Caryl takes stage victory in relay race

CARYL Wyn Davies was the star of the show for Sarn Helen Running Club in the Welsh Castles Relay.

A total of 46 teams took part in the race, which started at Caernarfon Castle and finished at Cardiff Castle, with the Sarn Helen athlete winning Stage 8 in a time of 1.15.05.

Sale Harriers were the winning team, followed by Pontypridd Roadents and Aberdare Valley AAC.

Results: Stage 1 Steffan Thomas 1:05:14; Stage 2 Aled Jones 1:09:01; Stage 3 Nigel Davies 1:22:46; Stage 4 Tomos Morgans 1:00:45; Stage 5 Carwyn Thomas 1:04:58; Stage 6 Irfon Thomas 1:01:15; Stage 7 Glyn Price 1:10:31; Stage 8 Caryl Davies 1:15:05; Stage 9 Eleri Rivers 57:51; Stage 10 George Eadon 1:29:10; Stage 11 Daniel Hooper 1:15:40; Stage 12 Kevin Hughes 1:11:55; Stage 13 Eirwyn Roberts 1:03:28; Stage 14 Ken Caulkett 1:09:49; Stage 15 Carwyn Davies 1:22:33; Stage 16 Sion Price 1:19:30; Stage 17 Mitch Readwin 1:03:42; Stage 18 Mark Rivers 58:45; Stage 19 Dee Jolly 53:07; Stage 20 Dylan Lewis 1:11:54.

Meanwhile, Sarn Helen’s Elisha Jones ran an excellent new personal best time of 55 minutes 53 seconds at the Barmouth 10k.

The success continued for Sarn Helen at the Salomon Trail Marathon and Half Marathon Wales in Snowdonia where the in-form Glyn Price was first in the M50+ class with a time of 3:43:55, followed by Nigel Davies in the M40+ in 3:58:22.

Competing in the half marathon event, Mark Rivers achieved a fantastic time of 1:50:36 in the M40+ category, closely followed by Eleri Rivers in 2:05:40 in the F40+, with Marc Davies running 2:34:58 in the M40+.