1 week Ago
IT’S the end of the road for the Borders League season. Buckley Runners hosted the final round in Mold on an undulating route of just over five miles. Buckley’s women were winners on the day and that saw them leap from fourth into second place overall behind champions Deeside.
Another strong performance from Buckley’s veteran team saw them win the women’s title too. The men’s team were second on the day and that moved them up to second overall in the league, with the men’s veteran team finishing the season fourth. Individually, Buckley’s Jen Rambaldi clinched the FV35 category title, Gwennan Henstock was second FV45, while there were runner-up spots for Jane Doughton (FV50), Margaret Ludden (FV60) and Sue Ridings (FV65).
On the day, Buckley’s Tracy Rogers was second overall and the first FV35, with Lucie Truett (third) and Jen Rambaldi (fourth and second FV35) also claiming lofty spots. Other positions: 22, Jane Doughton (1st FV50); 34, Gwennan Henstock (3rd FV45); 36, Eleanor Francis; 54, Margaret Ludden (2nd FV60); 55, Alison Williams; 59, Kathryn Ann Hopwood; 70, Jane Lindley; 71, Sian Meirion; 73, Evelyn Aindow; 94, Sue Ridings (3rd FV65); 99, Irene Blount. Sixteenth-placed Chris Myles was Buckley’s leading man, closely followed by Drew Darlington (20th), Sean Truett (22nd) and David Brilley (26th).
Other Buckley results: 41, Anthony Davidson; 42, Liam Rogan; 61, Tim Joy; 62, Simon Mara; 80, Jez Brown; 83, Ian Houston (1st MV55); 85, Matt Wilkins; 88, Andrew Jones; 94, Andrew Peers; 153, Alistair Roberts; 181, Steve Bellis; 199, Craig Hunter. There were top-20 efforts from Wrexham’s Connor Rogers (seventh in 27.04), Daniel Weston (15th in 27.
49) and Scott Nixon (18th in 28.09). James Yarwood (24th in 28.
33), Joel Gomes (45th in 29.44), Luke Northall (46th in 29.45) and Taylor Jones (99th in 32.
50) also played their part as Wrexham’s men were seventh in Division One. Other Wrexham results: 121, David Jones 34.04; 148, Owain Roberts 36.
43; 164, Andrew Bennett 37.51; 170, Mike Robbins 38.20; 187, Mark Hughes 41.
24; 195, Colin Jones 42.32; 211, Karl Moore 47.10.
Immy Jones (19th in 34.48) was the leading finisher as Wrexham’s women were sixth in Division Two, followed by Erin Smith (33rd in 37.19) and Rowena Lewis (65th in 41.
18). Deestriders men: Max Dowell 30.42; Drew Gray 31.
36; Chris Preston 35.26; Rayko Kolev 36.54; Neil Edwards 42.
30; Stuart Brown 42.48; Justin Evans 42.56; Darren Low 44.
56; Kevin Burns 49.44. Women: Christine Cammillare 39.
27; Hannah Price 39.38; Jay Jennions 39.55; Sue Williams 44.
32; Amanda Scotter 46.48; Claire Harper 48.04; Beverley Goodson 58.
42. Men’s Division One: 1 Helsby 1671; 2 Buckley 2267; 3 Wrexham 2484; 4 Chester Tri 2520; 5 Wallasey 2672; 6 West Cheshire 2955; 7 Deeside 3121. Women’s Division One: 1 Deeside 735; 2 Buckley 876; 3 Wallasey 904; 4 Helsby 1048; 5 West Cheshire 1142; 6 UTS 1501; 7 Pensby 2183.
Men’s Division Two: 1 Ellesmere Port 2229; 2 Wirral 2570; 3 Prestatyn 2656; 4 Eryri 3057; 5 UTS 3701; 6 Pensby 4577; 7 Deestriders 5399; 8 Birkenhead 6652; 9 Wrecsam Tri 6753; 10 Cybi 8997; 11 Tattenhall 14809. Women’s Division Two: 1 Chester Tri 552; 2 Eryri 718; 3 Prestatyn 867; 4 Ellesmere Port 986; 5 Deestriders 1302; 6 Wrexham 1456; 7 Wirral 1496; 8 Cybi 1888; 9 Birkenhead 2042; 10 Wrecsam Tri 2481; 11 Tattenhall 3119. Veteran Men: 1 West Cheshire 2085; 2 Helsby 2211; 3 Wrexham 2305; 4 Buckley 2337; 5 Wallasey 2397; 6 Chester Tri 2824; 7 Prestatyn 3297; 8 Wirral 3601; 9 Eryri 3645; 10 Ellesmere Port 4042; 11 UTS 4201; 12 Pensby 5915; 13 Deeside 5985; 14 Deestriders 6651; 15 Birkenhead 6960; 16 Wrecsam Tri 7306; 17 Cybi 7414; 18 Tattenhall 9809.
Veteran Women: 1 Buckley 475; 2 West Cheshire 673; 3 Helsby 755; 4 Wallasey 762; 5 UTS 852; 6 Deeside 1044; 7 Ellesmere Port 1084; 8 Chester Tri 1215; 9 Deestriders 1415; 10 Pensby 1495; 11 Prestatyn 1604; 12 Eryri 1775; 13 Wirral 1824; 14 Cybi 2880; 15 Birkenhead 2902; 16 Wrexham 2919; 17 Wrecsam Tri 2975; 18 Tattenhall 3119. There was a strong Wrexham AAC contingent at the North Wales track and field open at Deeside. Olivia Dixon won the U11 girls’ 600m walk and Rory Dixon triumphed in the same event in the U11 boys’ class.
Spencer Jones won the U13 boys’ 1000m walk and javelin, while in the U15 boys’ category, Tomasi Fidow was second in the shot put and Noah Thomas was third in the javelin. Annabelle Jones triumphed in the U17 women’s javelin, ahead of clubmate Isabella Bennett in second, while Robin Frost won the M80 javelin, long jump and high jump..
