THE QUANTITY may have been lacking, but there was no doubting the quality of Prestatyn Running Club's contingent in the North Wales 10-mile championships at Wrexham.
Only four members turned out, but they maintained the club's excellent record in the event by coming away with a bagful of awards. In total they claimed four individual and two team prizes.
The third member home, in 13th place overall, was the consi
stent George Nicholls, who was third in the M35 class in both the open and closed competitions with a time of 62.35.
Matt Sims, who started rather too ambitiously, paid the price in the later stages but still finished just outside the medals in the senior men's category. He was 19th in 64.35.
Club captain Paul Brandrick was 62nd overall in 69.01, for second place in the M50 class of the championship. The fourth and final member was Steve Hatfield (50th overall), who took the M60 award in both the open and closed competitions.
The four-strong team was placed third in the senior men's contest and George, Paul and Steve were third veterans' team in the section.
Having been rejected for London, Dean Longley turned his attention to Sundays Blackpool Marathon and at his first attempt at the distance turned in a highly creditable 3-10.55.
Tonight (Wednesday) a strong turnout is expected for the final fixture in the Borders Road Running League and a week tonight is the first race in the club's summer handicap series.
The full article contains 256 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
