IN THE FINALE of another exciting campaign of the Gwent Cross Country League, Carmarthen Harriers Under 13 Girls and Under 15 Boys beat clubs from across south Wales and the south west of England to top the final standings after the final event in Brecon on Super Saturday where the titles would be decided.
It was a weakened team that approached the final fixture for the Under 13 girls as illness took it’s toll on the Welsh Relay Champion’s wider team and fears were that Swansea would capitalise and take the title.
However the ever present core of the team came through and despite running with colds, Daisy Thompson 5th, Phoebe Davis 6th and Maddie Morgan 24th did enough to secure the seasons title ahead of Westbury, Cardiff and Swansea. Individual 3rd came to Daisy Thompson and 5th overall to Phoebe Davis.
In the Under 15 boys Ben Thomas led the way with an outstanding performance to win his individual race, the individual seasons title and leading home the all-important team victory.
Tomos Rees ran out of his skin for his best position of the season in 3rd, Iestyn Williams came 10th (5th overall for the season) with Gareth Thompson finishing high up in 14th. William Thompson and Casper Farquhar in 30th and 36th ensured that this strong team dominated the season and came out as deserving victors.
In the other races the under 11 boys were led home by Frank Morgan in 5th followed closely by Ifan Bowen 8th and Ioan Cressey- Rogers 10th.
These talented novice boys took a bronze medal in the team event and Ifan Bowen was rewarded for consistency with 5th overall in the individual league, showing exceptional potential in his first season for the club.
In the Novice girls Seren Davis ran very well for 6th with Emma Brazier and Jessica Lee taking good points behind her in 26th and 37th.
Had these girls managed to field a full team in every race they would have surely finished in the medals. In the Under 13 boys Liam Edwards had his best position of 9th to finish 5th in the league for the season with Bedwyr Thomas 23rd, Dafydd Jones 26th and Leon Champion 41st. Similar to the Under 20 men, the Under 13 boys just missed out on medals in a respective 4th position out of more than 30 teams.
With many of these runners in the same age group next year and talented novice boys moving up an age group the title should be a target next season.
Other results in the older age groups included Non Morgan – 16th in the Under 15 girls, Thomas Jones 4th overall in the U17 men and as ever Gordon Orme continued to demonstrate his domination in winning the Over 70 Men’s league and the race on the day.
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