Weekly Report 5th Oct 2019

Posted on 7th October 2019 by admindh
It was a very busy week of running for Denbigh Harriers with over 40 harriers competing in 10 events far and wide with two Harriers running twice.
Duncan Jones ran the Race on the Edge 9 mile trail race on Wenlock Edge in Shropshire. It was really enjoyable and completely off road with some sharp ascents and descents. His time was 91.54  and 3rd over 60
In the the first North Wales Cross Country fixture in Wrexham there were 20 Harriers taking part in this fast and furious flat race. In the women’s 6.6k race the first two Harriers home were Mel Morris and Alaw Medi Evans separated by 1 second. They were ably supported by Tracey Williams winning her category and Elen Baugh. Victoria Whitehead ran a strong race despite having run a hard long race the week before followed by Cary Davies , Kate Wilson and Menai Baugh who also won her age cetegory by one place.
Senior Women
33rd Melina Morris 26-27
34th Alaw Medi Evans 26-28
42nd Tracey Sian Williams 27-18 1stW55
52nd Elen Baugh 27-54
59th Victoria Whitehead 28-46
67th Carys Davies 29-30
101st Kate Wilson 32-25
108th Menai Baugh 33-02 1st F60
In the Men over 60 race There was a superb run from Fred Jones to come in 5th behind some top class opposition. The team was second overall.
5th Fred Jones 27-30
12th Chris Baldwin 30-19
26th Jeff Jones 34-48
In the Senior Men’s race Shaun Hughes Senior ran an excellent race on his return to competition to finish 15th he was supooted by the four counters for the team of Dan Jones, Huw Euron Williams and David Baugh. It was good to see new member Gareth Rees Jones racing for the first time and a big improvement from last year from Mark Jones.
15th Shaun Hughes 31-54
67th Daniel Jones 35-41
105th Huw Euron Williams 38-03
109th David Baugh 38-17
114th Mathew Jones 38-46
123rd Philip Hayes 40-02
131st Tony Benton 40-58
143rd Gareth Rees Jones 42-14
154th Mark Jones 45-17
Furhte afield Owen Conry ran the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis to finish 373th out of 6739 runners in a very good time of 3.13.18
In the Chester Marathon Joe Welch was acting as a pacer for those runners wanting to go under the 3 hour mark and he did the job admirably finishing in 2.59.38.  Caroline James was also running and had a great race to finish in 4.43.33.
136th Joe Welch 02:59:38,  2370th Caroline James 04:43:33
In the Bangor Bangor Half Marathon Cary Davies running her second race of the weekend continued her excellent form to run yet another great time. She was followed on this hilly course by Luke Hughes and Rob Parry.
129th Carys Davies 1.51.38,  215th Luke Hughes 2.01.15, 284th Rob Parry 2.13.46
In the Cardiff University Half Marathon the weather was excellent although warm for running. It was great to see 12 Harriers running it and a considerable number had never run a half before.  This is a very big event and the Harriers enjoyed the atmosphere and for many just crossing that line to see those smiles tears and emotions meant so much.
2350th David Jones 01:46:39
2917th Alaw Medi Evans 01:49:54
4944th Hywel Roberts 01:54:42
5421st Ian Jones 01:59:04
9415th Mike James 02:09:48
9530th Anwen Brown 02:14:22
11366th Lisa Dafydd 02:14:44
13696th Nicola Field 02:22:37
14155th Graham Field 02:26:47
14654th Julie Roberts 02:27:53
17809th John Thomas 02:49:37
18876th RebekahDumayne 03:03:18
18878th Jessica Jones 03:03:18
Bushey Parkrun
708th Sian PRITCHARD 00:26:02
Fell Foot Parkrun
57th Katy BAUGH 00:23:45
Conwy Parkrun
296th Sally SMITH 01:00:37
Gnoll Parkrun
113 John Llewelyn THOMAS 00:46:46
Cardiff Half Chester Marathon Caroline James Minneapolis Marathon Owen Conry Wrexham XC Women Wrexham XC Men
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October 2019 Results

Posted on 1st October 2019 by Alf Tupper

In terms of weather this has been a ‘Goldilocks’ season: pretty dry, reasonable temperatures, and no gales. So 10C and heavy rain on top of several days of heavier rain meant that only the hardier committed souls turned up. Mud and soft grass does make a difference to the strength requirements and the fitter brethren and sorority gain an advantage in these circumstances. Flat, boring road it isn’t! A good prelude to the Cross Country on Saturday then. Anybody who got anywhere near their time of last month is clearly on the up and should be pleased. I am especially pleased at the close finishing with the first 14 within 70 seconds of the winning time. Not bad handicapping given the conditions. Officials Kate W and Rob made it all possible.

…………………………Finishing time….Actual time…….Points

1st Elen………………..6.38.03pm……….24m03…………73/5

2nd Tony W…………….38.05…………….19m35…………25/5*

3rd Tracey……………….38.15…………….24m15…………34/5*

4th Mat……………………38.18……………21m48…………59/5

5th Tony B……………….38.23……………23m23…………33/5*

6th Mel……………………38.33……………23m33…………43/5*

7th Luke………………….38.38…………….25m08………..57/5*

8th Duncan……………..38.42…………….24m42………..80/4

9th Carys…………………38.51……………..26m21…………9/1

10th Arwel……………….38.54…………….25m54…………56/5*

11th Glen………………….38.55…………….20m55…………46/4

12th Peter L………………38.58……………26m28………….53/5

13th Bob……………………39.08…………..27m08………….64/5*

14th Chris………………….39.12……………27m12………….77/4

15th Ruth…………………..39.29…………..34m29………….59/5*

16th Ruari………………….40.52…………..27m52………….48/5*

  • Best of five races.

The series has a very worthy winner in Tony W who got through to 2nd and therefore substituted this for his 14th in May, having already dropped a 25th and a 17th – illustrating the value of doing as many races as possible, especially when there is a lean month for numbers and lower scores are easier. Tony B played his cards very well and takes a good Silver. Victoria fell at the last hurdle, her 43 points being overtaken by Tracey for Bronze (as predicted in view of her improving form) and equalled by Mel. Mentioned in dispatches for finishing 6th-17th in the championship are Ruari, Peter L and Ron, Arwel, Luke, Mat and Ruth, Bob, Diane, Mark, and Elen who also completed the series with at least 5 races. Fastest Man was Shaun in May with 18m04. Joe did 18m27 and Tony W 18m48. Fastest lady, once again after all these years, was Emma who did 22m19. Katy did 22m21. Alaw has a faster official time but apparently she got lost and missed a bit.

 

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Weekly Report 28/9/19

Posted on 28th September 2019 by admindh
Three Denbigh Harriers’ women made their mark on the Clwydian hills last night in the Moel y Plas race. This 4.8 mile race sets off from Graigfechan, up the road, onto the mountain, climbing steeply for over 1000ft up to the summit of Moel y Plas. The descent is a joyful dash in the dark… On-form Rhian Pierce battled with another female on the ascent but Rhian’s fast and skilful descent gained her 6th position overall out of 27 runners and First Female in an impressive time of 42 mins. 22secs. Katy Baugh, not far behind, had a storming run and was Third Female and 10th position overall in a time of 45 mins. 12 secs. Menai Baugh, thoroughly enjoying being back on the hills, finished in 19th position overall and 5th Female in a time of 51 mins. 36 secs.
Vicrtoria Whitehead competed in the EnduranceLife 15mile Trail Race in the North York Moors. This was a tough route with 2000ft of climbing, but with stunning views along the East coast, starting in Ravenscar. The recent rain made some of the paths very muddy & slippy but the rain held off for the race and was sunny. There was a good variety of terrain with coastal path to Robin Hood’s Bay, a beach section, fields, paths and plenty of mud ! Fantastic support along the route from Jon Whitehead helped as She had to dig deep in the final few miles uphil across open moorland. Victoria was pleased with 13th lady and 1st female vet in a time of 2:39.
Parkruns
Kingston
205th
Sian PRITCHARD
00:27:2
Aberystwyth
33rd
Chris BALDWIN
00:25:26
Erddig
24th
1st Female
Katy BAUGH
00:23:56
26th
2nd Female
Elen BAUGH
00:24:08
208th
Sally SMITH
00:54:10
213th
John Llewelyn THOMAS
00:54:13
North Sydney
132nd
Robert PARRY
00:30:08
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September Handicap Results

Posted on 24th September 2019 by Alf Tupper

 

Due to IT glitch the results only list actual times and points total/number of races.

*Best of 5 races.

 

1st John LT 30:18, 17/3

2nd Ron 36:39, 53/5

3rd Diane 35:36, 67/5

4th Jeff 30:08, 4/1

5th Nicola 30:51, 8/2

6th Chris R 25:28, 6/1

7th Tracey 23:45, 49/5

8th Mat 21:22, 55/4

9th Melina 22:30, 57/5

10th Tony B 22:35, 41/5*

11th Gareth 23:09, 11/1

12th Mark J 25:09, 70/5

13th Caz 29:14, 39/4

14th Adam 22:15, 25/2

15th Emma 22:19, 15/1

16th Ruari 25:21, 48/5*

17th Tony W 19:21, 37/5*

18th Caroline J 26:45, 34/2

19th Vic 21:31, 63/4

20th Ian 25:42, 74/4

21st Chris 27:04, 63/3

22nd Bob 27:07, 73/5*

23rd Ruth 32:34, 82/5

24th Duncan 25:34, 72/3

Clearly this is the closest series ever! With one race to go and so many people having 5 races already (and so can drop a worst position) and nobody with a big lead, it will be down to a genuinely good run by someone to determine the winner.

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October Handicap Start List

Posted on 24th September 2019 by Alf Tupper

The first Tuesday at 6pm – 1st October at the Leisure Centre. This is the last one of 2019, completing my 20th year of setting the handicaps. Might possibly get this one right, do you think?

6.00 pm. Mari J

6.00.30 Ron

6.01 Jess,

6.01.30 Diane

6.03 Eurian, Teleri

6.04 pm. Wendy, Bronwen, Rebekah, Kath S

6.05 Angela

6.06 Mike Hb, Helen D, Jill, Littlekath, Claire Sp, Rhian WJ

6.06.30 Nicola, Ruth

6.07 Kate W, Paul J, Hannah, Julie, David Sp

6.07.30 Dawn, John L-T, Jeff, Meirion

6.09 Caz, Sarah

6.10 Rob P, Katherine E, David S, Andy M, John G

6.10.30 Roger, Gwenan, Ed

6.11.30 Dizzy Liz, Bill (Wil A), Anwen

6.12 Menai, Caroline, Chris, Bob, Jon

6.12.30 Sali, Peter L, Carys

6.13 Ruari, Gerwyn, Dan S, Mark W, Mark J, Arwel, Chris R, Ian J

6.13.30 Paul G, Luke

6.14 Sioned, Mari W, Tracey, Elen, Fred, Duncan, Victoria

6.15 Ceri B, Ceri D, Mel, Tony B, Gareth

6.15.30 Rhian, Alaw, Emma, Katy

6.16 Adam

6.16.30 Brett, Phil, Owen, David B, Mat

6.17 Steve, Vic

6.17.30 Hywel, Huw

6.18 Glen

6.18.30 Dan J, Tony W

6.19 Joe

6.19.30 Shaun

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Weekly report 21/9/19

Posted on 22nd September 2019 by admindh

Emma the only Denbigh Harrier who raced the Trailffest half marathon on Saturday. It was very scenic and extremely hot making it a tough race requiring perseverance.  The Ffestiniog steam train transported runners and spectators in style to the start of the race at Tanygisiau giving plenty of time to enjoy the views and spot sections of the race route. Emma Collins finished 5th lady, 1st V50 in a field of 140 in a time of 2:08:26.

There were five Denbigh Harriers competing in the Llyn Alwen Trail & Canicross  race over 11.5K.  The race whilst starting in dry weather turned out to be a wet race for all concerned. Fred Jones led the Harriers home despite being the oldest Harrier competing with Carys Davies not far behind and relishing the hills. Ruth Crowther, Dawn Marshall and John Llewelyn Thomas had great runs on this challenging course with Ruth and John both having run a Parkrun the day before. Three Harriers, Roger Snaith, Katy Baugh and Stacey Hughes also supported the race by marshalling and sweeping.

30 55:20 Fred Jones

41 59:45 Carys Davies

79 01:12:00 Ruth Crowther

102 01:18:57 Dawn Marshall

109 01:21:56 John Thomas

Further afield in Australia Caroline and Rob Parry raced the Logan half marathon in very hot and humid conditions.

Both of them were happy with our times: Robert Parry 2:18:24 Caroline Ann Parry 2:44:03

Parkruns

Bushey Park Parkrun

604th Sian PRITCHARD 00:26:27

Conwy Parkrun

154th Ieuan LEWIS 00:29:11 PB

174th Lian Jones 00:29:49 PB

175th Ian JONES 00:29:49

310th Sally SMITH 00:46:33

312th John Llewelyn THOMAS 00:46:41

Wepre Parkrun

12th David BAUGH 00:22:45

Pont y Bala Parkrun

22nd Joseph WELCH 00:26:07

34 Ruth CROWTHER 00:29:27

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Weekly Report 14/9/19

Posted on 16th September 2019 by admindh
Sunday saw the inaugural North Wales Road Relays championships take place on Llandudno Prom. There were 63 teams representing 11 clubs taking part in the event with each team made up of three runners. Denbigh had 7 teams entered in different age categories with each runner running 4k. There were wonderful performances resulting in four medals for for the club. Having more than one Harrier team in the masters category race was an advantage as runners could work together to improve their times.  The Female 50-59 category team of Emma Collins, Tracey Williams and Menai Baugh were comfortable gold medal winners. The Male 50-59 category team of David Baugh, Owen Conry and Mat Jones had a much tighter race eventually overtaking Abergele and Wrexham to win by 12 seconds. The Female 40-49 team of Mel Morris, Victoria Whitehead and Cary Davies were delighted to pick up a silver medal after a tight race. In the Senior and F35 category the young Harriers: Alaw Medi, Katy Baugh and Mari Williams  brought home a bronze medal beating the much fancies Prestatyn team by a fine margin. This was a great team performance for the club that required some considerable organisation and training to make it a success. Special mention should go to Chris Baldwin for his organisational efforts and to Elen Baugh for her support on the day.
5th Senior and +35 Men Shaun Hughes 00:13:50 Joe Welch 00:13:53 Tony Wood 00:14:30 Total 00:42:12
3rd Bronze Medal Senior and +35 Women Alaw Medi 00:16:57 Katy Baugh 00:17:25 Mari Williams 00:17:26 Total 00:51:47
1st Gold Medal M50-59 David Baugh 00:16:05 Owen Conry 00:15:26 Mat Jones 00:15:35 Total 00:47:05
9th M40-49 Adam McDonnell 00:16:02 Brett Jones 00:15:27 Ian Jones 00:18:20 Total 00:49:48
2nd Silver Medal F40-49 Mel Morris 00:16:54 Victoria Whitehead 00:17:27 Carys Davies 00:18:46 Total 00:53:06
1st Gold Medal F50-59 Emma Collins 00:16:54 Tracey Williams 00:17:11 Menai Baugh 00:20:06 Total 00:54:10
4th M60-69 Fred Jones 00:17:31 Duncan Jones 00:18:0000:20:45 Chris Baldwin Total 00:56:14
Parkrun results
Bushey Parkrun
633rd Sian PRITCHARD 00:26:54
Sheffield Hallam Parkrun
438th Ruth CROWTHER 00:30:12
Conwy Parkrun
290th Sally SMITH 01:01:55
291st John Llewelyn THOMAS 01:01:56
Erddig Parkrun
97th Joseph WELCH 00:27:51
Pony y Bala Parkrun
5th David BAUGH 00:22:21
7th Elen BAUGH 00:23:07IMG_6809 70866407_2943145595699905_7401621650636013568_o 71141194_2943131085701356_201755689297641472_o 70789281_2943194579028340_8919010871640850432_o
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Weekly report 6/9/19

Posted on 8th September 2019 by admindh

In the penultimate club Summer Handicap race John Llywelyn Thomas ran to victory again improving his time by three minutes and beating the handicapper’s formula.  Second was Ron Birch in the week of his 81st birthday and third was Diane Roberts.  The fastest woman over the course was Emma Collins in 22.19 and the fastest man was Tony Wood in 19.21. The title is wide open this year with the prospect of an exciting final race n October where the final positions will be decided.

1st John Llewlyn Thomas 30:18
2nd Ron Birch 36:39
3rd Diane Roberts 35:36

There were six Denbigh Harriers who competed in the Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon on Sunday in a high class field with perfect conditions. Emma Collins who was first in her agog category and Mel Morris with a big personal best continued their strongest summer of running. The first Harrier home was Owen Conry in preparation for the Minneapolis Marathon in October. There was a strong run from Mat Jones and Bob Neale had a great time to finish high up in his age category. Carys Davies shows great signs on improvement with yet another good run at the half marathon distance.

149th Owen Conry 01:29:08
259th Emma Collins 1st F55 01:36:48
271st Melina Morris 01:38:01 PB
284th Mathew Jones 01:38:41
476th Bob Neale 01:47:02
566th Carys Davies 01:51:41

Jess Jones was the only Harrier in the 2019 Midland Tapas Beaumaris Coast 2 Castle 10K on a very undulating course finishing in 1.13.01. In the  Half Marathon version of the  race Ian Jones had even more hills to cope with but ran strongly to finish well up the field.

10k
195th Jessica Jones 01:13:01

Half Marathon
65th Ian Jones 02:08:07
92nd Lisa Dafydd 02:33:06

Rachel Jones  ran the Great North Run and was raising money for a charity fighting Corticobasal Degeneration Disease. Rachel who only joined the club 6 months ago had a great run in the very crowded race to finish in 2.14.34.

Rachel Jones 02:14:34

Conwy Parkrun

17th Philip HAYES 00:21:00
213th Ruth CROWTHER 00:33:00
323rd Sally SMITH 00:59:28
325th John Llewelyn THOMAS 00:59:29

Newborough Forest Parkrun
57th Joseph WELCH 00:27:06

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Weekly report10/8/19

Posted on 12th August 2019 by admindh
The August Denbigh Harriers Handicap race was well contested with the first 10 runners finishing with a minute. The course was slightly longer than previous races due to a course diversion so times were slower for everyone. John Llewelyn Thomas was the winner this month after putting on a sprint finish holding off the fast finishing Arwel Jones and Mel Morris. The fastest times on the night went to Tony Wood for the men and Mel Morris for the women. With only two races to go in the series there six or seven Harriers in with a chance of winning the series. Tony Wood and Victoria Whitehead are in strong positions with Ruari Benton Tony Benton, Luke Hughes, Bob Neale, and Arwel Jones in contention. 
1st John Llewelyn Thomas 33:51
2nd Arwel Jones 25:13
3rd Melina Morris 22:48
Wednesday saw four Denbigh Harriers enjoy a beautiful sunny evening for the Caernarfon 10k.  There was a light southwesterly breeze behind the runners for the final 4K with fantastic views of Snowdonia mountains and the Llyn  Peninsular. There were two well deserved age category prizes for Duncan Jones in the M60 and Menai Baugh in the F60. This year the race was run clockwise with the hills at the beginning which many thought would be easier however everyone found the final flat 4K on the Menai straights hard work. A special mention should go to new member Carys Davies who ran the race in 51.29 having done the North Wales 1/2 marathon only three days before.
Results:
35th David Baugh 42.41, 76th Duncan Jones 48.09 1st M60, 108th Carys Davies 51.29, 128th Menai Baugh 54.21 1st F60
Parkruns
Conwy
181st John Llewelyn THOMAS 00:31:35
Wepre
15th David BAUGH 00:22:36
34th Elen BAUGH 00:25:51
59th Menai BAUGH 00:29:04
Pont y Bala
38th Chris BALDWIN 00:28:20
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September Start List

Posted on 7th August 2019 by Alf Tupper

The penultimate one of the series – and weather-wise often the most favourable before autumn storms break and the ground gets muddy. A good one for the ‘improvers’ group to try if you have ideas about doing the Winter League Cross Country (which would be good!).

6.29 pm. Mari J

6.30 Ron

6.31 Jess, Diane

6.33 Eurian, Teleri

6.34 pm. Wendy, Bronwen, Rebekah, Kath S, John L-T

6.35 Angela

6.36 Mike Hb, Helen D, Jill, Littlekath, Claire Sp, Rhian WJ

6.36.30 Nicola

6.37  Kate W, Jeff, Paul J, Hannah, Julie, David Sp

6.37.30 Ruth, Dawn

6.39 Caz

6.40 Rob P, Katherine E, David S, Andy M, John G

6.40.30 Roger, Gwenan, Ed

6.41 Sarah

6.41.30 Dizzy Liz, Bill (Wil A), Anwen

6.42 Menai

6.42.30 Sali, Chris, Peter L, Bob

6.43 Ruari, Gerwyn, Jon, Dan S, Mark W, Mark J, Arwel

6.43.30 Fred, Ian J, Paul G, Luke

6.44 Sioned, Mari W, Tracey, Elen

6.45 Victoria

6.45.30 Ceri B, Ceri D, Duncan, Mel, Tony B

6.46 Rhian, Alaw, Emma, Katy, Adam

6.46.30 Brett, Phil, Owen, David B, Mat

6.47 Steve

6.47.30 Hywel, Huw, Vic

6.48 Glen

6.48.30 Dan J

6.49 Joe, Tony W

6.49.30 Shaun

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