Young athletes star at North Wales parkruns: Plus parkrun results round-up:

*John Hatton (*above far right), who completed his 350th volunteering role last week is pictured with some of the many friendly volunteers at Penrhyn Castle parkrun.

Young athletes star at North Wales parkruns: plus results round-up from around the region...


There were some fast times and several top three finishes for young male and female athletes at various parkruns across North Wales last Saturday morning.

With the fine weather and dry conditions continuing for the past few weeks, it was the turn of several promising youngsters to show their more experienced rivals a clean pair of heels.

William Delamere was perhaps the pick of the bunch, where the JM15-17 athlete was the first runner home at the Newborough Forest parkrun in just 17 minutes and 31 seconds, and his sister Lucy Delamere also ran well as the third female in the same event, with the JW11-14 athlete recording another good time of 21.55.

Fred Reese was another fine junior athlete on the Old Railway Trail at Llangollen, where he too was the first finisher with another excellent time of 17.58 on his course debut, and Deri Hockley (Eryri Harriers), made it a North Wales hat-trick of North Wales first finishers, when he ran home at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun with a new course PB of 18.04.

Meanwhile, JW10 athlete Sienna Jones made her debut at the same venue as Fred, and she too finished well as the second female in 22.11, whilst JM15-17 athlete, Ciaran Roberts finished as the second male finisher at the Ruthin parkun in 20.46.

 

*Gdansk, Dunstable Downs and Bridport: Some local athletes on their travels this week included: Identical twins Karen and Amanda Durber, who made their debuts at the Park Ronalda Reagana parkrun in Gdansk, Poland, and they completed the course together in 103rd/104th places in 28.57; and father and son Stuart and Joe Culverhouse (NWRRC) made their debuts at the Dunstable Downs parkrun with both athletes winning their respective age cats. Stuart finished 4th overall in 20.33 and he won his VM50 cat, and Joe was 15th, and he won his JM11-14 cat in 22.43. Mike Hayton (NWRRC) meanwhile, ran at the St Mary’s parkrun at Bridport in Dorset and he finished 150th on his course debut and 3rd in his VM75 age cat.




*Pictured above left - Stuart and Joe Culverhouse at Dunstable Downs parkrun, and (*above right), Mike Hayton at St Mary's parkrun at Bridport, and (*below) identical twins Karen and Amanda Durber at the Gdansk parkrun.


*Prestatyn: There was a good turn-out of 320 mixed ability athletes at the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn, where visitor Scott Harrington (Otley AC), was the first finisher on his debut in 16.34, with Tom Carter (Prestatyn RC), second despite a great new PB in 16.58, and Matthew Baker was third with another new PB in 17.14. *Local footballer Aaron Dodwell took the fourth spot with yet another PB in 17.44.

It was a very close-run event at Nova for the ladies, with just three seconds separating the first three finishers with Eve Manifold (Prestatyn RC), finally taking the honours in 21.39 (27th overall), with visitor Katy Wallymahmed (March Lane Harriers) second on her debut in 21.41 (28th), whilst another visitor, Jade Philips, ran home in 22.42 on her course debut.

 

*Penrhyn: Young JM15-17 athlete Deri Hockley claimed a new course PB at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun in 18.04, with Andrew Douce second in 18.52, and Lawrence and Hopey finished third with a new PB in 19.32. *Visitor Hazelle Webster-Costella (Jarrow & Hebburn AC) was the first female finisher (19th overall), on her course debut at Penrhyn in 21.43, with Carla Green (NWRRC) in hot pursuit, and a narrow second (21st), in 21.48, whilst Ellie Evans (Cybi Striders), took the third spot (29th), in 22.35. *Nia Lister from NWRRC was 115th in 27.31, and there were 267 finishers.

 

*Nant y Pandy: Over two hundred visitors and regulars competed in the Nant y Pandy parkrun by the Nature Reserve, with Nicolas Seguin coming home first with a new PB in 18.35, and debutants Hugh Hudson 18.44, and Nick Lyster19.41, took the second and third places. 

Katy Wardle was the first female finisher at Llangollen on her course debut in 20.14 (6th overall), with Annie Taylorsecond (20th) with a new PB in 22.41, and Claire Wilshaw (St Radegund RDC), finished third (22nd), on her debut in 22.53. *There were 212 finishers.

 

*Newborough: JM15-17 athlete William Delamare recorded a fast time of 17.31 at the Newborough Forest parkrun, ahead of Adam Roberts (Parc Bryn Bach RC), who was second despite a new PB of 18.22, and he was only ten seconds ahead of Andy Woodhead, in third place in 18.32. *The first female finisher at Newborough was Trang Nguyen (Blackheath & Bromley Harriers), with a new course PB of 21.10 (17th overall), with visitor Rachel Bailey (Bolton Utd Harriers) second on her course debut (21st) in 21.50, and JW11-14 junior Lucy Delamere was third (23rd) in 21.55. *There were 311 finishers.

 

*Ruthin: Steffan Jones (St Asaph Striders) was the first finisher at the Ruthin Memorial parkrun in 20.06, and JM15-17 athlete Ciaran Roberts took the second place with a fine run in 20.46, with Christopher Cain (Lonely Goat Runners) third in 20.51. *The first female finisher was Aoife Roberts (West Cheshire AC) in 21.07 (6th overall), with Catherine Tudor-Jones second (7th) in 21.13, and visitor Rebecca Blacklock (Wallasey AC), finished third on her course debut in 21.54. *There were 113 finishers.

 

Llangollen: Visiting junior Fred Reese took the plaudits at the Old Railway Trail parkrun at Llangollen with a great run for the JW11-14 athlete on his debut in 17.58, and James Jones was second in 18.02, with another visitor in Jack Copson taking third place on his debut in 18.28. *The first three female finishers at Llangollen were all visitors, with Kelly Butler (City of Stoke), running home first on her course debut in 21.46, followed by JW10 debutant Sienna Jonesin 22.11, and Ruth Mewis, the third debutant in 23.05.

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  1. We also had a record at Conwy Park Run with a visitor getting round in just 15 minutes 30 seconds

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