Sunday 12 October 2014

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.

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