Mad Jack 5

DENBIGH LADIES PICK UP AWARDS

Seven members of Denbigh Harriers took on the mud, water and other challenges of the Mad Jack's 5 in Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury, and came away with two awards.

 The race was won by Shrewsbury's Joe Brocklehurst, the 2012-13 North Wales Cross-Country League champion, while his clubmate Anna Bartlett took the ladies' title.

 Among the North Wales placings were: 6 Andrew Campbell (Wrecsam Tri, 2nd M35) 32.32, 60 David Baugh (Denbigh) 37.23, 77 Emma Collins (Denbigh, 4th lady and 1st 50) 38.33, 78 Lisa Morley (Wrexham, 5th lady and 2nd L40) 38.50, 86 Chris Baldwin (Denbigh) 39.39, 88 Tracey Williams (Denbigh, 1st L45) 40.14, 110 Steve Thomas-Spires (Wrex) 40.56, 159 Victoria Whitehead (Denbigh) 44.24, 191 Jon Whitehead (Denbigh) 46.39, 227 Anwen Brown n(Denbigh) 48.55, 238 Gill Csizmadia (Wrex) 49.50.

New York Marathon

PBs FORNORTH WALIANS

Two North Wales athletes set pbs in Sunday's New York City Marathon.

 Stefan Sayer (Menai) clocked 2-45.14 and Matthew Anwyl (Prestatyn, M40) finished in 2-54.43.

Clwydian Hills race

CLIFFE TAKES NORTH WALES SERIES

 Trismart's Jon Bowie won the Clwydian Hills race from Cilcain, but Eryri's Martin Cliffe, who finished third on the day, was the overall winner of the Cotswold Outdoor North Wales Series.

 There was a good turnout for the race, the last in the series, and after the previous day's horrendous weather conditions were good, with showers and sunny intervals.

 Results of Clwydian race: 1 J Bowie (Trismart) 74.20, 2 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 75.45, 3 M Cliffe (Eryri, M40) 76.02, 4 J Hunt (Dark Peak, M40) 79.30, 5 E Gamble (Cheshire HR, M40) 79.50, 6 S Edwards (Buckley, M40) 80.07. M50: 1 P Jeggo (Springfield) 80.33, 2 D Soles (Pennine) 85.10, 3 O Lancaster (Tattenhall) 85.19. M60: 1 A Duncan (Bowland) 91.38, 2 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 94.43, 3 J Morris (Buckley) 102.15. M70: 1 P Roberts (Buckley) 98.37, 2 P Norman (Wrex) 168.23.
 Ladies: 1 L Jeska (Aberysywyth) 85.53, 2 A Rowlands (Eryri) 87.45, 3 J Joy (Helsby) 89.52. L40: 1 J Moore (Eryri) 99.12, 2 J Robertson (Helsby) 107.25, 3 K Lightfoot (Tatt) 111.12. L50: 1 J Edwards (Meir) 105.48, 2 D Rutherford (Pensby) 108.28, 3 K Stott (Tatt) 111.26. L60: 1 A-M Jones (Altrincham) 92.35, 2 M Oliver (Eryri) 123.40.

 Series winners:- Men, overall: Cliffe. U23: H Davies (Mercia). U40: 1 K Steinegger (Ambleside), 2 A Broughton (Helsby). M40: 1 Cliffe, 2 Brown, 3 Hunt. M50: 1 Jeggo, 2 Lancaster, 3 G Davies (Mercia). M60: 1 Cortvriend, 2 Duncan, 3 Morris.
 Ladies, overall: Jeska.  U40: 1 Jeska, 2 Joy, 3 L Barker (Aberystwyth). L40: 1 M Price (Mercia), 2 Moore. L50: 1 Edwards, 2 E Salisbury (Eryri). L60: Oliver.

Abergele 5

JUNIORS GRAB THE GLORY

Two of the region's outstanding young athletes shared the glory in the Abergele 5, both turning in impressive performances.

 Menai teenager Iolo Hughes, led from the start and although the experienced Brendan Rothery felt he would close the gap on reaching the tough hill on the return Hughes maintained his lead to win by nine seconds.

 Georgia Garner (Colwyn Bay) was equally dominant, finishing almost a minute clear of clubmate Isabel Redfern and setting a new junior and senior championship record in the process.

 Results: 1 I Hughes (Menai, U17) 26.51, 2 B Rothery (Eryri, M35) 27.08 (new champ best) 3 J Evans (Eryri) 27.29, 4 L Jones (Deeside, M40) 27.35, 5 DW Jones (Eryri, M40) 28.46, 6 S Roberts (Buckley, M40) 28.58. U20: A Lanz (Meirionnydd) 29.38. M35: 2 S Hayes (Deestriders) 29.40, 3 J Salt (Abergele) 33.14. M45: 1 C Yorke (NWRR) 29.36, 2 G Blackwell (Dee) 30.19, 3 D Gilbert (Buckley) 30.44. M50: 1 P Jones (ua) 32.18, 2 R Lee (Abergele) 32.26, 3 K Challinor (Dee) 34.38. M55: 1 A Lewis (Eryri) 31.29, 2 C Edgington (Meir) 32.38, 3 K Slattery (NWRR) 33.38. M60: 1 N Owen (Prestatyn) 33.00. M65: JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 36.35. M70: E Davies (Eryri) 36.17 (new champ best). M75: D Hughes (Prestatyn) 43.03 (new champ best). Team: Eryri.
 Ladies. 1 G Garner (CB, U20) 29.44 (new champ best), 2 I Redfern (CB, L40) 30.42, 3 L Wright (Wrex, L45)31.52, 4 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 32.44, 5 R Chatwin (Buxton, L40) 33.06, 6 J Henderson (ua, L35) 33.51.  U17: P Rubin (ua) 48.09. U20: Garner. L35: 2 S Beck (Prestatyn) 37.39, 3 A Mills-Morgan (ua) 45.27. L40: 23L Morley (Wrex) 34.07. L45: 3 H McArthur (Colwyn Bay) 34.33. L50: 1 J Penrhyn-Jones (Prestatyn) 37.45, 2 K Hatton (NWRR) 39.40, 3 L Cunnah-Watson (ua) 45.34. L55: 1 G Waring (Prestatyn) 39.54, 2 J Green (ua) 43.30, 3 V Edwards (Menai) 45.53. L60: C Baker (ua) 45.59. L65: C Birch (Abergele) 37.29. L80: S Symonds (Bro Dysynni) 76.26. Team: Colwyn Bay.

North Wales championships. U20: 1 Hughes, 2 Lanz, 3 J Griffith (CB) 29.43. U23: J Morris (Denbigh) 29.53. SM: 1 Hughes, 2 Rothery, 3 J Evans. M35: 1 Rothery, 2 Hayes, 3 Salt. M40: 1 L Jones, 2 DW Jones, 3 Roberts. M45: 1 Yorke, 2 Blackwell, 3 Gilbert. M50: 1 Lee, 2 Challinor, 3 K Higgins (NWRR) 36.30. M55: 1 Lewis, 2 Edgington, 3 Slattery. M60: 1 Owen, 2 DA Jones (Denbigh) 38.00, 3 B Neale (Denbigh) 38.47. M65: 1 M Williams (Eryri) 43.37, 2 I Roberts (Eryri) 45.16, 3 R Jardine (Eryri) 46.31. M70: 1 Davies, 2 J Thomas (Buckley) 42.46, 3 MH Edwards (Wrex) 45.58. M75: 1 Hughes, 2 R Birch (Denbigh) 46.10.
 U20: 1 Garner, 2 A Bagnall (Prestatyn) 38.16, 3 A Cheetham (Prestatyn) 41.45. SL 1 Garner, 2 Redfern, 3 Wright. L35: 1 Beck. L40: 1 Redfern, 2 Morley, 3 D Urquhart (Buckley) 36.24. L45: 1 Wright, 2 Davies, 3 McArthur. L50: 1 Penrhyn-Jones, 2 Hatton. L55: 1 Waring, 2 Edwards. L65: Birch. L80: Symonds.

Paletta warms up

PALETTA A NARROW LOSER

Wrexham athlete Gina Paletta, who missed the Pre-Nationals two weeks ago due to illness, finished 3rd in the West Coast Conference Championships hosted by Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

 The Portland student was just two seconds behind the second finisher and five behind the winner. The Portland team will be racing again in the regional championships in Sacramento in two weeks' time.

 The North Wales contingent in the States continues to grow, with Eryri's GB mountain-runner Nathan Jones having gained a scholarship to study at Oklahoma City, the same university as David Mountford (Liverpool Harriers and Deeside)

 Also in the States are Sarah Livett (Menai) and Abi Oliver (Deeside).

Welsh Masters teams

STRONG NW PRESENCE IN WELSH SQUADS

Nathan Aspinall (Aldershot, Farnham and District), who hails from Rhyl, has been called up for his Welsh debut in the British and Irish Masters' Cross-Country International in Cardiff on November 16.

 Aspinall, who was a member of Prestatyn RC as a youngster, won the M40 class in last week's Snowdonia Marathon.

 The full squads are:- Women. L35: M Watson (TROTS), J Donnelly (Trentham), J Salter (Les Cr), C Beatty (Les Cr). Res - K Morgan (Aberdare), R Matthews (Cardiff). L40: J Horler (Chepstow), S Haikala (Brecon), C Phillips (Port Talbot), N Gething (Parc Bryn Bach). Res - J Ticker (Les Cr). L45: L Summers (Pontypwl), S Roberts (TROTS), L O'Duffy (Les Cr), A Thomas (TROTS). Res - D Reed (Gorseinon), S Davies (Croft Ambrey), C White (Bro Ingli). L50: E Collins (Denbigh), C Wheeler (Overton), M Bowen Rees (TROTS), L Copp (Neath). Res - L EWynon (TROTS). L55: D Kenwright (Sarn Helen), A Whitelaw (Wrexham), F Davies (Pontypridd), G Waring (Prestatyn). Res - J Blethyn (Penarth), A Rowell (TROTS), C Dallimore (Les Cr). L60: M Monk (Pard Bryn Bach), A James (Les Cr), M Docking (Wrexham), E Turner (Les Cr). L65: C Birch (Abergele), S Adkins (Caerleon), M Oliver (Eryri), B Jones (Bro Dysynni). Res - C Farrington (Rhaeadr), P Gallagher (Westbury).

 Men. M35: N Lane (Cardiff), J Thhie (Cardiff), A Hunt (Cardiff), S Rees (Neath), S Smith (Swansea), R Sage (Les Cr). Res - I Richards (Meirionnydd), D Johnston (Neath), N Dukes (Les Cr). M40: H Evans (Les Cr), P Halford (Werrington), J Baker (Les Cr), R Gardiner (Aberdare), N Aspinall (Aldershot), E Kirk (Swansea). Res - P Cook (Les Cr), A Walling (Menai). M45: A Davies (Brecon), P Griffiths (Neath), D Rowlands (Wrex), L Aherne (Parc Bryn Bach), M Pfeiffer (Brecon), S Thomas (Aberdare). Res - S Simms (Fairwater), P Talbot (Neath). M50:  P Coles (Pontypridd), R Sheen (Les Cr), I Lloyd (Swansea), R Bullen (Les Cr), P Kendrick (Brecon), R Whitehouse (Neath). Res - P Osborne (Llaneli), P Crane (Neath), R Hunt (Bridgend). M55: E Husband (Lancaster), E Lepore (Le Cr), G Jones (Prestatyn), K Hesketh (Preston). Res - A Lewis (Eryri), D Davies (Brecon), E Davies (Maldwyn). M60: M Rees (Les Cr), A Davies (3Ms), M Murphy (Les Cr), M Tabor (Les Cr). Res - N Owen (Prestatyn), J Woodcock (Menai), S Johnston (Les Cr). M65: P Allen (Halesowen), D Bowen (Neath), D Evans (Cardiff), G Owens (Prestatyn). Res -  J Llewellyn (BRATS), C Walters (TROTS). M70: G Orme (Carmarthen), E Davies (Eryri), B Gough (Pontypridd), P Moody (Carmarthen). es - J Gardener (Pembs), B Roberts (Bournville), K Buckle (Cheltenham), D Hughes (Prestatyn).

Welsh Athletics awards

MENAI TOP CLUB

 Congratulations are due to Menai Track and Field AC after being named as Junior Club of the Year in Welsh Athletics' Club Awards for 2013.

 The Bangor-based club has built up a strong junior squad backed by numerous coaches and volunteers, and the youngsters have proved themselves capable of competing at a high level on road, cross-country and track and field.

 Two other North Wales individuals have also picked up titles after successful summers. Adele Nicoll (Birchfield) from Welshpool, the UK Schools and Welsh senior shot put champion, was named as Junior Female Athlete of the Year., and the senior title went to former Colwyn Bay AC sprinter Rachael Johncock (Swansea), who was a member of the GB 4 x 100 relay team which won silver in the European Junior championships.