John’s water carriers came to the rescue at Rhos parkrun
*A seahorse was on the run at the Llandrillo yn Rhos parkrun.
John’s water carriers came to the rescue at Rhos parkrun
Report by Don Hale
There were scorching temperatures around the region last Saturday morning for all the North Wales parkruns, with some events and volunteers introducing water cups at the finish areas, together with some water pistols and water sprays en route to help keep everyone cool.
John confirmed: “I decided to take lots of the water to Rhos, together with about 400 paper cups that I still had from the Deganwy Dash. They proved to be most welcome, and all the cups were used.”
And despite the soaring temperatures, one hardy entrant, Venus, took part in a spectacular Seahorse character costume to help raise funds for the RASASC charity, and quite remarkably she still dipped under 26 minutes!
Visiting athlete Christian Smith (Manchester Road Runners) was the first finisher overall at Rhos in 16 minutes and 35 seconds, with Conor Davies second in 16.53, and track champion Aled Hughes (GOG Triathlon) third in 17.21. And Iain Burgess also performed very well to finish 4th overall in 17.43. *Another visitor in Nicola Lee (Reading AC) was the first female in 18.33, with Heidi Laverty second on her course debut in 22.51, and Rebecca Downs (Colwyn Bay) a very close third in 22.52.* There were 499 finishers at Rhos.
*NWRRC entered five members with James Jones 19th with a new PB of 19.35; Steve Roberts was 76th, and he won his VM60 age cat in 23.14; Richard Scamans was 84th in 23.49; Hannah Griffith finished in 156th place, and she was second in her VW50 cat in 26.42; whilst super-vet Mike Hayton was 397th and 3rd in his VM75 age cat in 36.38.
*Colwyn Bay AC also had five members involved with Josh Mottram running well again in 45th place, and he was second in his SM18 cat in 21.23. Ian Taylor was 63rd in 22.49; Rebecca Downs 68th in 22.52; Ellie New was 183rd on her course debut in 27.30; and Molly New 205th with a course PB of 28.08. *Porth Eirias Runners had three entrants with Barry Palmer 137th in 25.55; Sonia Wignall 343rd in 33.33; and Kevin Edge 470th in 46.55.
*Conwy: Visitor Euan Douglas (Hyde Park Runners) was the first finisher at the RSPB Conwy parkrun in 18.27, and Lloyd Owenwas second with a new course PB in 19.06, with Billy Bibby a close third in 19.31. *The first female was Abbie Robinson in 22.21, with Isabel Redfern (Colwyn Bay) second in 23.16, and Michelle Farrell (GOG Triathlon) third in 25.16.
*NWRRC had five members at Conwy with Steve Mason 45th and 3rd in his VM50 age cat in 25.03; Ceri Jones was 74th and 2nd VW40 in 26.58. Meanwhile, master vet Rob Fryer won his VM70 age cat in 28.31; Vicky Taylor was 128th in 30.35, and Darren Griss finished in 140th place in 31.57.
*GOG Triathlon entered four members with Gary Jones 18th in 22.38; whilst Michelle and John Farrell ran together in 25.16, in 48/49th places, with Lizzie Irvine 126th in 30.30. *Alan Hackett represented Porth Eirias Runners in 114th place 29.16. *There were 228 finishers at Conwy.
*Pictured right - Emma Evans and super-vet LizEvans at Stormont.
*Prestatyn: Visitor Stephen Switzer (RTC Warriors) was the first finisher at the Nova parkrun in 19.01, and Caleb Dore took the second spot in a close finish in 19.12, with Luca Bennett third in 19.27. *Erin Thomas was the first female (36th overall) in 24.28, with JW11-14 athlete Freya Roberts-Howie second in 24.39, and visitor Naroa Ibara Aizpurua third in 26.35.
*Prestatyn RC entered an amazing 29 athletes with Robert Grima 19th in 22.28; Andy Thomas was 24th in 23.29, and Judah Eastwell 31st in 24.09. Other club mates results included veterans – Martin Cortvriend 51st, and he won his VM70 age cat in 25.52; Reg Jonas finished 54th and was 3rd in his VM65 cat in 26.27; and Gareth Hughes won his VM80 cat in 88th place in 29.21. *There were 243 finishers at Nova.
*Penrhyn: There was a good turn-out of 250 runners including many visitors at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun where young Noa Vaughan was the runaway first finisher in 16.50. The second man remained unknown, but the third finisher was Steffan Sayer(Menai T&F) in 17.25. *The first female (7th overall) was visitor Fiona German (South-West Road Runners) in 18.53, with Mabli Baines (Eryri Harriers) second in 21.41, and Mabli’s club colleague, Anwen Hockley third in 22.35
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