Clutch of prestigious silver medals for Road Running trio at the Inter-Counties cross country champs at Newtown.

*Pictured above - the delighted NW trio of Cheryl Frost, Kay Hatton and Karen Butler at the Inter-Counties XC at Newtown.

Clutch of prestigious silver medals for Road Running trio at the Inter-Counties cross country champs at Newtown.

Report by Don Hale. Comment from Bernie Jones, and action photo by Andy Davies.

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Three top female veteran athletes from North Wales Road Runners exchanged their trainers for spikes on Sunday and competed in the Inter-Regional Cross Country championships at Newtown, and celebrated by winning a clutch of prestigious medals.

The trio all performed well and enjoyed their runs on a very muddy but relatively flat course, and between them they collected several championships medals with Cheryl Frost and Kay Hatton winning team silver medals in the W55 event; and Karen Butler winning a team silver in the W65 event, plus an individual silver medal in her race.

Their results were: Cheryl Frost 29.51, Kay Hatton 30.46, and Karen Butler 31.15, on a 6.3k course, but the performance of the day came from youngster Noa Vaughan (Eryri Harriers), who at just 20-years of age won the Senior Men’s race.

 *Pictured above - NoaVaughan on his way to a senior man victory despite having only just turned 20. (Photo courtesy of Andy Davies ).

*Bernie Jones, the secretary of the North Wales Cross Country League later stated: “A big thank you to John Messum, Mike Robbins, and Eric Campbell, who were managing the North Wales teams today (Sunday).  Without the support of such dedicated people, we wouldn’t be able to provide the opportunities for you to compete in such events. 

“They all give their valuable time and energy as volunteers and as Secretary I am extremely grateful. It was a great day for North Wales with some fantastic individual performances and team results. I will do a report once I get the results but well done to all athletes and their parents/coaches

“A final mention should also go to Maldwyn Harriers for marking out such a superb course and providing all the marshalls. Once again, they have done themselves and North Wales proud!”