Michael Finnie wins his age cat at the 60m indoor Open event at Deeside plus other race results.

By Don Hale donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 November 26, 2024

*Pictured above - Michael Finnie - back on track at the Indoor 60m race.

Veteran track sprinter Michael Finnie won his age cat at the Indoor 60m dash...plus other race results.

Report by Don Hale.

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NWRRC veteran track athlete Michael Finnie won his M65 age cat at the North Wales Indoor Open 60m dash at the Deeside Indoor Athletics Centre at Coleg Cambria, Deeside, last Saturday.

He braved the challenging weather conditions en-route caused by Storm Bert, to take part in the sprint event, and he was just a fraction of second down on his previous best time, but said he was still pleased with his fine result of 11.23 seconds.

After the event, he admitted that unfortunately the road conditions had restricted the number of competitors, but confirmed: “Not bad, since I haven’t been able to train much due to weather and flu the past week. I think I was a quarter of a second slower than my best.”

Michael is hoping to improve on his performance in January during the North Wales Indoor Championships at the same venue.

Another competitor at the weekend venue was Wrexham AAC master vet athlete Paul Brooks, from the North Wales Regional Athletics Council, who took part in the throwing events, and he too was slightly down on his previous efforts.

*Paul Brooks (*above) performed well but he was slightly disappointed with his results from the Indoor meeting at Deeside.

Paul admitted: “Slightly disappointed at the Indoor meeting in Coleg Cambria today. Two warm-ups and three throws of 6.73, 6.82 and 6.91. I was hoping for 7m! I can’t complain too much as it’s the best since January, and I haven’t trained all week with the weather. Onwards to the indoor champs in January. Thanks to Amy and all the officials for another fine meeting.”

*Pictured above left - Martin Green, with Harry Driscoll.

Other race results:

*Cheshire: Martin Green finished 2nd overall but won his MV50 age cat at the Oulton Park half marathon on Sunday with another superb run finishing in 1.18.06.

*Wilmslow: Harry Driscoll competed in the Wilmslow 10k race on Sunday and enjoyed a good result finishing in 286th place in 38.34.

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Don Hale is a best-selling British author and former investigative journalist. He has been Journalist of the Year on three separate occasions in the past. and his extensive campaign to help free Stephen Downing for a murder he did not commit, won him both the Campaign and National Journalist of the Year Awards, A former regional newspaper editor, he was awarded an OBE in 2002 for campaign journalism. He has also been a lead investigator in several other successful, high-profile, miscarriage of justice and human rights cases. He has written several best selling books including - Murder in the Graveyard a true crime mystery story. There is also Buster Crabb - Ian Fleming's Favourite Spy, and Mallard about the battle to create the fastest steam loco in the world against the challenge from Nazi Germany, and more lately, there is The Jersey Boys and Liberation, about the secret stories of occupied Jersey during WW2, told by several resistance heroes and historians.