NORTH Wales Road Runners Club (NWRRC) member Martin Green was one of 13 from the club at the Village Bakery half-marathon last Sunday (September 4) at Wrexham.

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 one hour, 13 minutes and 53 seconds to additionally win his MV45 age cat.

With Martin leading the team home, his determined efforts also spurred on club mates Will Williams who finished in 1.24.18 in 123rd place, and Iwan Evans who was 152nd in 1.27.39, whilst Carla Green was the 26th female runner, and claimed third place in her VW50 age cat in 1.29.40.

Stuart Culverhouse was another athlete in good form, and finished 216th in 1.31.32, with Nicola Wylie recording a new PB as the 110th female runner in 1.53.03, and Jamie Tharme ran hard for 308th place in 1.41.28.

Kay Hatton was pleased with her result as the 73rd female in 1.43.09, and second spot in her MV55 cat, with colleague Cheryl Frost taking third place in the same age cat as Kay and finishing as the 76th female in 1.44.40.

In addition, Steve Roberts finished in 433rd place in 1.53.18, and it was good to see Kevin Higgins back to his best, finishing 480th, and he just dipped under the two-hour mark in 1.59.04.

Helen Hannam completed her marathon trial as the 149th female in 2.07.20, and veteran Len Jackson also put in another good shift in 585th place in 2.15.28.

Elsewhere, Mandy Owen was the only NWRRC runner in the Caernarfon half-marathon, which was run on the same day as the Village Bakery event.

Mandy said she was promised rain but had to endure boiling hot conditions, yet she still recorded a good result, finishing as the 79th female runner in 2.20.52.

This is the link to the provisional results at the Village Bakery half-marathon: runcheshire.niftyentries.com/Results/Village-Bakery-Wrexham-Half-Marathon-2022.

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Steve celebrates his birthday in style at Conwy parkrun

Steve Forsyth celebrated his birthday in style at Conwy on Saturday (September 3), where he was the first parkrunner home and finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest rivals.

The North Wales Road Runner also brought the best out of the chasing pack with Hari Jackson (Manchester Metro University AC) finishing in 2nd place in 17.31, and Carl Shawcross (Medway), in third spot in 17.52, with both recording impressive new PBs over this challenging 5k course.

The first female runner was JW15-17 runner Olivia Jones in 21.45

Steve, who finished in just 17 minutes and 21 seconds and won his MV40 cat, eventually led a team back of 11 other senior club members and one junior, claiming seven podium places altogether, including six age category victories.

Steve Mason was back to his best in fourth place, and he also won his M45 cat in 19.01, with Harry Driscoll additionally winning his SM20 cat in sixth place overall in 19.23.

Endurance athlete John Dalzell finished well in 15th place in 20.22, and Stuart Culverhouse was 37th in 23.10.

Carla Green was the fifth female runner overall, in 40th place, but won her VW50 age cat in 23.30, and Carla finished just ahead of colleague Jamie Tharme in 42nd place in 23.37.

Veteran Rob Fryer was another age cat winner in 68th place overall but was first in his MV65 cat in 25.19.

Dave Spofforth ran around with his son Ben in 95th/96th places, but Ben also won his JM10 cat in 27.11.

Sue Smith claimed third place in her VW55, finishing in 137th place overall in 30.28, with her husband Mike Smith coming crossing the line in 167th place in 32.45, and Darren Griss was 171st in 32.57.

This is the link to the provisional results from Conwy parkrun: www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults.