Saturday 26 January 2013

North Wales road-running awards

DAVIES AND SAMUEL TO SHARE AWARD


Rob Samuel (Eryri) and Andrew Davies (Maldwyn) are joint winners of the North Wales senior men's Road-Runner of the Year Award for 2012.

 After two wins and two second places in the qualifying races they were equal on four points each.

 For the seventh time Emma Parry (Wrexham) takes the senior ladies' title, while Brenda Jones (Bro Dysynni), who is virtually unchallenged in the L70 class, is the top Lady Master for the seventh time in eight years.

 After a brilliant 12 months Lee Jones (Deeside) is the Male Master winner, though Gary Norgrove (Wrecsam Tri) pushed him close.

 The placings are all based on age-graded performances.

Sunday 20 January 2013

Twin Piers 10k

BLEAKLEY ENJOYS RETURN HOME

Former Colwyn Bay athlete James Bleakley enjoyed his return home at the weekend when he won the Twin Piers 10k.

 The Trafford AC athlete is more at home over shorter distances and is rarely seen on the roads, but has a pb of 32.50 from last year's Trafford 10k.

 His winning time in the Bay was a relatively slow 34.30 but all competitiors had to battle against a tough headwind along the prom. Second and third were the consistent Lee Jones and Brendan Rothery.

 First woman home in 27th place overall was Bangor student Sarah Caskey, with Christine Holmes (Trentham) 39 seconds behind.

 With so many times down on previous years because of the wind one of the outstanding runs came from Menai's in-form super-vet Jim Woodcock, who won the M60 class in 40.06.

RESULTS
1 J Bleakley (Trafford, M35) 34.30, 2 L Jones (Deeside, M40) 34.38, 3 B Rothery (Eryri) 34.45, 4 D Kashi (Bangor Uni) 35.30, 5 S Crowe (Deeside, M35) 35.45, 6 S Roberts (Buckley, M40) 36.35, 7 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 36.52, 8 T Webb (ua, U20) 36.58, 9 A Connell (Eryri) 37.10, 10 P Wathan (Eryri) 37.12.
 U20: 2 J Griffith (CB) 38.47, 3 A Hatton (Bangor Uni) 39.08.
 M35: 3 A Butterworth (ua) 38.09.
 M45: 1   I Rowlands (Cybi) 38.28, 2 L Hershaw (West Ches) 39.05, 3 T Watson (Eryri) 40.00.
 M50: 1 PMW Jones m(ua) 39.50, 2 JM Williams (Cybi) 42.19, 3 A Gauton (Denbigh) 43.38.
 M55: 1 K Slattery (NWRR) 41.58, 2 D Weaver (Eryri) 43.19, 3 A Davies (NWRR) 46.39.
 M60: 1 J Woodcock (Menai) 40.06, 2 G Pollard (Yeovil) 44.54. 3 J Griffith (Cybi) 45.11
 M65: 1 M Whiteside (Tattenhall) 44.29, 2 J Morris (Buckley) 47.35, 3 JG Evans (Aberystwyth) 47.40.
 M70: 1 J Thomas (Buckley) 54.47.
 Teams: 1 Eryri A, 2 Deeside, 3 Eryri B

Ladies.
 1 S Caskey (Bangor Uni) 39.32, 2 C Holmes (Trentham)  40.11, 3 I Redfern (CB, L40) 40.19, 4 E Collins (Denbigh, L50) 43.30, 5 B Taylor (Bangor Uni, U20) 44.00, 6 M Ludden (Buckley, L50) 44.42.
U20: 2 A Cheetham (Prestatyn) 50.43.
 L35: 1 S Beck (Prestatyn) 48.12, 2 H Smart (ua) 52.45, 3 S Lord (ua) 55.18.
 L40: 2 H McArthur (CB) 45.23, 3 B Austin (Trentham) 47.34.
 L45: 1 S Jones (ua) 49.35, 2 J Federick (ua) 50.27, 3 H Mitchell (NWRR) 52.44.
 L50: 3 N Lee-Browne (NWRR) 49.54.
 L55: 1 S Bradley (Buxton) 47.33, 2 G Waring (Prest) 49.50, 3 J Filzek (ua) 56.23.
 L60: C Williams (Vale Royal) 56.38.
 L65: C Birch (Abergele) 46.52.
 L70: M Williams (ua) 71.49.
 Teams: 1 Colwyn Bay, 2 Eryri, 3 North Wales Road Runners.