Vale of Clwyd Half

HICKS TAKES FIRST VoC HALF TITLE.

Ideal weather conditions greeted the 60 runners who took to the start line for the first VOC Half and it was Birmingham University student Chris Hicks who led the field out of the village and onto the initial stages of the scenic, rural course.

 Meanwhile, Ruthin's Aime Hannant dominated the ladies' race, leading from the start. In pursuit of leader Hicks were Andy Bromley and Craig Davies who exchanged 2/3^rd place on numerous occasions. However he wasn't to be caught and ran strongly throughout to win by nearly 2 minutes in 1:19.59 with Andy Bromley 2^nd in 1:21.46 and Craig Davies close behind in 1:22.06. Aime Hannant won comfortably in 1:30.08, securing 7^th place overall in the process. Debbie Watson of Telford followed in second (1:35.24) and Nicola Jones grabbed 3^rd in 1:37.49.

Other prize winners were M40 – John Taylor (Wrexham AC), M50 – Keith Firkin (Marlborough), M60 – David Owen (Prestatyn), M70 – Geoff Mount (Denby Dale Travellers). F40 – Caroline Hall (Wirral), F50 – Jeni Richards (Abergele). 1^st local MALE – Chris Thomas, 1^st local FEMALE – Victoria Conry.

 

Special mention to Mark Kendrick who was out on the course for nearly 4 hours, walking in pain for the duration, in aid of a charity he has raised hundreds of pounds for. Very well done to you Mark.

 

POS	NAME	CLUB	CAT	TIME
1	CHRIS HICKS	BIRMINGHAM UNI	M	01:19.59
2	ANDY BROMLEY	DEESIDE	M	01:21.46
3	CRAIG DAVIES	DEESTRIDERS	M40	01:22.06
4	JOHN MORRIS	DENBIGH HARRIERS	M	01:22.41
5	JOHN TAYLOR	WREXHAM AC	M40	01:23.16
6	KELVIN DICKENSON	WIRRAL AC	M40	01:27.06
7	AIME HANNANT		F	01:30.08
8	KEITH FIRKIN	MARLBOROUGH RUNNERS	M50	01:30.58
9	IAN JELLEY	CHESTER TRI	M40	01:35.21
10	DEBBIE WATSON		F40	01:35.24
11	NICOLA JONES		F	01:37.49
12	MARTIN WOODWARD		M40	01:37.59
13	DAVE WHITLEY		M40	01:38.57
14	JENI RICHARDS	ABERGELE	F50	01:39:00
15	CAROLINE HALL	WIRRAL AC	F40	01:39.17
16	RACHEL JONES		F	01:39.49
17	JACKI JARVIS	OSWESTRY OLYMPIANS	F50	01:41.26
18	MARY DOWELL-JONES	COLWYN BAY AC	F40	01:43.29
19	STEVE WHITE		M	01:44.16
20	VICTORIA CONRY		F	01:45.09
21	GWYN ROBERTS		M	01:45.36
22	LAURA STEVENSON	DRAGONS RC, SALE	F	01:49.23
23	JOANNA BYERS		F	01:50.07
24	REBECCA FRY		F	01:50.26
25	NEIL BALLARD	OSWESTRY OLYMPIANS	M50	01:50.45
26	JAMES BARNES	UK NETRUNNER	M	01:51.54
27	OWAIN WILLIAMS	TATTENHALL RUNNERS	M40	01:53.45
28	DAVID OWEN	PRESTATYN	M60	01:56.59
29	SUE WYNNE		F	01:57.05
30	JOHN LANCASTER		M50	01:58.52
31	DAPHNE JONES		F50	01:58.59
32	ELOSIE ECCLES		F	02:00.38
33	IAN BLAKEBOROUGH	CHESHIRE HASH HOUSE HARRIERS	M50	02:02.07
34	DIANE MARKEY	ELLESMERE PORT RC	F40	02:03.32
35	JENNY COOPER	DENBIGH HARRIERS	F	02:04.50
36	HEATHER DAVIES		F	02:05.01
37	ISLWYN RICHARDS		M40	02:06.32
38	KAREN EVANS	DENBIGH HARRIERS	F40	02:06.43
39	SUSAN KAY		F50	02:07.13
40	TIMOTHY GORIN		M50	02:07.30
41	FRAN MILLS		F40	02:08.16
42	EMMA WILLIAMS		F40	02:08.17
43	JAN PHILLIPS		F	02:08.34
44	HELEN WHITEHEAD-HUGHES		F	02:08.44
45	KATHERINE MACORMACK		F	02:09.41
46	EMMA JONES		F40	02:09.49
47	CHRIS THOMAS		M50	02:09.52
48	GEOFF MOUNT		M70	02:13.53
49	DANIEL SMITH		M	02:19.20
50	SARAH KRIVOSIC		F40	02:20.55
51	PETER KRIVOSIC		M40	02:20.55
52	BETH WILLIAMS		F	02:22.29
53	TRACEY GRIFFITHS		F40	02:24.25
54	JACK GORIN		M	02:27.11
55	SARAH MCCOOLE		F	02:31.13
56	JULIE-ANN MCDONALD		F40	02:31.53
57	SUE LEVINSON	DENBY DALE TRAVELLERS	F50	02:38.09
58	DAVID MCNAMARA		M40	02:38.38
59	MARK KENDRICK		M	03:53.25