Fixture 1 of the Gwent League (and Cross Challenge) XC was held at Llandaf fields on Saturday 16th October. The Roadents had a good turn out of 31 runners. The top male Roadents team finished a very impressive 5th from a field of 109 teams (433 starters) running 9.6km and the top female Roadents team an also impressive 28th from a field of 85 teams (315 runners) running 6.4km.

Full team and individual results can be found here:

https://www.gwent-league.org.uk/res1.html

Youtube highlights can be found here (thanks to Laurence Pole for finding):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIiG0ZTQU6U

Roadents Female individual (315 starters):

25.41 Liz May   
29.58 Kate Libby  
30.59 Bethan Ford  
31.16 Jennet Holmes 
32.46 Rhian Durham  
36.06 Bretti Paxton  
39.51 Elizabeth Henson 
DNF Catherine Powell

Roadents Female Teams (85 teams):

28th Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club
81st Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club ‘B’

Roadents Male individual (433 starters):

31.10 S Lewis
32.02 A How
32.32 O Williams
33.07 D Bishop
33.11 A Reynolds
34.01 D Nicholls
34.50 M Horsman
35.08 C Priest
35.38 D Thrift
35.59 L Pole
36.25 S Wadlow
37.06 K James
37.23 S Howell-Jones
38.59 P Evans
41.53 N Denny
42.25 J Brown
43.39 H Davies
44.32 M Regan
46.59 W Thomas
48.17 S Locke
49.37 R Vincent
52.21 M Green
DNF Iestyn Henson

Roadents Male Teams (109 teams):

5th Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club
18th Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club ‘B’
41st Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club ‘C’
79th Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club ‘D’
102nd Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club ‘E’

The next fixture has been announced as Brecon. To sign up please see the Club Races section of the app (list view appears to be better than calendar view, you can toggle this in the top right corner of the page).

RSVP with “Yes” on the Brecon race then leave a comment with your age category (only if you have not previously given your category, categories in the race description).

Everyone who runs will earn points for the club regardless of where you finish so come along, earn the club some points and have fun!