Hat-trick of age category wins for NWRRC trio at Nant y Pandy parkrun...plus other results...

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*Pictured above - the NWRRC trio each won their respective age categories at the Nant y Pandy parkrun, (l-r): Carla Green, Mike Hayton and Kay Hatton.

Hat-trick of age category wins for NWRRC trio at Nant y Pandy parkrun...plus other results...

Report by Don Hale. 

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Three NWRRC members each won their respective age categories at the Nant y Pandy parkrun on Saturday morning. Carla Green finished well as the third female athlete in 24th place in 23.53, and she also won her VW50 age cat.

Veteran Kay Hatton was also in top form, and she won her VW60 cat in 26th place overall with a new course PB in 24.40, and master vet Mike Hayton was 112th, and he won his new VM75 age cat on his debut in 31.55.

*Nant y Pandy: *The first finisher at Nant y Pandy parkrun was SM20 athlete Sam Gunning, with a PB in 17.11, with Joel Chick second on his debut in 17.33, and visitor Nathan James (Chester RR) finished third in 18.49. *The first female finisher was Ellie Evans (Cybi Striders) in 22.40 (15th overall), and Helen Lowery was second (19th) in 23.05, and Carla Green was third (24th) in 23.53, and she also won her VW50 age cat. *There were 160 finishers.

 


*The start of the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn (*above), from last Saturday.

 

*Prestatyn: There was a good scrap for top spot at the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn on Saturday, with Andrew Walmsley(Chorlton Runners), finishing well in 17.22, and he was narrowly ahead of Andrew Bromley (Prestatyn RC) in 17.46; with visitor Danny O’Reilly (Chester Tri-club), third on his debut in 18.31. *VW40 athlete Gemma Moore (Eryri Harriers), was the first female finisher in 19.50, (6th place overall), with Eve Manifold second (19th) in 22.04, and Neha Tamara-Patel was third (27th) on her debut in 22.42. 

*Some other well-known local characters at Prestatyn included, charity fundraisers Dave Munday (5k to 50k), 38th in 23.57, and his colleague Daniel Huws 52nd in 24.26, with master vet Martin Cortvriend (Prestatyn RC), 57th, and winning his VM70 age cat in 24.53. *There were 268 finishers at Nova.


*Penrhyn: There was a good turn-out of 248 finishers at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun, and once again a visiting athlete took the spoils with SM18-19 teenager Freddie Cushing (Northampton AC) came home first on his debut in just 17 minutes and 2 seconds. Phil Lynes took second place in 18.33, with Iolo Owen third in 18.50. 

*The first female finisher was JW11-14 athlete Tamsin Seguin (Menai T&F) in 19.58, and (10th overall), with Hannily Cooke a narrow second (19th), on her debut in 21.22, with JW11-14 athlete Evie Hodgkinson (South Leeds) third, (20th) in 21.26. *There were 248 finishers.

*A few other notable local runners at Penrhyn included: Laura McKenzie (Betsi Runaways), 41st in 23.52, Anne Mynott (Colwyn Bay AC), 79th in 26.03, Pete Brocklehurst 84th in 26.25; identical twins Karen and Amanda Durberran together, and they finished in 116th and 117th places in 28.38 and 28.42, whilst Dougie Graham claimed a new PB of 34.34 in 187th place.

 

*Newborough: Visiting athlete Rob Webb (Rossendale Harriers), made a successful debut at the Newborough Forest parkrun at the weekend, and he was the first man home in a fast time of just 17 minutes and 38 seconds. Kieran De’Ath finished 2nd with a new PB in 18.54, and Matt Parkes took third place in 19.18. 

*Vikki Robertshaw (Blackburn Harriers) was the first female finisher on her debut in 20.39 (8th overall), whilst Felicity Elliott was second (19th) with a new PB in 22.14, and Hannah Smith (Lymm Runners) finished in 3rd place (20th) on her debut but shared the exact same time as Felicity. *There were 257 finishers.

 

*York: Llandudno athlete Kevin Higgins (NWRRC), travelled to York last Sunday to compete with 5,500 other runners in their annual 10k event. This was the fourth time he has taken part and this year he recorded a decent time of 61.28. After his race, he confirmed: “A great race, and a great atmosphere, with thousands of spectators on the streets and all around the course.”






 

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