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North Wales Junior Mountain Running championships – Girls and Boys.  Saturday 16th  September 2023.  Registration at the Great Orme Summit café from 9am. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Event organiser Mike Blake has kindly provided  details  about the NW Junior Mountain Running championships on 16th September. Entries are now being taken for the 16th running of this event on the Great Orme Sat 16th September. for ages 6-18 years.  Entry is £3, with trophies for the  1st 3 in all age groups with certificates and free entry for all to the Great Orme Mines, and the event is also open to guest runners.  *Register with all child's details on, northwalesjuniors@gmail.com , or call or message me for further details, Mike Blake. * https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

*Pictured above - Four North Wales Road Runners at the Great Orme Fell Race (l-r) Steve Bozier, Nicola Wylie, Helen  Hannam and Karl Morris. Perfect conditions as records smashed at the Great Orme Fell Race... Report by Don Hale.    The annual   Great Orme Fell Race (Y Gogarth) was held last Tuesday evening in superb conditions with dozens of experienced fell, endurance, and club runners enjoying some spectacular views, as they smashed several established records. Staged over as challenging 4.1-mile, (6.6kms) course, with 1,306ft (398m) of elevation, organisers welcomed a perfect evening for racing, with many entrants travelling from far afield just to take part in this ever-popular event, which included both junior and senior races and varied age categories. One of the local event organisers,  Mike Blake  from Eryri Harriers ,  later confirmed: “Perfect running conditions at the Great Orme for Round 12 of the  Joe Brown Shops ’ mid-week fell race series.  “And our thanks to the organi