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*Some of the NWRRC team (*above), that competed at the NW cross-country championships last Saturday (l-r): Karen Butler, Cheryl Frost, Kay Hatton, Carla Green, Gwennan Charlton, Iwan Evans, and Stuart Culverhouse, with team supporter Martin Green.  Prestigious medals won at the North Wales cross-country championships... Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Steve Jeffery.  https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Several hundred runners ranging from juniors to master veterans took part in the Grand Prix Express, North Wales cross-country championships, held last Saturday afternoon at Ysgol Morgan Llywd at Wrexham. North Wales Road Runners  entered nine athletes including five ladies and four men, and they won six prestigious NW championship awards with one gold, one silver, and four bronze medals. The female athletes competed in the senior/master women’s race with  Carla Green  bouncing back to form in 29th place overall in 28 minutes and 20 seconds to win a silv

THE  FINAL FLING                                                           OPEN THROWS MEETING www.wrexhamac.club Under UK Athletics Rules   All  entrants  shall be deemed to have made him/herself/themselves familiar with, and agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and to submit to the authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the Anti-Doping Rules.   The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of Athletics, for 12 months from the [date of entry], whether or not the entrant is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK. QUEENSWAY STADIUM, WREXHAM. LL13 8UH SEPTEMBER 2023  Licence no  OD-23-41 SATURDAY 23rd  (U11,U13,U15,U17),  SUNDAY 24th  (U18,U20, Senior, Vets)   We are holding our  12th  End of Season  Throws meeting. All throwers will have 6 throws .   The entry fee per competitor will be 1st event £15,  each additional event £6.          NB entries for athletes who enter 4 events will be automatically competing in a single  eve

*Team manager Paul Brooks (*above left) from NWRAC with the North Wales team at the Helena Tipping 10k at Wrexham and (*below) runners ready for the off at the start of the race. Results and photographs from the Helena Tipping 10k Inter-region race courtesy of Paul Brooks and Daniel Purdie.   *North Wales Regional Runners at Wrexham (l-r) Steven Hays, Ricky Challinor and Luke Northall.   *Pictured above (l-r) Daniel John Weston, Rachel Shipley, Gemma Moore, and Claire Purdie.   *Pictured above (l-r), Amie Louise Smith, Jane Doughton, and Martha Owen.   *Pictured above (l-r), Lucie Truett, runners dash from the start, and Ryan Davies.

North Wales Regional Championships 2023 Contact Details:  Amy Edwards: amy.edwards@welshathletics.org Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries Start Lists  Enter Here  7 days, 12 hours, 41 min to go   Competitors   (57) https://wales.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/nwrac/?fbclid=IwAR28-C1QigYapdlkkkKALZvsv7ITEjPeHe0yf-vHJptydKg7ZcZgw_zAszs North Wales Outdoor T&F Championships Sunday 14th May @ Queensway Stadium, Wrexham Entries Close - 27th April @ 23:59 - Auto close Events Available U11’s  – As U11's are not eligible for championships, RJT Event Challenge (60m, Long Jump, Shot Put,) - £10 which covers all 3 events & athletes must compete in all 3 events.. U13B & U13G, 3 events Maximum from:-  100, 200, [1 of 800 or 1500], Sprint Hurdles, PV, HJ, LJ, JT, DT, SP U15B & U15G,   3 events maximum from:-  100, 200, 300, [1 of 800 or 1500 or 3000], Sprint Hurdles, PV, HJ, LJ, TJ, JT, DT, SP,HT. U17 to Senior/Masters,   5 events Maximum from:-  100, 200

*Members of the NWRRC team (*pictured above) at the Village Bakery half-marathon (*back row l-r), Stuart Culverhouse, Will Williams, Steve Roberts, Kevin Higgins, Jamie Tharme, Len Jackson and Iwan Evans, (*front row l-r), Carla Green, Nicola Wylie, Helen Hannam, Kay Hatton and Cheryl Frost. ( *photograph by Zoe Roberts ). Martin shared a slice of the action at Village Bakery half-marathon. Report by Don Hale. Most photograph by Steve Jeffery.   Road Runner Martin Green shared a deserved slice of the action at the Village Bakery half-marathon last Sunday at Wrexham, and he was one of thirteen NWRRC members, who also battled for club championship points and claimed three prestigious podium places. And in a star-studded field of nearly 1,400 elite, club, and social runners, Martin performed well again, and finished 15th overall with an impressive chip time of 1 hour 13 minutes and 53 seconds to additionally win his MV45 age cat. The overall race was won by  Gavin Tomlinson  (Chorlton Run