Sunday 6 October 2013

NWCC League (1)

CLASSY WINS FOR ROBERTS, HUGHES AND GARNER

The Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League got off to a cracking start on an unusually dry Treborth course at Bangor with the three main races all won  impressively though after very different competitions.

 In the under-17 men's event the reigning champion Iolo Hughes (Menai) took up where he left off last year, storming away to win by a huge margin.

 Fellow teenager Georgia Garner (Colwyn Bay) had to work harder for her victory, overtaking Telford veteran Claire Martin on the second lap.

 It was a complete different type of race for the senior men, with Eryri's Matthew Roberts and Bangor student James Wignall shoulder to shoulder for three-quarters of the race until the former managed to shake the newcomer off  in the closing stages.

Reults. Men: 1 M Roberts (Eryri) 31.37, 2 J Wignall (Bangor Uni) 31.41, 3 I Howarth (Shrews) 31.53, 4 J Evans (Eryri) 31.58, 5 P Jones (Osw, M40) 32.10, 6 C Rowlinson (Bangor Uni) 32.28, 7 L Jones (Deeside, M40) 32.40, 8 D Kashi (Bangor Uni) 32.51, 9 I Richards (Meir) 33.03, 10 W Dashper (Tel) 33.33.
 Teams. Division 1: Eryri 108, Deeside 128, Shrewsbury 243, Telford 258, Tattenhall 272, Meirionnydd 369, Oswestry 472, Wrexham 732. Division 2: Bangor University 169, Colwyn Bay 295, Buckley 343, Denbigh 370, Prestatyn 455, Cybi 493, Abergele 533, Menai 573, West Cheshire 610, Whitchurch 856, Wrecsam Tri 741, Bridgnorth 848, Aberystwyth 852, Clwydian 859, Deestriders 882.
M40: 3 A Walling (Menai) 33.46. M45: 1 A Clague (West Chesh) 36.07, 2 S Turk (Shrews) 36.10, 3 K Gilbert (Buck) 36.19. M50: 1 J Garmson (Tel) 35.24, 2 M Robbins (Wrex) 36.40, 3 E Roberts (Eryri) 38.10. M55: 1 G jones (Prest) 35.51, 2 G Jones (Shrews) 36.20, 3 A Lewis (Eryri) 36.35. M60: 1 N Owen (Prest) 39.09, 2 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 39.27, 3 L Coathup (Buck) 40.04. M65: 1 G Owens (Prest) 38.49, 2 J Evans (Aberystwyth) 43.42, 3 A Egan (Wrex) 46.36.
 Teams: Eryri 28, Buckley 36, Shrewsbury 54, Tattenhall 61, Prestatyn 68, Colwyn Bay 89, Telford 97, Denbigh 109, Cybi 117, Abergele 122, Wrexham 160, Whitchurch 195.

 M70: 1 E Davies (Eryri) 23.40, 2 D Williams (Eryri) 27.09, 3 J Thomas (Buck) 28.26, 4 MH Edwards (Wrex) 28.36, 5 R Walters (Bridg) 34.12. M75: D Hughes (Prest) 26.58. M80: B Forster (Wrex) 36.20.
 Men under 17: 1 I Hughes (Menai) 17.15, 2 T Henry (Dee) 19.47, 3 J Parry (CB) 20.43, 4 D Cunningham (CB) 23.05, 5 B Harrison (Prest) 23.21.

Ladies: 1 G Garner (CB, U20) 18.43, 2 C Martin (Telford, L35) 19.00, 3 D Williams (Menai) 19.43, 4 S Caskey (Bangor Uni) 19.53, 5 L Davis (Dee, U17) 20.11, 6 L Wright (Wrex, L45) 20.29, 7 M Davies (Menai, U17) 20.30, 8 A Rowlands (Eryri, L35) 20.54, 9 B Taylor (Bangor Uni) 20.56, 10 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 21.17.
 Teams. Division 1: Telford 40, Colwyn Bay 62, Eryri 63, Wrexham 85, Oswestry 119, Buckley 136, Denbigh 223. Division 2: Menai 71, Prestatyn 89, Bangor Uni 113, Abergele 136, Tattenhall 140, Wrecsam Tri 140, Deeside 205, Bro Dysynni 207, Meirionnydd 214, Cybi 226, Deestriders 255, Shrewsbury 256.

L35: 2 J Harnden (Wrex) 23.43. L40: 1 M Clarke (Tel) 21.31, 2 L Morley (Wrex) 22.25, 3 D Urquhart (Buck) 23.19. L45: 3 H McArthur (CB) 22.03. L50: 1 Y Hill (Osw) 23.41 , 2 E Salisbury (Eryri) 24.14, 3 J Penrhyn-Jones (Prest) 24.25. L55: 1 C Wilgoose (Abergele) 24.54, 2 A Whitelaw (Wrex) 25.07, 3 G Waring (Prest) 25.30. L60: 1 M Docking (Wrex) 26.53, 2 B Ward (Osw) 27.07, 3 Y Marconi-Nolan (Bro Dys) 33.25. L65: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 25.43, 2 M Oliver (Eryri) 28.40. L70: 1 B Jones (Bro Dys) 29.39, 2 M Singleton (CB) 35.52.

 Teams: Telford 13, Wrexham 22, Eryri 27, Buckley 50, Oswestry 56, Prestatyn 63, Abergele 84, Colwyn Bay 90, Denbigh 91, Tattenhall 113, Bro Dysynni 139.

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