Abersoch Half

VAUGHAN HAS ANOTHER NICE PAYDAY

Eryri's Alun Vaughan, who picked up a  cheque for £300 for winning the Abersoch 10k earlier in the year, paid another fruitful visit to the resort by winning the inaugural half-marathon.

 The race, which included country lanes and a stretch of beach, attracted over 200 finishers.  The first woman home, in 1-31.40, was Charlotte Finch (Wigan Phoenix).

 Results: 1 A Vaughan (Eryri) 73.21, 2 G Tomlinson (Trafford) 74.54, 3 G Griffin (Meir) 83.19, 4 J Bygrave (Wilmslow) 85.08, 5 N Whittle (Edwina Lilley Charitable Trust) 86.29, 6 J Howe (M40) 86.45. M40: 2 Ll Huws 93.37, 3 A Dutton (Skipton) 94.30. M50: 1 S Taylor 92.52, 2 D Owen 98.23, 3 M Bywater 99.37.
 Ladies: 1 C Finch (Wigan Phoenix) 91.40, 2 J Jarvis (Osw, L50) 1-40.36, 3 H Murray 1-43.04, 4 G Senior (Wigan Phoenix, L40) 1-43.24, 5 D Kenwright (Sarn Helen, L50) 1-43.36, 6A Phytian 1-44.18. L40: 2 L Potts 1-52.34, 3 S Roberts 1-55.23. L50: 3 L Ebbrell (Wirral) 2-01.43.  

Chester Marathon

WESTON JUST MISSES PB IN CHESTER

Daniel Weston (Wrexham) missed his pb by about a minute when he clocked 2-34.17 in the Chester Marathon, finishing in 10th place.

 Andrew Edwards (Deestriders) crossed the line in 2-55.37, a reasonable improvement on his time in the 2012 Greater Manchester Marathon when he clocked 6-39.04. He was placed 61st.

 Among other North Wales finishers were:- Abergele: Tracey Roberts 4-30.35. Buckley: Daniel Hollingworth 2-59.28, Stephen Bellis 4-46.15, Rob Davies 4-49.29. Cybi: David Ellis 3-16.52, Jason Thomas 3-21.00, Michaela Owen 3-38.05, Edith Gruber 3-44.45, Sue Jones 4-27.09, Deestriders: Craig Davies 3-02.52, Mark Williams 3-09.16, Rosemary Rogers 3-57.28 (3rd L60), David Morris 3-59.05, Lindsey Bellis 4-39.19, Beverley Goodson 5-18.48, Cheryl Jones 5-18.48. Eryri: Jonathan Kettle 3-23.29. Maldwyn: Glyn Fletcher 3-08.42. North Wales Police: Tom Prytherch 3-09.15, Robert Hind 3-28.21, Tracey Llewellyn 3-42.45. North Wales RR: Lesley Goodson 3-59.21, Lisa Cronin 5-22.36. Prestatyn: George Nicholls 3-25.53, Sharon Jones 3-53.50. Wrecsam Tri: Ian and Clare Pearce 4-22.58. Wrexham: Andy Jones 2-59.21, David Millington 3-14.12, Michael Roberts 3-45.32, Simon Hide 3-48.47, Paul Samuels 3-48.48, Gavin Peeves 3-55.13, Alexis Baty 5-21.58.

Cardiff Half

CROWE WINS BRONZE IN CARDIFF

Wrexham's Emma Crowe finished third in the L40 class at the Cardiff Half-Marathon and was 15th lady overall with a time of 82.24.

 In the same race Oswestry's Alison Lavender clocked 79.03 and was 9th lady, with Katie Parry (Leeds City) from Rhyl just two places and five seconds behind on her debut at the distance.

 The first North Walian home was Andrew Davies (Maldwyn), who was 20th in 69.09, while Dean Longley (Prestatyn) set a new pb of 76.21.

NWCC League (1)

CLASSY WINS FOR ROBERTS, HUGHES AND GARNER

The Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross-Country League got off to a cracking start on an unusually dry Treborth course at Bangor with the three main races all won  impressively though after very different competitions.

 In the under-17 men's event the reigning champion Iolo Hughes (Menai) took up where he left off last year, storming away to win by a huge margin.

 Fellow teenager Georgia Garner (Colwyn Bay) had to work harder for her victory, overtaking Telford veteran Claire Martin on the second lap.

 It was a complete different type of race for the senior men, with Eryri's Matthew Roberts and Bangor student James Wignall shoulder to shoulder for three-quarters of the race until the former managed to shake the newcomer off  in the closing stages.

Reults. Men: 1 M Roberts (Eryri) 31.37, 2 J Wignall (Bangor Uni) 31.41, 3 I Howarth (Shrews) 31.53, 4 J Evans (Eryri) 31.58, 5 P Jones (Osw, M40) 32.10, 6 C Rowlinson (Bangor Uni) 32.28, 7 L Jones (Deeside, M40) 32.40, 8 D Kashi (Bangor Uni) 32.51, 9 I Richards (Meir) 33.03, 10 W Dashper (Tel) 33.33.
 Teams. Division 1: Eryri 108, Deeside 128, Shrewsbury 243, Telford 258, Tattenhall 272, Meirionnydd 369, Oswestry 472, Wrexham 732. Division 2: Bangor University 169, Colwyn Bay 295, Buckley 343, Denbigh 370, Prestatyn 455, Cybi 493, Abergele 533, Menai 573, West Cheshire 610, Whitchurch 856, Wrecsam Tri 741, Bridgnorth 848, Aberystwyth 852, Clwydian 859, Deestriders 882.
M40: 3 A Walling (Menai) 33.46. M45: 1 A Clague (West Chesh) 36.07, 2 S Turk (Shrews) 36.10, 3 K Gilbert (Buck) 36.19. M50: 1 J Garmson (Tel) 35.24, 2 M Robbins (Wrex) 36.40, 3 E Roberts (Eryri) 38.10. M55: 1 G jones (Prest) 35.51, 2 G Jones (Shrews) 36.20, 3 A Lewis (Eryri) 36.35. M60: 1 N Owen (Prest) 39.09, 2 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 39.27, 3 L Coathup (Buck) 40.04. M65: 1 G Owens (Prest) 38.49, 2 J Evans (Aberystwyth) 43.42, 3 A Egan (Wrex) 46.36.
 Teams: Eryri 28, Buckley 36, Shrewsbury 54, Tattenhall 61, Prestatyn 68, Colwyn Bay 89, Telford 97, Denbigh 109, Cybi 117, Abergele 122, Wrexham 160, Whitchurch 195.

 M70: 1 E Davies (Eryri) 23.40, 2 D Williams (Eryri) 27.09, 3 J Thomas (Buck) 28.26, 4 MH Edwards (Wrex) 28.36, 5 R Walters (Bridg) 34.12. M75: D Hughes (Prest) 26.58. M80: B Forster (Wrex) 36.20.
 Men under 17: 1 I Hughes (Menai) 17.15, 2 T Henry (Dee) 19.47, 3 J Parry (CB) 20.43, 4 D Cunningham (CB) 23.05, 5 B Harrison (Prest) 23.21.

Ladies: 1 G Garner (CB, U20) 18.43, 2 C Martin (Telford, L35) 19.00, 3 D Williams (Menai) 19.43, 4 S Caskey (Bangor Uni) 19.53, 5 L Davis (Dee, U17) 20.11, 6 L Wright (Wrex, L45) 20.29, 7 M Davies (Menai, U17) 20.30, 8 A Rowlands (Eryri, L35) 20.54, 9 B Taylor (Bangor Uni) 20.56, 10 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 21.17.
 Teams. Division 1: Telford 40, Colwyn Bay 62, Eryri 63, Wrexham 85, Oswestry 119, Buckley 136, Denbigh 223. Division 2: Menai 71, Prestatyn 89, Bangor Uni 113, Abergele 136, Tattenhall 140, Wrecsam Tri 140, Deeside 205, Bro Dysynni 207, Meirionnydd 214, Cybi 226, Deestriders 255, Shrewsbury 256.

L35: 2 J Harnden (Wrex) 23.43. L40: 1 M Clarke (Tel) 21.31, 2 L Morley (Wrex) 22.25, 3 D Urquhart (Buck) 23.19. L45: 3 H McArthur (CB) 22.03. L50: 1 Y Hill (Osw) 23.41 , 2 E Salisbury (Eryri) 24.14, 3 J Penrhyn-Jones (Prest) 24.25. L55: 1 C Wilgoose (Abergele) 24.54, 2 A Whitelaw (Wrex) 25.07, 3 G Waring (Prest) 25.30. L60: 1 M Docking (Wrex) 26.53, 2 B Ward (Osw) 27.07, 3 Y Marconi-Nolan (Bro Dys) 33.25. L65: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 25.43, 2 M Oliver (Eryri) 28.40. L70: 1 B Jones (Bro Dys) 29.39, 2 M Singleton (CB) 35.52.

 Teams: Telford 13, Wrexham 22, Eryri 27, Buckley 50, Oswestry 56, Prestatyn 63, Abergele 84, Colwyn Bay 90, Denbigh 91, Tattenhall 113, Bro Dysynni 139.

Arenig Fawr

ARENIG TRIP PROVES FRUITFUL FOR MELLON

The extended and tougher Arenig Fawr race near Bala attracted a field of 33 runners, with victory going to Bowland's Richard Mellon.

 Results: 1 R Mellon (Bowland, M40) 1-34.05, 2 S Edwards (Buckley, M40) 1-34.24, 3 M Atherton (Meirionnydd, M40) 1-34.40, 4 I Kelly (Borrowdale) 1-35.28, 5 K Steinegger (Amleside) 1-38.40, 6 L Warburton (Bowland, M50) 1-40.27. M50: 2 K Hagley (SWRR) 1-42.09, 3 V Belshaw (Denbigh) 1-55.06. M60: 1 I Cookson (Bowland) 2-07.32, 2 R Brotherton (ua) 2-34.56. Ladies: 1 M Gillie (Clwydian) 1-55.07, 2 J Joy (Helsby) 2-08.20, 3 S Howarth (Mercia, L50) 2-08.54, 4 K Davis (ua) 2-13.06.

Island Trail races

RECORD GOES IN ISLAND 10K

The Island Trail 10k and half-marathon were blessed with ideal conditions, which saw Alex Hall take over two minutes off Brendan Rothery's course record for the shorter distance.

 In second place weas local teenager Iolo Hughes, who finished almost two minutes clear of Menai clubmate Andy Walling.

 Menai, in the shape of Stefan Sayer, also claimed silver in the half-marathon, which was won by former Eryri athlete Gwyn Owen.

 Results.  10k: 1 A Hall 37.57, 2 I Hughes (Menai) 38.58, 3 A Walling (Menai, M40) 40.47, 4 DW Jones (Eryri, M40) 41.21, 5 H Wharton (Cybi) 42.06, 6 C Evans (Menai) 43.08. M40: 3 G Porter-Jones (Eryri) 43.44. M50: 1 J Pozzi (RAF Valley) 45.43, 2 D Baugh (Denbigh) 48.38, 3 P Cain 48.46. M60: 1 A Kennett 58.47, 2 B Fairhurst 60.24.
 Ladies: 1 S Evans (Eryri) 44.20, 2 S Woodcock 50.33, 3 E Gruffydd 50.51, 4 L Hassett 52.32, 5 A Williams ( L50)  52.35, 6 B Jenkinson (Eryri) 53.05. L40: 1 M Perrin 53.13, 2 T James 54.25, 3 F Sandom 55.27. L50: 2 J O'Donnell 63.54, 3 M Baugh (Denbigh) 64.04. L60: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 56.51, 2 S Phillips 90.13.

HALF-MARATHON: 1 G Owen (ua) 79.06, 2 S Sayer (Menai) 83.01, 3 D Owen (Eryri) 89.15, 4 K Ashworth 89.48, 5 D Whiteside-Thomas (Eryri) 89.49, 6 A Lewis (Eryri, M50) 90.66. M40: 1 B Wills (Eryri) 97.56, 2 K Lowies 98.40, 3 D Cole-Jones 99.11. M50: 2 G Owen 95.53, 3 D Pryce 00.06. M60: 1 JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 1-50.35, 2 D Phillips (Royton) 1-57.28, 3 M Dilworth 2-03.41.
 Ladies: 1 S Caskey (Bangor Uni) 92.55, 2 P Adams (L40) 1-40.06, 3 T Lewis-Jones (Eryri, L40 1-45.55, 4 L Jones (Wrexham, L40) 1-51.51, 5 J Muir  1-54.51, 6 S Kayakiran (Fit2Run, L40) 1-59.43. L50: 1 R Smith (2-07.32, 2 P Tyson (South Chesh) 2-10.05, 3 S Griffiths (Hay Hotfooters) 2-15.54. L70: B Jones (Bro Dysynni) 2-20.09.

Llyn Brenig race

WARD TIMES IT RIGHT

Eryri's Matt Ward used his experience to full advantage to win the Llyn Brenig race, in which numbers were down due to the clash with so many other events.

 Denbigh's John Morris set the early pace and he was followed by Andy Campbell (Wrecsam Tri), but then Ward and Matthew Fortes (Eryri) closed the gap and moved to the front after about five miles. Ward finished 10 seconds faster than last year, when he was second.

 Results: 1 M Ward (Eryri, M40) 56.37, 2 M Fortes (Eryri) 56.48, 3 J Morris (Denbigh) 57.37, 4 Campbell (Wrecsam Tri) 59.57. M40: 2 J Moore (Eryri) 60.48, 3 P Targett (Eryri) 63.36. M50: 1 S Broadfoot (Knowsley) 62.24, 2 T Benton (Denbigh) 67.56, 3 P Ballinger (Denbigh) 68.58. M60: 1 D Evans (Cardiff) 63.25, 2 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 63.56, 3 K Robbins (Whitchurch)82.36. M70: 1 J Thomas (Buckley)81.33, 2 P Jones (Prestatyn)84.07, 3 P Norman (Wrex)1-40.44.
 Ladies: 1 A Rowlands (Eryri) 63.00, 2 B Law (Eryri) 68.49, 3 L Morley (Wrex, L40) 66.47, 4 T Harnden (Wrex) 71.33, 5 S Jones (Prestatyn, L40) 72.58, 6 E Ashton (Osw) 73.22. L50: 1 J Penrhyn-Jones (Prest) 75.04, 2 D Richards (ua) 77.24, 3 G Csizmadia (Wrex) 86.36. L60: H Robbins (Whitchurch) 93.19.