It’s the time of year when things start to get festive, the gifts kept on giving with Croups picking up some superb results this weekend!

Starting on Saturday in Machen, Jerome Edwards finished a brilliant 🥇 overall in the Machen Trail marathon, a tough slippery course with huge elevation and tough terrain! Sam Wilson also completed the marathon, coming home in 10th 👏

There was also a half marathon taking place on the day, Hugh Ollard aced the course finishing 🥈 Male and the Mountain Goat Math Llwyd was home soon after finishing 9th. A huge congratulations too, to Aileen Lyons, Carol Francis & Eve Gallop-Evans who also aced the half! 😍

Saturday was the day off off roading, as we had lots of croups donning the South Wales stripes in the inter regional cross country! In the women’s race, Nynke Kuiper finished an amazing🥉overall in 23:10!

- Emily Fell followed soon after in 23:54

- Louise Flynn in 23:57

- Laura Stark in 24:37

- Steph Hambleton in 25:07

- Caitlin Williams in 26:58

- And, Andrea Webster in 32:04

They all helped the South Wales Ladies team take the 🥈 prize on the day 🙌

For the men, Phil Hambleton was first home with a strong run and finished a brilliant🥇 V35, Daniel Pettit followed closely behind finishing 🥈 V35 🤩

- Tris Rees was third back for the men in 32:15

- Tom Flitcroft in 32:34, Mark Price in 32:53

- Vaughan Edwards in 33:32

- Luke Starkie in 34:58

- Colin Williams in 39:19

Dave Coles and Clive Osmond were also in action in the V65 race, coming home in 27:02 & 29:28 respectively 😃

Swapping the grass of Wales for the sunny streets of Alicante, Stuart Reeves was in action in Sunday in the Marathon. Coming home in a brilliant 3:12:19! A brilliant result given he also did Eryri Marathon not too long ago! 😮