North Wales athletes performed well at the British Mountain Running Championships and Inter-Counties races.

*Some of the successful North Wales men's team are pictured above.

BRITISH INTER-COUNTIES MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS
& BRITISH MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 14th June 2025. Pen-Y Ghent Mountain Race (12.2km/500m):

The British Inter-Counties Mountain Running Championships took place at Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, on Saturday 14th June, with some notable performances by North Wales athletes.


Report and photos courtesy of Arwel Lewis, with support by Paul Brooks.

The Pen-Y-Ghent 12.2km/500m race was organised by Settle Harriers. 

*Some great performances by the North Wales ladies team.

The women’s race started at 1:30pm in a torrential downpour which soon cleared to leave clear and quite warm conditions for a relatively fast running race route. 

First home for North Wales was Ruth Calcraft (Run Free Fell Runners) in 26th position overall in a time of 1:05:01 followed by: 31st Catrin Donnelly (Eryri Harriers) 1:05:59 and 39th Efa Baines (Eryri Harriers) 1:07:53. 

Unfortunately, despite travelling to the event, Joanne Henderson (Denbigh Harriers) had to withdraw due to illness. North Wales were placed 9th team overall in an event won by Nancy Scott (Aldershot & Farnham/Surrey) in a very good time of 54:35. Yorkshire won the Inter-Counties team title ahead of Cumbria and Surrey.


*More great action shots from the championships.

The men’s race started at 2:00pm in much better conditions compared to the women’s race start. Tom Wood (Eryri Harriers) led North Wales home in 17th position overall in a time of 50:47 followed by: 44th Matthew Roberts (Eryri Orienteers) 53:54. 49th Rhys Jones (Hebog) 54:06 & despite suffering with a severe stitch on the descent, 60th Kieran Wynne-Kattanach Eryri Harriers) 55:02. 

North Wales men were placed 8th overall in the event won by Ross Gollan (Scotland North) in another very good time of 47:53. Yorkshire won the Inter-Counties team title ahead of Lancashire and Derbyshire.
Overall, a great effort from our North Wales athletes against quality opposition.

Arwel Lewis
Team Coordinator.



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