The sun shines favourably on us
SSAFA 5k – race 2 – 22nd June
A hot day presented a ‘warm’ evening. Too warm for some people, who might have preferred the rain that greeted the runners for the first race in the three-part series.
Wednesday’s event had a race within a race. It included the South Wales championships.
4th Adam Bowden 14:49 (SB)
33rd Kate Roberts 17:18 (2nd lady)
42nd Jon Parry 17:45 (PB)
65th Rhydian Lloyd-Francis 18:59
80th Nick Stocker 19:45 (SB)
82nd Leigh James 19:50 (SB)
88th Georgie Dando 20:09 (SB)
91st Gareth Hardman 20:16 (SB)
106th Katy Griffiths 21:08
121st Evatt Cummings 22:27 (SB)
177 finishers
We’re still waiting on a full set of South Wales championship results to see how many Bridgend Athletics names are in there. For now, we know that both Adam and Kate took home medals for top three overall.
Most of our team - L-R - Gareth, Jon, Leigh, Kate, Nick, Georgie.
Welsh tiathlon medal
With a series of race distances over the swim, bike, and run discipline on Sunday 26th, Sophie Moore finished second in the Welsh champs. With 7th in the British champs, she’s qualified for the World’s next year.
Sion Evans and Jon Parry were also in action.
Sprint distance
151st Sophie Moore 1:16:48
Standard distance
176th Jon Parry 2:38:25
211st Sion Evans 2:43:09
Sophie in transition
Most recent parkrun results
Devin Coombes stole the show at this Saturday’s parkrun, with a first place finish at Porthcawl parkrun.
Let us know if we’ve missed your result, and if you’re up for writing a report sometime – it’s a team effort.
A short report written by Leigh James.
Photos Leigh Francis, Sion Evans, Cath Hayes.