Don Hale Blog

*Pictured above - North Wales Road Runners (l-r), Steve Gardner, Michael (Pat) Finnie, and Don Hale at the Indoor Open 60m event last Saturday. Top performances by NW Road Running quartet at the Christmas Indoor Open event... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Four veteran Road Runners competed in the North Wales Christmas Indoor Open Challenge event staged at Coleg Cambria, at Connah's Quay, last Saturday afternoon, and they all claimed new PB’s, podium places, and probable new records in their respective age categories. This was an extra meeting on the Track & Field race calendar that attracted a few hundred of the best junior to master athletes in the region who competed in a wide variety of events in an indoor arena. Steve Gardner, Michael (Pat) Finnie,  and  Don Hale  from NWRRC all ran in the 60m heats, whilst Steve’s father  Dave Gardner  took part in the shot-put competition and won his super-master M80 age cat with an

Welsh Masters records updated to show Jamie Thie's results. Welsh Masters Athletics have just confirmed several updated T&F records set by James Thie at 800m, 1500m, and 3000m in 2014 and in 2019. Some are already on the WMAL and PO10 lists, but for the others, changes are required, and previous holders removed.  The new records and changes are in red.   Chris Pruski.     Event Performance Name Category Club Venue Date 800      1:50.8 Darrell Maynard WMA M35 Abertillery Swindon 1997-08-07 800 1:53.56i  James Thie WMA M35          Cardiff Budapest HUN 2014-03-28 800 1:52.70 Darrell Maynard WMA M40 Abertillery Potsdam GER 2002-08-24 800 1:55.75i Darrell Maynard WMA M40 Abertillery Cardiff 2003-01-12   Event Performance Name Category Club Venue Date 1500 3:46.36 Glen Grant OTH M35 Cambridge Koblenz 1989-08-23 1500 3:47.12 James Thie WMA M35 Cardiff Belfast 2014-07-02 1500 3:54.38i James Thie WMA M35 Cardiff Budapest HUN 2014-03-30 1500 3:51.5 Glen Grant OTH M40 Cambridge Cardiff 1

*Cheryl Frost and Kay Hatton (*above) are in the top Welsh rankings for 5k. North Wales Road Runners amongst the records and top Welsh rankings for 5k races and Track and Field. Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Steve Jeffery.   Several North Wales Road Runners have had their 2022 Welsh performance rankings updated following recent results in the Easter 5k Dash in Llandudno on 16th April, and the Mid Cheshire 5k race on 29th April, plus recent Track and Field events, and can now claim many top placings, plus some Welsh records! The nationally acclaimed Run Britain Rankings website, and the Power of 10 site, which both record race timings and performance details from thousands of club athletes competing in varied certified events across the country have updated the current Welsh rankings and include new details for eleven NWRRC athletes. They confirm that two top female club runners  Cheryl Frost  (22.36) and  Kay Hatton  (23.03) are ranked 3rd and 4th in their respective FV55 age cate