Don Hale Blog

*Paul Garstang was one of many GOG runners at the half-marathon. Good day out for GOG members at Conwy half-marathon. Reports by Simon Roxburgh and Don Hale.   GOG Triathlon club enjoyed a good day out at the Conwy half-marathon with twenty-two athletes involved and claimed several PB times and a deserved age cat podium place . Dan Wellings  was the first GOG runner back finishing 31st overall with an impressive PB of 1:24:58 and he finished 5th in his age group . Other results included:   Mark Davies  1:29:04 ;  Paul Garstang  1:32:57 and 3rd in his age  cat;  Chris Beardmore 1:36:31;  Andy Jones  1:37:28;  Rob Price  1:38:31, and a great new PB by 4 mins!   Steven Owen  1:39:33;   Chris Morris 1:39:45 ;  Paul Algieri  1:41:47 ;  Tom Simpson  1:43:28 ;  Lizzie Irvine  was the first female GOG home with 1:45:59 ; Nicola Tomlinson  1:54:01 ;  Phil Tracey  1:56:11 ;  Paul Martin  1:57:47 ;  Tony Phelan  2:04:26 ;  Scott Garner  2:04:26 ; Tom Bancroft  2:05:53 ;  Paula Stevens  2:07:27 ; 

*Kay Hatton (*above left) with Cheryl Frost. Hat-trick of silver medals at Welsh cross-country championships. Report by Don Hale.    https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Three members of NWRCC took part in the Welsh Athletics Inter-Regional cross-country championships at Monmouth last Saturday and all collected silver medals as part of their respective age group team medals.  Richard Eccles  finished 6th in his MV55 race with the team coming home in 2nd place overall, and  Cheryl Frost  and  Kay Hatton  ran in the FW55 age cat race and again were rewarded with silver medals for a similar second-placed finish. Cheryl was 109th and the 8th MW55 runner in 31.17, with Kay 122nd and 11th in the same age cat in 32.08. *Richard Eccles (*above) enjoyed a great run at Monmouth and won a silver medal in his MV55 team. After the race Richard said: “ A well organised event on a great course and although it was a long journey to earn my first NW vest it was great to see so many young runners competin