Christmas cracker at the NWRRC handicap race...plus other race results.

*North Wales Road Runners are pictured (*above) just before the start of the festive handicap race on the promenade at Rhos on Sea.

Christmas cracker at the NWRRC handicap race.

Report by Don Hale.

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

 

Twenty-four members of NWRRC took part in the annual Christmas club handicap race, which this year was staged from the Rhos on Sea clock tower to the renovated far end of the promenade and back over a 4.5-mile course.

Well organised with times recorded and verified by Carla Green and Elizabeth Driscoll, with support from other members, the handicap rules this time included each runner having to hand in their watches and mobile phones, and the need to predict their finishing times, so that no one knew their exact pace, or whether their estimated times were likely to be accurate, until they actually reached the finish line.

The top three female winners, who were the closest to their times included the winner – Kay Hatton, with Sarah Ferguson Hudson the runner-up, and Cheryl Frost third. *The male winners included: Mike Hayton who quite remarkably matched his prediction to the very second, with Tony Gibson the runner-up, and Dougie Graham finished third.

*NOTE: This is at the link to the report about the prize presentations: Don Hale Blog: Glittering annual trophy afternoon for North Wales... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/glittering-annual-trophy-afternoon-for.html?spref=tw

*Pictured above - NWRRC handicap winners Mike Hayton and Kay Hatton.

*The overall results with the final finishing times included: (1) Will Evans 28.28, (2) Ben Hudson 31.51, (3) Adam Lemalle 32.48, (4) Mal Preece 34.10, (5) Sion Thomas 34.18, (6) Benjamin Brummitt 34.20, (7) Karl Morris 34.30, (8) Steve Poupart 34.44, (9) Cheryl Frost 36.04, (10) Richard Scamans 37.32, (11) Karen Butler 37.45, (12) Dave Jones 38.25, (13) Philip Moss 38.34, (14) Sarah Ferguson Hudson 39.08, (15) Tony Gibson 39.25, (16) Kay Hatton 39.28, (17) Don Hale 40.07, (18) Gwen Charlton 40.45. (19) Nia Lister 40.46, (20) Dougie Graham 41.45, (21) Len Jackson 41.45, (22) Mike Hayton 46.15, (23) Mark Davies 49.05, (24) Rachel Morris 57.31.

 

Other results:

*Aberystwyth: Three NWRRC runners took part in the Senior North Wales Cross Country League fixture at Aberystwyth on Saturday, with Martin Green – running for his dual registered club Meirionnydd RC, finished 20th overall out of 121 elite athletes, and he also won his MV50 age cat in 33.06. He was accompanied by club newcomers Roger Matthews and Michael Harris, with Roger 86th in 40.18, and 5th in his MV55 cat, whilst Michael was 119th in 52.26.

*Gwen Charlton (*above left), with Charlotte Rose Wilton-Jones and Mollie

*Betws-y-Coed: Road Runner Gwen Charlton finished in 66th place in the Betws-y-Coed Trail Challenge last Saturday, and she set a new course PB in 66.31 as the 20th female. And in the 10k Canicross Race, Charlotte Rose Wilton-Jones came 3rd overall with her dog Mollie in 51.41.

*Llandudno: Sarah Jones and her family ran in the annual Santa Dash fun-run on Llandudno promenade on Saturday and they finished in 40.55, and Rachel Morris also took part, and she completed her run in 40.12.