Denbigh Harriers Weekly Report 5-11-16

Posted on 5th November 2016 by admindh

There were nineteen Denbigh Harriers taking part in the 2nd North Wales Cross Country  League race at St. David’s College, Llandudno.   The course was more varied than the first fixture in Mold with its hills and turns. It was dry going on what can be treacherous ground despite overnight rain but the runners faced a cold northerly wind. The women run a course just over 5k with the men running 8.6k. Despite missing three of the faster women the team did well again with four inside the first 45. Tracey Williams showed her experience and consistency as she ran a really responsible race, leading the women from the start but setting a sensible pace, moving up from 35th to 22nd. Victoria Whitehead shadowed her all the way, starting about 45th and finishing 30th. Katy Baugh (39th) and Ceri Belshaw stuck together almost all the way, with Katy Baugh winning out in the last kilometre. They were well supported by Kate Wilson in 74th, Elen Baugh 79th, Menai Baugh 81st, and Anwen Brown 83rd. Sioned Lloyd was well up the filed until the last 500 metres. The result left the ladies team 4th in the race.

The men were again very well served by Shaun Hughes , finishing 26th, in only his second cross country race. David Baugh (72nd) and Owen Conry (73rd) finished iin the same time with Tony Wood (77th) in his first cross country race just behind. Martin Courtfriend  in 103rd  was next home with Tony Benton (116th) not far behind.  Dave Davies (130th) pushed him close with Chris Baldwin (139th), Mike Hughes (145th) and. Jon Whitehead {153rd} following.  The Men’s team were 5th in their league. The next fixture is in Bangor in 3 weeks on the 26th November.

Women’s race: 22nd Tracey Williams 23-44, 30th Victoria Whitehead 24-25, 39th Katy Baugh 24-55, 45th Ceri Belshaw 25-27, 79th Elen Baugh 28-26, 81st Menai Baugh 28-51, 83rd Anwen Brown 29-08

Men’s race: 26th Shaun Hughes 35-10, 72nd David Baugh 38-42, 73rd Owen Conroy 38-42,77th Tony Wood 39-14, 103rd Martin Cortvriend 40-30, 116th Tony Benton 41-52, 130th Dave Davies 43-25, 139th Chris Baldwin 45-04, 144th Mike Hughes 46-07, 153rd John Whitehead 51-15

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Denbigh Harriers  Weekly Report 29 – 10- 16

Posted on 29th October 2016 by admindh

The 34th Snowdonia Marathon had over 2000 finishers on this course that is billed as one of the toughest marathons in the UK.  The route circles 26.2 miles round the Snowdon massif  and climbs a massive 2700ft making this marathon the equivalent of running 29 miles on the flat. This makes the times of Denbigh Harriers Emma Collins and Vic Belshaw even more impressive. Emma won the 1st Welsh lady master prize and Vic picked up the bronze male master medal. Competing in her first marathon on her birthday Dawn Marshall kept to her schedule and made her training pay off. John Worthington had missed much of his training through injury and had ran no further than 16 miles in training making his result a testament to his determination.

108th Vic Belshaw 03:22:26, 286th Emma Collins 03:40:43, 1868th DawnMarshall 05:34:14, 1979th JohnWorthington 05:54:24

The hilly Abergele 5.5 was run on Sunday with 6 Denbigh Harriers competing. Ron Birch won the North Wales Championships in his age group as he continues running at a high standard. Tony Wood had a great race and was followed home by Fred Jones who picked up a silver medal for his age group. Ceri Belshaw was 5th senior lady home and the other medal winner of the day was Bob Neal winning a bronze medal in his age group.

70th Tony WOOD 0:34:19, 89th Fred Jones 0:35:36 (2nd M60), 106th Ceri Belshaw 0:37:20, 141st Bob Neale 0:39:43 (3rd M65), 147th Mei Emrys 0:40:21, 190th Ron Birch  0:50:33 9 (1st M75)

In the hilly Holmfirth  15 miles race Martin Courtvriend won the 1st M60 category beating the current Yorkshire champion into second place.

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Denbigh Harriers Weekly Report 22-10-16

Posted on 22nd October 2016 by admindh

The Clwydian Hills Fell Race was the last race of the North Wales Fell Series and with four Denbigh Harriers in contention for series prizes there was a good turnout. The race itself was run over 9 miles and climbed onto the Moel Famau ridge three times over a lot of pathless terrain and climbed 3000′ in total making this a challenging proposition for the nearly 200 runners. Vic Belshaw ran a very strong race and his finishing place of 17th in this high class field is testament to his great current form.  With this race he won the Over 50 Male category for the series with David Baugh 3rd. Victoria Whitehead was the winner of a closely fought Harriers race with in a race with Tony Benton and Ceri Belshaw. Victoria’s result was enough to make her a prize winner in her category for the series. Jon Whitehead used his local knowledge to guide Menai Baugh round the challenging route and knock 25 minutes off his time from last year. Although absent from the race Emma Collins was another category prize winner for the series.

18th Vic Belshaw 1:29:15, 47th David Baugh 1:37:37, 91th Victoria Whitehead 1:50:08, 96th Tony Benton 1:51:20, 97th Ceri Belshaw 1:51:32, 153rd Jon Whitehead 2:11:30, 160th Menai Baugh 2:14:32

In the Chester Parkrun Katy Baugh was the first Lady in a time of 22.33.

Three Harriers ran the hilly Flintshire 10k on Sunday with another good performance from Shaun Hughes to come in 10th in this good field. Daniel Schraibman and Mei Emrys continue thier improvement with Daniel having taken 5 minutes off his 10k time a year ago.

10th Shaun Hughes 38.06, 106th Daniel Schraibman  46.54, 184th Mei Emrys 49.48

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