North Wales Road Runners success dates back to the early 1980s.

By Don Hale

North Wales Road Runners success dates back to the early 1980s.

Archive report for the North Wales Pioneer by Don Hale.

 

NWRRC was formed in the 1980s by John Chambers and other athletes including Mike Hayton, Kevin Higgins, and Steve Roberts, who are still members!

Based at the Penelope Hotel, they once welcomed London Marathon winner Hugh Jones, before moving to the old John Bright school, now the Asda site, and currently meet at the new school.


*(Pictured above) A nostalgic photographic of some NWRRC club members at the Penelope Hotel, including Wallace Black, Steve Roberts, Peter Cleave, Norman Connor, Ed Garner and Mike Hayton, with London Marathon winner Hugh Jones shown holding a magazine. And (Below) a group photo before a race in the 1980s.


*(Pictured below) Another NWRRC social gathering including Kevin Higgins, Dave Nolan, and Mike Hayton. 



NWRRC are a very successful club with over 100 members, including some who have achieved national recognition and won elite honours, and they also stage the annual Nick Beer 10k race, previously the ‘Speakeasy 10k,’ renamed in memory of Nick, 27, a popular runner who passed away at the Lake Vyrnwy half-marathon in September 1992. Next year’s race marks the 30th anniversary.

 

*(Pictured left) A painting of the late Nick Beer, and (below left) a team celebration at the Great North Run

 

 

 




Don Hale is a former award winning investigative journalist and now a best-selling author who has created a very popular blog post linked to numerous social media sites. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025.

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