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Contact Don Hale at our news desk if you have any results, reports, or personal news items to share about yourself, a friend, or team mate etc. If you have images and or video even better. We also welcome your own reports, results, features, news, from all WMAL members from all aspects of athletics.
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Fifteen medals and a Welsh Record on a great day for Wales within the Swansea Half Marathon...
The jubilant Welsh Masters team ( above) at the Swansea half marathon. Fifteen medals and a Welsh Record on a great day for Wales within...
Don Hale
Jul 33 min read
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Christmas cracker at the NWRRC handicap race at Rhos on Sea.
*North Wales Road Runners are pictured ( above) just before the start of the festive handicap race on the promenade at Rhos on Sea....
Don Hale
Dec 7, 20242 min read
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John and Carla’s Deganwy Dash voted the ‘Best Sporting Event of the Year,’ and raises thousands for Children’s Cancer Charities.
*Picture above – Deganwy Dash race organisers John Hatton and Carla Green John and Carla’s Deganwy Dash voted the ‘Best Sporting Event of...
Don Hale
Dec 7, 20242 min read
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Six podium places for the Road Runners in the tough Conwy half-marathon...
*Pictured above - many members of NWRRC at the start of the half-marathon. Six podium places for the Road Runners in the tough Conwy...
Don Hale
Nov 23, 20244 min read
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Proud moment for athletics coach John Hatton and a popular former community midwife Sharon Buckley...
*john Hatton ( above left), with Sharon Buckley at the Conwy half-marathon. Proud moment for athletics coach John Hatton and a popular...
Don Hale
Nov 23, 20242 min read
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Hundreds of athletes tackled the iconic Marathon Eryri on its 40th anniversary.
*Pictured above - Steve Bozier was the first NWRRC member back at the Eryri marathon in North Wales. Hundreds of athletes tackled the...
Don Hale
Nov 16, 20242 min read
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Birthday boy Ifan Lloyd celebrates another milestone with gold at the World Marathon Champs in Bucharest.
*Pictured above - Ifan Lloyd won his age cat at the World Marathon champs Birthday boy Ifan Lloyd celebrates another milestone with gold...
Don Hale
Nov 16, 20242 min read
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Road Runners celebrated a hat-trick of podium places at the Beaumaris 10k...plus other results.
*Pictured above - A quartet of NWRRC members at the Beaumaris 10k (l-r), Len Jackson, Kay Hatton, Mike Hayton, and Cheryl Frost. Road...
Don Hale
Sep 24, 20242 min read
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Alan Davies set out to break a new M70 World Record at the Swansea Bay 10k...
*Pictured above - Master veteran Alan Davies may have set a new world record at the Swansea Bay 10k race. Alan Davies set out to break a...
Don Hale
Sep 18, 20242 min read
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Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd - latest half-marathon and marathon records 2024.
Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd - latest half-marathon and marathon records 2024... These are the latest updates to the records from WMAL...
Don Hale
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Road Running trio set the pace at the Abersoch half-marathon... plus other race results...
*Pictured above (l-r) - the NWRRC trio at Abersoch on Saturday - Sandy Johnston, Stuart Culverhouse, and Gwen Charlton. Road Running trio...
Don Hale
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Two races in a day in Lithuania for Kevin Higgins, and another PB for Steve Gardner, plus other results..
*Kevin Higgins ( pictured above), had a double date in Lithuania. Two races in a day for Kevin Higgins in Lithuania. Report by Don Hale....
Don Hale
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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Tri-Hard Harriers sell-out 5k race produced many excellent PBs...
*Pictured above - A great action shot shortly after the start of the THH 5k. Tri-Hard Harriers sell-out 5k race produced PBs... Report by...
Don Hale
Sep 3, 20241 min read
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West Wales 10k Championships results and run within the St Clears race.
West Wales 10k Championships results and run within the St Clears race. Report courtesy of David Gibson (Tri-Hard Harriers) Â ...
Don Hale
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Eight podium places for the Road Runners at the Caernarfon 10k.
*Pictured above - some of the NWRRC members at the start of the Caernarfon 10k race - team photo courtesy of Elizabeth Driscoll. Eight...
Don Hale
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Dozens of runners pay tribute to John Dalzell at a special 5k social event on Llandudno promenade.
*Pictured above and below - runners, friends, and supporters commemorated the life of John Dalzell and raised a glass to his memory at...
Don Hale
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Welsh Road Runner Llyr goes ‘Down Under’ to represent Wales in the World Sprint Duathlon...
Road Runner Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts (*above) goes ‘Down Under’ to represent Wales in the World Sprint Duathlon. Report by Don Hale....
Don Hale
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Welsh veterans at the Paul Popham Swansea Bay 5k Summer Series...
*Report and photos by David Gibson. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk The Paul Popham Swansea Bay 5k...
Don Hale
Jul 19, 20241 min read
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Top Two UK Welsh M70 vets at the Ammanford 10k...
Welsh Master veteran Alan Davies ( above), at the Ammanford 10k DG Credit Stuart Ladd - South Wales Guardian Top Two UK M70s at the...
Don Hale
Jul 19, 20241 min read
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Happy 75th birthday to Murray (Sandy) Johnston - a great master runner and a very talented musician.
*Pictured above - NWRRC super vet Sandy Johnston at Rohan's Run. Happy 75th birthday to Murray (Sandy) Johnston - a great master runner...
Don Hale
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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