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ROB MAKES IT A DOUBLE - 9th NOV 2008
report by Arwel
Bangor University's Eryri Harrier Rob Samuel followed up his win in the first Border League race at Christleton, by also winning the second race at Hoylake on Sunday 9th November, with Sarah Ridgway making it a double success for Eryri, being the first female finisher.
The flat there and back 9.5km course proved to be more challenging than usual due to the strong headwind and driving rain, Rob timed his run to perfection to win in 31:23, an eight second advantage over runner up Ricky Challinor (Deeside AC), Brendan Rothery had another fine run to finish 7th in 33:02 with 13th Paul Wathan 34:01, 23rd Iain Ridgway 34:53, 54th Hugh Jones 36:38, 61st (3rd MV/50) Arwel Lewis 37:09, 62nd (1st S/F) Sarah Ridgway 37:10, 75th Christoph Gertler 37:38, 79th Tony Woodall 37:53, 82nd Dylan Owen 38:11, 86th Paul Howarth 38:31, 139th (1st MV/65) Don Williams 41:38, 141st Rebecca Riddings 41:54, 167th Peter Lewis 43:04, 181st Merfyn Williams 43:29, 182nd Ian Rothery 43:37, 192nd (3rd U20/F) Gemma Morgans 44:11, 222nd (On her Border League Debut) Bethan Dobson Jones 46:15, 231st Rhian Jones 46:57 and 241st Roy Jardine 47:29. There were 294 finishers. Eryri's men now lead the 1st Division table by a narrow 4point margin ahead of Buckley, while our women have moved up to 5th in the 1st Division. The next race will be at Mold on Sunday 14th December, 11am Start.
NORTH WALES CHAMPION ROB LEADS ERYRI TO THE TREBLE
report by Arwel
Though Rob Samuel had to make do, as last week with 2nd place again, in the Abergele 5 Mile road race on Sunday 2nd November, he still led Eryri to the team prize for the third successive year! Rob had the added satisfaction of winning the North Wales Championship which was incorporated into the event, Bangor University's Nick Swinburn won the race in a new course record time of: 25:21 with Rob 2nd and also 1st North Wales MU23 in 25:47, an excellent time for the tough event following his Snowdon marathon heroics last week! where he also finished 2nd. Other Eryri times/positions: 6th (3rd SM) Brendan Rothery 27:25. 8th Paul Wathan 28:19. 21st (2nd MV50) Arwel Lewis 30:29. 43rd Paul Jones 32:02. 54th Steve Livett 32:52. 58th Geraint Jones 33:17. 65th Richard Borne 33:58. 77th Arwyn Williams 34:46. 94th Stephen Edwards 36:07. 96th Eurwyn Edwards 36:10. 97th (1st FU20 + 1st North Wales FU20)) Gemma Morgans 36:15. 177th Iorwerth Roberts 42:58. 181st (1st MV75 + 1st North Wales MV75) Barrie Moore 43:43 and 205th Dave Hancock 50:38. There were 221 finishers in the well organised event. Full results can be found on the Abergele Harriers web site.
Storming Samuel pipped by Cox in Eryri marathon Galestorm
- 25th October 2008
report by Matthew Roberts
Gale like conditions greeted the 1000 plus runners for the Snowdonia marathon on Saturday. Race favourite was former winner and European mountain running king Martin Cox. Cox led for most of way but seemed to slow considerably on the final descent - amazingly Eryri newboy Rob Samuel finished only 13 seconds behind Cox in 2nd place in a time of 2.44.53. Iain Ridgeway easing down after an easy few months did well to finish 13th in 3.03.57. Other Eryri finishers in the wind were: Christopher Gertler - 3.34.58; Dylan Owen - 3.33.52 (chip time); Llifon Foulkes - 3.40.26; Emlyn Roberts - 3.40.20; John Willacy 3.52.50; Mark Dakeyne 3.54.39, Alwyn Oliver - super run in 4.00.31 and 4th vet 60; Rod Rogers - 4.15.36; Richard Borne 4.16.56; Rhian Jones 4.22.46; Jackie Boutet - 4.22.35; Maggie Oliver - 4.28.41 and 2nd in the vet 60's ladies!; Judith Jones 4.39.09; Peter Lewis - 4.48.27; Iorwerth Roberts 5.17.08. Thanks once again go out to the club's domestique de luxe - Paul ' Harry Redknapp' Howarth for providing en-route logistical backup and support.
ROB'S DEBUT WIN - 12th October 2008
report by Arwel
Bangor University student, Rob Samuel made a winning start for Eryri on his debut in the Borders Road Running League at Christleton on Sunday 12th October holding off the challenge from club mate Brendan Rothery to win the 9.5km course in 32:13 with Brendan 2nd in 32:39, other Eryri placings were: 12th Iain Ridgway 34:19. 31st Dave Pryce 35:29. 32nd Paul Wathan. 49th Tony Woodall 36:45. 59th Christoph Gertler (his debut in the League) 37:10. 74th (1st Vet65) Emyr Davies 37:56. 76th (2nd Female) Sarah Ridgway 37:57. 128th Peter Lewis 40:52. 139th Don Williams 41:08. 155th Ian Rothery 42:14. 185th Mervyn Williams 44:00. 187th Gemma Morgans 44:12. 205 Ian Blakemore 45:43. 228th Roy Jardine 47:32 and 268th Jenny Blakemore 52:58.
There were 289 finishers. In the team standings, Eryri's men were 4th overall while the women were penalised 100pts for being a runner short of the required four to run and were 7th and last in the 1st Division.
BORDERS ROAD RUNNING LEAGUE 2008/09
ERYRI NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Following our most successful season ever in the Borders League, when our men won the league for the first time and our women gained promotion to the 1st division also for the first time, can our men defend their league title? And our women retain their 1st division status?
Well that all depends on you the club members to turn out and support your club throughout the season; the key to success last time out was getting off to a good start and then maintaining the momentum throughout the season.
The season’s race opener will be at Christleton (Cheshire View Club) on Sunday 12th October 2008 run over the usual 9.2 to 10km course, depending on the ground conditions. LET’S GET THE SEASON OFF AND RUNNING AS WORTHY CHAMPIONS.
The Borders Road Running League caters for runners of all abilities, and the more Eryri Harriers we can get out to run in the seven race series will improve our chances of success. All races are free to enter for club members, no numbers required, just turn up at the relevant race venues in your club vest and run.
(updated fixtures on the menu on the left)
CAERNARFON 10K RECORD RUN DESPITE THE RAIN - 31st August
report by Arwel Lewis
The Caernarfon 10k (Incorporating the Welsh 10km Road Running and Inter Regional Senior/Masters Championships) on Sunday 31st August, was won by Michael Johnson (Cardiff AC) in a new course record of 31:02 with 2nd placed Neil Renault (Long Eaton) also inside the old record of 31:18 in a time of 31:17.
The first Eryri finisher and representing North Wales was last years race winner Gwyn Owen 6th in 33:06 with 7th Rob Samuel 33:43, 10th Brendan Rothery 34:42 and 18th Paul Wathan 36:14 Eryri's men were placed 2nd behind Swansea Harriers in the Welsh team awards, though they all won gold representing North Wales in the Inter regional Champs, while Eryri's A (David Pryce, Emyr Davies and Steffan Jones) plus B (Don Williams, Ashley Wager and Steve Taylor) won the silver and bronze Welsh Master team awards respectively.
There were some notable individual awards for the Eryri Harriers: 1st FU/20 (Welsh/Open) Gemma Morgans 47:04. And 1st MV/65 (Welsh/Open) Emyr Davies 40:04. Weather conditions: Light rain, no wind, temp 17 degrees centigrade. There were 211 finishers. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day: Marshals: Alun Vaughan, Rhys Lewis, Alan Lewis, Peter Lewis, Dylan Owen and Eurwyn Edwards. Water Boys: Moi and Colin Jones. Course lay-out and sweep vehicle: Dafydd Ellis. Finishing funnel set up, lead car and general dogsbody: Mike Blake. Starter: (The big bang) Ivor Sayer. Timekeeper; Dilwyn Davies. Recorders: Gareth Hughes and Eilir Evans. Runner! Dafydd Whiteside. Finishing area helpers: Lorraine, Justin and David. The tea girls: Nancy and Kate, and not forgetting, Ann and Sharon for the registration and result co-ordinating.
As for me, well there was nothing left to do!! Also a thank you to Welsh Athletics for the honour of being allowed to stage the Welsh 10km Road Running and Inter Regional Senior/Masters Championships. Well Done All
Photos by PeteResults TableResults
DOLGELLAU 5 SUCCESS FOR ERYRI - 26th July
While the rest of us were running up and down some mountain!! Eryri's men won the team prize at the Dolgellau 5 mile road race on Saturday 26th July, with Paul Wathan leading the team home, finishing 3rd in 27:14, Dave Pryce and Emyr Davies made up the winning team, with Emyr smashing the Vet/65 course record by 4 minutes, nothing compared to Gemma Morgans who beat the Female junior record by 9 minutes with a time of 36:33
Race the Train - 23rd July 2008
Alun Vaughan, back on the racing scene, steamed ahead of everyone to comfortably win the popular Caernarfon Highland Railways Race the Train 5km on Wednesday 23rd July on what was a warm sunny evening in a time of 14:41 followed by recent Eryri recruit Rob Samuel on his race debut for the club in 2nd place with a time of 15:22 with Matthew Roberts having a good run to finish 3rd in 15:33 ahead of 4th placed Brendan Rothery 15:46 and 6th placed Paul Wathan 16:03. Other notable Eryri results: 2nd V/40 Dave Pryce 16:17. 1st V/60 Emyr Davies 18:04. In the female category, Sarah Ridgway was also a clear winner finishing 32nd overall in a time of 17:53, while Maggie Oliver won the F/V 60 category in 22:50. There were 263 finishers.
Junior resultsPhotos by AlastairResults
Great Orme Challenge - 20th July 2008
Several Eryri members took on the hill session up the Great Orme Llandudno on Sunday 20th July with Richard Roberts giving Ricky Challinor a good race to the top, before Ricky pulled away on the last flattish bit to win in a good time for the course of 19:03, despite a strong headwind, with Richard 2nd in 19:16 followed by 3rd Brendan Rothery, with Paul Wathan and Iain Ridgway also making the top ten, Paul 1st Junior Male.
Other notable Eryri Successes were: 1st M/V40 Richard Borne. 1st M/V45 Dave Pryce. 2nd M/V45 Arwel Lewis.
Sarah Ridgway beat previous race winner and course record holder Tammy Lewis-Jones to the female award in 22:07, while Gemma Morgans was 1st Junior Female, with Wendy Trimble also an award winner.
Castles Relay - 13-14th June 2008
Following a ten year absence, we finally took part in this fantastic event, and all twenty runners who turned out and completed a stage enjoyed a fabulous weekend of running from Caernarfon Castle to Cardiff Castle, 210 miles in all, with Gwyn Owen getting the club off to a brilliant start by winning the 1st stage from Caernarfon to Penygroes (9.1 Miles) in a new course record of 52:11, then Dylan Jones, who stepped in at the last moment and not having done much running lately, taking up the baton to finish 2nd on stage 2, Penygroes to Criccieth (10.7 Miles) in 62:12. Matthew Roberts took on the 3rd stage from Criccieth to Maentwrog which was also classed as the 1st mountain stage? Rather flat if you ask me! (12.1 Miles) finishing 18th in 1:18:55.
It was Dave Pryce turn next on stage 4: Maentwrog to Harlech Castle (9.4 Miles) doing well to finish 7th in 58:20. Stage 5: Harlech to Barmouth (9.6 Miles) Steve Livett 23rd 1:07:52. Stage 6: Barmouth to Dolgellau (10.7 Miles) Kelvin Jones with another top 10 finish, 9th in 65:28. Stage 7: Dolgellau to Dinas Mawddwy (2nd Mountain Stage 9.75 Miles) Iwan Morton 23rd in 63:48. Stage 8: Dinas Mawddwy to Foel (11.2 Miles) Richard Williams also making the top 10, 9th in 1:08:06. Stage 9: Foel to Llanfair Caereinion (8.6 Miles).
Our only female competitor Gemma Morgans, I told her it was a nice flat course for her! Forgot about the steep uphill climb to the finish!! Still she ran well until the hill! To finish 38th in 1:06:40, and to end the first day, taking on the longest stage of the relay Richard Roberts stage10: (13.3 Miles) from Llanfair Caereinion to Newtown which is also a mountain stage, and despite a stitch, Richard still did well to finish 5th in 1:17:38, which left the club well placed overall in 3rd place overnight, then it was a case of getting something to eat, or in the case of Iwan, Kelvin and Richard drink!! And settling down to try and get some sleep on the leisure centres hard floor!
Day two: An early 7am start to stage 11: Newtown to Llanbadarn Fynydd (12.3 Miles), another mountain stage, (more up than down)! I, (Arwel Lewis) decided to run this one, took me 8 miles to loosen up! and that was all up hill!! Finishing 14th in 1:18:54. Stage 12: Llanbadarn Fynydd to Crossgates (11.2 Miles) Tony Woodall, despite a calf injury, still managed a respectable 15th place in 1:10:48. Stage 13: Crossgates to Builth Wells (10.6 Miles) our oldest competitor Emyr Davies came up against Sonia O’Sullivan on this one, and had very good run to finish 17th in 1:07:10. Stage 14: Builth Wells to Drovers Arms (11 Miles) fair play to Paul Howarth on taking on this challenging mountain stage finishing 33rd in 1:18:35.
Stage 15: Drovers Arms to Brecon (12.8 Miles) 37th Ian Rothery 1:28:25. Stage 16: Brecon to Beacons Reservoir (8.8 Miles) Dylan Owen lost some time due to a fancy shoelace tie up, which obviously did not work!! Finished in 24th place with a time of; 60:45. Stage 17: Beacons Reservoir to Cyfarthfa Castle (9.2 Miles) Peter Lewis despite a sleepless night in the mini bus, (Peter complained about some kids playing around the car park during the night, Iwan, Kelvin and Richard Williams come to mind!!) he still did well to finish 20th in 1:00:49.
Stage 18: Rhyd y Car Centre to Abercynon (9.1 Miles) despite a marshalling problem (there weren’t any!!) our secret weapon on his debut for the club Christoph Gertler surprised everyone, including us, to finish 4th in 58:00. Stage 19: (Nearly there!) Navigation Park to Caerphilly Castle (10.4 Miles) Mervyn Williams found this one to be a bit of a struggle to finish 40th in 1:26:46. His comments were: (Next time I’ll be the Water boy!!) Finally Stage 20: Caerphilly Castle to Cardiff Castle (10.4 Miles) Paul Wathan led the team home and though he was disappointed to finish 17th in 1:08:22, he did have to wait a hell of a long time for his turn to run!
Overall the team finished 12th of the 58 teams competing in both the open and mountain events. All the stages were well supported by everyone involved, and a hugely enjoyable experience, the camaraderie was superb. Roll on next year, when hopefully we can make more of a challenge. Thank you to everyone who turned out and supported the club
PARK HALL 1-2 FOR ALUN & GWYN
Report by Arwel
Alun Vaughan and Gwyn Owen made a successful journey to Oswestry for the Park Hall 5km on Wednesday 11th June, with Alun a clear winner in 15:15 with Gwyn Owen also well clear in 2nd place in a time of 15:54, while Steve LL Jones finished 34th in 19:39. There were 134 finishers.
SO MUCH FOR SUNNY RHYL - 28th May 2008
Report by Arwel
The North Wales 5km Championships took place along Rhyl's seafront on a wet and windy Wednesday evening of 28th May, understandably everyone's times were down, though there were some individual prize winners, notably: Dave Pryce 1st V/M45 and Emyr Davies 1st V/M65.
Eryri's Times/Positions: Paul Wathan 16:54 6th (2nd M/U20), Brendan Rothery 17:29 10th, Dave Pryce 17:51 14th (1st V/M45), Dylan Owen 18:42 26th, Arwel Lewis 18:57 28th (2nd V/M45), Emyr Davies 19:36 35th (1st M/V65), Robert Armstrong 19:54 40th, Lee Evans 20:19 48th, Merfyn Williams 21:28 64th, Gemma Morgans 22:16 73rd (2nd F/U20), Martin Gareth Williams 22:33 77th, Iorwerth Roberts 23:50 90th, Barrie Moore 26:07 103rd, David Beard 27:16 106th.
There were 118 finishers.
Manchester Great Run 10KM - 18th May 2008
report by Arwel
In the Manchester Great Run 10km on Sunday 18th May, Gwyn Owen finished 54th overall in a high class field with a time of 32:10, with Alun Vaughan still feeling the effects of a bug he picked up during the week, 68th in 33:28.
Rhostryfan 10km - 7th May 2008
report by Arwel
37 competitors took on the tough Rhostryfan 10km road race on what was a warm humid evening on Wednesday 7th May, with only 7 of the runners beating the 40 minute barrier.
Bangor University's Rob Samuel was the race winner with Tegid Roberts 1st vet 40. Iwan Edgar 1st vet 50 and Emyr Davies 1st Vet 60. Andrea Roberts was the 1st female home and Ali Thomas 1st Fem/Vet 40.
Thanks once again to Mair & Dewi Tomos for organising the 25th running of the race. The next major road race date is the Rhyl 5km North Wales Championship event on Wednesday 28th May. The race is also an Eryri Road Running Championship counter
Champions at Last - Borders League - 30th April
report by Arwel
Eryri Harriers men confimed their status as worthy champions of the Borders Road Running League for the first time in the final race at Shotton Deeside on Wednesday 30th April. Though 2nd on the night with 281 pts to Abergele's 250 pts, Eryri were 307 pts ahead of nearest challengers Buckley to win the league by 755 points overall, with 29 Eryri Harriers turning out for the 4 mile fast/flat course.
Eryri were led home by Brendan Rothery in 6th place 21:30, followed by Matthew Roberts 7th 21:40, then: 9th Paul Wathan 21:44. 21st Iain Ridgway 22:33. 26th Richard Williams 22:34. 27th, and taking it easy after his Blackpool half Marathon win, Alun Vaughan 22:34. 31st Iwan Morton 22:44. 42nd Dave Pryce 23:12. 55th Tony Woodall 23:36. 57th Kelvin Jones 23:41. 61st Arwel Lewis 23:51. 71st Paul Howarth 24:13. 77th Huw Jones 24:24. 121st Ian Rothery 26:10. 122nd Peter Lewis 26:15. 129th Ashley Wager 26:26. 140th Don Williams 26:45. 141st Emyr Davies 26:46. 145th Mervyn Williams 26:54. 173rd Steve Livett 28:16. 206th Ian Blakemore 29:56. 221st Roy Jardine 31:01. 247th Iorwerth Roberts 32:34 and 263rd Dave Beard 34;41.
Eryri's ladies had to make do without emerging talent Gemma Morgans for the race due to a league rule technicality involving her full club transfer from Colwyn Bay to Eryri, still they finshed 2nd team in the second division on the night and their highest overall league position ever of 2nd in Division two. Tammy Lewis-Jones making a steady comeback from injury finished 107th overall (1st F/V 35) in 25:30, followed by: 191st Rhian Jones 29:04. 207th Maggie Oliver 30:00 (1st F/V 55). 219th Allison Donnelly 330:59 and 250th Jenny Blakemore 32:47. Eryri's ladies also finished 2nd overall in the Improvers Trophy. There were 275 finishers.
Overall individual honours went to:
1st Female U20 Gemma Morgans
2nd Senior Male Brendan Rothery
2nd Veteran Male 60 Don Williams
3rd Male U20 Paul Wathan
4th Veteran Male 50 Ian Rothery
4th Female Vet 35 Rhian Jones
5th Veteran Male 40 Dave Pryce
7th Senior Male Richard Williams
Well done and a sincere thanks to everyone who have supported the club throughout this very successful season.
PS. You can all relax now, I will not be on the phone to pester you all, well! until the new league season starts in October!!
Gwyn wins North Wales 10 Mile Title - 27th April
report by Arwel
Gwyn Owen continued with his comeback from his lay off/rest!! to win the North Wales 10 mile Road Running Championships at Wrexham on Saturday 27th April.
Other notable North Wales winners were: 8th (1st Junior Male) Paul Wathan 60:51. 28th (1st Vet 65) Emyr Davies 68:02 and 30th (2nd Vet 65) Don Williams 68:16.
Blackpool Half Marathon - 27th April
report by Arwel
Alun Vaughan completed his first Half Marathon at Blackpool on Sunday 27th April impressively winning in 69:46 almost two minutes clear of his nearest challenger.
BORDERS ROAD RUNNING LEAGUE 2007/08
ERYRI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT CHAMPIONS IN WAITING
Final Race No 7, Wednesday 30th April 2008
Location: Corus Sports & Social Club, Rowley’s Drive, Shotton. Map
Distance: 4 Miles, Course: Flat
Start Time: 7:15pm
Our men stand on the brink of winning the Borders Road Running League for the first time, with a 448 point advantage over Buckley going into the final race of the season at Shotton, where by a quirk of fate, Eryri competed in their first Border League race in 1998.
It would be a great way to end the season by also winning the final fixture to confirm our status as worthy champions.
Our women are also in for a first, with promotion to the 1st Division within their grasp, currently placed 2nd in Division 2, 81 pts behind Wallasey and crucially 111 pts ahead of Ellesmere Port, with the top two being promoted. Our ladies are also 2nd in the improver’s trophy, 80 pts behind Deestriders.
It all augurs well for a memorable night for the club, so please make the effort to support your club.
There will be a mini bus going to the event, leaving Bethel at 4:30pm/Parc Menai 4:40pm.
Contact Arwel Lewis for further details on: 07977 601029.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
LONDON MARATHON 2008
ERYRI HARRIERS TIMES:
Rhys ab Elwyn 2:54:59
David Pryce 3:03:23
Don Williams 3:25:20 (5th Vet65)
Llifon Foulkes 3:26:36
Edward HawlicZek 3:39:12
David Prydderch 4:19:20
Nigel Russell 4:20:41
Helsby Border League Race - 6th April 2008
Eryri's men have the Borders League title within their grasp or the first time following the penultimate race of the 2007/08 season at Helsby on Sunday 6th April.
Eryri's men won on the day to stretch their lead over Buckley to 448 points with only the one race to go, at Deeside on Wednesday 30th April.
On the tough undulating snow lined six mile course, Eryri were led home by Alun Vaughan who had another close tussle with Deeside's Ricky Challinor before securing the win in 31:44, followed by 6th Brendan Rothery 33:29, 16th Iwan Morton 35:31,18th Paul Wathan 35:40, 20th Richard Williams 35:51, 26th (3rd Vet40) Dave Pryce 36:17, 36th Arwel Lewis 37:17, 43rd kelvin Jones 37:47, 50th Tony Woodall 38:03, 65th (1st Vet60) Don Williams 39:03, 100th Ashley Wager 41:22, 109th Ian Rothery 41:47, 111th Peter Lewis 41:53,140th Merfyn Williams 43:39, 177th Ian Blakemore 47:14, 197th Iorwerth Roberts 49:19, 205th Roy Jardine 50:10 and 232nd Dave Beard 55:44.
Eryri's ladies were led home by Gemma Morgans in 157th place (1st Under20) 45:29 followed by 185th Rhian Jones 48:00 and 231st Allison Donnelly 55:31. The Eryri ladies are currently placed 2nd in the second division and the improvers trophy.
Overall there were 235 finishers. Well Done Everyone
Rhayader Round the Lakes 20 - 15 March 2008
Iain Ridgway and David Pryce travelled down to Rhayader for the classic 20 mile road race around the Elan valley. After an initial 2 small laps around the town centre it's a scenic rural route, involving a 1000ft climb up the valley, a steep descent and the remainder of the run is undulating as it passes a series of reservoirs, with a small sting in the tail just before you re-enter the town.
Iain had a strong run, despite a brief stop to tie up his shoelace at the 4 mile mark!!!, coming 11th in 2:11:09, while David came 132nd in 2:44:19 after suffering an 'upset stomach' (aka the shits) throughout the race. However, pleasingly his troublesome knee was not a problem, so there was a silver lining. 322 ran, the race was won in 2:03:34.
Alun's Back with a Win - 9th March 2008
Following a seven month lay off without a race, Alun Vaughan returned to winning ways in the Borders Road Running League Race at Mold on Sunday 9th March, in leading the men's team to an emphatic victory on the day to stretch their lead at the top of the first division to 289 points ahead of their nearest challengers Buckley with only the two races to go.
On the 5 mile undulating course Alun had a close battle with young challenger Ricky Challinor (Deeside) before securing victory by a two second margin in 25:53 followed by the consistent Brendan Rothery 4th in 26:53 with Richard Roberts returning from injury 5th in 27:00, then; 10th Matthew Roberts 27:29. 15th Iain Ridgway 27:52. 25th Paul Wathan 28:51. 28th Richard Williams 28:56. 34th Dave Pryce 29:06. 41st Kelvin Jones 29:37. 52nd Paul Howarth 30:15. 58th Tony Woodall 30:32. 62nd Arwel Lewis 30:38. 92nd (1st Vet60) Don Williams 32:10. 109th Ian Rothery 33:03. 138th Emyr Davies (another making a comeback after a long lay off due to injury) 34:41. 140th Mervyn Williams 34:46. 179th Ian Blakemore 38:05. 191st Iorwerth Roberts 39:02 208th Roy Jardine 40:58 and 221st Dave Beard 44:33.
Eryri's total of 215pts is also a record score in the Borders League for the men's team.
Eryri's ladies maintained their push for promotion, though 4th team on the day in the 2nd division and now trailing leaders Wallasey by 39 points, they also moved back to the top of the improvers league, some feat having won the trophy last season. Eryri were led by the vastly improving Gemma Morgans 156th overall (1st U20L) in 36:08 followed by 165th Rhian Jones 36:55. 201st Jenny Blakemore 40:20 and 215th Allison Donnelly 41:35.
There were 230 finishers.
The next race will be at Helsby on Sunday 6th April. 11am start. There will be a mini bus going to this event. Contact Arwel Lewis for further details.
On a sad note: The Eryri Harriers would like to send their sincere condolences to Allison Donnelly whose mother died yesterday, and also to Colin Donnelly whose father died last week.
Farndon 10K - 2nd March 2008
6 Eryri Harriers completed the undulating Farndon 10k course on Sunday 2nd March with Iain Ridgway having a good run despite the windy conditions to finish 6th overall (2nd Senior Male) in 35:49 followed by 12th Dave Pryce 37:25, 24th Arwel Lewis 38:29, 32nd Tony Woodall 39:33, 156th Iorwerth Roberts 49:35 and 289th Dave Hancock 64:32.
There were 312 finishers.
Liverpool Half Marathon - 2nd March 2008
Among the 3411 finishers were: 29th Paul Wathan 1:19:00, 33rd Richard Williams 1:19:27, 172nd Iolo Jones 1:29:20, 1153rd Ian Blakemore 1:47:13, 2230th Jenny Blakemore 1:58:25 and 2870th Emma Clapp 2:12:59
Brendan Retains His North Wales Title - 17th Feb 2008
report by Arwel Lewis
At the Village Bakery Wrexham Half Marathon on Sunday February 17th, (Incorporating the North Wales Champs), Brendan Rothery successfully defended his title finishing 3rd overall in 73:36 with Paul Wathan also winning the U20 title finishing 29th in a time of 78:25 while Don Williams also struck Gold in the Vet65 category placed 90th in a time of 92:46.
There were over 600 entries for the race among them 34th Richard Williams 78:51. 35th Rhys Ap Elwyn 79:03. 47th David Pryce 80:14. 66th Richard Roberts (Using the event as a training run while also ensuring he finished ahead of his partner Anna Bartlett) 81:37. Anna won the F35 category in 83:28. 88th Arwel Lewis 84:18. 127th Llion Foulkes 87:33. 162nd Lolo Jones 90:41. 319th Rhian Jones 102:52. 351st Iain Blakemore 105:24 and 358th Mervyn Williams 105:55, also competing were 425th Geraint Jones: 111:44, 443rd Jenny Blakemore: 114:00 and 504th Dave Beard: 128:26.
The event was the 3rd counter in the clubs 2008 Road Running Championship, all three races have so far have been won by Brendan Rothery in his attempt to win the the title for the third consecutive year
Nick Beer Eryri Team Double - 10th Feb 2008
report by Arwel Lewis
At the Nick Beer 10k on Sunday 10th February, Eryri's men and women repeated their success at the recent Twin piers 10k in both winning the team awards.
In ideal running conditions for the Great Orme course, Eryri's men were led home by Brendan Rothery who finished 4th in 34:14 with Richard Roberts working his way back to fitness after injury, 6th in 35:23 and 9th Paul Wathan 35:47 making up the team.
The ladies were led to the team prize by 11th (lady) Wendy Trimble in 46:15. 20th Rhian Jones 48:51 and 24th Ali Thomas 49:19. Other Eryri positions and times: 13th Richard Williams 36:48. 16th (2nd Vet 40) David Pryce 37:16. 17th (3rd Vet 35) James McQueen 37:21. 24th Kelvin Jones 37:39. 32nd (3rd vet 50) Iwan Edgar. 40th (3rd vet 40) Paul Howarth 38:57. 43rd Arwel Lewis 39:07. 46th Dylan Owen 39:22. 61st Robert Armstrong 40:15. 62nd Scott Butterworth 40:22. 81st Iolo Jones 41:38. 98th Paul Jones 42:28. 125th Charles Enston 43:24. 126th Richard Borne 43:25. 257th Geraint Jones 48:27. 263rd Iain Blakemore 48:40. 316th Iorwerth Roberts 50:03. 319th Edward Hughes 50:10. 384th Roy Jardine 52:26. 390th Jenny Blakemore 52:33. 476th Dave Beard 57:21 and 548th David Wancote 65:09. There were 600 finishers.
Full results will be on the North Wales Road Runners web site soon.
The race was the 2nd counter in the Eryri Road Running Championship with the next race being the Village Bakery Wrexham Half Marathon next Sunday 17th February. Start 11am.
Eryri's ladies push for promotion, Eryri's men stay ahead - 3rd Feb 2008
In the fourth race of the Borders Road Running League 2007/08 season at Abergele on Sunday 3rd February, on the flat 5 mile seaside course, Eryri's ladies won on the day to close the gap on Wallasey to only 8 points in their quest for promotion to the 1st Division, led by the improving Gemma Morgans who finished 146th overall and 1st U20L in 35:48 followed by 165th Wendy Trimbell 37:31 and 173rd Rhian Jones 38:01 the three counters while Allison Donnelly placed 192nd and Jenny Blakemore 206th.
Meanwhile Eryri's men saw their lead at the top of the 1st division reduced to 129 points by Buckley as they finished 3rd team on the day with Brendan Rothery leading the team home in 4th place in a time of 27:27 with Matthew Roberts having a good run to finish 5th in 27:43 and Paul Wathan also making the top ten 9th, in 27:51 followed by 37th Dave Pryce, 53rd Huw Jones, 59th Arwel Lewis, 65th Tony Woodall, 67th Paul Howarth, 89th Kelvin Jones (on his Border league and club debut), 94th Richard Williams, 103rd Ian Rothery, 106th Ashley wager, 118th Don Williams, 132nd Richard Bourne, 191st Iorwerth Roberts, 208th Roy Jardine and 226th Dave Beard.
With three races to go Eryri's men and women are well placed for honours
The next Border League fixture, which is also a 5 mile race takes place at Mold on Sunday 9th March 2008. 11am Start.
Borders League - Eryri need your support - posted 28th January 2008
Race number 4
Location-Abergele
Distance-5 Miles
Surface-Flat
Date-Sunday 3rd February 2008
Start Time-11am
The Borders Road Running League resumes this Sunday at Abergele on what, depending on the weather, should be a fast 5 Mile course along the flat seafront.
Following a tremendous start to the Borders league after the first three races the men lead the 1st Division by 175 pts ahead of Buckley, while our ladies are placed 2nd in Division two 70 pts behind Wallasey. With 4 races to go our men have a great chance to win the Borders League for the first time, while our ladies are in with a chance of promotion also for the first time.
To achieve these aims we need you the ERYRI HARRIERS to turn up for the remaining Border League races at Abergele/Mold/Helsby and Deeside.
SUPPORT YOUR RUNNING CLUB
For further information about the Borders Road Running League contact:
ARWEL LEWIS: 01248-671202 or 07977-601029
Forward thinking: Castles Relay - posted 25th January 2008
Eryri will be entering the Castles Relay this year, 14th-15th June. We need a team of 20 runners for the event.
Please contact Arwel with your preferred relay leg, but keep in mind we have a British Championship event (Durisdeer 10.5 Mile) on the 14th June, so we need to know who is willing to do what.
Tripple triumph for Eryri at the Twin Piers 10K - 19th January 2008
report by Arwel Lewis
2 team triumphs and the Vet65 record broken.
There was a good turnout by the club at the Twin Piers 10km race on Saturday 19th January, where Brendan Rothery led the men to the team prize with a 2nd place finish in a time of 33:49, with Paul Wathan 9th (35:21), Iain Ridgway 11th (35:41- PB) and Richard Williams 13th (35:45) making up the team. Not to be outdone, Eryri's ladies also won the team prize led by Sarah Ridgway who finished 19th overall and 1st lady in a very good time of 37:51 (PB) followed by 4th Lady Andrea Roberts (39:46). 6th Ellie Salisbury (45:46) and 7th Wendy Trimbel in (45:47). Now running in the Male Vet 65 category, Don Williams won in a time of 40:59s, smashing the North Wales Male Vet65 record by beating the previous best time of 44:03.
The race was a counter in the club's Road Running Championships 2008 Well done everyone.
Brendan retains road running championship - 16th December 2007
Brendan Rothery retained his Eryri Road Running championship title following a 3rd place overall finish at the Helena Tipping Wrexham 10k on Sunday 16th December in a time of 33:59, with his nearest challenger for the title Paul Wathan 7th in 35:16, while Richard Williams set a PB in finishing 9th in a time of 35:20. Other Eryri members taking part were; 28th Arwel Lewis 37:36. 116th (2nd JW) Gemma Morgans 43:41.
Gwyn's win helps Eryri to stay ahead of the pack - 9th December
Report by Arwel Lewis
Despite a clash of events with the Welsh Inter Regional cross country Championships in Cardiff, plus a few withdrawals due to injury, Eryri's men still got a good team out for the third race of the Borders Road Running League 2007/08 season at Tattenhall.
Eryri have maintained their lead at the top of the table with Buckley Running Club too close for comfort behind them in second spot. Led by the outstanding Gwyn Owen, who convincingly won the 10km race in 32m39s having led from the start.
Gwyn was backed up by Brendan Rothery who had a very good run to finish in 3rd in33m27s with Matthew Roberts also doing well to finish 7th in 34m36s with Iain Ridgway 35m08s and Richard Williams 35m31s who had their best placings of the season so far in 14th and 17th respectively, followed by 31st Arwel Lewis 36m41s, 49th Tony Woodall 38m00s, 56th Paul Howarth 38m33s, 83rd Don Williams 40m18s, 107th Ian Rothery 41m35s, 136th Mervyn Williams 43m35s, 174th Ian Blakemore 47m19s, 210th Roy Jardine 50m39s and 234th Dave Beard 55m54s.
Eryri's ladies also ran well led by Rhian Jones 48m18s in 184th place then 200th Allison Donnelly 49m16s and 206th Jenny Blakemore 50m16s.
The next race in the Borders League is not until 5th February 2008 at Abergele which is a measured 5 Mile there and back flat seaside course.
Eryri to host 2008 Welsh 10km Road Race Championship - 13th Novemeber
The Caernarfon 10km will incorporate the Welsh Championships on Sunday 31st August 2008 with a later start of 12pm. The event will also include the Inter Regional Championships for senior and masters teams, men and women. Club volunteers are required so keep your diary clear!