Foel Fras

ROBERTS WINS BY A MILE

Course record-holder Richard Roberts was in a class of his own in the Foel Fras race, coming home over 11 minutes ahead of runner-up Jez Brown.

 Roberts, who is in good form at the moment, was less than two minutes outside his own record despite being under no real pressure.

 Results: 1 R Roberts (Eryri) 1-39.30, 2 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 1-51.10, 3 K Steinegger (Ambleside) 1-54.07, 4 M Davies (NWRR) 1-55.05, 5 T Budd (Glossopdale) 1-55.18, 6 S Roberts (Buckley, M40) 1-55.48. M40: 3 P Jones (Eryri) 1-57.56.
 M50: 1 A Lewis (Eryri) 1-59.00, 2 I Edgar (Eryri) 2-10.15, 3 D Livesey (ua) 2-19.40.
 M60: A Duncan (Bowland) 2-11.12
 M70: E Davies (Eryri) 2-31.39.

Ladies: 1 C Rice (Glossopdale) 2-10.24, 2 K Forster (Spectrum, L50) 2-20.08, 3 A Thomas (Eryri, L40) 2-32.15, 4 L Palmer (Glossopdale, L40) 2-33.26, 5 L Whitfield (Spectrum) 2-37.00, 6 H Turner (Eryri) 2-46.00.

Welsh U13, U15 and senior champs (Day 1)

ANOTHER GOLD FOR CARI

On what was a good day overall for Menai Track and Field athletes Cari Hughes claimed yet another national title on the first day of the Welsh under-132, under-15s and senior championships in Cardiff.

 She won her U15 800-metre heat and then took gold in the final in 2-16.09, comfortably ahead of her closest challenger.

 Her clubmate Cliff Schwabauer  had two silvers in the U15 300m and shot and Adele Nicoll (Birchfield) from Welshpool duly claimed a double success in the senior discus and shot. After two no-throws in the discus she came good with a winning throw of 43.11.

 Another winner was Hawarden's Sally Peake (Birchfield), whose single clearance of 4.01 metres in the pole vault was enough to retain her title, although it was way below her season's best.

 Two days earlier Peake finished sixth in the IAAF Challenge meeting in Ostrava with a vault of 4.12.

 North Wales medallists in Cardiff included:- Boys under 15: 300m 2 C Schwabauer (Menai) 39.56; SP 2 Schwabauer 11.70.
 Girls under 13: 100m 3 Moli Jones (Colwyn Bay) 13.50; .
 Girls under 15: 100m 2 Chloe Hughes (Deeside) 13.12; 800m 1 Cari Hughes (Menai) 2-16.09; 75mH 3 Lauren Williams (Mald) 12.03.
 Senior women: 100m 2 Hannah Thomas (Wrex) 12.08; 5,000m 3 Katie Parry (Leeds) 17-46.02, 4 Sarah Livett (Menai) 18-22.06. TJ 3 Sian Swanson (Swansea) 10.02; PV 1 Sally Peake (Birchfield) 4.01; DT 1 Adele Nicoll (Birchfield) 43.11; SP 1 Nicoll 13.52; HT 2 Laura Douglas (Sale) 57.86.

Joe Brown Series

PARKINSON SETS NEW RECORD IN FINAL RACE

John Parkinson set a new M40 record in winning the 10th and final race of the Joe Brown Midweek Series in Llanberis.

 The overall series winner was Matthew Roberts, while Lisa Grantham pipped teenager Bronwen Jenkinson for the ladies' award.

 Results of final race (all Eryri unless stated): 1 J Patkinson (M40) 27.27 (new record), 2 A Edwards 27.32, 3 G Owen (ua) 27.37, 4 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 27.53, 5 P Jenkinson (M40) 28.01, 6 C Jones (M40) 28.04. M50: 1 S Toogood (ua) 29.52, 2 A Lewis 30.27, 3 G Griffiths (ua) 33.41. M60: P "Tan" Jones 34.06, 2 J Morris (Buckley) 36.30, 3 G Davies (ua) 36.50. M70: E Davies 35.58. Ladies: 1 L Grantham (Chester Tri) 32.33, 2 B Jenkinson (U16) 33.10, 3 S Barnwell (L40) 33.39, 4 K Worthington 34.21, 4 K Broach (L40) 34.41, 6 M Hughes 34.51. L50: 1 E Salisbury 36.45, 2 J Stott (MDC) 52.27.

 Series winners:- Overall, men: M Roberts. U18: J Griffith (Colwyn Bay). M40: Parkinson. M50: Lewis. M60: Jones. M70: Davies. Overall, ladies: Grantham. U16: Jenkinson. L40: Barnwell. L50: Salisbury. L60: M Oliver.

Moel y Gamelin

RECORDS SMASHED IN THE WIND AND RAIN

It was a case of one set of partners succeeding another in the Moel y Gamelin race on the Horseshoe Pass.

 Despite the dreadful weather Lloyd Taggart (Dark Peak) and his partner Jackie Lee smashed the records set in 2009 by Richard Roberts and Anna Bartlett.

 Taggart sliced almost eight minutes off the course record and Lee six minutes.

 Results: 1 L Taggart (Dark Peak, M40) 68.54, 2 P Ryder (Cardiff/Brycheiniog) 71.40, 3 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 73.15, 4 M Cliffe (Eryri, M40) 73.19, 5 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 74.25, 6 J Hunt (Dark Peak, M45) 74.56. JM: H Davies (Mercia) 79.04.
 M45: 2 M Kelly (Leighton Buzzard) 88.26, 3 J Rendell (Clwydian) 90.50.
 M50: 1 P Jeggo (Springfield) 81.00, 2 I Lancaster (Tattenhall) 86.02, 3 S Toogood (ua) 86.10.
 M55: 1 G Earlam (Ell Port) 87.17, 2 E Davies (Mercia) 88.27, 3 G Davies (Mercia) 92.20.
 M60: 1 A Duncan (Bowland) 93.10, 2 A French (Wrex) 95.42, 3 M Cortvriend (Denbigh) 98.00.
 M65: 1 G Gunner (Croft Ambrey) 1-43.37, 2 J Morris (Buckley) 1-45.06, 3 B Robbins (Eryri) 1-47.10.

LADIES
1 J Lee (Eryri) 83.20, 2 L Jeska (Aberystwyth) 83.52, 3 K Beecher (Les Cr) 86.40, 4 M Price (Mercia, L40) 90.04.
 L40: 2 L Morley (Wrex) 94.56, 3 J Moore (Eryri) 99.05.
 L45: 1 S Rowlands (Clwydian) 98.39, 2 J Robertson (Helsby) 1-44.29.
 L50: 1 S Howarth (Mercia) 1-41.17, 2 J Edwards (Meir) 1-45.32, 3 E Salisbury (Eryri) 1-49.45.
 L55: 1 K Braznell (Mercia) 1-44.48, 2 R Powell (Mercia) 1-47.26.
 L65: M Oliver (Eryri) 2-28.00.

Great North 10k

LAVENDER SMELLS SUCCESS IN TOON

Oswestry's Alison Lavender finished third lady in the Great North 10k in Newcastle at the weekend.

 The Loughborough University student finished an excellent 26th overall in 36.51.

Stone St Michael 10k

EVANS MAKES GREAT NW DEBUT

Eryri's Siobhan Evans made a highly impressive debut on the road for North Wales when she finished third lady overall in the Stone St Michael 10k in Stafford.

 The race incorporated a challenge between North Wales and the host county, and there were several fine individual performances, though Evans, who clocked 37.23, was outstanding.

 Lee Jones (Deeside) was fifth overall and first M40 in 32.42 and the rest of the team members were: 9 Andrew Edwards (Deestriders) 33.54, 31 Andrew Bromley (Deeside) 37.00, 39 Siobhan Evans 37.23, 40 John Morris (Denbigh) 37.27, 79 Jay Jennions (Deestriders) 39.43, 258 Amie Bagnall (Prestatyn) 48.26, 298 Abbie Cheetham (Prestatyn) 50.25. 

Welsh U17/U20 champs

NW THROWERS SHINE IN SWANSEA

With difficult weather conditions facing the track athletes it was no surprise that it was the throwers who shone at the Welsh under-17s and under-20s championships in Swansea.

 North Wales has an outstanding crop of young field athletes at present they came away with a huge haul of medals.

 Honours were shared in the Battle of the Giants, the under-17 men. Nathan Thomason (Colwyn Bay) beat his Wrexham rival Matthew Williams in the shot but the1-2 positions were reversed in the discus.

 Welshpool's Adele Nicoll (Birchfield) unsurprisingly won the U17 discus and shot and in the older age-group Georgia Bates (Deeside) also did the "double" in the long-jump and 100m hurdles, in addition to gaining silver in the high jump.

 There was a North Wales 1-2-3 in the U20 800m, with Newtown's Gwynant Jones (Cardiff), splitting the Colwyn Bay pair of Tom Earley and Tom Harding. All-rounder Connor Laverty came away with one gold and two silvers.

 North Wales medal winners included:-
Women under 17.  100m 2 Shannon Malone (Deeside) 12.63; 300m 3 Neve Evans (Wrex) 44.67; 800m 2 Amigal Backshall (CB) 2-17.2; 80mH 1 Abigail Bowers (Oswestry) 12.36; 300mH 2 Vicky Gittins (Mald) 45.51, 3 Rosie Unwin (Mald) 47.89; LJ 2 Unwin 5.30; TJ 2 Sarah Williams (Mald) 9.65; SP 1 Adele Nicoll (Birchfield) 12.84, 3 Katy Whitley (Wrex) 10.53; Discus 1 Nicoll 44.23, 2 Sabrina Fortune (Deeside) 33.70, 3 Whitley 32.90.

 Women under 20. 1,500m 1 Georgia Garner (CB) 4-44.58; 100mH 1 Georgia Bates (Dee) 17.73; HJ 1 Bates 1.57; LJ 1 Bates 5.36; TJ 2 Hannah Owen (Mald) 10.20; SP 1 Manon Edwards (Wrex) 10.76;
Hammer 2 Edwards 33.91.

 Men under 17. 1,500m 2 Iolo Hughes (Menai) 4-06.7; PV 2 Thomas Walley (Wrex) 2.60; SP 1 Nathan Thomason (CB) 13.90, 2 Matthew Williams (Wrex) 12.52; DT 1 Williams 47.00, 2 Thomason 42.23; Hammer 1 James Williams (CB) 58.28, 2 Thomason 53.38, 3 Shaun Livett (Menai) 45.53.

 Men under 20. 400m 2 Chris McNaught (Menai) 50.92; 800m 1 Tom Earley (CB) 2-00.20, 2 Gwynant Jones (Cardiff) 2-02.56, 3 Tom Harding (CB) 2-02.95; 400mH 1 William Poole (Wrex) 59.61, 2 Rheon Jones (Menai) 60.84; TJ 2 Laverty 12.38; SP 2 Laverty 14.06; DT 1 Laverty 43.62.