Noel Morris, a former Spitfire pilot, was a stalwart supporter of grass roots running. The Denbigh Harriers Handicap is named in his honour.
The idea for a regular handicap originated at Chris Baldwin’s previous club, North Shields Polytechnic AC. Denbigh Harriers been running a 5K off road summer series since 2000. The series is run once a month from March to October on an approximate 5k mile cross country course on public footpaths around Denbigh. Each runner is given a start time reflecting their current running form with the faster runners starting last. When the handicapping works well the runners finish the course at more or less the same time.
The Noel Morris Summer Handicap Series Winners
| 2000 | Huw Jones |
| 2001 | Duncan Jones |
| 2002 | Steve Bell |
| 2003 | Paul Ballinger |
| 2004 | Meirion roberts |
| 2005 | David Baugh |
| 2006 | Keith Humphries |
| 2007 | Bob Neale |
| 2008 | Ron Birch |
| 2009 | Dave Davies |
| 2010 | Ron Birch |
| 2011 | Martyn Fairlamb |
| 2012 | Victoria Whitehead |
| 2013 | Louise Williams |
| 2014 | Kate Wilson |
| 2015 | Anwen Brown |
| 2016 | Robert Parry |
| 2017 | Katy Baugh |
| 2018 | Tony Benton & Diane Roberts |
| 2019 | Tony Wood |
| 2020 | David Baugh |
| 2021 | Paul Jones |
| 2022 | Helen Davies |
| 2023 | Liza Francis |
2023 Route
