BORDERS TITLE FOR BRENDAN

Eryri's Brendan Rothery followed up his North Wales 10 mile title at Wrexham last Saturday by winning the overall Borders Road Running League title, though Brendan finished 3rd in the final race at Shotton on Wednesday 28th April, Brendans consistency over the six race series proved enough for him to take the title from club colleague and 2008/09 champion Rob Samuel. Jordan Evans had his best run in the league so far on the fast 4.2 mile course with a 11th placed finish followed by brother Chris in 32nd. Angus Mckay 33rd. Tony Woodall 36th. 50th (In his 75th Border league race) Arwel lewis. 56th Jos Jones. 66th Gwyn Williams. 71st Ashley Williams. 95th Emyr Davies. 146th Ian Rothery. 175th Alun Rowlands and 231st Roy Jardine. With only two women competing, Eryri's ladies missed out on promotion to the 1st Division as Bridget Ripley finished 182nd and Allison Donnelly 215th.

Brendan was not the only individual champion as Emyr Davies won the Male Vet 65 category with Don Williams 2nd. Other overall prize winners were: 4th Male Vet 45 Ashley Wager and 4th Male Vet 50 Arwel Lewis.

Full results not yet in.

Well Done and Thank You to all club members who have supported the club throughout the season.

Great Arete Race #4 Pen Dinas

Another cracking race in the Great Arete midweek series over at Pen Dinas in Nant Peris.

There were 91 finishers for this one with a good victory for Doctor Sam Smith in a new record of 25.39, he was followed by a strong run by Gwyn Williams in 27.03 and Saul Lovatt in a solid 27.11. In the men's 40's Paul Jenks made his debut in this year's series by winning in 27.46, Arwel Lewis taking the 50's in a record 30.34 and Dafydd Whiteside having a stormer to win the 60's in a record 31.44. Menai's Owain James won the under 16's in 31.59. A close race in the ladies ended with Becki Law winning for the second time in this years series in a record 31.04, followed by Andrea Rowlands in 31.24 and Jenny Hemming a second back in 31.25. In the ladies 40's Ellie Salisbury won in 36.41, with Annie Williams getting a new record in the 50's to win in 34.41 and Maggie Oliver reigning supreme in 60's to storm to 37.24. In the under 16's Megan Lloyd set a new record to win in 37.31 with Lisa Peters winning the under 18's in 37.35 - again a new record.

Fastest descent will be awarded at the next race in the series which is a superb race over at Moel y Gest in Porthmadog in two weeks.....10 fastest descents were:

1. 6.23

2. 6.24

3. 6.47

4. 6.53

4. 6.53

6. 6.55

7. 7.02

8. 7.07

9. 7.18

10. 7.23

Will have to wait to see who won!!

Once again cheers to all helpers.

Rhostryfan 10km next Wednesday starts at 1900hrs.

Caernarfon Tyres Junior Tuesday Evening Series Race #4 Pen Dinas Results

Under 8's

1. Michael Spill Menai 4.04

2. Ben Davies Eryri 4.13

3. Ruby Wood U/A 4.33

4. Chloe Cooper U/A 4.52

5. Aaran Cooper U/A 5.04

6. Nia Barnwell U/A 5.17

Under 14 / 12 / 10's

1. John Spill Menai 8.12

2. Rhys James Menai 9.03

3. Joe Barnwell Eryri 9.40

4. Mabon Llyr Eryri 9.43

5. Kieran Forrest U/A 9.46

6. Michael Peters Menai 12.46

7. Catrin Donnelly Menai 12.47

8. Daniel Peters Menai 12.48

9. Kes Thomas U/A 15.01

10. Anna Whiteside-Thomas U/A 15.05

Great Arete Tuesday evening series Race #4 : Pen Dinas FINAL RESULTS

Saf./Pos. Amser/Time Enw/Name Cat. Clwb/Club 1 00:25:39 Sam Smith M Eryri 2 00:27:03 Gwyn Williams M Eryri 3 00:27:11 Saul Lovatt M Eryri 4 00:27:46 Paul Jenks M40 Eryri 5 00:27:54 Llyr Pierce M Eryri 6 00:28:08 Aled Edwards M Eryri 7 00:28:56 Matt Fortes M Eryri 8 00:29:48 Rory O'Donnell M Eryri 9 00:29:49 Hefin Jones M Meirionnydd 10 00:30:00 Dylan W Jones M Eryri 11 00:30:10 Craig Jones M40 Eryri 12 00:30:14 Emlyn Roberts M40 Eryri 13 00:30:34 Arwel Lewis M50 Eryri 14 00:30:36 Ed Harmer M40 Eryri 15 00:30:40 Steffan Sayer M Menai 16 00:30:47 John Willacy M40 Eryri 17 00:30:55 Jim Kelly M40 Eryri 18 00:31:04 Becky Law F Eryri 19 00:31:22 Ollie Way M U/A 20 00:31:24 Andrea Rowlands F Eryri 21 00:31:25 Jenny Hemming F Eryri 22 00:31:40 Andy Jones M NWRRC 23 00:31:44 Dafydd Whiteside-Thomas M60 Eryri 24 00:31:54 Ross Powell M50 WFRA 25 00:31:59 Owain James U/16 Menai 26 00:32:05 Gareth Buckley M Eryri 27 00:32:09 John Harold M Eryri 28 00:32:30 Gary Porter-Jones M40 Eryri 29 00:33:02 Nick Thompson M U/A 30 00:33:04 David Livesy M50 U/A 31 00:33:11 Cai Pierce M Eryri 32 00:33:17 Rhys Owen M U/A 33 00:33:18 Neil Elias M40 Eryri 34 00:33:27 Mike Blake M60 Eryri 35 00:33:29 Pete Smith M40 U/A 36 00:33:31 Dave Hunnisett M U/A 37 00:33:47 David Jones M40 Eryri 38 00:34:01 Steve Farrar M40 Cybi 39 00:34:02 Jeremy Williams M50 Eryri 40 00:34:02 Kat Spinney F Eryri 41 00:34:39 Andrew Barnwell M50 Eryri 42 00:34:41 Annie Williams F50 Eryri 43 00:34:45 Sioned Jones F U/A 44 00:35:46 Phil Tan Jones M50 Eryri 45 00:35:50 Jacki Boutet M40 Eryri 46 00:35:54 Gethin Dwyfor M U/A 47 00:36:00 Nefyn Williams M40 U/A 48 00:36:04 Sion Williams M40 U/A 49 00:36:06 Miranda Grant F Eryri 50 00:36:07 Dei Jones M50 Eryri 51 00:36:15 Paul Ward M40 U/A 52 00:36:18 Matt Burdenkin M Bangor Uni 53 00:36:28 Richard Evans M40 U/A 54 00:36:35 Morgan Evans U/16 Menai 55 00:36:41 Ellie Salisbury F4 Eryri 56 00:37:10 Rod Rogers M50 Eryri 57 00:37:21 Chris Bird M40 Carneddau Tri 58 00:37:23 Jay Grigson M U/A 59 00:37:24 Maggie Oliver F60 Eryri 60 00:37:31 Megan Lloyd U/16 Menai 61 00:37:35 Lisa Peters U/18 Menai 62 00:37:58 Robin Owen U/16 U/A 63 00:37:59 Nick Bradley M50 Meirionnydd 64 00:38:12 Sarah Barnwell F40 Eryri 65 00:38:22 Steve Hatfield M60 Prestatyn 66 00:38:32 Taliesin Cai U/16 Eryri 67 00:38:58 Rob Ward M U/A 68 00:39:10 Steve-Paul Jones M U/A 69 00:39:12 Francis Uhlman M60 WFRA 70 00:39:15 Mike Pepper M60 U/A 71 00:39:17 Jeremy Williams F Eryri 72 00:39:47 Barry Griffith M40 U/A 73 00:39:50 Bridget Ripley F50 Eryri 74 00:40:09 Michelle Clark F U/A 75 00:40:52 Helen Morgan F U/A 76 00:41:05 Ieuan Evans U/16 U/A 77 00:41:06 Mei Gwilym M Clwb Rygbi Caernarfon 78 00:41:17 Phill Jones M60 Prestatyn 79 00:41:20 Dave Say M60 U/A 80 00:41:30 Pascale Eichenmuller F Eryri 81 00:41:43 Graham McVie M40 WFRA 82 00:41:51 Dylan Roberts M40 U/A 83 00:42:09 Daniel Wood M U/A 84 00:42:21 Alex Fletcher F4 Eryri 85 00:43:48 Stell Farrar F50 U/A 86 00:47:53 Alan Parry M U/A 87 00:50:50 Claire Donnelly U/16 Eryri 88 00:56:20 Kevin Castleton M40 U/A 89 00:56:20 Graham Rogers M50 U/A 90 00:56:20 Hefin Hughes M U/A 90 DNF Elin James U/16 Menai

Plea for newsletter items

Hi guys, its newsletter plea time again, anyone with any race reports, stories, etc. they'd like to please write down for me for the next club newsletter very much appreciated - any photos anyone would like to contribute would be great too.
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Hannah (hannahtoberman@hotmail.com)

BORDER LEAGUE 2009/10 FINALE

The final race of the 2009/10 Borders Road Running league takes place at Queensferry this Wednesday 28th April. The four mile race starts at 7.15pm.

We have a mini bus going to the event departing Parc Menai at 4.45pm. Come along and help the club finish the season on a high with our women in with a chance of promotion and our men capable of winning on the night, not forgetting a few beers in the Corus club afterwards!

For further information check the B/L web site: www.bordersleague.org.uk

Great Arete Tuesday evening series Race #4 : Pen Dinas preview

Advance notice of the 4th race in the Great Arete midweek series up Pen Dinas in Nant Peris and this one is a right belter. Ran for the first time last year the winner Rob Greenwood took approximately 30mins to run the 1.5 mile with 1000ft climb course. The route is a classic Northern England BOFRA style route with the 1000ft of climb coming in the 3/4mile ascent - a lung busting steep run / walk followed by a black run like Herodian descent! Enjoy it!

Race starts at 1915, remember to arrive early for registration, as this is the fourth race in the series the series table to date will be available to view in future races or on the blog.