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*Pictured above - NWRRC member Steve Bozier and  his  family at the Penrhyn  Castle  Dark Run last Saturday. Penrhyn Castle Dark Run raised about £10k for children's hospices...and all set for this Saturday at Conwy Quay. Report by Don Hale.  donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025   It proved to be another great night at the  Penrhyn Castle Dark Run  last Saturday with 384 participants helping to raise about £10k for  Hope House and Ty Gobaith  children's hospices. One of the event organisers and MC  John Hatton  later confirmed: “ Penrhyn Dark Run  last night. I went to the morning parkrun, then back as MC for the Dark Run, which was an absolutely fantastic evening.  We had so many volunteers, which made it so special all around the course, and we were overwhelmed by the response.  “Out of interest the provisional amount raised at Penrhyn was £10k and just looking forward to my next role at  Conwy Dark Run ...

*Pictured above - NWRRC member Steve Bozier and his  family at the Penrhyn Castle  Dark Run last Saturday. Penrhyn Castle Dark Run raised about £10k for children's hospices...and all set for this Saturday at Conwy Quay. Report by Don Hale.  donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025   It proved to be another great night at the  Penrhyn Castle Dark Run  last Saturday with 384 participants helping to raise about £10k for  Hope House and Ty Gobaith  children's hospices. One of the event organisers and MC  John Hatton  later confirmed: “ Penrhyn Dark Run  last night. I went to the morning parkrun, then back as MC for the Dark Run, which was an absolutely fantastic evening.  We had so many volunteers, which made it so special all around the course, and we were overwhelmed by the response.  “Out of interest the provisional amount raised at Penrhyn was £10k and just looking forward to my next role at  Conwy Dark Run  on Saturda...

*Pictured. above - flashback to a previous Conwy Dark Run for charity. Conwy Dark Run 2025. Join the Conwy Dark Run – Light Up the Night for Hope House Children’s Hospices! donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025 Get ready for a magical evening at the Conwy Quay as we light up the night for a truly special cause. The Dark Run is a family-friendly event in support of Hope House Children’s Hospices, offering a fun and unique 4K route (or 2K for little legs) with the estuary backdrop – all after dark! October 25th 2025, 6pm.   https://www.hopehouse.org.uk/conwy-dark-run-2025 Our warm up will begin at 6.10pm and at 6.30pm sharp we will start the run! Every participant will receive a bespoke glow-in-the-dark medal and a goody bag to remember the night. Dress up in your brightest, most glowing outfits (optional, but encouraged!) and help us bring light and hope to local families who need it most. We kindly ask each runner to raise as much as they can – every pe...

*Pictured above - the warm-up in readiness for the Conwy Dark Run. Conwy Dark Run proved a massive success for Hope House and Ty Gobaith children’s hospices Report by Don Hale. Summary of the event by MC and fundraiser John Hatton. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   The ever-popular Conwy Dark Run held last Saturday night proved a massive success with over 400 runners and walkers supporting the event in brilliant weather and raising tens of thousands of pounds for Hope House and Ty Gobaith children’s hospices. Even promotion organiser  John Hatton , from  North Wales Road Runners , and  Conwy Parkrun , is an incredible supporter of numerous local charity events, said that he was absolutely delighted by the response. *Pictured above - the popular and extraordinary fundraiser John Hatton, from NWRRC and Conwy parkrun, who was the MC at the Conwy Dark Run. John Hatton confirmed:  “My role at  Penrhyn Castle Dark Run  was MC...

*Pictured above - Will Evans and his daughter Molly at the Manchester race. Success for North Wales athletes at the Manchester half-marathon...plus other results...including Harry's Abbey Dash success... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   A North Wales trio of Martin Green, along with Will Evans and his daughter Molly, travelled to Manchester on Sunday to compete in the city’s popular half-marathon race along with about 24,000 other athletes, and recorded some excellent PB times! Martin, ( *pictured right ), who now has dual club registration with Meirionnydd RC, finished well as the 75th male athlete overall in 1 hr 13 mins and 4 seconds and won his VM50 age category.  After the event he confirmed:  “I went flat out for a championship time, and I was on track till around 6/7 miles then dropped off the pace unfortunately, but no complaints, enjoyed the block, took the race on but unfortunately not quite good enough on the day.” Will Evans ...

*Pictured above - the special Dark Run glow medal. Conwy’s Fundraising Dark Run on 26th October for Hope House Children’s Hospices...organised by John Hatton. Please register as soon as possible... Introduction by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   The Conwy Dark Run is all set to go ahead once again and this year it will be staged on Saturday 26th October from 6pm at the RSPB Nature Reserve at Conwy and  will help to raise thousands of pounds for Hope House Children’s Hospices. MC John Hatton will be present and he is bound to add to the fun at Conwy, and he will also be the MC for a similar DarK run event at Penrhyn Castle.   Entrants will have the option to run or walk either the full 5k course, or the 2.5k reduced version, and they will be encouraged to wear fancy dress or Halloween themed costumes. Publicity and fundraising for Conwy Dark Run.   It’s time to glow crazy for Hope House Children’s Hospices and have fun in the dark! Run, jog or walk, ...

*Pictured above  - popular charity fundraiser and event promoter John Hatton. John Hatton's great support for local charity events. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Charity organiser, promoter and popular NWRRC official  John Hattton,  who has been involved with the organisation of two major fundraising events recently for local deserving causes, confirmed this week that £4.5k was raised on Sunday at the  Mental Elf 5k fun-run , and that a further £14k was raised at the recent  Conwy Dark Run  in October for  Ty Gobaith , which utilised the Conwy parkrun course from the RSPB centre. John praised the generous public support for both events, and from numerous volunteers and marshals, and  confirmed: “ The  Mental Elf 5k fun run  was a fantastic event, twice around the Eirias Park track in Colwyn Bay, then down to, and along the prom to the Toad, where turn-around Bob was there....

Conwy Dark Run for Children's Charities...28/10/23. This year's event is on Saturday 28th October at RSPB Conwy. This is a unique drone footage taken at night in Conwy, North Wales, on 20th October 2022, by Snapdrone on behalf of the fundraising organisers for a special 5k DARK RUN or walk from the RSPB at Conwy, to help raise funds for Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children's Charities. The music was especially created for this occasion by John Hatton.  The event raised over £6.500 UK for this deserving cause. https://youtu.be/ONwPKoIiMpM?si=egSB2UeF2f64xga0 *This is the story with the online version via the blog details at the foot of this feature: donhaleblog.blogspot.com Spooky Dark Run success for Hope House and Ty Gobaith Childen’s Charities. Report by Don Hale: A slightly early but rather spooky Halloween style 5k Dark Run took place last Saturday night from the RSPB site near Llandudno Junction, and followed the Conwy 5k parkrun course under lights to help raise funds...