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Father and son win top placings in Welsh 2-mile virtual championships

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 *Jonathan Kettle on top form again in the Welsh two-mile championships Father and son win top placings in 2-mile Welsh virtual championships Report by Don Hale. Most photographs by Steve Jeffery. North Wales Road Runners followed up their recent team success and excellent podium placings in the British Masters one-mile race, with a further two gold and two silver podium positions in the Welsh Athletics two-mile championships held last weekend. In another high-quality virtual event, some eleven club runners accepted the challenge of competing in a unique time-trial type dash on a course of their own choosing, and subject to strict pandemic restrictions.  The star-billing of the race was confirmed by a fact the first nineteen runners dipped under 11-minutes, and there was just 13-seconds separating the top-three finishers.  The overall event was won by Richard Jones (Lliswerry Runners), 1 st  M45 cat winner in 10 mins 16 secs, with (Colwyn Bay AC) youngster James Smith taking 2 nd  plac