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Red hot masters half marathon international in Swansea

three women at masters half marathon

The third race of this years Masters Representative Races was the half marathon which was held as part of the Mizuno Swansea Half Marathon. Starting in the city centre the athletes followed the coast road towards the Mumbles, before turning and making their way back to the city centre.

While the weather was cool and blustery the competition was red hot with all four competing teams (England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK Armed Forces) achieving medal success. The United Kingdom Armed Forces (UKAF) stormed to victory in both the M35 and M40 categories. M35 William Ewens (UKAF) finished 8th overall in the main race in 68:43, while M40 Adam Baker (UKAF) was 5th overall in 68:15.

Darlington Magalela (Long Eaton Running Club, England) had a fabulous run and was delighted to take the M45 category with a time of 1:11.50. He was followed home by England team mate Ashley Abrahams (Barnsley AC) in 1:13.14. It was an England clean sweep in the M60 category with Tony Wright (Cornwall AC) taking gold in 1:16.11, ahead of Robert McGrath (Northern Masters AC) in 1:19.33, and Boyd Park (Southport Waterloo AC) in 1:19.39.

In the women's race, England took the spoils in the W35 category with Christa Cain (Best Athletics) following up her success at the Bideford 10k to take half marathon gold in 1:15.11. Alison McEwing (Erme Valley Harriers) took silver in 1:18.32, and Rachel Doherty (Higham Harriers) bronze in 1:21.48. It was a different story in the W40 category where England were shut out of the podium positions by Gemma Moore (Wales) in 1:22.10, Dawn Blain (NI) in 1:23.53, and Hannah Thomas (Wales) in 1:24.13. Dawn was delighted to go away with silver, a new PB, and Northern Ireland’s second ever medal in the race series.

England were back to winning ways in the W45 race with a win for Lisa Bailey (The Stragglers Running Club) in 1:17.22. There was another England clean sweep in the W70 position with Barbara Stevens (Mansfield Harriers) winning in 1:42.37, followed by Dot Kesterton (Steel City Striders) in 1:45.43, and Jackie Tombs (Gosport Road Runners) in 1:51.17.

England Team at masters half marathon

Results

M35

  1. William Ewens (UKAF) 68.43
  2. Ben Tyler (Medway and Maidstone AC, England) 69.37
  3. Ben Howe (Dulwich Runners AC, England)70.06

M40

  1. Adam Baker (UKAF) 68.15
  2. Adam Bowden (Wales) 69.05
  3. Alex Lee (Western Tempo, England) 70.46

M45

  1. Darlington Magalela (Long Eaton Running Club, England) 1:11.50
  2. Ashley Abrahams (Barnsley AC, England) 1:13.14
  3. Martyn Rowling (Wales) 1:13.39

M50

  1. Brian Corleys (Bushfield Joggers, England) 1:13.39
  2. Che Compton (Kent AC, England) 1:14.02
  3. Mark Jennings (Wales) 1:15.25

M55

  1. Francois Rafferty (Southport Waterloo AC, England) 1:15.47
  2. Lee Aherne (Wales) 1:16.55
  3. Wayne Pearson (Elvet Striders, England) 1:16.58
Miguel Cann at masters half marathon

M60

  1. Tony Wright (Cornwall AC, England) 1:16.11
  2. Robert McGrath (Northern Masters AC, England) 1:19.33
  3. Boyd Park (Southport Waterloo AC, England) 1:19.39

M65

  1. Ifan Lloyd (Wales) 1:20.41
  2. Dave Warren (Wales) 1:20.49
  3. Kevin Murray (Serpentine AC, England) 1:23.08

M70

  1. Alan Davies (Wales) 1:22.46
  2. Dave Gibson (Wales) 1:30.39
  3. Ged Ruffle (Hart Road Runners, England) 1:33.55

M75

  1. James McGlynn (Wigan & District H & AC, England) 1:43.04
  2. Malcolm Bradley (Wales) 1:50.13
  3. Michael Henry (England) 1:55.08

M80

  1. Iain Day (Shropshire Shufflers, England) 2:06.06

W35

  1. Christa Cain (Best Athletic, England) 1:15.11
  2. Alison McEwing (Erme Valley Harriers, England) 1:18.32
  3. Rachel Doherty (Higham Harriers, England) 1:21.48

W40

  1. Gemma Moore (Wales) 1:22.10
  2. Dawn Blain (NI) 1:23.53
  3. Hannah Thomas (Wales) 1:24.13

W45

  1. Lisa Bailey (The Stragglers RC, England) 1:17.22
  2. Lindsay Harper (Poplar RC, England) 1:23.27
  3. Patricia Dendy ((Almost Athletes, England) 1:25.05
Carolyn Hay winning F50 at masters half marathon

W50

  1. Carolyn Hay (Mansfield Harriers, England) 1:22.51 (pictured here)
  2. Suzanne Clare (Team Bath AC, England) 1:30.25
  3. Anne-Marie Bayliss (City of Salisbury A&RC, England) 1:30.53

W55

  1. Tracy Jenkins (Wales) 1:25.03
  2. Niki Morgan (Wales) 1:28.29
  3. Kay Neesam (New Marske Harriers AC, England) 1:28.59

W60

  1. Elaine Wharmby (Wales) 1:33.13
  2. Sue Watson (Wales) 1:35.22
  3. Mary Janssen (Reading Road Runners, England) 1:37.20

W65

  1. Lindy Geyer (Wales) 1:33.04
  2. Mary Norman (Run 4 U and Perform, England) 1:42.47
  3. Marian Grace (Yate and Sodbury Striders, England) 1:47.08 (pictured top)

W70

  1. Barbara Stevens (Mansfield Harriers, England) 1:42.37
  2. Dot Kesterton (Steel City Striders, England) 1:45.43
  3. Jackie Tombs (Gosport Road Runners, England) 1:51.17

W75

  1. Carolyn Gale (North York Moors AC, England) 2:08.35
  2. Sue Graves (Wales) 2:20.10
  3. Heather Allen (Hart Road Runners, England) 2:27.46
Full results

Up next

The next race on the England Athletics masters programme is the 5k which takes place at Shrewsbury on 11 July. 

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