Pat Finnie wins silver sprint medal at the North Wales Indoor championships at Deeside.

Pat Finnie wins silver sprint medal at the North Wales Indoor championships at Deeside...

Report by Don Hale.

 

NWRRC member Pat Finnie won a deserved silver medal last Sunday at the North Wales Indoor Track and Field championships held at the Deeside Leisure Centre. 

Pat also claimed a great new PB of just 11.02 seconds for his 60m dash, finished 2nd overall and he also won his age MV65 age category. The race was won by MV60 athlete Martin Weetman (Menai T&F) in 8.56, with MV75 master veteran Robin 

Frost 3rd in 15.60. 

This improved Pat’s time from 11.35 seconds at Sport City last year. After the race a jubilant Pat admitted: “I wasn’t going to go because I had a slight hamstring strain from my last day of training day on Thursday, but I thought I would have a complete rest until Sunday and hope for the best.

“I did a gentle warm up and a few stretches before the race. The race went really smooth and my leg did pull, but I just ignored it and concentrated on getting over the line. I enjoyed the atmosphere with the crowd so close, who were very enthusiastic.”

*Pat Finnie (*above) dashes towards the finish line in the 60m championships.

Gold medal for Paul Brooks at the Indoor championships.

Master veteran athlete Paul Brooks (*pictured above and below) from the North Wales Regional Athletics Council competed for Wrexham AC at the Indoor Championships last Sunday and won a deserved gold medal in his MV70 age cat in the shot putt. 

After his event he said: "Four consecutive days (Tuesday to Friday) of shot training last week, with the aim of throwing over 7 metres at the indoor champs today. Result: six throws: 5 @ 7m+ and one deliberate foul. Happy days!"

*Results link to NW Indoor Championships: https://wales.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/nwind/event/F06/1/1/