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PRC Weekly News 03-03-2019

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Prestatyn Running Club’s women outshone the men in the fifth fixture of the Borders Road-Running League in Birkenhead on Sunday, a strong team performance landing them fourth place in Division 1 on the day.

The men, lacking a few of their usual counters, were sixth on the day and now lie fifth overall with two races left.

In-form Andy Bromley had a superb run, chalking up a rare victory over Steve Skates while finishing just seven seconds ahead of him.

Amie Bagnall was second lady home and lies second in the senior ladies’ individual table.

Placings: 8 Andy Bromley 29.07, 9 Steve Skates 29.14 (2nd M40), 24 Dean Longley 30.55, 25 Steve Forsyth 30.57, 39 Canyon Wilson 31.26, 77 Amie Bagnall 33.28 (2nd SL), 97 Matty Smith 34.26, 107 Vic Belshaw 35.16 (3rd M55), 122 James Rogers 36.29, 130 George Nixon 37.03 (1st M65), 137 Jenna Bagnall 37.15 (2nd U20), 155 Darren Thompson 38.08, 163 Steve Weedman 38.28, 189 Joy Hickman 40.11 (3rd L50), 221 Steve Brown 41.54, 233 Gareth Hughes 42.20 (1st M70), 238 Helen Ashworth 42.36, 251 Alan Jones 43.45, 270 Jo Lewis 44.21, 275 Ally Reid 44.31, 288 Mike Davis 45.53 (2nd M70), 295 Jayne Penrhyn-Jones 47.21, 302 Cara Jones 48.08, 317 Helen Alefounder 49.56, 319 Debbie Weedman 50.14, 323 Steve Hatfield 52.03, 342 Nem James 58.33.

While four laps of Birkenhead Park seemed a lot for some Gareth Roberts completed no less than 105 laps of the track in the Groundhog Marathon in Telford on Saturday. He finished 17th in a time of 3-54.03.

Meanwhile the same day Nigel Bakewell picled up a gold medal for coming in the top 100 in the Chester 50-mile ultra race. He placed 98th out of 271 competitors, clocking 10 hours 50 minutes.

Two members joined the large field for the Anglesey half-marathon and finished just seven seconds apart. Hadyn Johnson clocked 2-09.15 and super-vet Dafydd Owen 2-09.22.

Four of those who raced at Birkenhead had turned out in Parkruns the previous day and they included Steve Skates who won at Bodelwyddan.

Placings . Conwy: 2 Steve Forsyth 18.02, 4 Chris Yorke 18.38 6 Matty Smith 19.35, 30 Amie Bagnall 22.11, 64 Martin Gill 24.29, 72 Andy Clark 24.49 (pb), 92 Hannah Garnett 25.44 (pb), 99 Bill Scriven 26.09, 151 Gigi Jeavons 29.13 (pb), 175 Debbie Jones 30.58, 225 Amdy Horton 33.49 (pb), 252 Tracy Hughes 36.43, 253 Lois Hughes 37.19.

Bodelwyddan: 1 Steve Skates 20.13, 9 Steve Stocker 22.13, 56 Emma Birchall 32.25, 74 Alex White 37.54.

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