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

1^st                 Gareth Rawlings                    40:24                     Unattached

2^nd                 Robert Chadwick                  40:40                     Unattached

3^rd                 Arwel Lewis                          41:22                     Eryri Harriers

4^th                 George Nicholls                     42:20                     Prestatyn RC

5^th                 Russell Godwin                      42:29                     Colwyn Bay AC

1^st Lady         Isabel Redfern                       42:57                     Colwyn Bay AC

7^th                 Lee Crowe                            43:35                     Unattached

2^nd Lady        Tammy Lewis-Jones              44:42                     Eryri Harriers

9^th                 Mark Mayers                        45:00                     Abergele Harriers

10^th               Michael Parker                      45:52                     Unattached

11^th               Christopher Williams              46:32                     Colwyn Bay AC

12^th               Paul Thomas                          48:26                     Abergele Harriers

13^th               Owen Marshall                      48:57                     Unattached

14^th               Peter Barraclough                  49:01                     Denbigh Harriers

15^th               John Walker                          49:34                     Unattached

3^rd Lady        Vickey Ronald                       50:18                     Colwyn Bay AC

4^th Lady         Chris Birch                            52:52                     Abergele Harriers

18^th               Keith Tewkesbury                 54:55                     Abergele Harriers

5^th Lady        Pam Grant                             56:30                     Mysteruns of Abergele

6^th Lady        Melanie Williams                   56:49                     Mysteruns of Abergele

21^st               Brian Robinson                      57:20                     Stockport Harriers

22^nd               John Usher                            1:08:17                   Unnatached

7^th 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 5^th position overall, not far ahead of Andy Simpson in 45mins 59secs for 7^th. Mark Mayers, improved on last years time by over two minutes, to finish in 47mins 43secs for 10^th 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 18^th overall, while Peter Hardy was delighted with his first race back in over four months of injury, finishing in 58mins 19secs for 21^st. 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 30^th July 2011.

Results

1^st      Dean Longley                  Prestatyn Runners           39:09

2^nd     Paul Stinton                    Buckley Runners             44:02

3^rd      Richard Wilyman            Abergele Harriers            44:38 

4^th      Douglas Allen                  Unattached (N.W.P.)       45:19

5^th      Keith Elliott                     Abergele Harriers            45:37

6^th      Arwel Jones                    Prestatyn Runners           45:58

7^th      Andy Simpson                Abergele Harriers            45:59

8^th      Peter Barraclough            Denbigh Harriers             46:21

9^th      Andrew Mercer               Unattached                      47:17

10^th    Mark Mayers                   Abergele Harriers            47:43

11^th    Chris Hayes                    Prestatyn Runners           47:54

12^th    Owen Marshall                Unattached                      48:16

13^th    Gareth Bailey                  Prestatyn Runners           48:36

14^th    Jeni Richards         1^st F   Abergele Harriers            49:51

15^th    Sian Beck              2^nd F  Prestatyn Runners           51:39

16^th    Chris Birch            3^rd F   Abergele Harriers            52:24

17^th    John Walker                    Unattached                      54:27

18^th    Keith Tewkesbury           Abergele Harriers            56:16

19^th    Brian Robinson               Stockport Harriers           57:39

20^th    Ifor Lloyd                       Unattached                      58:19

21^st    Peter Hardy                     Abergele Harriers            58:19

22^nd    Susan Calvert        4^th F   Abergele Harriers            59:36

23^rd    Bethan Davies        5^th F   Unattached                    1:10:46

24^th    Paul Davies                     Unattached (N.W.P.)    1:10:47

25^th    Henrietta May        6^th F   Unattached                   1:13:14

26^th    Sandra Evans        7^th F   Unattached                   1:13:14

27^th    Ruth Robinson      8^th F   Stockport Harriers        1:15:24

Llanfair Mountain Race Results 2009

25/7/2009

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 8^th position overall. Vernon Pownall also mastered the course with an excellent time of 46mins 51secs for 10^th 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 (19^th overall), with Sian Hall fourth female finisher in 54mins 58secs (24^th 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

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.

Photos of race and sports day

Llanfair TH Mountain Race ~ 30/7/2005

Photos

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 5^th 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;

Next years race will be held on Saturday 29^th July 2006.