Close victory for Martin Green at Conwy parkrun - plus other race results..

Close victory for Martin Green (pictured above) at Conwy parkrun.

Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Steve Jeffery.

 

Road Runner Martin Green celebrated an impressive victory at the Conwy parkrun last Saturday, but he had to fight hard all the way over this challenging 5k course, with club colleague Mark Jessett in close pursuit and just 11-seconds adrift, and Colwyn Bay youngster Alfie Shirland only three-seconds behind him!

NWRRC entered 17 athletes including two juniors and collected five age category wins in a very fast event with the first fourteen runners all dipping under the 20-minute mark. 

Martin Green eventually claimed the top-spot in 17.37, and he also won his M45 age cat, with Mark Jessett 2nd and the winner of his 35-39 cat in 17.48, with Alfie Shirland 3rd and 1st in his JM11-14 age cat in 17.53. The club had four runners in the top ten.

*Mark Jessett (*above left) and Gethin Wyn Jones with Harry Driscoll.

Harry Driscoll won his SM20 cat with a determined display finishing 7th overall in 19.17, and he too was pushed all the way by clubmate Chris Davies 9th in 19.34. Stuart Culverhouse was 21st and 3rd in his MV50 cat in 20.42, with Steve Roberts 31st in 21.55.

*Kay Hatton (*above left) with Elizabeth Driscoll at Conwy.

Kay Hatton (*pictured above) had a great run to win her VW55 cat, finishing 44th overall and she was the 4th female runner in 23.23, with youngster Joe Culverhouse finishing 66th in 24.46. And it was great to see Elizabeth Driscoll back on home soil again following her six-month deployment to the Falkland Islands with the RAF. Elizabeth claimed the 2nd spot in her VW55 age cat and finished 91st overall in 26.07.

Tony Price Jones (*pictured above) continued his return from injury and finished in 78th place in 25.21, and it was a close-run thing for three NWRRC master veterans who claimed all three MV65 age cat placings with Rob Fryer home in 97th place, and the cat winner in 26.24, whilst Don Hale made his first parkrun appearance since before Easter due to injury claiming 2nd spot in the same cat in 98th place in 26.42, and Len Jackson, making his debut in this higher age group, finished 3rd and he was 107th overall in 27.31.

*NWRRC veteran runners Rob Fryer (*above left) with Len Jackson at Conwy.

Junior runner Ben Spofforth ran with his father Dave and finished 2nd in his JM10 age cat in 111th place in 27.35, whilst veteran Mike Smith was 168th in 33.23, with Steve Mason having to walk the course with his dog again due to injury, finishing in 225th place in 1.12.10.

 

*This is the link to the provisional results from Conwy parkrun:

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults/

 

*Wirral: Jon Evans enjoyed a great performance in the Wirral Seaside midweek series of races and recorded a personal course record of 20.24 and finishing 54th overall and 2nd in his MV55 age cat.

*Jon Evans (*above) claimed a great new course PB at the Wirral Seaside 5k.

*Portobello: Steve Forsyth finished 5th at the Portobello parkrun in Edinburgh last Saturday with a fast time of 17 minutes and 9 seconds to win his MV40 age cat.

*Steve Forsyth (*above) at the Portobello parkrun in Edinburgh.

*New races: Next week marks the launch of a major programme of highly competitive races starting with the Llanrug 5k on 8th June, which is part of the North Wales road championships, followed by the Rhyl half-marathon on 18th June, the Deganwy Dash on 24th June, Felinheli 10k on 29th June, and the Fairy Freckled Cow Trail champs on 3rd July.