Notts 10m

N WALES LADIES SHINE

Two of North Wales' best distance runners claimed top 10 places in the Notts 10-mile race at Holme Pierrepoint at the weekend .
Katie Parry (Leeds City) was 51st  overall and fourth lady in 61.07, just four seconds outside her pb, and Sarah Livett (Menai), home from her studies in the States, was 61st overall and 10th lady in 62.47.

Parkruns

LONGLEY CLAIMS EASY WIN

A week after completing the final stage of the Welsh Castles Relay into Cardiff Prestatyn's Dean Longley was in South Wales again, this time claiming victory in the Parc Bryn Bach Parkrun near Merthyr.

 He finished  about a minute clear of his closest challenger in 16.40,  considerably faster than his time in last month's Taste Academy 5k in Rhyl.

 Meanwhile sisters Mia and Neisha Roberts  were again in great form in the Conwy Parkrun. Mia, 12, was first lady home and  fifth overall in  19.46, with 10-year-old Neisha 22nd overall and fifth lady in 22.48 despite having to stop to deal with a shoe problem.

Up The Beast

GRANTHAM CONQUERS THE BEAST

Prolific racer Rob Grantham continued his exceptional form by winning the Up The Beast race at Maeshafn, just 24 hours after coming third in Y Garn race. It was a family "double" as his wife Lisa, who had also run the previous evening, was  first lady home.

 After last year's thunderstorms conditions were ideal this time and all 96 competitors completed the course - the first time in the history of the race.

 Results: 1 R Grantham (Pensby, M40) 34.45, 2 J Brown (Buckley, M40) 36.09, 3 L Eccles (ua) 36.11, 4 I Houston (Wrecsam Tri, M40) 36.19, 5 S Edwards (Buckley, M40) 36.50, 6 N Ashcroft (Ambleside, M40)  36.53.M50: 1 J Randell (Meir) 41.09, 2 N Holmes (Tattenhall) 42.01, 3 T Knight (ua) 42.10. M60: 1 T Hulme (Wilmslow) 48.32, 2 A Worthington (Buckley) 51.29, 3 D Owen (Prestatyn) 52.58. Ladies: 1 L Grantham (Pensby, L40) 42.20, 2 A Robinson (Tattenhall) 43.46, 3 A Rosbottom (Pensby, L40) 45.24, 4 H Evans (Buckley) 46.53, 5 M Peffers (Deeside, L40) 47.13, 6 J Rogers (Chester Tri, L50) 47.27. L50: 2 B Tiedtke (Prestatyn) 47.44, 3 V Griffiths (Helsby) 49.53.

Y Garn

SIX RECORDS GO ON Y GARN

 Perfect  conditions contributed to six records being broken in the eighth race in the Joe Brown Tuesday Evening Series on Y Garn, with overall winner Paul Jenkinson setting a new M40 best.

 He won by six seconds from Nathan Jones (Liverpool Harriers), who is home from the United States  but will be returning in a month's time to get in  some hill training.

 Results (all Eryri unless stated): 1 P Jenkinson (M40)  26.13 (nr) , 2 N Jones (Liv H)  26.19, 3 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 26.57, 4 J Bacon  27.55, 5 R Cain (Menai, U16) 28.00 (nr), 6 S Edwards (Buckley, M40) 28.02. U18: Ll Mabon 40.21. M50: 1 D Weaver 30.22 (nr), 2 E Roberts 32.31, 3 A Lewis 33.02. M60: D Whiteside Thomas 34.06, 2 P "Tan" Jones 36.20, 3 N Bradley (Meir) 37.49. M70: D Williams 38.33 (nr).
 Ladies: 1 L Jeska (L40) 30.05 (new L40 and overall record), 2 B Jenkinson (LU18) 31.45 (nr), 3 L Beetlestone 32.40, 4 S Williams (ua) 34.17, 5 S Barnwell (L50) 34.27 (nr), 6 L Grantham (Chester Tri, L40) 36.43. L40: 3 A Thomas 36.46. L50: 2 E Salisbury 38.46. L60: M Oliver 41.22.

Deestriders' Off-Road GP (1)

RACE DOUBLE FOR DAVIES

Wrecsam Tri veteran Helen Davies completed a fine double when she followed up her win in the opening race of Deestriders' Of-Road Grand Prix Series on Thursday with victory in Sunday's Mersey Tunnel 10k, where her time was 40.10.

 The Shotton race was won by Dean Longley (Prestatyn), who finished 36 seconds ahead of Rob Grantham (Chester Tri), competing in his third race in five days.

 Results: 1 D Longley (Prestatyn) 25.36, 2 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 26.08, 3 C Thompson (Helsby, M35) 27.05, 4 P Stinton (Buckley, M40) 28.11, 5 T Booth (West Chesh) 28.23, 6 J O'Hara (Helsby, M35) 28.29. M35: 3 J Richards (ua) 29.07. M40: 3 C Prandle (Wrex) 310.01. M45: 1 G Nicholls (Prestatyn)  29.16, 2 J Hayes (ua) 30.42, 3 CD Stephens (ua) 31.45. M50: 1 K Challinor (Dee) 31.55, 2 K Begley (Chester Tri) 33.20, 3 M Reid (Buckley) 37.29. M55: 1 T Devoy (Wirral) 29.13, 2 T Kenneddy (West Chesh) 35.20, 3 R Davies (Buckley) 35.39. M60: 1 S Bellis (Buckley) 29.57, 2 D Roderick (Dee) 35.09, 3 C Hunt (Wrecsam Tri) 35.57. M65: 1 S Hatfield (Prestatyn) 36.03, 2 M Davis (Prestatyn) 37.07, 3 R Mackey (Buckley) 45.58. M70: B Beattie (West Chesh) 40.21. Ladies: 1 H Davies (Wrecsam Tri, L45) 29.53, 2 L Grantham (Pensby, L40) 30.47, 3 A Muller (West Chesh) 31.54, 4 J Jennions (Deestriders, L35) 32.00, 5 J McHugh (Chester Tri, L45) 32.46,  E Baker (Ell Port) 33.02. L35: 2 H Evans (Buckley) 33.54, 3 L Partridge (Pensby) 34.28. L40: 2 V Whitehead (Denbigh) 33.59, 3 J Lewis (Prestatyn) 38.38. L45: 3 M Peffers (Dee) 33.27. L50: 1 I J Rogers (Chester Tri) 33.19, 2 B Tiedtke (Prestatyn) 34.39, 3 H Berrett (Buckley) 35.17. L60: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 36.15, 2 M Docking (Wrex) 38.32.

3 Hills race

FIRST WIN FOR PARKINSON

After several top-10 performances veteran John Parkinson claimed his first victory in this year's Joe Brown Tuesday Evening Series in the testing  3 Hills Race at Penmaenmawr.

 He finished 18 seconds clear of fellow veteran Rob Grantham, who won the Excalibur half-marathon in the Clwydians just 48 hours earlier.

 It was a race dominated by veterans, one of the best performances again coming from over-60 Stephen P Jones, who finished seventh overall.

 Results (all Eryri unless stated): 1 J Parkinson (M40) 32.28, 2 R Grantham (Chester Tri, M40) 32.46, 3 J Bacon 33.07, 4 C Jones (M40) 33.08, 5 P Jenkinson (M40) 33.09, 6 B Lightowler (Abergele) 33.23. U16: R Cain (Menai) 34.42. M50: 1 S Toogood (Buckley) 36.12, 2 A Lewis 37.19, 3 D Huws (ua) 44.18. M60: 1 SP Jones 33.47, 2 P "Tan" Jones 44.23, 3 N Bradley (Meirionnydd) 44.42. M70: 1 J Morris (Buckley) 44.20, 2 B Robbins 46.12, 3 D Williams 47.29. Ladies: 1 L Beetlestone 39.18, 2 L Grantham (Chester Tri, L40) 39.37, 3 N Albiston (ua) 40.37, 4 S Barnwell (L40) 42.23, 5 E Haf (ua) 42.23, 6 H Evans (Buckley) 42.56. L40: 3 T Fretwell 49.12. L50: 1 E Salisbury 45.28. L60: M Oliver 49.33.

BMC Grand Prix

MORE PBS FOR SIBLINGS

Brother and sister Iolo and Cari Hughes (Menai) recorded yet more pbs in the latest BMC Grand Prix meeting in Manchester's Sportcity.

 In the 800m "D" race Cari finished second in 2-12.33 while Iolo came 14th in the "A"   5,000m in a time of 14-41.98.

 In the ladies' "B" 800m race former Colwyn Bay athlete Georgina Outten (Birchfield) finished sixth in 2-07.55.