Fast times from the gun at the Twin Piers 10k and North Wales championship race...
*Pictured above – some of the NWRRC team at the start of the Twin Piers race.
Fast times from the gun at the Twin Piers 10k and North Wales championship race...
Report by Don Hale
Over 300 quality athletes competed in the annual Arthur Bebbington Twin Piers 10k race last Saturday afternoon, which covered a scenic route between Llandudno to Colwyn Bay piers.
Entrants came from a vast range of nationwide running clubs and social runners, with the event well organised by Colwyn Bay AC, and it also formed part of the North Wales Regional 10k championships.
Meirionnydd RC claimed a unique hat-trick in the 10k with three of their team taking the first three finishing places overall. Owen Roberts was the runaway winner of the race in a fast gun time of 31 minutes and 59 seconds, with Ben Harding second, and a minute adrift in 32,59, whilst Gwion Roberts took the third spot, and he was almost a minute of Ben in 33.56.
The first female finisher was Eden O’Dea (Deeside) in 35.44, and Gemma Moore (Eryri Harriers) was the runner-up in 37.39, with Jennifer Rambaldi (Buckley) third in 39.00.
*10k Gold medal winners (*above) Kevin Slattery and Karen Butler.
*North Wales Road Runners entered 15 members and claimed seven potential podium places in the main race, including three age cat victories, whilst in the associated NW championships, they also won three gold and four prestigious silver medals.
Will Evans was the first man home for the club in 40.21, and he finished 3rd in his FV45 cat, with Stuart Culverhouse 55th and 2nd in his FV50 cat in 42.15. The NWRRC chairman Kevin Slattery hit top form again, and this exceptional master veteran enjoyed a superb run in 83rd place in 45.35, to easily win his FV70 age cat.
Adam Lemalle was 94th in 46.34, and Cheryl Frost continued her impressive form in 99th place to win her FW60 cat in 47.13, and Steve Roberts finished 113th in 48.27. Cheryl’s team colleague Kay Hatton was second in the same FV60 age cat as her in 49.31, in 126th place, and Veteran Karen Butler also celebrated after winning her FV65 age cat in 50.24.
*Pictured above - gold and silver medal winners Cheryl Frost and Kay Hatton, with another silver medal winner in Will Evans.
Richard Scamans finished in136th place in 50.19, and Molly Evans was 141st in 50.36. Master veteran Rob Fryer was 192nd in 55.55, followed by Gwen Charlton in 199th place in 56.43. Meanwhile, Helen Hannam was 223rd in 59.21, and super-vet Mike Hayton ran well again in 235th place in 61.57 and he was second in his FM75 age cat, whilst Nia Lister was 258th in 65.51. *There were 343 finishers overall.
*NW Regional 10k champs: GOLD – Kevin Slattery, Cheryl Frost and Karen Butler; SILVER – Will Evans, Stuart Culverhouse, Mike Hayton and Kay Hatton.
*This is a link to the provisional results from the Twin Piers 10k:
https://colwynbayac.niftyentries.com/Results/Arthur-Bebbington-Twin-Piers-10k-2026
*The NW championship results are available on the North Wales Regional Council Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/755410871224908
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