Sunday 9 February 2014

Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League

DEESIDE AND THE BAY TAKE TEAM TITLES

Deeside's senior men created a piece of history when they took the Division 1 title in the Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League for the first time, and they did it with a mixture of youth and experience.

  The same wide range of ages also served Colwyn Bay's women well as they won their section, while more history was created when Buckley won the male masters' trophy, their first team honour.

 Alison Lavender (Oswestry) regainj her individual title, while Bangor student James Wignall, a member of Sale AC, was the senior men's champion.

 The Bebbington Shield for Special Endeavour went to Deeside coach John Meldrum and League secretary David Alun Williams also received a special presentation from vice-chairman Bernie Jones in recognition of his continued long service and return to competition despite having suffered a stroke last summer.

 David was also presented with Welsh Athletics' Award of Honour for his outstanding long service to the sport.

 The end-of-season award winners were:-
 Ladies under 17: 1 Mollie Davies (Menai), 2 Abi Backshall (CB), 3 Bronwen Jenkinsonj (Eryri).
 Ladies under 20: 1 Becki Taylor (Bangor Uni), 2 Sarah Tatton (Tattenhall), 3 Abbie Cheetham (Prestatyn.
 Senior ladies: 1 Alison Lavender (Osw), 2 Debbie Williams (Menai), 3 Isabel Redfern (CB), 4 Andrea Rowlands (Eryri)5 Mollie Davies (Menai), 6 Becki Taylor (Bangor Uni).
 Teams. Division 1: Colwyn Bay 263, Eryri 302, Oswestry 405, Telford 413, Buckley 841, Denbigh 847. Division 2: Menai 419, Prestatyn 480, Tattenhall 576, Bangor Uni 584, Abergele 874, Bro Dysynni 931, Cybi 1,003, Wrecsam Tri 1,028, Shrewsbury 1,156, Deestriders 1,235, Vale Royal 1,269, NWRR 1,278.

 L35: 1 A Rowlands, 2 Megan Hughes (Eryri), 3 Anwen Brown (Denbigh).
 L40: 1 Redfern, 2 Lisa Morley (Wrex), 3 Dawn Urquhart (Buck).
 L45: 1 Wright, 2 Helen McArthur (CB), 3 Alison Tickner (Osw).
 L50: 1 Emma Collins (Den), 2 Yvonne Hill (Osw), 3 Ellie Salisbury (Eryri).
 L55: 1 Alison Whitelaw (Wrex), 2 Gabby Waring (Prest), 3 Ann Byrne (Shrews).
 L60: 1 Margaret Docking (Wrex), 2 Barbara Ward (Osw), 3 Yolande Marconi-Nolan (Bro Dys).
 L65: 1 Christine Birch (Abergele), 2 Maggie Oliver (Eryri).
Masters teams: Wrexham 115, Colwyn Bay 188, Oswestry 222, Prestatyn 307, Denbigh 369.

Men under 17: 1 Tristan Henry (Dee), 2 Ben Harrison (Prest).
Men under 20: 1 William Sheridan (Dee), 2 Joseph Hudak (Bangor Uni).
 Senior men: 1 James Wignall (Bangor Uni), 2 Lee Jones (Dee), 3 Daniel Kashi (Bangor Uni), 4 Sheridan, 5 Jez Brown (Buck), 6 David Alexander (West Chesh).
 Teams. Division 1: Deeside573, Shrewsbury 996, Telford  1,142, Eryri 1,436, Tattenhall 1,649, Oswestry 1,898,  Meirionnydd 2,282, Wrexham 2,971 . Division 2: Bangor University 748, Buckley 1,493, Colwyn Bay 1,800, Denbigh 2,130, Prestatyn 2,376, Wrecsam Tri 3,124, West Cheshire 3,172, Cybi 3,316, Abergele 3,330, Menai 3,477, Whitchurch 3,545, Deestriders 3,609, North Wales RR 3,668, Maldwyn 4,238, Bridgnorth 4,271, Aberystwyth 4,295, Vale Royal 4,382.

 M40: 1 Jones, 2 Brown, 3 Alexander.
 M45: 1 Gary Blackwell (Dee), 2 Ed Davies (Buck), 3 Andrew Clague (West Chesh).
 M50: 1 John Garmson (Tel), 2 Richard Jones (Shrews), 3 Mike Robbins (Wrex).
 M55: 1 Gordon Jones (Prest), 2 Graham Jones (Shrews), 3 Arwel Lewis (Eryri).
 M60: 1 Martin Cortvriend (Den), 2 Les Coathup (Buck), 3 John Hancock (Osw).
 M65: 1 Griff Owens (Prest), 2 John G Evans (Aberystwyth), 3 John Morris (Buck).
 M70: Don Williams (Eryri).
 M75: 1 David Hughes (Prest), 2 Peter Norman (Wrex).
 M80: Brian Forster (Wrex).
 Masters Teams: Buckley 168, Shrewsbury 249, Eryri 272, Telford 314, Prestatyn 425, Tattenhall 446, Colwyn Bay 481, Denbigh 527.

 Results of final race at Oswestry.

Senior men. 1 J Wignall (Bangor Uni) 35.29, 2 S Boyton (Dee) 36.12, 3 L Jones (Dee, M40) 36.32, 4 P Jones (Os, M40) 37.06, 5 W Sheridan (Dee, U20) 37.24, 6 C Rowlinson n(Bangor Uni) 37.33, 7 P Middleton (Shrews) 37.39, 8 D Alexander (West Chesh, M40) 37.41, 9 L Renton (Bangor Uni, U20) 37.47, 10 J Brown (Buck, M40) 37.58.
 Teams. Division 1: Deeside 78, Shrewsbury 158, Tattenhall 200, Telford 242, Oswestry 271, Eryri 301, Wrexham 690. Division 2: Bangor Uni 101, Buckley 254, Colwyn Bay 298, Denbigh 428, Prestatyn 452, Menai 535, Deestriders 546, Whitchurch 580, West Cheshire 6120, Cybi 614, Wrecsam Tri 646, Maldwyn 671, Abergele 694, Bridgnorth 721, Aberystwyth 731.

 M45: 1 G Blackwell (Dee) 39.33, 2 E Davies (Buck) 40.19, 3 N Thomas (Tel) 40.59. M50: 1 J Garmson (Tel) 40.18, 2 R Jones (Shrews) 41.50, 3 H Jones (Shrews) 44.29. M55: 1 G Jones (Prest) 41.52, 2 G Jones (Shrews) 42.06, 3 A Lewis (Eryri) 42.08. M60: 1 M Cortvriend (Den) 45.03, 2 L Coathup (Buck) 46.42, 3 G Nixon (Prest) 47.36. M65: 1 G Owens (Prest) 46.51, 2 J Morris (Buck) 51.52, 3 JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 53.19.
Teams: Buckley 34, Eryri 42, Oswestry 45, Shrewsbury 47, Telford 51, Deeside 52, Tattenhall 76, Colwyn Bay 79, Prestatyn 83, Denbigh 105, Deestriders 172.

M70: D Williams (Eryri) 27.46.
 M75: 1 D Hughes (Prest) 28.28, 2 R Harrison-Jones (Prest) 32.25, 3 P Norman (Wrex) 36.23.
M80: B Forster (Wrex) 38.49.

Men under 17: 1 H Arnull (Wrex) 20.25, 2 A Hughes (Wrex) 21.59.

Ladies: 1 G Outten (Garner) (CB, U20) 19.56, 2 A Lavender (Os) 20.37, 3 I Redfern (CB, L40) 22.30, 4 M Davies (Menai, U17) 22.33, 5 A Rowlands (Eryri, L35) 22.40, 6 B Taylor (Bangor Uni, U20) 22.51, 7 L Wright (Wrex, L45) 23.13, 8 S Mackness (Tel) 23.28, 9 L Morley (Wrex, L40) 23.48, 10 B Jenkinson (Eryri, U17) 24.05.
Teams. Division 1: Colwyn Bay 35, Eryri 39, Wrexham 75, Oswestry 82, Telford 89, Buckley 126, Denbigh 139. Division 2: Prestatyn 78, Tattenhall 92, Menai 154, Bangor Uni 156, Shrewsbury 202, Bro Dysynni 212.

Masters. L35: 2 W Trimble (Eryri) 24.23, 3 N Cane (Prest) 25.57. L40: 3 D Urquhart (Buck) 26.17. L45: 2 H McArthur (CB) 25.12, 3 L Jones (Wrex) 25.48. L50: 1 E Collins (Den) 24.30, 2 A Jones (Prest) 26.47, 3 M Ludden (Buck) 26.54. L55: 1 G Waring (Prest) 28.05, 2 A Whitelaw (Wrex) 28.11, 3 M Baugh (Den) 32.58. L60 1 M Docking (Wrex) 28.32, 2 B Ward (Osw) 28.44, 3 Y Marconi-Nolan (Bro Dys) 37.53. L65: M Oliver (Eryri) 32.03.
Teams: Wrexham 15, Eryri 18, Colwyn Bay 22, Prestatyn 47, Oswestry 49, Buckley 59, Denbigh 62, Telford 67.

* Claire Martin (Telford), who gave the Oswestry race a miss, finished second in the Midland Women's League fixture in Cheltenham.

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