Sunday 21 April 2013

London Marathon

VAUGHAN TAKES WELSH TITLE IN LONDON

Eryri's Alun Vaughan turned in a brilliant performance on his marathon debut to take the Welsh title in London.

 The 34-year-old ran a very consistent race to finish a brilliant seventh overall in the open competition in 2-24.10, and Wrexham's Emma Parry very nearly made it a double for North Wales.

 She recorded a massive pb of 2-53.19, finishing less than a minute behind Jessica Parry-Williams (Les Croupiers), who took the title. In third place was ultra specialist Emily Gelder (Dulwich) from Llandrindod.

 Vaughan and his Eryri clubmate Rob Samuel went through 10k together in 33.34 but by the halfway mark the former had pulled slightly ahead in 71.28. Samuel, who had been suffering from a bug in recent weeks, fell back in the closing stages to finish in 2-38.16.

 Samuel's physio Andy Walling (Menai), making his marathon debut having turned 40, came home in 2-47.01, just behind Martin Green (NWRR), who was one of many who set pbs.

 Among the other top performances by North Wales athletes were those of the amazingly consistent Wrexham marathon specialists Ian James and Cath Hewitt. James finished in 2-52.22 and Hewitt 3-25.54.

 North Wales times included the following:-
  Abergele: Carol Willgoose 3-48.52, David Edwards 4-15.25, Austin Bell 4-17.19, Alan Lucas 4-35.59.
  Colwyn Bay: Bethan Ward 5-36.03.
  Cybi: Sue Jones 4-18.59
  Deeside: Lee Perry 4-25.00
  Deestriders: David Jones 3-41.20
  Denbigh: Peter Agnew 3-25.18, Tracy Williams 3-51.07
  Eryri: Alun Vaughan 2-24.10, Rob Samuel 2-38.16, Arwel Lewis 3-03.24, Bryn Williams 3-05.52, Tim Watson 3-18.16, Rob Barber 3-37.17, David Kirkby 4-28.10, Richard Williams 4-37.00.
  Maldwyn: Richard Jones 2-56.34, Chris Copus 3-21.28, Haydn Jones 3-21.59, Janice Thomas 4-44.06.
  Meirionnydd: Tony Hodgson 3-26.06
 Menai: Andy Walling 2-47.01, Carwyn Evans 3-28.41, Csaba Kuzsmicki 3-48.49
 Mysteruns: Alan Taylor 3-46.07, Judith and Julie Meyrick-Yale 3-49.46, Jeremy Bright 3-59.09, Carole Roberts 4-12.53, Pam Grant 4-28.57.
 North Wales RR: Martin Green 2-46.58, Chris Yorke 2-59.41, Mark Davies 3-07.11, Andy Jones 3-14.39.
 Oswestry: Paul Jones 2-49.26, Ian Lowe 2-58.27, Claire Birch 3-48.03, William Morris 3-59.42, Emily Vaughan 4-42.05, Trevor Searle 4-58.44
  Prestatyn: Arwel Jones 3-26.12, Kate Brandrick 4-05.09, Sandy Roberts 4-08.05, Dawn Barraclough-Jones 4-47.34, Nia Llyr-Jones 4-56.37, Vinny Boyd 4-58.51, Lynda Rowlands 6-13.29
 Wrecsam Tri: Richard Hayes 3-24.03, Neill Hughes 3-54.34
  Wrexham: Ian James 2-52.22, Emma Parry 2-53.19,  John Prichard-Taylor 2-59.25, Cath Hewitt 3-25.54, Lisa Morley 3-34.53, Linda Hampton-Jones 3-46.45, Julie Harnden 3-51.21, Charles Ashley 4-34.39.

 NORTH WALES PLACINGS IN LONDON MINI-MARATHON (3 Miles):

Boys under 13: 31 Oliver Barbaresi 17.25
 Boys under 17: Iolo Hughes 14.51
 Girls under 15: 32 Cari Hughes 18.18, 69 Lily Davies 19.36
 

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