Llanfair Mountain Race 2018
It was quality rather than quantity at today's Llanfair Th Mountain Race with Steven McCormack winning the race in a time of 41mins 19secs, 16 years after he first ran the race as a 13 year old. This was also his first victory in an open road race beating his previous best position in the race, which was 3rd in 2007. Also improving his previosu position was John Jones, who finished in an excellent 51mins 7secs for second position, an improvement on last years 3rd. First lady home was Helen Cronnin in an excellent 56mins 38secs.
Llanfair Mountain Race 2017
1st Mark Mayers 46.13 (Abergele Harriers) 2nd Darren Battersby 46.54 (Abergele Harriers) 3rd John Jones 49.09 (Abergele Harriers) 4th Warren Brown 50.22 (Abergele Harriers) 5th Liz Wilkinson 51.19 (1st Lady) 6th Paula Maguire 52.10 (Abergele Harriers) 7th Rory Wilkinson 52.26 8th Lorraine Nesbitt 65.12 (Abergele Harriers) 9th Brian Robinson 65.32 (Clayton Harriers) 10th Gary Howgate 66.57 (Abergele Harriers) 11th Ruth Robinson 78.19 (Clayton Harriers)
Llanfair Mountain Race 2016
Llanfair Mountain Race 2014
Twenty Five runners competed in this year’s Llanfair TH Mountain run which is organised by the Llanfair TH Sport and Recreation Association in conjunction with Abergele Harriers, but what it lacked in numbers it certainly didn’t lack in quality. The race was run in blisteringly hot conditions this year, making the already tough course, even tougher. Eight of the starters were Abergele Harriers, bolstered by the fact that the race was in this year’s Club Grand Prix. The race was won in a course record time by Dean Longley of Prestatyn RC in a brilliant time of 36mins 50secs, ahead of David Alexander of West Cheshire AC in 39:19 and Adrian Williams of Eryri Harriers in 42:17. Prestatyn RC also won the ladies race with Abbie Cheetham finishing in 49mins 30secs just fifteen seconds ahead of club mate Sian Beck in 49:45. The only Harrier to get on the podium was Chris Birch who finished in 52mins 49secs for 3rd female overall. First Harrier on the day was Jodi Waters, who finished a strong 4th in 42mins 41secs, just ahead of John Edward Morris in 43:06 for 5th and Rob Armstrong, returning from injury, in 44:04 for 6th overall. Mark Mayers also ran extremely well finishing in 44mins 19 for 8th with Darren Battersby managing to beat the fifty minute barrier with a very strong run of 49mins 51secs for 15th overall. With Chris Birch 3rd lady in 17th overall, Lucy Curtis was 4th in 56mins 15secs, while Sue Calvert completed an excellent day for the Harriers with a time or 63mins 44secs for 5th lady overall. The club would also like to wish Brian Robinson who became unwell running into the field, a speedy return to running.
Position |
Name |
Club |
Time |
1 |
Dean Longley |
Prestatyn RC |
36:50 |
2 |
David Alexander |
West Cheshire AC |
39:19 |
3 |
Adrian Williams |
Eryri Harriers |
42:17 |
4 |
Jodi Waters |
Abergele Harriers |
42:41 |
5 |
John Edward Morris |
Abergele Harriers (?) |
43:06 |
6 |
Robert Armstrong |
Abergele Harriers |
44:04 |
7 |
George Nicholls |
Prestatyn RC |
44:19 |
8 |
Mark Mayers |
Abergele Harriers |
44:19 |
9 |
Mark Jones |
Colwyn Bay AC |
45:57 |
10 |
Des Davies |
Prestatyn RC |
46:31 |
11 |
Neal Jones |
Colwyn Bay AC |
47:11 |
12, 1ST F |
Abbie Cheetham |
Prestatyn RC |
49:30 |
13 |
Christopher Taft |
Prestatyn RC |
49:37 |
14, 2nd F |
Sian Beck |
Prestatyn RC |
49:45 |
15 |
Darren Battersby |
Abergele Harriers |
49:51 |
16 |
Russ Cheetham |
Prestatyn RC |
49:59 |
17, 3rd F |
Chris Birch |
Abergele Harriers |
52:49 |
18 |
Peter Barraclough |
Unattached |
54:23 |
19 |
Rheon Roberts |
Unattached |
56:15 |
20, F |
Lucy Curtis |
Abergele Harriers |
56:15 |
21, F |
Dawn Barraclough-Jones |
Unatttached |
57:59 |
22 |
Roger Harrison-Jones |
Prestatyn RC |
60:45 |
23, F |
Sue Calvert |
Abergele Harriers |
63:44 |
24, F |
Ruth Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
78:11 |
25 |
Brain Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
47:17:36 :-) |
Llanfair Mountain Race 2013
Six Abergele Harriers were among the 31 runners in this years Llanfair TH Mountain Race. First home was Richie Wilyman in an excellent time of 41:12, for third male overall, followed closely by Rob Armstrong in 43:21 for 7th overall. Next home in 10th position was Mark Mayers in 46:55. Chris Birch also had a excellent run, finishing as third female overall in a brilliant time of 53:05 while Sue Calvert and Graham Arden were 28th and 29th respectively in wonderful times of 62:23 and 65:50.
Llanfair TH Mountain Race 2013 Results
Position |
Time |
Number |
Name |
Club |
1 |
40:06 |
294 |
Adrian Williams |
Eryri Harriers |
2 |
40:36 |
286 |
Paul Jones |
Eryri Harriers |
3 |
41:12 |
295 |
Richie Wilyman |
Abergele Harriers |
4 |
41:25 |
293 |
Dean Longley |
Prestatyn RC |
5 |
41:57 |
283 |
Isabel Redfern FIRST FEMALE |
Colwyn Bay AC |
6 |
43:05 |
299 |
Lee Crowe |
U/A |
7 |
43:21 |
272 |
Rob Armstrong |
Abergele Harriers |
8 |
43:49 |
296 |
Russ Godwin |
Colwyn Bay AC |
9 |
46:53 |
7 |
Russ Cheetham |
Prestatyn RC |
10 |
46:55 |
292 |
Mark Mayers |
Abergele Harriers |
11 |
48:23 |
287 |
Owen Marshall |
U/A |
12 |
48:29 |
285 |
Arwel Jones |
Prestatyn RC |
13 |
49:32 |
290 |
Graham Rogers |
U/A |
14 |
49:45 |
291 |
John Walker |
North Wales Road Runners |
15 |
50:48 |
10 |
Michael Lindsay |
Prestatyn RC |
16 |
51:54 |
289 |
Ben Harrison |
Prestatyn RC |
17 |
52:21 |
297 |
Vicky Ronald SECOND FEMALE |
Colwyn Bay AC
|
18 |
52:26 |
9 |
John Hughes Roberts |
Prestatyn RC |
19 |
52:40 |
284 |
Peter Barraclough |
U/A |
20 |
53:05 |
2 |
Chris Birch THIRD FEMALE |
Abergele Harriers |
21 |
53:33 |
369 |
Philip Brooks |
Carneddau Tri |
22 |
56:31 |
298 |
Nicola Smith |
Ellesmere Port RC |
23 |
57:09 |
367 |
Olivia McHugh |
U/A |
24 |
58:38 |
371 |
Martin Williams |
Eryri Harriers |
25 |
59:03 |
8 |
Abbie Cheetham |
Prestatyn RC |
26 |
60:02 |
288 |
Yvonne Rogers |
U/A |
27 |
60:03 |
374 |
Brian Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
28 |
62:23 |
3 |
Sue Calvert |
Abergele Harriers |
29 |
65:50 |
370 |
Graham Arden |
Abergele Harriers |
30 |
73:12 |
368 |
Kate Davies |
U/A |
31 |
76:02 |
373 |
Ruth Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
Llanfair Mountain Race 2012
Four Abergele Harriers were among the 24 runners taking part in the Llanfair TH 10k Mountain Race on Saturday. The tough road race is held each year as part of the Llanfair TH sports day.
Robert Chadwick of Eryri, runner up last year, won the race in 40m 42s.
Isabel Redfern of Colwyn Bay was first lady home for a successive year finishing 14s faster than last year in 42m 43s.
Jodi Waters led the Harriers home in an impressive 41m 10s for 2nd overall. Rob Armstrong ran 43m 16s for 5th overall with Vernon Pownall finishing in 49m 01s for 12th position. Chris Birch ran over 3 minutes faster than last year to cross the line in 49m 32s for 13th overall and 3rd lady.
Race Results.
Position |
Name |
Club |
Time |
1 |
Robert Chadwick |
Eryri |
40.47 |
2 |
Jodi Waters |
Abergele Harriers |
41.10 |
3 |
James Carey |
Unaffiliated |
42.31 |
4 |
Isabel Redfern (1st Female) |
Colwyn Bay |
42.43 |
5 |
Robert Armstrong |
Abergele Harriers |
43.16 |
6 |
Gary Porter Jones |
Eryri |
43.55 |
7 |
Nigel Roberts |
N.W.R.R |
44.10 |
8 |
Tammy Lewis Jones (2nd Female) |
Eryri |
44.55 |
9 |
Neal Jones |
Colwyn Bay |
46.42 |
10 |
John Walker |
N.W.R.R |
47.02 |
11 |
Owen Marshall |
Unaffiliated |
48.48 |
12 |
Vernon Pownall |
Abergele Harriers |
49.01 |
13 |
Chris Birch (3rd Female) |
Abergele Harriers |
49.32 |
14 |
Russ Cheetham |
Prestatyn |
49.51 |
15 |
Russell Godwin |
Colwyn Bay |
50.29 |
16 |
Philip Brooks |
Carneddau Tri |
51.07 |
17 |
Vicky Ronald |
Colwyn Bay |
55.08 |
18 |
Martin Williams |
Eryri |
55.41 |
19 |
Roger Harison Jones |
Prestatyn |
57.35 |
20 |
Dawn Barraclough |
Prestatyn |
59.29 |
21 |
Abbie Cheetham |
Prestatyn |
59.31 |
22 |
Anwen Davies |
Denbigh |
59.59 |
23 |
Peter Barraclough |
Denbigh |
60.00 |
24 |
Iorwerth Roberts |
Eryri |
61.05 |
Llanfair Mountain Race 2011
Four Abergele Harriers were among an excellent field of 23 runners in this year's Llanfair TH Mountain Race, which was won this year by ex-NWRRC runner Gareth Rawlings in 40mins 24secs. Second home was another unattached runner, Robert Chadwick in 40mins 40secs, ahead of course record holder Arwel Lewis of Eryri Harriers in 41mins 22secs. The ladies were lead home by Isabel Redfern of Colwyn Bay AC in an outstanding time of 42mins 57secs, just ahead of Tammy Lewis-Jones in 44mins 42secs, with ladies winner of two years ago Vickey Ronald third in 50mins 18secs.
First Harrier home was Mark Mayers in 45 minutes exactly for 9th position overall, with Paul Thomas 12th in 48mins 57secs.Chris Birch finished as 4th lady overall in 52mins 52secs, with Keith Tewkesbury just one position further back in 54mins 55secs.
RESULTS
Position Name Time Club
1st Gareth Rawlings 40:24 Unattached
2nd Robert Chadwick 40:40 Unattached
3rd Arwel Lewis 41:22 Eryri Harriers
4th George Nicholls 42:20 Prestatyn RC
5th Russell Godwin 42:29 Colwyn Bay AC
1st Lady Isabel Redfern 42:57 Colwyn Bay AC
7th Lee Crowe 43:35 Unattached
2nd Lady Tammy Lewis-Jones 44:42 Eryri Harriers
9th Mark Mayers 45:00 Abergele Harriers
10th Michael Parker 45:52 Unattached
11th Christopher Williams 46:32 Colwyn Bay AC
12th Paul Thomas 48:26 Abergele Harriers
13th Owen Marshall 48:57 Unattached
14th Peter Barraclough 49:01 Denbigh Harriers
15th John Walker 49:34 Unattached
3rd Lady Vickey Ronald 50:18 Colwyn Bay AC
4th Lady Chris Birch 52:52 Abergele Harriers
18th Keith Tewkesbury 54:55 Abergele Harriers
5th Lady Pam Grant 56:30 Mysteruns of Abergele
6th Lady Melanie Williams 56:49 Mysteruns of Abergele
21st Brian Robinson 57:20 Stockport Harriers
22nd John Usher 1:08:17 Unnatached
7th Lady Ruth Robinson 1:18:54 Stockport Harriers
Llanfair Mountain Race 2010
Nine Abergele Harriers were among twenty seven runners to take part in this years Llanfair TH Mountain Race, a tough 10k road race. The race was won in an excellent time of 39mins 9secs by Dean Longley one of a strong team of five from Prestatyn Running Club. Second home was Paul Stinton from Buckley Runners in 44mins 2secs, just ahead of first Abergele Harrier of the day, local man Richard Wilyman, in 44mins 38secs. Keith Elliott, just returning from injury, also ran an excellent race, finishing in 45mins 37secs for 5th position overall, not far ahead of Andy Simpson in 45mins 59secs for 7th. Mark Mayers, improved on last years time by over two minutes, to finish in 47mins 43secs for 10th overall, while Jeni Richards, also improved by over two minutes, but more importantly improved by two positions, to win the ladies race this year in an outstanding time of 49mins 51secs, just ahead of Sian Beck of Prestatyn RC, who was runner up for the second year running, one minute down on last years time, in 51mins 39secs. Third lady home, running the race for the first time, was Abergele’s Chris Birch in a superb 52mins 24secs. Keith Tewkesbury, another Harrier running the race for the first time, finished in 56mins 16secs, for 18th overall, while Peter Hardy was delighted with his first race back in over four months of injury, finishing in 58mins 19secs for 21st. Sue Calvert completed the team in 59mins 36secs to insure that all nine Harriers came home in under an hour, an excellent overall achievement for such a tough 10k race. This years race once again attracted runners from as far away as Stockport with Brian Robinson of Stockport Harriers finishing in 47mins39secs, just unable to catch his wife Ruth, who went off 15 minutes early, finishing in 1hr 15secs 24secs, but managing to stay just ahead of Brian to the line. Next years race will be on Saturday 30th July 2011.
Results
1st Dean Longley Prestatyn Runners 39:09
2nd Paul Stinton Buckley Runners 44:02
3rd Richard Wilyman Abergele Harriers 44:38
4th Douglas Allen Unattached (N.W.P.) 45:19
5th Keith Elliott Abergele Harriers 45:37
6th Arwel Jones Prestatyn Runners 45:58
7th Andy Simpson Abergele Harriers 45:59
8th Peter Barraclough Denbigh Harriers 46:21
9th Andrew Mercer Unattached 47:17
10th Mark Mayers Abergele Harriers 47:43
11th Chris Hayes Prestatyn Runners 47:54
12th Owen Marshall Unattached 48:16
13th Gareth Bailey Prestatyn Runners 48:36
14th Jeni Richards 1st F Abergele Harriers 49:51
15th Sian Beck 2nd F Prestatyn Runners 51:39
16th Chris Birch 3rd F Abergele Harriers 52:24
17th John Walker Unattached 54:27
18th Keith Tewkesbury Abergele Harriers 56:16
19th Brian Robinson Stockport Harriers 57:39
20th Ifor Lloyd Unattached 58:19
21st Peter Hardy Abergele Harriers 58:19
22nd Susan Calvert 4th F Abergele Harriers 59:36
23rd Bethan Davies 5th F Unattached 1:10:46
24th Paul Davies Unattached (N.W.P.) 1:10:47
25th Henrietta May 6th F Unattached 1:13:14
26th Sandra Evans 7th F Unattached 1:13:14
27th Ruth Robinson 8th F Stockport Harriers 1:15:24
Llanfair Mountain Race Results 2009
25/7/2009
Position |
No. |
Time |
Name |
Club |
1 |
267 |
40:05 |
Russell Godwin |
Colwyn Bay A.C |
2 |
269 |
40:39 |
Billy Hunter |
Colwyn Bay A.C. |
3 |
256 |
42:35 |
Keith Elliott |
Abergele Harriers |
4 |
275 |
43:37 |
Ed Reid |
Abergele Harriers |
5 |
271 |
45:12 |
Paul Stinton |
Buckley Runners |
6 |
270 |
45:44 |
Graham Davies |
Colwyn Bay A.C. |
7 |
279 |
46:06 |
Trevor Marshall |
Unattached |
8 |
259 |
46:08 |
Haydn Jones |
Abergele Harriers |
9 |
281 |
46:10 |
Philip Brooks |
Colwyn Bay A.C. |
10 |
261 |
46:51 |
Vernon Pownall |
Abergele Harriers |
11 |
278 |
48:09 |
Leon Bennett |
Unattached |
12 |
282 |
49:01 |
Owen Marshall |
Unattached |
13 |
257 |
49:21 |
Paul Thomas |
Abergele Harriers |
14 (F1) |
268 |
49:55 |
Vicky Ronald |
Colwyn Bay A.C. |
15 |
265 |
50:07 |
Mark Mayers |
Abergele Harriers |
16 |
266 |
50:30 |
Peter Hardy |
Abergele Harriers |
17 (F2) |
273 |
50:38 |
Sian Beck |
Prestatyn Running Club |
18 |
258 |
51:29 |
Andrew Goodson |
Abergele Harriers |
19 (F3) |
203 |
52:16 |
Jeni Richards |
Abergele Harriers |
20 |
280 |
52:17 |
Chris Hayes |
Unattached |
21 |
260 |
53:15 |
Peter Lester-Owen |
Mysteruns of Abergele |
22 |
277 |
53:22 |
Dylan Barraclough |
Unattached |
23 |
276 |
54:22 |
Rob Spotswood |
Abergele Harriers |
24 (F4) |
204 |
54:58 |
Sian Hall |
Abergele Harriers |
25 |
272 |
55:42 |
Phil Jones |
Caerneddau Tri Club |
26 |
264 |
55:58 |
John Harrison-Jones |
Prestatyn Running Club |
27 |
262 |
56:14 |
Brian Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
28 |
274 |
56:17 |
Iorwerth Roberts |
Eryri Harriers |
29 |
202 |
57:23 |
Peter Barraclough |
Denbigh Harriers |
30 (F5) |
263 |
1:17:22 |
Ruth Mary Robinson |
Stockport Harriers |
Eleven Harriers were among the thirty runners in this years’ Llanfair TH Mountain Race, a particularly difficult 10k road race. First Harrier home, in third position overall behind the Colwyn Bay duo of Russ Godwin and Billy Hunter, was Keith Elliott with a superb time of 42mins 35secs. Almost exactly a minute further back was Ed Reid, a former winner of the race, finishing in fourth position in a time of 43mins 37secs. Haydn Jones, one of the Harriers who regularly trains on the course, took several minutes off his best for the course, with a time of 46mins 8secs, for 8th position overall. Vernon Pownall also mastered the course with an excellent time of 46mins 51secs for 10th position. Paul Thomas finished 13th overall in a very good time of 49mins 21secs. First Lady home was Vicky Ronald of Colwyn Bay AC in an outstanding time of 49mins 55secs, leading the women home not for the first time. Mark Mayers just missed out on the 50 minute mark, with a superb 50mins 7secs for 15th position, with Peter Hardy just one position further back in a time of 50mins 30secs. Andy Goodson also ran extremely well finishing in 51mins 29secs for 18th position while Jeni Richards was the first Female Harrier home, and third Female to finish, in a superb time of 52mins 16secs (19th overall), with Sian Hall fourth female finisher in 54mins 58secs (24th overall). Just ahead of Sian was Rob Spotswood, finishing in 54mins 22secs for 23rd position overall.
Please note this race is in its 76th year and was traditionally simply a race across the mountain, with a prize only for the first person home, whether male or female. In view of the much larger entry this year and the fact that the race now holds a Welsh Athletics Permit
next year there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Male and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Female and a memento for all finishers.
Llanfair TH Mountain Race ~ 2008
The "75th Anniversary" Annual Mountain race took place on Saturday in very hot conditions. For the first time for many years the race was permitted meaning that runners could run representing their club. Unfortunately only one Harrier ran this year, Steve Ward, finishing in 1hr 17mins 55secs. The race was won by unattached runner Justin Everley with Russ Godwin of Colwyn Bay AC second. First Lady was Vicky Ronald also of Colwyn Bay AC, while first "local" home was Owen Marshall and first "local" lady was Olivia McHugh.
Full Results;
Race Results 2008
Position |
Time |
Number |
Name |
1 |
41:48 |
306 |
Justin Everley |
2 |
42:53 |
305 |
Russell Godwin |
3 |
45:32 |
307 |
Arwel Jones |
4 |
46:27 |
309 |
Michael Hobday |
5 |
49:38 |
302 |
Owen Marshall |
6 |
50:36 |
308 |
Dylan Parry |
7 |
51:40 |
304 |
Vicky Ronald |
8 |
52:24 |
310 |
Huw Jones |
9 |
58:42 |
311 |
Brian Robinson |
10 |
1:03:18 |
303 |
Olivia McHugh |
11 |
1:08:05 |
301 |
John Usher |
12 |
1:17:55 |
313 |
Stephen Ward |
13 |
1:19:55 |
312 |
Ruth Robinson |
Llanfair TH Mountain Race ~ 28/7/2007
Four Harriers took part in the Llanfair TH Mountain run this year, a race of just over 10k, with Sean McCormack winning the race for the third time in four years, in a fantastic time of 38mins 37secs, just one second slower than two years ago, but over an extended course. Steven McCormack, was third overall in a very good time of 40mins 42secs, a personal best for the course by several minutes and just forty seconds off the second placed runner, Gary Rees Williams of Menai Track and Field. Russ Godwin of Colwyn Bay AC was fourth in a fine time of 42mins 20secs, with Abergele’s Haydn Jones running a superb race in preparation for the upcoming Race the Train in Tywyn, finishing in 48mins 23secs. Carol Willgoose, Abergele’s fourth runner on the day, was first lady home in a fantastic time for this very difficult course, just behind Haydn in 48mins 41secs, with Vicky Ronald of Colwyn Bay AC second lady home, in 51mins 28secs. Steven McCormack, not content with third position in the Mountain Run, then went on soon afterwards to win the 18 years and under 100m race, on the sports field.
Llanfair TH Mountain Race ~ 30/7/2005
Three Abergele Harriers were among the small field that competed in the Llanfair TH Mountain Race, a 10k road race across the mountain in Llanfair that is always very keenly contested by the Harriers. For the second year in succession the race was won by Sean McCormack, this year in a personal best time for the course of 38mins 36secs. McCormack was pushed very hard in the first half of the race by both Steven Robinson (an ex-Harrier now running with the RAF) and Ed Reid (winner two years ago), but pulled away from them both over the mountain. Robinson did get the better of Reid in the long run-in, the pair finishing in 40mins 17secs and 40mins 36secs respectively. Craig Jones, representing the North Wales Police, was forth, with another Harrier, Chris Arnold in 5th in an excellent time of 47mins 37secs. Other local finishers included Wyn Merion (52.40) and AJ Robshaw (56.27), both of Abergele Rugby Club.
Full results;
Position |
Name |
Club |
Time |
1st |
Sean McCormack |
Abergele Harriers |
38:36 |
2nd |
Steve Robinson |
u/a |
40:17 |
3rd |
Ed Reid |
Abergele Harriers |
40:36 |
4th |
Craig Jones |
North Wales Police |
43:09 |
5th |
Chris Arnold |
Abergele Harriers |
47:37 |
6th |
Wyn Merion |
Abergele Rugby Club |
52:40 |
7th |
Brian Robinson |
u/a |
54:21 |
8th |
AJ Robshaw |
Abergele Rugby Club |
56:27 |
9th |
Ruth Robinson (1st Lady) |
u/a |
80:00 |
Next years race will be held on Saturday 29th July 2006.