Fast dash finish for Josh Keogh with a new PB at Conwy parkrun - plus NW Cross-Country preview

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*Fast dash finish for Josh Keogh (*above) with a new PB at Conwy parkrun.

Report by Don Hale.

 

North Wales Road Runner Josh Keogh claimed a great new personal best time and he was also the first man home following a fast finish at Conwy parkrun last Saturday.

Josh was nearly two minutes ahead of his nearest rival, David Garcia (Ilfracombe RC), in 18.54, with colleague Jonathan Kettle 3rd in 19.16. In a crazy fast dash finish, six club members eventually recorded some amazing times of under twenty-minutes within the top-ten finishers. 

The 1st female runner was Anna Mackenzie (Eryri Harriers) who also won her SW25 age cat finishing 10th overall in 20.09, and she was more than three-minutes ahead of her visiting rival Sheridan McWilliam (Birmingham Running and Triathlon Club) in 28th place in 23.19, and Charlotte Jones (Ilfracombe RC), who was 38th in 23.46.

The Road Runners celebrated seven podium places and claimed four age category wins amongst the near 200 entrants, which included many visiting runners from across the UK on a rain soaked and challenging 5k course. 

Josh won his SM30 age cat, as did Jonathan Kettle in his MV45 cat, with Martin Green 4th overall and 2nd in the same age cat as Jonathan in 19.26, whilst preparing to represent Wales the following day at the Bristol 10k.



*Jonathan Kettle (*above) won his age cat with a positive parkrun at Conwy.

Steve Mason was on form again to claim the 3rd spot in the same age cat, finishing 5th overall and he just one-second behind Martin in 19.27. And Harry Driscoll ensured it was a tight finish as he crossed the line a further second adrift in 19.28 in 6th place to win his SM20-24 age cat.



*Steve Mason (*above left) with Harry Driscoll.

Stuart Culverhouse was another athlete enjoying a great purple patch of top-form and he was 9th overall and 2nd in his VM50 cat in 19.54. After the event, Stuart admitted: “I was pleased to dip under twenty-minutes for the first time in about six months.” 

Stuart was followed by Jamie Tharme, who surprisingly matched the exact same PB time from the previous week finishing 20th in 21.49, whilst Gethin Wyn Jones returned to parkrun following his recent honeymoon and finished 43rd in 23.52.



*Gethin Wyn Jones (*above left) with Rachel Morris.

Meanwhile, veteran runner Rob Fryer won his MV65 age cat again with a determined display to finish in 56th place overall in 24.47. And John O’Shea was another veteran who enjoyed a good run in 95th place in 27.45, with Rachel Morris coming home in 131st place in 30.38.

 

*Conwy parkrun provisional results list:

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


Start of North Wales Cross Country League.

Report by Don Hale.

 

The North Wales Cross country League begins this weekend at the Treborth Track, Bangor (1st October), with events for athletes ranging from U15s to 65 plus Masters’ races.

Event organisers however say the Bangor course is currently very dry and includes a 30-metre section of concrete, advising that runners may prefer alternative shoes rather than cross-country spikes.

Junior Races start at 10-30am U15Boys; U15Girls/U13Boys; U13Girls/U11Boys: U11Girls:

1-00pm Women/65+Men/U17Men; 2-00pm Men. 

All entrants must represent a club and be pre-registered with their full names, date of birth, club name etc as this year the races will be chip timed.

 

North Wales Cross Country League Fixtures 2022/23 Season.

Please note the following dates for the 2022/23 North Wales Cross Country Season. The Junior Cross Country League will be held on the dates of four of the senior fixtures.

 

Sat 1 October 2022 - Treborth Track, Bangor LL57 2RQ.

Sat 22 October 2022 - Dolerw Park, Newtown SY16 2NZ.

Sat 26 November 2022 - Whitford CH8 9AN.

Sat 21 January 2023 - Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay LL29 7SP.

Sat 11 February 2023 - Marches School, Oswestry SY11 2AP.

**Fixtures 1, 2, 4 & 5 will be senior and junior leagues. Fixture 3 will be a senior fixture only**

The North Wales Cross Country Championships will be held at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham on Sat 7 January 2023

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