DENBIGH Harriers have demonstrated that they are international class.

Two club members represented Wales in the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International competition at Aintree on Saturday, covering a 6k course.

Emma Collins was the first counter for Wales in her category with her best international cross country placing. She finished 12th in a time of 25.49.

Menai Baugh took part in the open race and she finished in 30.55.

A large group of 11 Harriers travelled to Brecon to represent North Wales in the Welsh Inter-regional Championships, where over 2,000 athletes competed throughout the day.

The Denbigh club provided one of the largest North Wales contingents for the senior and masters' races, with some excellent performances.

The Baugh sisters - Katy and Elen - had a hard fought battle all the way around the 6k course to finish on the line together.

They were closely followed by Mari Wynne Williams and Cary Davies, who was competing as a master.

In the men’s race, there was a superb run from Shaun Hughes, finishing as North Wales’ third counter.

The men ran a six-mile course which was very muddy and churned up after all the other competitors had competed, making this hard work.

Most of the Harriers counted as scorers for their relevant age group teams.

Results:

Women: 60, Katy Baugh 28.57; 61, Elen Baugh 28.58; 71, Mari Wynne Williams 29.19; 90, Carys Davies 30.20.

Men: 24, Shaun Hughes 35.12; 88, Tony Wood 38.27; 99, Glen Price 39.38; 132, Mat Jones 41.56; 147, David Baugh 42.56; 153, Phillip Hayes 43.57; 163, Tony Benton 46.54.

The Penmaenmawr Fell Race took place on Saturday, with many runners fondly remembering a stalwart of the race and Denbigh Harrier, Dave Say, who sadly passed away last week.

Dave was a true mountain man with many years of epic fell running experience, including almost every version of this race since its start in the 1970s.

Two Harriers were there, with Sioned Griffiths finishing as the 17th woman in the wet and misty conditions, which caused navigation issues for some runners.

Harriers' results: 69, Sioned Griffiths 1-54.38; 99, Duncan Jones 1-57.03.

There was a large turnout for the Conwy Half Marathon on Sunday, with 15 Harriers amongst the nearly 3,000 runners.

Five of these runners had doubled up for the weekend having run in the Welsh Inter-regional Championships on Saturday.

There was a dry start to the race with no wind on the Great Orme, however this changed as it started to rain about 90 minutes into the race.

Shaun Hughes was one of the runners who ran the cross country the day before and he was the first Harrier home, followed by Joe Welch - who was pacing other runners for a 1-30 time - and Mat Jones.

The first woman from the Harriers was Mel Morris.

Harriers' results: 30, Shaun Hughes 1-19.46; 105, Joe Welch 1-29.13; 361, Mat Jones 1-40.17; 494, Mel Morris 1-43.23; 657, Katy Baugh 1-46.51; 659, Elen Baugh 1-46.52; 695, Carys Davies 1-47.38; 904, Bob Neale 1-51.27; 1553, David Jones 2-04.16; 1628, Gwenno Williams 2-05.53; 1630, Ian Jones 2-05.54; 1884, Dawn Marshall 2-12.51; 1890, Luke Hughes 2-12.12; 2102, Nicola Field 2-19.26; 2259, Graham Field 2-25.01.

Rob Parry ran an unusual half marathon at Coalport in Shropshire over weekend.

It was raced on muddy, wet, slippery trails and potholed lanes - at night, using a head torch!

The race started at sunset and he ran with the aid of hi-head torch to finally cross the line in a time of 2-29.43.

Meanwhile, Saturday saw the completion of the Denbigh Harriers' Run for Fun 10-week course, where runners are prepared to run a 5k race.

This race took place at the Conwy Parkrun with the support of many Denbigh Harriers run leaders and friends.

Results: 166, Ceri Jones 28.45; 186, Ian Jones 29.38; 280, Alison Lester-Owen 35.50; 281, Peter Lester-Owen 35.51; 284, Roger Snaith 36.24; 285, Bob Neale 36.42; 301, Helen Davies 37.50; 317, Dawn Lees 41.45; 319, Dawn Marshall 41.51; 320, Julie Roberts 41.52; 340, Sally Smith 59.12; 342, John Llewelyn Thomas 59.14.

Other parkrun results:

Westpark: 84, Susan D Hewitt 38.50. Pont y Bala: 10, Chris Baldwin 25.05.