Six podium places at the Bangor 10k and a host of good results during a busy weekend.

*Some of the NWRRC team at the Bangor 10k and half-marathon (*Front row l-r), Gwen Charlton, Hannah Griffith, Helen Hannam, Nia Lister, and Carol Moss. (*And back row), Rob Fryer, Mike Hayton, Stuart Culverhouse, Adam Lemalle, Daniel Hennell, Dave Jones, and Sion Thomas.

Six podium places at the Bangor 10k and a host of good results during a busy weekend.

Report by Don Hale. Photos courtesy of Tony Price Jones and others.

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It was a very busy weekend for the North Wales Road Runners with multiple races at Bangor, Chester, and Cardiff, in addition to the first cross-country fixture of the season at Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, and not forgetting Conwy parkrun!

At the hilly Bangor 10k last Sunday, six members competed, and they all claimed podium places in their respective age categories. Sion Thomas led the team home as the 9th male, and he finished 2nd in his M40 cat in 43.31. He was followed by Dave Jones who was 14th in 45.22 and 3rd in his M50 cat.

Daniel Hennell enjoyed a good run in 29th place, and he was also 3rd in his M45 cat in 50.10, and it was good to see veteran Carol Moss back in action, and she finished 2nd in her F60 cat as the 20th female in 54.55. 

Master veteran Rob Fryer was also in good form, and he too finished 2nd in his M70 cat in 64th place in 59.13, with fellow master Mike Hayton 3rd in the same cat as Rob in 61.26 as the 73rd male. *There were 230 finishers.

After the race, Dave Jones confirmed: “Perfect racing conditions this morning. A great turnout by NWRRC, and a great atmosphere with tons of support and a good team of marshals keeping us in check.” 

*Pictured above - Dave Jones, Rob Fryer and Mike Hayton at the 10k, and (*below), Stuart Culverhouse, Steve Bozier and Phillip Moss.

 

Bangor half-marathon: Nine NWRRC members took part in the Bangor half-marathon with Stuart Culverhouse leading the pack as the 22nd male in 1.31.55, and Steve Bozier was in hot pursuit in 23rd place in 1.32.22, and he was 4th in his M45 cat. Adam Lemalle had a good run in 92nd place in 1.52.21, with Phillip Moss 102nd in 1.56.36. 

Hannah Griffith ran with her sister Siwan Kalatzi and they both finished together in a good time of 2.05.53, with Siwan the 40th female, and Hannah was just one place behind, but they shared the same time. Nia Lister had another improved performance in 55th place with a new PB in 2.12.22, whilst Helen Hannam was 60th in 2.13.34, and Gwen Charlton was 65th in 2.15.27, with Katie Johnston 82nd in 2.20.24. *There were 317 finishers.

Stuart Culverhouse later said: “This was a race of two halves with a gradual climb for the first half then a nice hill down.”

And Helen Hannam added: “I really struggled today, probably as I raced yesterday too, so I'm happy with that time. Lovely RunWales race, great atmosphere, with amazing support and marshals.”

*Hannah Griffith (*above left), with her sister Siwan Kalatzi, and Helen Hannam, and (*below), Adam Lemalle, Nia Lister and Gwen Charlton.

*This is a link to the provisional results from the Bangor 10k and half-marathon:

https://www.runwales.com/files/user_uploaded/results/535/Half%20Mara%20Overall%20Results.pdf

*Pictured above left - Sandy Johnston, and Rachel Morris with Carla Green, and (*above right) Steve Roberts, all ran at the Chester Marathon or Metric Marathon.

Chester Marathon: Sandy Johnston finished 3rd in his MV75 age cat at the MBNA Chester Marathon on Sunday with a tremendous run in a chip time of 3 hrs 57 mins and 13 secs, in 1,782nd place out of 4,397 runners.

In the Chester Metric Marathon, three NWRRC members took part in this unusual distance event, and Carla Green impressed again with a positive run in 64th place overall, as the 10th female finisher, and she was 2nd in her FV50 age cat in 2.01.46. Steve Roberts was 141st in 2.12.20 as the 5th MV55 cat, and Rachel Morris recovered from her recent injury to enjoy a good run in 1022nd place, as the 512nd female in 3.25.09.

 

*Cheryl Frost (*above left) at the Cardiff half-marathon, and (*right), Steve Mason.

*Cardiff half-marathon: Cheryl Frost made the long trek to South Wales for the Cardiff half-marathon on Sunday, and she enjoyed an excellent run as the 438th female and finished 20th within her FV55 age cat in 1.43.55. *The event attracted almost 10,000 finishers.

*Liverpool: Steve Mason finished 29th at the Princes Park parkrun in Liverpool on Saturday and he won his VM50 age cat on his course debut in 20.12.