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Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament Petitions   Fund the removal of quarry rocks and the restoration of sand and groynes to Llandudno North Shore. In 2014 Conwy County Borough Council dumped a further 50,000 tonnes of oversized and untested quarry rocks onto North Shore. This action destroyed the beach. Access for many is almost impossible, and dangerous if people try. It's a blight on the landscape, and detrimental to our main economy Tourism. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com Sign this petition 267   signatures Show on a map 10,000 The Petitions Committee will consider this petition All petitions with more than 250 signatures will be discussed by the Petitions Committee after they have finished collecting signatures At 10,000 signatures... Petitions with more than 10,000 signatures will be considered for a debate in the Senedd Share this petition Facebook Email Twitter Whatsapp Created by Ian Turner Collecting signatures until 14 October 2023 Petitions can collect signatures for a maxim

* *Welsh master Martin Green (*above) at the Chester 5-mile race. Cold, wet, and windy at the Chester Spring 5-mile midweek race... Report by Don Hale. Photos by   Bryan Dale.   Nine Road runners braved the cold, wet, and windy conditions during the Chester Spring 5-mile race last Wednesday evening and remarkably claimed four podium places. Despite the challenging conditions, including some partially flooded country lanes, the event still attracted some 465 quality club runners over a fast and flat course. Welsh master Martin Green  led the NWRRC team home in 19th place and he was 2nd in his MV45 age cat. The results confirm the relevant gun and chip times for each athlete and Martin ran extremely well again in 27 minutes and 32 seconds (27.31).   *Karl Morris (*above left) with Mal Preece at Chester. Richard Eccles  enjoyed another competitive race finishing 63rd and he was 3rd in his MV55 cat in (31.41/31.39), with  Mal Preece  129th and winning his MV60 age cat in (35.35/35.30).  K

*Some of the North Wales Road Runners (*above) at the Easter Prom Dash. Quality field battled for honours at Llandudno’s 5k Easter Prom Dash. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Kevin Slattery.   The annual Easter 5k Dash on Llandudno promenade last Saturday attracted a massive quality field of top club and social runners with many raising thousands of pounds for local charities. Blessed by bright, warm sunshine, over three-hundred runners created a fast and furious encounter watched by huge crowds of supporters and tourists on the prom, who generated a tremendous and unique atmosphere from start to finish. Dion Griffith  (Menai T&F) was the eventual winner of this popular race, but it was a battle to the finish with several keen rivals, who made him fight all the way for honours. Dion eventually took the plaudits and won his senior men age cat with an incredible chip time of just 15 minutes and 46 seconds. He was closely followed by talented youngster  Noah Vaughan  (Eryri Harriers), wh

*Tony Price-Jones (*above) was the first NWRRC man home at Conwy. Bumper entry at Conwy’s Easter weekend parkrun. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.   Conwy Parkrun had a bumper number of entrants again for their annual Easter Saturday event with 342 mixed ability athletes tackling the challenging 5k course. The first three male finishers were all tourists, with both  Hamish Fletcher-Cooney , the first man home, and  Gordon Stanford , the second placed finisher, both making their debuts at Conwy, whilst the third placed finisher  Conor Donaghy  (Sale Harriers) claimed a new course PB. Hamish was the 1st SM30 cat winner in 17 minutes and 29 seconds, with Gordon finishing in 17.56, and winning his MV35 cat in 17.56, and Conor was 2nd in the same age cat as Gordon in 18.01. Emily Hanlon  was the 1st female runner home in 15th place overall in 20.30, and she won her SW20 cat in 20.30, with debutants,  Alison Soye  35th overall, and won her SW30 cat, in 22.14, and teenager  Freya

*GOG Triathlon veteran Liz EVANS (*above) won her VW70 age cat again. Veteran Liz Evans claimed age cat win for the GOGs at Easter Holiday Conwy parkrun. Report by Don Hale. Eight members of GOG Triathlon took part in the Conwy parkrun last Saturday, but their numbers and times were reduced due to competing fixtures and marathon/triathlon preparations, with veteran athlete Liz  Evans claiming the main plaudits. Graeme Tunstall  was the first club member home in 58th place in 24.01, and he was closely followed by  Steve Dutton  who was just two places and two seconds behind.  Hard working veteran athlete  Liz Evans  continued her excellent form to win her VW70 age cat in 97th place overall in 26.09.  Rob Stewart  was 119th in 27.31, with  Nicola Tomlinson  155th in 30.02, and  Amanda Collins  claimed 3rd place in her VW55 cat with a new PB in 30.43. Meanwhile,  Wayne Roberts  had a good run finishing in 163rd place in 30.43, and  Katie Harvey  was 179th in 32.34.   *The parkrun offered

Track and Field Fixtures 2023: Click on the fixture links below (*in red) for further details, which are also available on the Welsh Athletics and the British Masters Athletics websites. 23.04.2023 Menai T&F Open Meeting All ages Swansea Harriers Open Meeting 2023 All ages 25.04.2023 2023 South Wales Throws - 1 All ages 10.05.2023 RunWithTheWind 1 & Throws All ages 13.05.2023 South & East Wales Joint Regional Track & Field Championships All ages 14.05.2023 North Wales Regional Track & Field Championships 2023 All ages West Wales Regional Track & Field Championships 2023 All ages 31.05.2023 Endurance Open Meeting inc. Welsh 3000m & 5000m Championships All ages 24.06.2023 2023 Welsh Senior & U15 Championships All ages 25.06.2023 2023 Welsh Senior & U15 Championships All ages 01.07.2023 2023 WSAA Track & Field Championships All ages DIARY DATE/FUTURE FIXTURES: *10 - 12 May 2024 European Masters Athletics Championships Non Stadia Porto S