Sunday 31 January 2010

Saturday 30 January 2010

NORTH WALES xc SUCCESS FOR ERYRI

Eryri returned from Corwen with a clutch of medals following Y Rhug Organic North Wales Cross Country Championships nr Corwen on Saturday 30th January. Competing over an undulating challenging course in dry conditions and cold temperatures, Eryri's main medal winners were: 2nd FV/35 Jenny Hemming. 1st FV/45 Annie Williams. 1st FV/60 Maggie Oliver. 1st MV/50 Russell Owen. 2nd MV/50 Arwel lewis. 1st MV/65 Emyr Davies. 2nd MV/65 Don Williams & 3rd MV/70 Ron Hird.
Teams: Eryri Senior Women 1st and also Eryri Veteran Women 1st.
Eryri Senior Men 2nd and Veteran Men 1st.
Full results are not yet in. Apologies if any medal winner is not listed.

Prior Notice: The final race of the Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross Country league (Weather permitting!) takes place at Oswestry next Saturday 6th February.
There will be a mini bus going to the event departing Parc Menai at 11am.

Friday 29 January 2010

W/e 'local' fell running, 30/31 January.

Saturday 30th, North Wales X-C Champs, Rhug Estate, near Corwen. Entries for this event will now also be accepted on the day. Womens race (5.75km) at 1.35 and mens race (10.76km) at 2.15pm. Contact Maggie Oliver for further details, 01286 871494.

Sunday 31st, local run (~2 hours): Beddgelert Forest, Hebog Ridge. Meet at 10am, FC car park, go into the forest at Pont Cae'r-gors, off the A4085 between Rhyd Ddu and Beddgelert, turn left and drive down the forest road towards Beddgelert, (mildly potholed...) then turn right into the car park by tall trees. Marked as 'P' on OS 1:50k & 1:25k. SH 573 502. Optional soup, tea, coffee etc in Ty Mawr cafe, Rhyd Ddu, after.

Always bring: bumbag, map, compass, whistle, wind/waterproof top & trousers, hat & gloves ... E&OE, please make your own checks before travelling.

For the latest local running news, check this Eryri 'blog' site and WFRA.

10 April, Silent Valley AM, Mourne Mountains, 9.5m/4900ft, British Champs race in Northern Ireland, see Eryri Blog, above, for club trip 9-11 April, travel & accommodation offers (urgent).

Tuesday Night Hill Reps, join the 15-20 men & women meeting each Tuesday, 6pm, Vic Hotel, Llanberis. Ten different hills for an hour or so, various speed groups, so don't worry about getting left behind !

Advance notices:
6 & 7 Feb, Titterstone Clee, AS, & Long Mynd Valleys, AM, near Church Stretton.
7 Feb, Orienteering, Coed Dinorwic, starts 11 to 12.30 from Bus Stop car park SH 591 611. Short, medium and long (5k) courses, easy to tough, for individuals, families & children.
13 Feb, Ras Tarren Hendre, AM, Abergynolwyn.
20 Feb, Ras Moel y Ci, BS, Tregarth.
6 March, Pipe Dream, AS, Dolgarrog.
5/6/7 March, LLAMFF 2010, Llanberis Mountain Film Festival .
13 March, Moel Wnion, AM, Rachub, Bethesda.
20 March, Ras yr Aran, AM, Llanuwchllyn, Bala.

Cross-Country 2009/10: Last League event, Feb 6 Oswestry.
Contact Maggie Oliver for further details, 01286 871494.

Eryri Mountain Running Club Champs 2010, on the Eryri Blog link above.

Eryri Harriers annual club membership runs from the end of March. If you would like to join, re-join or renew, please contact: eryrih@gmail.com

Menai Track & Field, weekday training at Treborth

Weekend weather
Saturday: Mostly dry with sunny spells, and the odd wintry shower. Cold, particularly around the peaks in brisk northwesterly winds. Visibility generally good and the freezing level is expected to be around 200 metres.
Sunday: Very similar to Saturday with sunny spells, and the odd wintry shower. Lighter northwesterly winds, but still feeling cold. Good visibility and freezing levels around 100 metres.

Thursday 28 January 2010

VOLUNTEERS

I am currently carrying out research at Bangor University, I am in need of participants
and I was wondering if your club could help. The research being carried out is to look at the cardiac
adaptations of fell runners using ultrasound. The procedure is completely harmless and only
requires the participant to lie down whilst a probe is placed on the chest to gain an ultrasonic
image of the heart. The study will take no longer than 1 hour, but would require participants
Coming to the Bangor University Sports Health and Exercise Science department. Details of
the heart dimensions such as wall thicknesses and chamber dimensions will be recorded. I am
looking for male participants between the ages of 18&50 who are regularly active in the sport
of fell running, who preferably have been training for over 2 years, and who or have competed
at a national or international level. If anyone shows interest in being a participant could you
please give them my contact details so I can find more information about their involvement
and hopefully arrange a time slot for the study. Not only will the participants be able to gain a
detailed analysis of the size of the heart as a direct result of their sport, they will also be
involved in research surrounding fell running, which I’m sure you are aware of is currently
Lacking. A couple of National level runners at the university have already been selected for this
study and I hope you will be able to help in finding more participants.Thank you for your time, Kind regards, Jack Sharkey. (Mob; 07858828156, Email peu66a@bangor.ac.uk)

Tuesday Night Hill Reps

We're getting a good turn out now.

Must have been pushing 15-20, with roughly equal numbers of blokes and women, this week; which formed a few different paced groups so there's always people to keep with.

Meet Tuesday 6pm at the Vic Llanberis. They carry on until the light comes back or Mike's Tuesday Evenings Race Series starts.

Basic format is warm up for a mile, then 10 or so efforts up and down the roads around Llanberis, from 20 second sprints, to 6 minute killers. Session normally lasts 1-1.5 hrs.

Great session.

Wednesday 27 January 2010

Ireland British Champs

HI All, IMPORTANT INFO RE THE IRELANT TRIP 9th - 11th APRIL. At the moment the accomodation is booked up. If others want to stay in the accomodation we have booked email Sarah ASAP on sarahkleeman@btinternet.com or repy to me and we'll see if we can get another house. At the moment it seems there is room. We have 17 travelling as of today. Travel will be in cars. At the moment we aim to get the 17:15 Irish Ferries out on Friday and 16:00 Stena line back Sunday, that way we have time to run the 12:00 race on the Sunday or get a Sunday run in the Mournes. Costs are roughly £80 per person for travel. The club will re-imburse some travel costs. Probably in the region of £30. If you want to come with our group and stay in the accomodation its pretty urgent we have replies this week. We're talking Easter Week here, so accomodation will go soon. For 2 nights, if we fill another house, it is around £50 each. The race is ~ 9 miles and 6000ft ascent. Normally great races, but very tough, few paths. Always a good trip. Cheers Iain

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Chester Marathon - 31st May

For those missing out on London.

New Marathon on the calendar. Chester, all on closed roads.

www.chestermarathon.co.uk for details.

Rhug Organic North Wales Cross Country.

Message from Maggie:

Entries for this event on Saturday
30th January will be accepted on the day. Womens race (5750m) at 1.35 and
mens race (10760m and 8250m 60+) at 2.15pm.

Monday 25 January 2010

MENAI MINI MARATHON-CANLYNIADAU

Canlyniadau /Results on http://www.tdl.ltd.uk/ . Canlyniad llawn dewisiwch 'Events' yn unig/ Full result select 'Events' only.
I dderbyn Ffurflen Gais yn flynyddol trwy e-bost/To receive Entry Form annually by e-mail , cysylltwch a/contact: liongwilym@gmail.com .
Bwriad ar y funud yw cynnal y ras nesaf, sef y 30ain ras, ar y 23ain o Ionawr 2011, ac i e-bostio ffurflenni yn Hydref 2010.
Provisional date for the next race, the 30th race, is the 23d January 2011, and to e-mail entry forms in October 2010.

Sunday 24 January 2010

HENRY COMES OF AGE





16 year old Eryri Harrier Henry Williams left everyone else trailing as he won his first major senior event,The Menai Mini Marathon 10km on Sunday 24th January as the new undulating course which took the runners through Llanfair P.G. (Not enough room for its full title!) en-route back to Menai Bridge proved no problem for Henry as he overhauled early pace setter Angus Mackay (Bangor University) to win in 36:07. Full results are not yet in but there was a good contingent of Eryri Harriers taking part with Iwan Morton among the pace setters and Jim Kelly not far behind. The ladies race was won by Bangor University's Jenny Brierly which made it a double success for the weekend following her Twin Pier 10k win the previous day.

Saturday 23 January 2010

ROB'S MUDDY GOOD SHOW

Eryri's Rob Samuel again did the club proud following on from his 9th place finish in the McCain UK Cross Challenge International at Cardiff last week where he was also the 1st of the Welsh team to finish, Rob impressed again while representing Wales in the Belfast Antrim IAAF and Celtic Cross Country International. Despite the overcast conditions the rain stayed away, the soft muddy ground conditions did not deter Rob as again he was the clear 1st Welsh team finisher in 12th place overall in a top quality international class field with a time of 30:03. The race was won by Kenyan Mike Kiegen in 27:49 with last weeks Cardiff race winner Andy Vernon 2nd in 28:40.
There were 57 finishers.
WELL DONE ROB.

MATTHEW'S SUPIER TO PIER WIN

Eryri's Matthew Roberts went one better than last years runners up spot in the Llandudno to Colwyn Bay Twin Piers 10k on Saturday 23rd January following a close battle with club colleague Brendan Rothery, Matthew kicked on with 1km to go to win the race in a personal best time for the distance of 32:48 with 2nd placed Brendan also achieving a personal best time for the distance of 32:52. Other notable Eryri performances came from: 21st (1st MV/50) Arwel Lewis 37:45. 22nd James McQueen 38:05. 2nd Female (1st FV/35) Andrea Roberts 39:28 and new Eryri recruit Louise Emery 3rd Female 42:39.
Full results will be available to view on the Abergele and Colwyn Bay web sites.

Thursday 21 January 2010

W/e 'local' fell running, 23/24 January 2010

Saturday, looks like the only fell race is on Box Hill near Dorking ....

Sunday 24th, Menai Mini Marathon 10km - 10.30am, David Hughes School, Menai Bridge. EOD. See Eryri Blog link below.

Sunday 24th, Local fell run, 10:00am Plas Ffrancon Leisure Centre car park, Bethesda SH 621 673. A run up into the Carneddau, various speeds, around 2 hours. Cafe options in Bethesda afterwards.

Always bring: bumbag, map, compass, whistle, wind/waterproof top & trousers, hat & gloves ... E&OE, please make your own checks before travelling.

For the latest local running news, check this Eryri 'blog' site and WFRA

Advance notices:
6 & 7 Feb, Titterstone Clee, AS, & Long Mynd Valleys, AM, near Church Stretton.
13 Feb, Ras Tarren Hendre, AM, Abergynolwyn.
20 Feb, Ras Moel y Ci, BS, Tregarth.
6 March, Pipe Dream, AS, Dolgarrog.
5/6/7 March, LLAMFF 2010, Llanberis Mountain Film Festival
13 March, Moel Wnion, AM, Rachub, Bethesda.
20 March, Ras yr Aran, AM, Llanuwchllyn, Bala.

Cross-Country 2009/10: North Wales Champs, Jan 30th, at the Rhug Estate, near Corwen, pre-entry only. Contact Maggie Oliver if you would like to run, 01286 871494. The closing date is Monday 25th January. Last League event, Feb 6 Oswestry.

Eryri Mountain Running Club Champs 2010, on the Eryri Blog link above.

Eryri Harriers annual club membership runs from the end of March. If you would like to join, re-join or renew, please contact: eryrih@gmail.com

Menai Track & Field, weekday training at Treborth http://menaitrackandfield.org.uk/

Weekend weather
Saturday: Another dry day with patchy cloud and some bright or sunny spells. Winds remaining light but more northwesterly. Visibility generally moderate.
Sunday: A cloudier day on Sunday, but still with light winds. A risk of some light showers or longer spells of rain in the afternoon. Visibility generally moderate.

Friday 15 January 2010

MENAI MINI MARATHON 24/01/2010

Cychwyn/Start 10.30am, Ysgol David Hughes Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge.
Cwrs newydd o gwmpas Llanfairpwll/New course around Llanfair PG.
Ffi/Fee £6 cofrestredig/registered, £8 heb gofrestru/unregistered. £2 ychwanegol/additional ar y diwrnod/on day. Dim dyddiad cau ar y ffurflen ar gyfer ceisiadau trwy'r post/No closing date on form for entries on the day.
Cysylltwch a fi ar emyrdafis@aol.co.uk ac mi wnaf anfon gopi o'r ffurflen i chwi fel atodiad e-bost ; angen Microsoft Word i'w hagor. Contact me on emyrdafis@aol.co.uk and I can send you a copy of the entry form as an e-mail attachment; requires Microsoft word to open it.

Cancellation of the Grand Prix Express XC League Fixture at Wrexham


The Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross Country League fixture at Wrexham this Saturday 16th January has had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions.
One other piece of bad news to report is the death of Viv Blackwell one of the original members of Wrexham AC back in the 1950's.

The Eryri Harriers Running Club send their Sincere Condolences to the family and friends of Viv Blackwell.

Thursday 14 January 2010

Monday 4 January 2010

WREXHAM CROSS COUNTRY REMINDER

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb! Happy New Year to all!

A reminder that the fourth fixture in the Grand Prix Express North Wales Cross Country League will be held at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Cefn Road, Wrexham LL13 9NG on Saturday 16th January. Usual times, ladies and men over 70 at 2pm, senior & masters men at 2.45pm.There will not be a mini bus going to the event, but please get in touch with Maggie Oliver (01286 871494) if you need a lift or have spaces in your car to share. A good turn out is needed to consolidate our medal positions!
Entry forms for the Rhug Organic North Wales Cross Country Championship on Saturday 30th January at the Rhug Estate, near Corwen are available from Maggie Oliver. The closing date is Monday 25th January and forms and entry fees can be given to David Alun Williams at Wrexham.

AELODAETH - MEMBERSHIP

CYFEIRIAD E-BOST NEWYDD/NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS

eryrih@gmail.com

Sunday 3 January 2010

Borders League @ Tattenhall?


The cancellation of the Borders League event at Tatenhall, left a few of the club's runners looking for alternative entertainment with which to fill their Sunday morning. Not content with just another foray into the wilderness and in the spirit of inter club relations...Arwel and Rory were coerced into joining North Wales Road Runner Tammy Lewis-Jones and Menai's Andy Walling and Gary Williams on a jaunt across the Carneddau. What followed was a gruelling run lasting over two and a half hours, with slips and slides over the snow and ice and a punishing hack. So who says, that the spirit of running and getting out with members of other north Wales clubs has gone......Long live the Sunday run, Long Live Tea and Toast afterwards at Andy's!

Saturday 2 January 2010

Eryri Mountain Running Club Champs 2010

The details of Eryri's mountain running club champs are below:

Short

Mynydd Mawr 20th April
Cnicht 29th August
Sedbergh 3 Peaks (England) 26th June


Medium

Silent Valley (Ireland) 10th April
Carneddau 8th May
Wyddfa 24th July

Long

Foel Fras 12th June
Pedol Peris 11th September
Black Mountains (South Wales) 25th September

Fortmat will be 6 from 9 races, 1 of each distance and then any other 3.

1st club runner - 30pts
2nd - 25pts
3rd - 23pts
4th - 21pts
5th - 20pts
6th - 19pts
7th - 18pts
and on until you get to 1 point.

All the usual age categories apply.

Any queries to Math Roberts or Iain Ridgway. (Club Mountain running secretaries)


Harriers in succesful raiding of Yorkshire Giant's Nest






The ever present Eryri travelling clan were on the road once again this New Year's.

Auld Lang Syne Fell race 31/12/2009 5.5 miles, 800ft

On New Years eve four of Eryri's most reliable travllers took part in the legendary Auld Lang Syne fell race up on Haworth moor near Halifax. Over 500 ran last year so this year for the first time it was pre-entry and there were 380 finishers. As always there was a top quality field with world triathlon champ Ali Brownlee and brother Jonathan as well as legend Ian Holmes, 4 time Snowdon champ Andi Jones all amongst a star studded field.

Out of 380 finishers and in deep, snowy conditions, world tri champ Ali Brownlee won in 39.35. Eryri finishers were:

8th Math Roberts 43.13
25th Iain Ridgway 45.33
67th Sarah Ridgway, 3rd lady, 49.04
190th Dils Rowlands 56.36


Giant's Tooth, 01/01/2010, 3 miles, 500ft

Following a refuel in Haworth on New Year's eve the clan then travelled 5 miles south to Ogden reservoir to take part in the classic Giant's Tooth fell race. Once again conditions were cold, snowy and icy. In a good and varied route and out of 108 finishers Eryri had two victors:

1st overall Math Roberts in 18.17
1st lady overall Sarah Ridgway in 21.03
6th Iain Ridgway in 19.14
57th Dils Rowlands in 24.43


Excellent few days racing again in Yorkshire and definitely recommended!

Friday 1 January 2010

AELODAETH - MEMBERSHIP

Cyfeiriad e-bost newydd/New e-mail address.

eryrih@gmail.com