3-15.33, Gwyn Roberts 3-16.25, Peter Hughes  3-27.22, David Ford 3-28.10.

 In the Metric Marathon over the same course Denbigh's John Edward Morris came second in 1-44.53. Other North Wales times were:- Deestriders: Vince Edwards  2-05.48. Denbigh: Rory Wilkinson 2-05.38. NWRR: Jon Evans  2-04.37, Kay Hatton 2-15.37 (3rd L50), Cheryl Frost 2-21.50. Wrexham: Richard Westwood 2-21.24.

GP Express NWXC League (1)

YOUNGSTERS STEP UP IN STYLE

Three youngsters who have moved up an age-group turned in superb displays in the opening fixture of the Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League at Bangor.

 A week after winning the U17s' race at Winsford Wrexham's Christian Smith showed the same style in beating Eryri's John Spill.

 In his first race with the seniors teenager Iolo Hughes (Menai) looked exactly what he is - a classy athlete of outstanding talent. The 17-year-old led throughout, claiming several quality "scalps" in a very impressive win.

 The reigning ladies' champion Alison Lavender (Oswestry) had an equally comfortable win in her bid to retain her title, but Iolo's sister Cari, who dominated the U15 class last year, did brilliantly to come second.

 Results. Senior men: 1 I Hughes (Menai, U20) 29.35, 2 M Roberts (Eryri) 30.10, 3 O Haswell (Bangor Uni)  30.45, 4 P Jones (Osw, M40) 30.47, 5 D Kashi (Bangor Uni)  30.52, 6 D Longley (Prestat yn) 31.12, 7 J Hudak (Bangor Uni) 31.42, 8 J Ford (NWRR, M45) 31.47, 9 L Renton (Bangor Uni) 32.08, 10 S Haggar (Bangor Uni, U 20) 32.14.               
 Division 1: Bangor University 60, Eryri 133, Shrewsbury 211, Deeside 299, Oswestry 300, Meirionnydd 401, Tattenhall 507, Telford 739. Division 2: Buckley 301, Colwyn Bay 327, Prestatyn 342, Denbigh 479, Cynbi 483, NWRR 507, Whitchurch 611, Abergele 616, Menai 628, Deestriders 719, Wrecsam Tri 719, Wrexham 851, Aberystwyth 863, Bro Dysynni 876, Bridgnorth 882.

 Masters: M40: 2 D Jones (Eryri) 33.07, 3 M Green (NWRR) 34.11. M45: 2 G Blackwell (Dee) 34.18, 3 S Ellis (Tatt) 35.07. M50: 1 R Jones (Shrews) 34.04, 2 E Campbell (Buck) 34.33, 3 S Toogood (Buck) 34.43. M55: 1 G Jones (Prestatyn) 34.50, 2 A Jones (Tel) 37.13, 3 A Lewis (Eryri) 37.27. M60: 1 P Savill (Shrews) 36.58, 2 L Coathup (Buck) 39.50, 3 G Nixon (Prest) 40.47. M65: 1 P Walker (Wrex) 42.25, 2 JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 42.37, 3 M Whiteside (Tatt) 42.56.
 Teams: Eryri 32, Buckley 39, Shrewsbury 44, Oswestry 48, North Wales RR  53, Colwyn Bay 61, Denbigh 78, Meirionnydd 101, Prestatyn 121, Abergele 123, Deeside 137, Tattenhall 142, Deestriders 161, Telford 184, Cybi 189.

   M70: 1 P Roberts (Buck) 22.55, 2 J Morris (Buck) 24.46, 3 D Williams (Eryri) 35.53, 4 A Egan (Wrex) 26.13. M75: R Harrison-Jones (Prest) 27.49, 2 D Hughes (Prest) 28.05, 3  P Norman (Wrex) 31.34. M80: R Billington (Wrex) 34.46.

 Men u nder 17: 1 C Smith (Wrex) 16.56, 2 J Spill (Eryri) 17.28, 3 C Linton (Menai) 17.51. Team: Wrexham 12.

Ladies: 1 A Lavender (Osw) 17.39, 2 C Hughes (Menai, U17) 17.39, 3 A Rowlands (Eryri, L40) 19.46, 4 M Davies (Menai, U17)  20.02, 5 L Wright (Wrex, L45) 20.22, 6 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 20.25,  7 I Bradley (Tel, U20) 20.34, 8 B Taylor ( Bangor Uni) 20.37, 9 C Jones (Os)  20.50, 10 B Jenkinson (Eryri, U17) 21.29.
 Teams. Division 1: Eryri 45, Oswestry 61, Wrexham 101, Colwyn Bay 124, Telford 168, Buckley 168, Menai 181. Division 2: Denbigh 70, Bangor University 104, Whitchurch 119, Wrecsam Tri 122, Prestatyn 156, Cybi 157, NWRR 193, Abergele  204, West Cheshire 212, Bro Dysynni 247, Shrewsbury 256, Meirionnydd  268, Deestriders 274.

Masters. L35: 1 L Emery-Jones (Eryri) 22.21, 2  M Hughes (Eryri) 22.27, 3 L Williams (Os) 22.36. L40: 2 L Morley (Wrex) 22.15, 3 S Ryder ( Wrecsam Tri) 22.25. L45: 3 J Hoad (Tel) 22.50. L50: 1 E Collins (Denbigh) 22.10, 2 A Williams (Eryri) 23.13, 3 Y Hill (Osw) 23.29. L55: 1 G Waring (Prest) 24.26, 2 A Whitelaw (Wrex) 25.42, 3 S Rogers (Prest) 26.44. L60: 1 S Richards (Shrews) 33.45, 2 R Morrell (Denbigh) 33.58. L65: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 25.06, 2 M Oliver (Er yri) 28.40, 3 H Dirksen (Buck)  30.26. L70: 1 B Jones (Bro Dys) 30.47, 2 M Singleton (CB) 34.13.
 Teams: Eryri 15, Wrexham 22,  Oswestry 48, Denbigh 55, Buckley 68, Colwyn Bay 101, Prestatyn 104, Abergele 131, Bro Dysynni 163.
 

Cardiff Half

ROBERTS AND CROWE SHINE IN CARDIFF

North Wales 5k and 10k champion Tomos Roberts (Meirionnydd) had another cracking run in the Cardiff half-marathon which attracted a quality field.

 He finished 37th overall in 72.11, having gone through 10k in a fast 34.01 and 10 miles in 56.03.

 Emma Crowe (Wrexham) was 19th lady overall and second L40 in 80.57 after quick times of 37.56 and 62.32 at 10k and 10 miles.

 Among other North Wales results were:- Bro Dysynni: Tom Jones 1-30.21, Gavin Griffiths 1-42.46, Rhian Jones n1-52.30. Cybi: Irfon Rowlands 1-21.43, Elen Jones 1-49.30. Eryri Harriers: Owen Roberts 1-21.41, Elwyn Lewis 11-38.00. Maldwyn: David Johnson 2-01.12, Reece Miller  2-09.31, Susan Carroll 2-09.04, Jan Shanahan 2-18.03. Meirionnydd: Keith Williams 1-48.40. North Wales RR: Chris Yorke 1-20.59. Prestatyn: Brenda Tiedtke 1-40.53.

A name from the past

REMEMBER HIM?

One name caught my eye while scanning the results of  the recent Sandstone Trail 17-miler and it will probably be familiar to other super-vets like myself.

 In 56th place in the event was a certain Gerry Helme, who, at the age of 57, clocked a highly creditable 2-30.04.

 The former St Helens and Sutton athlete was once a familiar on the North Wales  road-running scene, winning the Prestatyn half-marathon in the '80s.

 In 1983 he came second in the London Marathon in 2-10.12 behind fellow Englishman Mike Gratton and his pb for a half-marathon was 62.51.

Results Stateside

MOUNTFORD WINS N WALES  DUEL

Several young Welsh athletes have been showing good form for their colleges in the United States recently.

 Former Deeside AC member David Mountford (Oklahoma Uni) came up against his Liverpol Harrier clubmate Nathan Jones (McNeese) in the Chile Pepper Festival cross-country match in Fayetteville, Arizona. Mountford, the former North Wales 5-mile champion,  finished 26th overall in 24.49, with Jones 30 place behind in 25.19.      

 Meanwhile in the Louisville Classic Sarah Livett (Menai and Alabama Uni) was 48th in 17.54, but her recent good form led to her being featured as the University's Athlete of the Week.

 At the Paul Short Invitational Meeting in Bethlehem, Philadelphia, Sarah's fellow Welsh international Rhiannedd Price (Cardiff and Mississipi State) from Llandrindod finished 10th.

Forthcoming races

RACE CALENDAR

October

Sat 11th: Ceiriog Canter, Glyn Ceiriog
Sun 12th: Flintshire 10k, Mold
Sat 18th: Grand Prix Express NW XC League (2), Llandudno + Junior League
Sat 18th: Bangor 10k.
Sun 19th: Farndon 10k
        19th: British fell relays, East Cumbria
Sat 25th: Snowdonia Marathon

NOVEMBER

Sun, 2nd: Abergele 5 (inc NW Champs)
          2nd: Clwydian Hills race, Cilcain
Fri, 7th: Dash in the Dark, Llandegla
Sat, 8th: Betws y Coed Trail 10k
Sun, 9th: Borders League (1), West Cheshire
Sat, 22nd: Penmaenmawr fell-race
Sun, 23rd: Conwy Half-Marathon
Sat, 29th: GP Express NW XC League (+ Junior League), Wrexham

DECEMBER

Friday, 5th: Dash in the Dark, Llandegla.
Sun, 7th: Borders League (2), Tattenhall
        7th: Vale of Clwyd half-marathon, Llandyrnog.
Sun, 13th: Welsh inter-regional and Masters XC Champs, Builth.