Round 1 Borders League
Prestatyn, 14/10/2007

Nineteen Abergele Harriers turned out for the first round the Borders Road Running League in Prestatyn. The men’s team, back in the first division this season, posted a fantastic team score of 336 points, one of the best on the day. They were lead home by the in-form John Earlston, with a fantastic 6^th position overall, in an outstanding time of 27mins 32secs, for the 5.1 mile course. Borders League Captain Darren Blazier was next, for a very impressive 9^th overall, in 28mins 10secs while Tim Cahill produced one of the performances of the day, with a tremendous 28mins 45secs, to achieve his best ever Borders League position of 17^th. Sean McCormack was 20^th overall in 28mins 53secs, while Dewi Roberts was another Harrier having a fantastic race, just four positions further back, in a time of 29mins 20secs. Gareth Roberts, again running excellently at present, finished in 34^th in a time of 29mins 59secs, while Matthew Ashton, running one of his best Borders League races ever, finished in 30mins 33secs and was rewarded with 49^th position. Justin McIlveen proved that he can run on the flat just as well as the mountains, finishing in a highly respectful 56^th position, while Ed Reid once again showed he is right back on form, finishing in a time of 31mins 18secs, for 64^th, just holding off  Steven McCormack, who finished just six seconds and one position further back. Grahame Shone ran very well to finish 101^st in 32mins 43secs, while the less experienced Haydn Jones finished in just over 33 minutes, for a very pleasing 124^th position overall. Carol Willgoose was unfortunately the club’s only female representative at the race, but she certainly left her mark, running a tremendous 34mins 59secs for 152^nd overall, in this extremely high quality field. Paul Thomas was just eleven seconds further back for 156^th position, while Keith Elliott ran very well for 181^st, in a time of 37mins 1sec. Club Chairman Alan Lucas, who unfortunately missed all of last season’s campaign, came back with a bang, finishing in 198^th position in 38mins30secs, while the club’s only Borders League ever-present runner John Essary ran an excellent 39mins 24secs for 207^th. Club Vice-Chairman Steve McCarten was next in 39mins 59secs for 217^th while Stevie Ward, another veteran of several Borders League seasons, finished in 265^th position. The men’s team score of 336 was the clubs seconds best overall score ever, but managing to get ten home out of the first 65 across the line was in-fact a club record, beating the previous best of ten home in 72.

Abergele Men’s Team Results;

Total Points; 336

Abergele Ladies Team Results; 

Total Points;

Photos of race
(Courtesy of Neale Lewis Jones)

Individual Results
Team Results
Handicap