Surprise appearance by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan at Conwy parkrun but Martin Green takes the plaudits...- plus OTHER RACE RESULTS..

*Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan pictured (*above) at the Conwy parkrun.

Surprise appearance by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan at Conwy parkrun but Martin Green takes the plaudits...

Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffrey.

 

Road Runner Martin Green set the pace at Conwy parkrun last Saturday and he was the first man back on a windy but dry 5k course.

Numbers were boosted by a many tourists during this half-term weekend with the event attracting 233 mixed ability runners from various parts of the UK, including a surprise appearance by snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan following his recent appearance at Venue Cymru.

  

  

*Martin Green (*above left) and Will Williams.

At the time of writing the 2nd and 3rd place finishers remained unknown but the 1st female runner was Anna Drinkwater (Eryri Harriers) in 19.57, with Alice Johnston (Les Croupiers) 2nd in 21.41, and young Ella Grundy(Colwyn Bay) 3rd in 22.35. 

Martin Green led home twelve senior NWRRC club members and one junior, claiming eight podium places, including four first age category victories, two second, and two third. He also won his MV45 age cat in 18 minutes and 12 seconds.

*Steve Bozier (*above left) and Jamie Tharme.

Will Williams was 7th overall in 19.43 and he also won his MV50 cat, with Steve Bozier 27th and 3rd in his MV45 cat in 22.21, with colleague Jamie Tharme close behind in 32nd place in 22.46. Carla Green despite being hard in training for her 10-mile road race the following day, opted to jog around in 25.18, and finished 2nd in her VW50 cat.

Dave Spofforth ran with his son Ben and the youngster won his JM10 age cat again, finishing 109th in 27.24, with his dad just one place and one second behind. Super vet Mark Mason claimed the 2nd spot in his MV70 cat in 27.37 in 112th place, and Elizabeth Driscoll marked a welcome return to parkrun with a steady run in 113th place and won her VW55 cat in 27.42.

*Pictured above - Dave Spofforth and his son Ben.

Veteran John O’Shea finished in 124th place in 28.20, and Mandy Owen enjoyed another good parkrun in 145th place in 30.01, with newcomer Sye Channer 152nd in 30.23, and master veteran Don Hale returned to parkrun after a long spell out with injury and trotted around for his first run of the year in 32.45 in 175th place, and he came 3rd in his MV70 age cat.

*Master veteran's Mark Mason (*above left) and Don Hale.

 

*Praise was given to the Conwy run director Gwyn Williams, and to all the volunteers and marshals, who made the parkrun event such a success. This is the link to the provisional results:

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

 

Other race results:

*Jersey: Josh Keogh, won the JSAC West Park 10k at St Helier, Jersey, last weekend with a stunning run and a new PB of just 33 minutes and 45 seconds to also win his respective age category.

*Haverfordwest: Ben and Sarah Hudson (*pictured below) took part in the Haverfordwest parkrun last Saturday and both NWRRC members won their respective age categories and claimed new course PBs. Ben finished 3rd overall in 21.59 and won his MV45 cat, and Sarah was 19th and the 3rd female athlete, and she too won her VW40 cat with a new PB of 24.23. After the run, Sarah said: “Rather tired legs from long runs yesterday, but 3rd for Ben, and 3rd Lady for me. A great fun course, more cross country than park run, but loved it!”

*Ludlow: Lesley Goodson enjoyed a good performance at the Ludlow parkrun where she finished as the 5th lady, in 37th place overall, and she also won her VW55 age cat in 29.44.

*Lesley Goodson (*above) at the Ludlow parkrun.