Newcomer Alastair records new PB and takes the plaudits at Conwy parkrun.

*Alastair Canaway (*pictured above) was the 1st man home.

Newcomer Alastair records new PB and takes the plaudits at Conwy parkrun...plus other parkrun results.

Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Steve Jeffery.

 

Club newcomer Alastair Canaway was the first man home at the Conwy parkrun last Saturday as the club celebrated four age category wins and six podium placings in another fast and furious encounter.

The NWRRC athlete continued his recent impressive form to secure a narrow victory and additionally won his MV35 age cat with a new course PB of 18 minutes and 1 second. 

This event again attracted plenty of additional club and social runners from across the UK, and yet, despite a fierce encounter for honours, Alastair just managed to stay ahead of the chasing pack, with Aled Hughes 2nd in 18.24, and Alison Campbell (Sheffield University) 3rd, and the 1st Lady with a great PB of 18.32. 

With Alison claiming the top female place, Hayley Cooke (Cheltenham & County) took the 2nd spot in 19.19, with Hayley-Louise MacGugan (Widnes RC) 3rd in 23.06.

NWRRC entered ten seniors and one junior member and were delighted to record some excellent results despite numerous competing fixtures during another busy weekend. Stuart Culverhouse finished 11th overall and won his MV50 cat in 21.04, and Jamie Tharme was 2nd in his VM45 cat with a new course PB of 21.28 in 15th place.

*Stuart Culverhouse (*above right) with Jamie Tharme.

Josh Keogh and Martin Green ran together with Josh 21st in 23.01, and he was just one second and one place ahead of his club colleague. Veteran athlete Rob Fryer finished in 35th place and won his MV65 age cat in 24.15, and Mark Mason won his MV70 cat in 78th place in 26.58.

*Rob Fryer (*above left) with Len Jackson.

Len Jackson returned to parkrun with another positive performance and was hot on Mark’s heels in 81st place in 27.08, with Dave Spofforth and his son Ben running together again in 83rd and 84th places. Ben also claimed the 3rd spot in his JM10 cat in 27.22, with John O’Shea 97th in 28.16.

*(Pictured above) Dave and Ben Spofforth at Conwy.

 

*Praise was given to the race director, and to all the volunteers and marshals, who made this event such a success. This is the link to the provisional results:

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

 

Other results: 

*Oswestry: Two experienced Road Runners travelled to the Marches School at Oswestry last Saturday for the final North Wales cross-country senior league fixture of the season. Kay Hatton and Cheryl Frost kept the flag flying for the club with solid performances over an impressive course of about 5k. Kay finished 51st overall in 23.40, and she was 5th in her original W55 age cat. Cheryl ran home in 24.40 in 59th place, and she came 7th in the same age cat as Kay.

*Holyrood: Gethin Wyn Jones ran at the Holyrood parkrun and finished in 255th place in 27.07. *Erddig: Steve Mason enjoyed another good result on his travels with a fine run at the Erddig parkrun on Saturday, where he finished 3rd overall, and won his MV45 age cat on his debut in 18.48.

 

*Steve Mason (*above) at the Erddig parkrun last Saturday.