Kay and Cheryl star for the Road Runners at blustery Conwy parkrun...plus other race results.

*Kay and Cheryl (*pictured above) starred for the Road Runners at a blustery Conwy parkrun

Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.

 

It was a cool and blustery morning at the Conwy parkrun, yet the event still attracted two-hundred people of mixed ages and abilities, and from all parts of the UK for another exciting 5k community event.
Traveling athlete Robin Stacey (York Acorn RC) was the first man home overall with a new PB on his course debut to win his MV30 age cat in just 17 minutes and 23 seconds. He was followed by Road Runner Mark Jessett who won his MV35 cat in 18.03, with local youngster Alfie Shiland (Colwyn Bay AC) 3rd, and once again impressing in 18.23. 

*Mark Jessett (*above) finished in second place at Conwy.

The Ladies race was won by another travelling athlete, Lou Osborn (Ambleside AC), who was 10th overall in 20.35, but Road Running duo Kay Hatton and Cheryl Frost took all the plaudits with Kay the 2nd female runner with a great new PB of 22.58, and colleague Cheryl Frost 3rd in 23.11. 
Mark Jessett led the North Wales Road Runners home and the club entered eleven seniors and one junior and collected nine podium places including six age category wins.

*Steve Mason (*above left) with Gethin Wyn Jones.

*Steve Mason finished about a minute behind Mark in 6th place overall, but he too won his MV45 age cat in 19.06, with Stuart Culverhouse 13th and 3rd in his MV50 cat in 21.00. John Dalzell finished 17th overall in 21.32, and Gethin Wyn Jones, despite running with a sore leg still finished strong in 26th place in 22.30.

*Kay Hatton (*above left) with Cheryl Frost.

Kay Hatton and Cheryl Frost (*pictured above) celebrated their call-up for the North Wales cross-country team at the forthcoming Inter-Counties match by having another great cat and mouse tussle, with Kay claiming a deserved new PB in 28th place overall, and the 2nd lady finisher, but won her FV55 age cat in 22.58. Cheryl also ran hard, and she was the 3rd female runner, in 30th place overall, and claimed the 2nd spot in the same cat as Kay in 23.11.

*Dave Spofforth (*above) and his son Ben who won his junior age cat.

Veteran Rob Fryer maintained his form to win his MV65 age cat in 55th place overall in 25.39, with Dave Spofforthand his son Ben running the course together again and shared the same time of 26.47, with Ben also winning his JM10-11 age cat. John O’Shea finished 2nd in his MV65 cat in 99th place in 27.57, and master vet Don Hale returned from injury, but opted for a steady recovery trot in 109th place but won his MV70 age cat in 28.48.

 

*This is the provisional results list from Conwy parkrun:

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

 

Other race results: 

*Penrhyn: Four members of NWRRC travelled to the Penrhyn Castle parkrun last Saturday and collected three age cat wins and a new PB. Martin and Carla Green and Will Williams each won their respective age cats. MartinGreen finished 2nd overall and won his MV45 cat in 17.31, with Carla finishing 17th overall, and she was the 1st female runner, and won her FV50 age cat in 21.04. Will Williams was 8th overall and won his MV50 age cat in 19.20, whilst Jamie Tharme also ran well in 23rd place, with a new course PB of 21.37.

*Will Williams (*above left) and Carla Green at the Penrhyn parkrun.

*Tewkesbury and Cheddar: Ben Hudson made a quick recovery from last week’s Snowdonia Marathon to finish in 7th place as a tourist at the Tewkesbury parkrun on Saturday with a new course PB of 21.45, and Ben’s wife Sarah Hudson, who also ran in that same tough marathon, ran at the Sharpham Road Playing Fields parkrun, near Cheddar, and finished well as the 14th female and in 35th place overall in 24.12.

 

*Ben Hudson (*above left) with his wife Sarah Ferguson Hudson at different parkruns.