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North Wales Cross Country Champs report from the Treborth Track, Bangor race on 10/1/2026.   A special report and photograph cortesy of Bernie Jones, the secretary of the NW Cross Country League. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 A big thank you to Eryri Harriers for hosting the North Wales Championships for the second-year running. Bangor is always testing and this year was no different.  Thank you to all the volunteers, not just on the course but behind the scenes and especially to Helen Blair for coordinating everything. Unfortunately, due to be stuck in one foot of snow we did not have the chip timing services of Dave Peters and had to revert to old school timing and recording.  “A late Friday night sorting out numbers from my loft ensured we were able to go ahead! I would therefore like to thank all the officials who enabled me to do some coordinating and sort out individual medals. THANK YOU ALL. Without them there would be no Championships. ALL TEAM MEDALS AND AGE GROU...

*The successful NWRRC quartet of ladies pictured above at the Regional cross country championships at Bangor (l-r): Kay Hatton, Gwen  Charlton. Cheryl Frost and Karen Butler. NWRRC quartet amongst the medals at the cross-country champs at Bangor... Report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025   A quartet of ladies from North Wales Road Runners enjoyed some great performances at the NW Regional cross-country championships held at Treborth, Bangor last Saturday. Cheryl Frost  collected a prestigious gold medal after winning her W60 age cat whilst finishing 20th overall in 28 minutes and 38 seconds, and  Kay Hatton  was third in the same age category as Cheryl, and she won a bronze medal in 30.13. Karen Butler  was also on top form, and she won a silver medal after finishing second in her W65 cat, and she was 28th overall in 30.28, with  Gwen Charlton  performing well in 40th place, but she narrowly missed out on a medal in her W35 cat after fin...

North Wales Track & Field Championships  at Treborth. To enter - https://wales.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/nwrac/ ]( https://wales.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/nwrac/... **URGENT - LAST DAY FOR ENTRIES: North Wales Outdoor T&F Championships Saturday 10th May @ Treborth Track ENTRIES CLOSE Sunday 4th May @ 23:59 Masters will compete in Senior events using appropriate equipment. (U11's not eligible for Regional Championships therefore strictly no u11's entries). 1. Birth: born within the area covered by N.W.R.A.C. 2. Residence: Continuous current residence within the area covered by N.W.R.A.C. for at least 9 months. 3. Retention: An athlete may retain his/her existing qualification to represent N. Wales and compete in the N. Wales Regional Championship, provided that he/she has not represented another Region or County, nor competed in a different Regional or County Championship in the same year of competition. 4.Where an athlete competes for a club not based in Wales...

*Pictured above - five members of the NWRRC team at the XC champs at Bangor (l-r), Michael Finnie, Cheryl Frost, Kay Hatton, Gwen Charlton, and Karen Butler; and (*below), four NWRRC team members who competed in the Men's Senior Race (*l-r), Will  Williams, Iwan Evans, Stuart Culverhouse, and Steve Gardner.   Five podium places and two gold medals for the Road Runners in XC champs at Treborth, Bangor. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Nine members from the North Wales Road Running Club competed in different races during the NW Cross Country Championships at Treborth Track, Bangor, last Saturday, and claimed five podium places, including two age category wins. In the senior/master women’s race,  Karen Butler  won a deserved gold medal after finishing 1st in her W65 age cat following a great run in 39th place in 37 minutes and 30 seconds. The NWRRC team packed well with veteran  Cheryl Frost  on form again in...

URGENT APPEAL TO HELP SAVE MENAI TRACK AND FIELD CLUB FROM FOLDING... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Georgina Seguin from the Menai Track and Field club, and an active member of the NW Cross Country League, is urgently appealing for support from the North Wales community to help save the club from folding! She confirmed this week: “Menai track & field is a successful NW athletics club with over 170 juniors and 20 seniors, but unfortunately due to lack of volunteers the future of the club is uncertain. We need to fill key committee roles within the club including chair, treasurer, secretary, plus a number of other roles. “Without these roles the club cannot run. If anyone is interested in becoming involved with the club, whether it be on an advisory basis, or as chair, please reach out to me.  “We are looking for any ideas and suggestions about how we can run going forwards and are open to any potential opportunities i...

North Wales Cross Country Championships 2025. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Entries are now open for the North Wales Cross Country Championships, which will take place at Treborth Track, Bangor on SATURDAY 4th JANUARY 2025.    NORTH WALES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025 (Supported by Grand Prix Express). Report courtesy of Bernie Jones. At   Treborth Track, Bangor LL57 2RQ On   Saturday 4th January 2025. 11-00am:   Under 11 Girls - Approx. 1 Mile  11-20am:  U13 Girls/U11 Boys - Approx. 1.5 Miles  11-45am:  U15 Girls/U13 Boys - Approx. 2 Miles 12.15pm:  U17 Women/U15 Boys - Approx. 3 Miles 1.00pm:  U20/Senior/Master Women/U17 Men/65+ Men  Approx 3.5 Miles 2.00pm:  U20/Senior/Master Men - Approx. 5.25 Miles Ages as of 1st September 2024 (Masters, as on the day) All athletes  must  represent first claim club or school, wear club/school vest and have North Wales qualification....

*The NWRRC ladies team at Bangor (*l-r) Cheryl Frost, Gwennan Charlton and Kay Hatton. Back to the mud and hills for the first cross-country fixture of the season at Treborth, Bangor. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery and Lesley Goodson. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Five members of North Wales Road Runners entered the first North Wales Cross-Country League fixture of the season, well-organised by hosts Eryri Harriers at Treborth, near Bangor, last Saturday, and staged over a rather muddy, hilly, and challenging series of varied courses. With different distance routes offered in respect of ages, and male and female races, ranging from juniors to masters, the general feedback was most encouraging with many runners welcoming a positive return to some sort of normality following an enforced period of uncertainty. NWRRC members ran in either the senior women’s race, or the senior men’s event, over approximate distances of 3.5-miles, or 5.5...

St David's Hospice - Walk 10,000 steps a day for 30 days challenge: https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Did you know that if you walked 10,000 steps a day for 30 days, that it's the equivalent of walking from Bangor to Fishguard!  Wowzers that's far! Do you fancy walking that far over 30 days in September?  Join our  𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿   𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲   Walk 10,000 steps every day throughout September and help raise funds for St David's Hospice! ( 𝘐𝘧  10,000  𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴   𝘢   𝘥𝘢𝘺   𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴   𝘵𝘰𝘰   𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩   𝘧𝘰𝘳   𝘺𝘰𝘶 ,  𝘸𝘦 ' 𝘥   𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭   𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦   𝘧𝘰𝘳   𝘺𝘰𝘶   𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦   𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵   𝘢𝘯𝘥   𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵   𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳   𝘵𝘩𝘦   𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵   𝘵𝘰   𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵   𝘺𝘰𝘶 .) 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻   𝘂𝗽   𝘁𝗼   𝘁𝗵𝗲   𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿   𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲.  ...

Menai Sprints Open Track & Field Apply to enter https://www.welshathletics.org/.../view/menai-sprints-open WEDNESDAY 31ST MAY LOCATION: Treborth Track, Menai, Bangor. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com EVENT INFORMATION AGE GROUPS U11 Boys & Girls = School Years 4 & 5 (Must be 9 on day of competition) U13 Boys & Girls = School Years 6 & 7 U15 Boys & Girls = School Years 8 & 9 U17 Men & Women = School Years 10 & 11 U20 Men & Women = School Years 12, 13 & 14 Seniors & Masters EVENTS AVAILABLE:  U11s 75m,150m LJ SP (3 events max) U13 to Seniors/Masters - 100m,200m,300m,400m LJ, SP (U13, U15 & U17 3 events max) ENTRY FEES 1 event = £6.00, 2 events = £11, 3 events =£15, 4 events = £19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Entries Close: Sunday 28th @23:59  THERE WILL BE NO ENTRIES ON THE DAY U11B - 75m, 150m, Long Jump & Shot Put U11G - 75m, 150m, Long Jump & Shot Put U13B - 100m, 200m, Long Jump & Shot Put U13G - 100m, 200m, Long Jump...

*Martin Green (*above) had a good run in the cross country race Five Road Runners tackled Bangor cross country race. Report by Don Hale. Photographs by Steve Jeffery and Kay Hatton.   Five Road Runners swapped their trainers for spikes at the first cross-country fixture of the season at Treborth, near Bangor last Saturday in the North Wales League. Martin Green  used the race as a warm-up for the  Chester Metric Marathon  the following day and ran steadily around the course to finish 9th overall and 2nd in his MV45 age cat in 32.42 in the Senior Men’s race.  Stuart Culverhouse  (*pictured above) was the only other male member involved in this event and he finished 81st in 39.19 and 11th in his MV55 cat. The event attracted 142 runners. *Pictured above (l-r) Kay Hatton, Gwennan  Charlton and Tessa Bushnell at the first North Wales cross country league meeting at Treborth last Saturday. Kay Hatton  led a team of three female club members home i...