(*Updated) North Wales Championship results - Fast dash in the heat for 200 runners at the Llanrug 5k race.

*Some of the NWRRC members at the Llanrug 5k race last Wednesday night (*pictured back row l-r), Stuart Culverhouse, Gwennan Charlton, Rachel Morris, Karl Morris, Martin Green, Ben Hudson, Sion Thomas, Cai Roberts and Jonathan Kettle. And (*front row l-r), Cheryl Frost, Kay Hatton, Sarah Hudson, Kelly Alford, Vicky Taylor and Hannah Griffith.

Fast dash in the heat for 200 runners at the Llanrug 5k race.

Report by Don Hale. Photographs by Lesley Goodson.

 

It was another bumper turn-out and another very hot and heavy evening for nearly 200 athletes at the Llanrug 5k race last Wednesday night.

Following a fast and relatively flat course around the village, the event attracted a large contingent of top club and social runners, with many additionally recording personal best (PB) times despite the challenging conditions.

The race proved to be a very fast dash to the finish with local athlete Adam Jones (Eryri Harriers) eventually taking the plaudits as the first man home in just 15 minutes and 35 seconds, with just eight-seconds separating the first three runners. Dion Griffith (Menai T&F) finished just six seconds adrift of the winner, with Owen Roberts 3rd, and he was only two seconds behind Dion.

Gemma Moore (Eryri Harriers) ensured the club celebrated a unique club race double, when she claimed the 1st female prize, in 29th place overall, and similar to the men’s race, Gemma won by just three-seconds ahead of Rachel Shipley (Abergele Harriers), who finished as the 2nd female, in 30th place overall, in 19.03; with Anna Drinkwater (Eryri Harriers) 3rd female in 19.14, and in 34th place overall.

 

*Martin Green (*above left) with Jonathan Kettle and Will Williams.

North Wales Road Runners entered seventeen athletes with Martin Green leading the team back in 9th place, and he also won his MV45 age cat in 17.01. He was followed very closely by Jonathan Kettle, who was 11th in 17.12, and he came 2nd in the same cat as Martin. Will Williams finished in 21st place, and he was 2nd MV50 cat, with another positive performance in 18.06.

*Stuart Culverhouse (*above left) with Ben Hudson.

Stuart Culverhouse ran well in 44th place in 20.21, with Ben Hudson 51st in 20.48, and Sion Thomas finished 63rd in 21.34. Karl Morris enjoyed a fast run in 21.56, and in 76th place, with Richard Scamans also in form and he finished 86th in 22.40.

 

*Sion Thomas (*above left) with Sarah Hudson and Richard Scamans.

Sarah Ferguson Hudson won her FV40 age cat after finishing 87th overall with a good time of 22.52, and Cheryl Frost was another age cat winner after claiming 1st place in her FV55 cat in 23.26. Kay Hatton continued with her excellent form in 101st place overall, and she was 2nd in her FV60 cat in 23.56.

 

*Cheryl Frost (*above left) with Kay Hatton and Hannah Griffith, and (*below) Cai Roberts and Kelly Alford, with Vicky Taylor.

Cai Roberts and his partner Kelly-Marie Alford ran the course together and Kelly finished in 106th place in 24.37, with Cai just one place and two seconds behind. Meanwhile, Hannah Griffith finished 126th in 25.53, with Vicky Taylor 158th in 30.14, and Gwennan Charlton enjoyed her run in 163rd place in 31.21, whilst Rachel Morris came home in 165th place in 32.02.

*Gwennan Charlton (*above left) with Rachel Morris.

 

**North Wales Regional Championships: The above-mentioned results were based on the provisional data supplied by the race organisers, but Paul Brooks from the NWRAC confirmed this week: “There have been several changes made to the results of last Wednesday's Regional 5km championships, to those that were announced on the night. Here are the final NW champs results: -

NWRRC collected 9 championship medals, including 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 3 Bronze medals: Male: MV45: Gold, Martin Green 17.01, Silver, Jonathan Kettle 17.12: M50: Silver, Will Williams 18.06. Female: F35: Silver, Kelly Alford: F40: Bronze, Rachel Morris 32.02: F45: Bronze, Vicky Taylor 30.14: F50: Bronze, Hannah Griffith 25.53: F55: Gold, Cheryl Frost 23.26: and F60: Silver, Kay Hatton 23.50: *The full results list for other clubs is available on the NWRAC Facebook page.