Market Drayton 10k

IN THE MARKET FOR AN AWARD

The Baugh family from Denbigh had a productive visit to Market Drayton where they competed in the popular 10k.

 Dad David finished third in the M55 class in 39.07 and he was followed by daughters Kate and Elen, and wife Menai.

 Among the North Wales placings were: 7 Tim Davies (Maldwyn) 34.21, 54 Dave Gilbert (Buckley) 37.28 (3rd M50), 92 David Baugh (Denbigh), 39.07, 392 Victoria Whitehead (Denbigh), 400 Kevin Roberts (Denbigh) 45.51, 472 Lisa Gittins (Buckley) 47.15,  591 Kate Baugh (Denbigh) 48.59, 604 Keith Williams (Meirionnydd) 49.06, 783 Elen Baugh (Denbigh) 52.03, 908 Jon Whitehead (Denbigh) 53.40, 1200 Menai Baugh (Denbigh) 57.35.

Rhostryfan 10k

SAMUEL MAKES WINNING RETURN

After a lengthy lay-off from competition Rob Samuel made a winning comeback in the Rhosryfan 10k, beating  clubmate  Gwyn Owen by 17 seconds.

 Siobhan Evans, who has also been missing for a while, mad e a similar successful return, clocking  40.40.22 for the hilly course.

 First M50 was the prolific Arwel Lewis, who had won his M55 age-group just 48 hours earlier in the Cardiff Bay 5-miler in 31.35. In that same race former Eryri Harrier Iwan Morton (Pont-y-Pwl) finished 23rd overall in 28.11 and the amazing 62-year-old Martin Rees (Swansea) set yet another age-group record of 27.05.

 Results of Rhostryfan  10k (all Eryri unless stated): 1 R  amuel 34.32, 2 G  Owen 34.49, 3 R Roberts (Cybi) 35.19, 4 D Owen 37.00, 5 J Bacon 37.21, 6 D Blazier (Abergele, M40) 38.02. M40: 2 I Rowlands (Cybi)  39.18, 3 G Porter-Jones 40.49. M50: 1 A Lewis 41.12, 2 E Jones (Cybi) 44.24, 3 N Holmes (Cybi) 47.57. M60: P "Tan" Jones 47.28. M70: I Roberts 63.59. Ladies: 1 S Evans 40.22, 2 E Haf (ua) 42.33, 3 T Llewellyn (Cybi) 42.39. L40: 1 A Thomas 50.45, 2 E Wood 52.48, 3 T Fretwell 52.50. L60: 1 J Riley  49.56, 2 S Jones (Cybi) 50.10, 3 S Norris (Eryri  Orienteers) 53.21.

Liverpool 10k

ANOTHER PB FOR MORRIS

Denbigh's in-form John Edward Morris chalked up another pb in coming 16th in the Liverpool 10k. His time was 35.18.

 In the same race Darren Blazier (Abergele) 40th overall in 37.20.

Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k

HUGE PB FOR WESTON

As expected, England took the team prize at the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k in Redwick, near Newport, but Wrexham's Daniel Weston had a tremendous run to lead the Welsh trio home.

 Last year, on his international debut, he clocked 7-43.07 to come 10th overall but this time he improved by five places and reduced his time to 7-16.44.

 Eryri's Paul Wathan, in his first attempt at the distance, finished 16th, the last of the 18 starters to complete the race, and his time was 9-52.38. 

 Wathan has been a prolific racer in recent months, having competed in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, United States, Singapore and France on his travels over the past two years.

BUCS Champs

SMITH JUST MISSES PODIUM PLACE

Former Deeside athlete Owen Smith finished just outside the medal places in the British Universities' track and field championships in Bedford.

 The Cardiff Met student won his  400m heat in 47.99 and semi-final in 48.35 but finished fourth in the final in 47.93

 At the same meeting Welsh international Ffion Price was second in the 1,500m heat in 4-44.83 and thin the semi improved her time to 4-37.82. In the final she again bettered her time with 4-30.50 but came sixth .

Wrexham's Megan Rogers (Cardiff Met) finished third in her 400m heat in 55.67.

London bronze

BRONZE FOR NWRR TRIO

The North Wales Road Runners trio of Martin Green, Chris Yorke and Andy Kerr earned bronze medals after coming third in the Welsh championships within the London Marathon.

 Their respective times were 2-41.26, 2-43.34 and 2-47.33.

Llangynhafal Loop

HUNT BEATS THE FIELD BUT WEATHER IS THE WINNER

 John Hunt (Dark Peak) led a trio of veterans home in the Llangynhafal Loop race in the Clwydian hills, but it w as the weather which presented the greatest challenge.

 The 73  runners faced a strong wind and driving rain on the testing course and though Hunt  finished over a minute clear of runner-up Tim Higginbottom he was seven minu es outside Morgan Donnelly's course record.

 Andrea Rowlands, whose record has stood since 2009, retained her title, finishing seventh overall, and w as only two minutes outside her best.

 Results: 1 J Hunt (Dark Peak, M40) 44.48, 2 T Higginbottom (Haglofs, M40) 45.57, 3 S Edwards (Buckley, M40) 45.58, 4 P Randall (Black Combe) 45.59, 5 T Fletcher (ua) 47.14, 6 S Toogood (Buckley, M50) 47.32. M50: 2 V Belshaw (Denbigh) 49.17, 3 J Randell (Meir) 50.23. M60: 1 S Bellis (Buckley) 52.14, 2 A French (Wrexham) 55.25, 3 N Bradley (Meir)  58.29. M70: N Pratten (Pensby) 69.21. Ladies: 1 A Rowlands (Eryri, L40) 47.44, 2 R Pierce (Denbigh) 51.02, 3 L Beston (Vale R) 51.30, 4 L Grantham (Pensby, L50) 52.00, 5 H Evans (Buckley) 54.27, 6 C Belshaw (Denbigh) 55.05. L40: 3 A Rosbottom (Pensby) 55.59. L50: 1 D Rutherford (Pensby) 64.15, 2 M Baugh (Denbigh) 69.26, 3 C Lancaster (Pensby) 71.54.