Martin Green struck gold at the North Wales cross country champs, and NWRRC won four top medals and team bronze.

Martin Green struck gold at the North Wales cross country champs… and NWRRC won four top medals and a team bronze.

*The NWRRC men’s team at Wrexham (l-r) Iwan Evans, Josh Keogh, Will Williams, Martin Green, Steve Gardner and Stuart Culverhouse.

Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.

Ten Road Runners took part in the North Wales cross country championships at Wrexham last Saturday where the combined male and female teams won four impressive medals including one gold, two silver, and one bronze, plus the Senior team prize bronze, but just missed out on a few other awards with four close fourth place finishers.

Josh Keogh was the first club man home in the Senior/Master Men’s race, finishing 5th overall out of 69 quality entrants, and despite recording an excellent time of 31.01, he just failed to collect a medal in 4th place in his SM cat.

*Josh Keogh (*above left) with Martin Green, and (*above right) Will Williams.

Martin Green, however, was in top form and won a gold medal in his MV45 age cat in 10th place overall in 32.00. His win also marked another unique family double with his wife Carla winning the 1st female prize at the Tatton Park 10k on the same day!

*Pictured above left – Stuart Culverhouse and Iwan Evans.

Will Williams had a good run in 42nd place in 37.33 but could only claim the 4th spot in his MV50 cat, whilst Iwan Evans, who always seems to enjoy these events, finished 46th in 38.26, and he too was another 4th placed runner in his MV45 cat. Stuart Culverhouse was 48th in 38.52, and Steve Gardner marked his club debut with a fine run in 40th place in 37.10 and won a deserved silver medal in his MV60 cat. *NWRRC finished 3rd in the Senior Men’s Team awards.

* The NWRRC ladies team pictured above at Wrexham (l-r) Kay Hatton, Cheryl Frost, Nicola Wylie and Karen Butler.

Four female club runners competed well in the Senior Women/Master Women’s race and celebrated with two excellent championship medals amongst the 47 elite entrants. 

Kay Hatton led the pack home in 23rd place but narrowly missed out on a gong by just twenty-seconds to finish 4th in a very strong VW55 age cat in 29.15, and Cheryl Frost, who was bravely battling a cold, finished 31st in 30.30.

Nicola Wylie, however, was in top from again and claimed a bronze medal in her VW50 cat after finishing 33rd overall in 31.02, and Karen Butler was another worthy medal winner, who remained hot on Nicola’s heels in 35th place for a silver medal in her VW60 cat in 31.24.

*This is the link to the provisional results from the North Wales cross country championships at Wrexham: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx…