Tuesday 20 October 2009

CROSS COUNTRY UPDATE

A small but valiant band of club members made the long journey to Bridgnorth on October 10th to keep the club in contention. The mens team were all veterans bar one and they were 6th position on the day and overall, with the masters men team being 5th team on the day and overall. Russell Owen led the team home and was the third M50(by Font size3 sec!), Emyr Davies was first M65 and Don third M65. Ron Hird improved on his 5th position in Colwyn Bay to come 3rd in the M70 category.

The ladies team fared slightly better, being 3rd team on the day, 2nd position overall with the veterans team being 3rd on the day and 4th overall. Andrea Rowlands led the team home again finishing 8th, followed y Annie Williams (1st W45 again), Wendy Trimble and Ellie Salisbury, with Sue Hughes being 2nd W55.

Many thanks to Merfyn Williams for driving the minibus and then running.

Feedback wanted from the clubs about the suitability 0f the course and venue compared to Lilleshall.

There is also a new web site for cross country for results, notices and details of venues.

The site address is : www.northwalescrossc.webs.com

The Rhug Organic North Wales Cross Country Championship will now be held on Saturday January 30th, 2010, and not as previously advertised. It will be held at the Rhug Estate, just to the west of Corwen on the A5.

The Welsh Athletics Championship will now be held on the weekend of February 20th/21st.

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