Don Hale Blog

Opportunity knocks for athletes at the Wenlock Olympic Games on 2nd July 2023... Report by Don Hale.   https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Make a diary date to become a small part of athletics history, as the Wenlock Olympian Society are promoting the 137th Wenlock Olympian Games on July 2nd this year. Events include Track & Field activities with special commemorative pentathlon medals, and a 7-mile Road Race, amongst many other varied sporting, and arts related activities. Preserving the ideals of Dr William Penny Brookes – the inspiration for the modern Olympic Movement:  The Wenlock Olympian Society is a significant contributor to the development of the modern International Olympic Movement.  It was founded by  William Penny Brookes  in 1850 as ‘Wenlock Olympian Class,’ to provide “annual competitions in sports and the arts for people of every grade” – and so Wenlock Olympian Games was born. It continues today, and is still held in Shropshire, centred around the town of Much Wenl

  *( Pictured above ) The North Wales team at the Inter-County match in Llandudno last Sunday at the Nick Beer 10k race, against Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Back row:   Louis Lermite , Bryn Woodall,  Ricky Challinor ,  Ted Flynn ,  Scott Nixon  and  Martin Green   with team manager   Paul Brooks . Front row:   Jen Adams ,  Claire Wyn-Jones ,  Tracy Rogers ,  Rachel Shipley ,  Carla Green  and Amie Bagnall. Inter-Counties victory for North Wales team at Nick Beer 10k race Report by Don Hale   A team of twelve top athletes from North Wales took part in a scintillating Inter-Counties competition against rivals from Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire last Sunday, which was held in baking temperatures within the Nick Beer 10k Memorial race. The North Wales team claimed 1st place and were comfortable winners of the men’s race, with the women’s team narrowly beaten into 2nd position following a close-fought encounter. A team of six competed for honours amongst twenty-three ma