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Fancy a challenge to kick start 2024? https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com Why not sign up to the   Conwy Mind   Seal Splash, a cold water dip fundraising event that we are delighted to be sponsoring!  Looking after our mental health is incredibly important to Tom Owen and Son and therefore Kelly and Tris will be getting involved!  Special thanks to  Parisellas Ice Cream Parlour  for offering 50% off a hot drink for participants and  SMASHED JCT  for donating a prize for the best dressed! With proven health benefits you will not only be improving the lives of others by helping raise vital funds but also improving your own wellbeing!  *It's only £5 to sign up and if you fundraise £50 or more you will get your own crocheted Seren the Seal! Sign up here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../conwy-mind-seal-splash... *ALSO: Read the fascinating story about the development of Tom Owen and Son, from my previous blog report from November 2023.   Don Hale Blog: Tom Owen and Son is a highly succes

* Nicola Wylie (*above) in blue top, leads the fun runners out of Llandudno. Beer 2 Beer supporters 10k social fun run to help promote local Tap Rooms. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk About forty people took part in an unusual Beer 2 Beer social fun run over the weekend to help promote local beer production and Tap Rooms.  Starting from the Wild Horse Brewery in Llandudno, via the Craft Beer Cave at Penrhyn Bay, to the finish at the Black Cloak Taproom at Colwyn Bay, runners were able to enjoy a welcome drink at each stop to help quench their thirst in the extreme heat. Two NWRRC members  Helen Hannam  and  Nichola Wylie  and their friend Nia, were amongst the group who ran the initial 10k route from start and finish, before later retracing their steps back to Llandudno to record a half-marathon distance. It was not a race as such but just for fun, Nicola Wylie was the first female finisher and Steve Roberts

*Richard Eccles (left) with Jonathan Kettle and Steve Forsyth. Fast finishing at revised Porth Eirias Halloween 10k race. Report by Don Hale. Photographs by Steve Jeffery. Steve Forsyth stormed to victory in the Halloween 10k at Porth Eirias last Saturday morning, which followed a revised route from Colwyn Bay to Penrhyn Bay and back, due to ongoing construction work on the coastal path to Llandullas. The Prestatyn athlete had a comfortable run winning his VM40-49 age category in just 34 minutes. North Wales Road Runner  Jonathan Kettle  gave chase and ran extremely well to finish 2nd overall and 2nd in his age cat in 34.41, with Steve’s club colleague  Andrew Bromley  claiming 3rd place a minute adrift in 35.41. The race, which attracted 139 runners, proved a success for several other NWRRC members with  Richard Eccles  finishing 7th overall and winning his VM50-59 age cat in 36.49. And  Carla Green  continued her superb run of form as the 1st female finisher, and 1st VW40-49 cat winn