Tuesday 15 October 2019
First Gwent League took place in Cardiff at Llandaff Fields in conjunction with the first of 5 XChallenge meetings across UK. Photo shows start of senior men's race with over 600 XChallenge and Gwent League runners taking part. All the front finishers of the race, are already to front of the field of runners. Numbers taking part in all races were greater than a normal Gwent League meeting. How did Cardiff runners and teams perform in the first Gwent League meeting.
Novice Boys (130 finished). Team 8th. Novice Girls (136 finished). Team 3rd. Bryony Boyce 7th. U13B (105 finished). Kobe Beltran 6th. U13G (116 finished). Team 2nd, Iona Roderick 4th. U15B (97 finished). Team 1st. Osian Tyrrell 2nd. U15G (74 finished). Team 3rd. Jessica Evans 3rd. Supporting Mark Gold at end of race tunnels, noted Osian waited to greet Cardiff U15 team supporting runners, a leaders example. See below rest of results.
U17 Men (81 finishers) Team 1st. Lloyd Sheppard 1st , Ben Reynolds 3rd. U17 Women (44 finishers) Team 1st Good packing by Moli Lyons 6th, Fiona Bostock 7th, Nia Clayworthy 9th, Mia Goddard 12th. Cardiff U17W (B Team 7th of 21 teams).
U20 Men (35 finished) Team 2nd. Larry Ryan 2nd, Morgan James 4th, Alex Jackson 16th, Iestyn Edwards 21st, David Lock 22nd. James Gold 29th, Efan Owen 33rd.
U20 Women (20 finishers) Team 2nd. Laura Wright 1st, Elin Williams 11th, Sioned Wallwork 17th, Caitlin Chapman 20th.
Senior Men (512 finishers) Team 6th. Despite having 5 runners in first 8 home, 2 ruuners were recorded as individuals, thus scoring NO POINTS for team. Michael Ward 1st, Ciaran Lewis 2nd, James Hunt 3rd, J.Eykelbosch 23rd, Steve Bennett (45 Master) 216th.
Senior Women (388 finishers) Team 1st. Charlotte 1st Jenny Nessbitt 2nd, Clara Evans 4th, Megan Carter-Davies 7th, Rebecca Evans 26th.
High number in both senior races are split between Senior and Master runners.
Senior Men (154 finishers) (including 31 U23 runners), representing 30% of total runners in race.
Senior Women (106 finishers) (including 29 U23 runners), representing 27% of total runners in race.
Numbers taking part in Gwent League races. Novices up to U15 numbers are good. From U17 to U20 numbers fall back. There are many reasons for this, education, exams, going to University College away from Cardiff including abroad, other team sports, social, loss of interest etc. These example affect other sports too. Numbers increase due to Masters age groups and the popularity of road running. Many small running clubs have emerged in Cardiff over the last 10 years, providing a social and healthy environment for people. Our club has started similar group on club nights, starting at 6.45pm, led by Dan Nash.
To see results tap Links in left column, then Gwent League, then results in 2019/20 season.
Official club photography supplied by Paul Stillman
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