Thursday, August 5, 2010 Spor Running


Runners rise to the challenge


BRECON Athletic Club members were amongst the winners of the annual Pen-y-Fan race held on Saturday July 20. A total of 76 seniors and 11 juniors


lined up at Cwm Llwch for the annual 3.5 mile race.


out, then turn and


back, dodging the


grown-ups. Ten -yea r -


fast


mingle with sen ior s the


The juniors on


completed a club double by winning the senior race. Sadie Melhuish from the Forest of


Dean just beat Arunn Jones of Brecon AC in a sprint finish for second in the junior race, also setting a new girls record for the course. Martin donned his Mynydd Du club


run


hu r t l e trailing


Senior race winner Martin Shaw, of Brecon AC, on his descent down the mountain and to victory


Harness Racing


old L o u i s Nor ton, of Brecon AC, won by 15 seconds


the junior race and the hotly tipped Martin Shaw, also of Brecon AC,


i n


vest and during the race was challenged by Pen-y-Fan regular Will Horsley (Northumberland Fell Runners). When the seniors appeared on the


skyline, Martin was leading Will up the long haul to Corn Du, with a thin group a couple of hundred metres behind. By the summit, Martin had a lead of


about 30 seconds, and from the finish he took his alternative route off Pen-y- Fan, much further north than the direct descent taken by everyone else. For a while it looked as if Will might


catch him, but Martin’s line is obviously a good one, and he powered home in 34 minutes 5 seconds with Will still half a minute behind. Newcomer Paul Murrin of Chepstow Harriers certainly took the scenic route,


BHRC Golf


Dream performances on Pembridge track


THE tight track at Pembridge is not for the faint-hearted and the crowd saw some spills and thrills during the


nine-race card last weekend. It was certainly a momentous day for Maureen and Alan Westwood. Alan, 59, drove the


very first double of his career when his wife’s


geldings,


George and Scorchio bl a z e d cl e a r fo r emphatic victories. Nicknamed ‘Danger


two homebred Justin St


Man’ by his fellow drivers, Alan was stunned by his success and was quick to praise Maureen, who puts


work at home. Rebecca Baker, trainer/driver of talented but


Kemosa b ee, wa s delighted when the youngster flew around the final bend and stuck his head gamely in


O’Dr iscol l (Col in Bevan) on the line. Rebecca enjoyed her first winner of the


front of Brywin’s troubled the exciting


season. Angharad Frieze is


harness racing circuits, and Br ian Davies’ Brywin’s Unicorn will be indelibly etched in her memory as her first triumph under BHRC rules when floating clear of


opposition in a maiden division. An o t h e r


the


in all the hard the


Sennybridge trainer, Wesley Jones, sent out a good winner when Ja Ja Binks made light of his 40 yard trail to take a division of the C Class Driver’s race in the tender hands of 21-year-old Jed Strickland. Sarah Mould is in


fine form of late, and added another double to her drivers tally, scoring


Sheedy’s Bushwaker and William Collard’s Western Whirlwind. The feature race of


per formance with Roy


the day was the top grade Evan Evans Memor i a l, wh ich saw an


i n spi r e d f rom


extended to


better known on the flat-racing scene but her thirst for winners has


the


Mahogany Dream, who answered Aled Davies’ urgings to keep ahead of Dark Fox (Colin Bevan). The next fixture


Allensmore Classic Cup on Sunday 15, at 1pm.


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Tennis If you have any followed by the


is Ta n -y - Cas t el l, Aberystwyth, this Sunday August 8 at 2pm,


and it was a full five minutes later that he crossed the line, holding onto third despite touring much of South Wales on the way down. In the ladies race Helen Marshall of


Aberystwyth took first place in 48m 12s, ahead of Alice Bedwell, and the prize fund for breaking the records remains unclaimed. Once again the prize for first local


runner went to Mike Keddle of Brecon who finished in 44m 8s. The race forms a pair with Fan-y-Big


which takes place the following day, on a 10 mile circular loop from Llanfrynach. Pen-y-Fan winners Martin and


Helen competed once again, with Helen winning and Martin coming a creditable second to Pete Ryder’s record breaking win. Helen and Martin received the special series prizes for best performances over the weekend. Special


busines ses


Breconshi re Brewery and Gibbs Outdoor for donations of food, beer and prizes.


thanks must go to local St Ma ry’s Ba kery,


THE golf


with many internal club matches taking place,


Vases pairs event was won by Kath Howes and Judy Powell with 39 points. Second were Sue and Grania


Pryce


Joi n s o n wi t h 38 points and third with 33 points were Ann Couzens and Wimke Wakley. Th e


w i nn e r


the usual weekly fixtures. The Gr e ensome


as well as of


for the ladies at Brecon Golf Club is getting into the swin g


season things


of t h e Tr iump h Trophy, a stableford compe t i t ion, wa s Wimke Wakley on 36 points; runner-up was Ann Couzens on 33 points, having a better back nine than Gail Palmer and Audrey Skyrme also had 33 points. The


medal was a runaway v i ct ory for Su e Wo o l tor t o n


30=69) and earning her a handicap drop to 29. In second place was


(99 - July monthly Pen-y-Fan Race Harness Racing Novice the Sports Mid Wales & Border Counties


Gearing up for Penybont


WITH only a few days to go until the prestigious Penybont races,


on the all weather track at Tair Gwaith at


welcome confidence boosters for some, as fast times and good races were the order of the day. In


mum Samantha Lloyd from Kington piloted Boomshakalakka


victory. In second place was


driven


Novice race, with the impressive Bon Hasty in


Novice the the to


Brywins Jo Jo while Fold Eventful (Perks, Presteigne) was third. Cr o s s Cur r e n t, by De r ek ga ined


Prit chard,


her fi r st win in compet it ive in


second Baby


Matters in third. Ba ck m a r k e r


Tr icks t er s Dr e am batt led soundly to take


the improving Glan Minstrel with another impressive horse Little Man II in third. The nursery final


saw Overland take the win, under the guidance


Joseph Knox from of young Brecon Golf Club Golf season in full swing


who had the lowest gros s


13=74). Wimke Wa k l ey


also had a nett 74 but Liz had a better back nine. Morwen’s Trophy


runner-up with +1. Wimke Wakley was


Grania Joinson (105- 32=73). Thi rd place was taken by Liz Bush,


both had a handicap reduction to 31. The ladies are now


for the par competition was won by Judy Powell with a +2. Grania Joinson was


third with -1. Judy and Grania


looking forward to their


to Fairwood Park in early August.


summer outing s cor e (87 -


third Baby race


f rom second and Luck racing


first Baby race,


the weekend gave the meeting


Abergavenny, while in


Lanta (Evans, Brecon) and Boomshakalakka (Lloyd, Ki ng ton) running on into third. Th e


final new


impressive run by new recruit Faraway as they secured victory ahead of dependable Clare’s Own and Greenhill Raque. The newly graduated


Faraway had already bea t en Green h il l Raque in the second heat whi le Clare’s Own had qualified for the final by coming third in the first heat. The next race was


Presteigne) dictating terms to win from well regarded Ithon Cracker while Blackfield Willy was third. Debbie Hitchcock


(Perks, saw another second was Koh N o v i c e


Scooby’s Dream gave the Lloyd family from Kington their third win of the day. In


Chinatown Maor i driven


Tr o m a n s w h i l e little East of Eden (Pritchard, Rhosgoch) paddled into third, both of whom finished behind Debbie again much like in the heats. Debbie


her winning streak by t a k i n g t h e Grade A final with Meadowbranch Mike beating Vodka Express and Shermanator Sam. The consolation saw


the dash with the top class youngster Fold be Nimble


Fold American (Perks, Presteigne),


been disqualified in her heat for galloping over the line, make amends by winning from Dragon Penlan and True Grit. The


dominated the Grade B heats and had the enviable choice of two drives for the final having won both heats. Having won on both


Scooby’s Dream and C U Boykin, she made the right decision as


Hockey


the season, Penybont Races, is being held today


from 2pm. On Saturday August 7 at 2pm the next fixture


takes place,


by next Wednesday Au g u s t 1 1 i n Newbridge.


at Tregaron followed


highlight of (Wednesday) having continued


s e c o n d wa s by Mathew


Hockey


Brecon and Radnor Express and Powys County Times


E-Mail: theeditor@brecon-radnor.co.uk Circulation: Tel: 01874 610111 Fax: 01874 624097


www.brecon-radnor-today.co.uk Mixed Hockey Tournament


Radnor rule the roost


Brecon Hockey Club’s Editorial: Tel: 01874 610111


The victorious Radnor team


A HIGH standard of hock e y s aw Radnor


champions of Brecon Hockey Club’s first ever mixed hockey tournament


weekend. He ld


l a s t


College on Saturday Ju ly 31, Ra d n o r e v e n tu all y


t he cha l lenge of Abergavenny to bed with a 3-2 victory in the final. The semi-final line-


up promised hope of a local winner with the two finalists joined


Ystradgynlias Hockey Festival Giving it some stick


PRIOR to the summer holidays


of Ys tradgynlai s primary schools took part


Ystradgynlais Cluster hockey festival in the last week of term. Lo c a l


in the second


entered with teams compe t i n g


Ysgol Cynlais, Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmtwrch,


Golf


s c h o o l s f r om


a cluster


Caehopkin Primary Scho o l, Gur n os Primary School and Penyc a e P r ima r y School. Katie Hamer, hockey


development officer said: “All the children thoroughly enjoyed the day and a big thank you to the students of Ysgol Maes-y-Dderwen for helping umpiring on


the day. “It’s


so many youngsters playing hockey.” Ysgol Cynlais took


the victory for the second year


Cwmtwrch


winning three games and only drawing 0-0 with Cwmtwrch. In second place was and


third Caehopkin. running, in lovely to see p u t a t Chri s t crowned


by Brecon Seniors and Juniors. Abergavenny edged


out the yout h f u l Brecon Juniors by the odd goal, with a hard fought game eventually Aber


final thanks to a goal from Tom McGlynn. The


final between Radnor and Brecon Seniors proved to be end to end with Brecon’s ke e p e r B a r r ie Pritchard forced to make some incredible saves from Radnor who were extremely dangerous in front of goal. The


to extra time and it was Radnor’s captain Ly n d s e y J o n e s who scored the all impor t a nt


a 1-1 draw earlier in


Radnor and Aber met again in the final, in what proved to be an enthralling game. Mike Davies drew first blood for Radnor


the game went


goal to break Brecon hearts. Having played out


tournament, golden second semi- through to the


but Abergavenny’s star player Ricky McGlynn equalised. Rad n o r


se eing


roaring back and Lee Williams put his side in the lead again but, not to


by his brother, Tom McGlynn equalised for a second time. Just as the match seemed destined for extra time, Radnor’s dangerous marksman Lyndsey Jones found herself unmarked and she hammered the ball into the goal to clinch a 3-2 win for her side. The


top


award went to Tony Cl e m e n t s


g o a l


tournament’s scorer


Aber, while player of the tournament was Brecon ‘keeper Pritchard. The


would like to thank Chr ist Col lege


i ts supp ort an d sponsorship and also the sponsorship from St Mary’s Bakery. A massive thank


you also to umpires Graham Foxley, Chris Lewis and Dominic Phelps.


Cradoc Golf Club Dynamic duo win mixed open Crickhowell Tennis Club Crickhowell serve up double success


CRICKHOWELL Tennis Club’s Ladies A team have won the Gwent League Cup after a comprehensive four matches to love win over Monmouth A. The fi r st pai r ing of


captain Helen Jones and Helen Isaacs won both their matches against determined opponents in third-set tie- breaks, while the second pair of Angie Sharp and Karen Pitt played superbly


Brain Gym No.076 Codeword


Each number in the grid represents a different letter of the alphabet and every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter(s) to the right of the main grid to start you off.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9


1 14 15 16 17 18 9


R F N Y S T U X W B Q K C J E V H M P Z L D G O A I


2 3 4


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: 5


6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 20 21 22 23 24 25 26


10 11 12 13


14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26


to win both of their matches in straight


aggressive net play to run out convincing winners. The squad also includes


sets with some


Rachel Williams, Alex Jones and Rose D’Sa, all of whom have contributed to a very successful season. Meanwhile, with a three


matches to one victory over Chepstow, the club’s men team have


unassailable lead at the top of established an


the Gwent League Division 1, securing promotion to the Premier Division next year as


on from promotion from Division 2 last year. The team has won eight their nine matches


out of


this year, with one match left to play. In a hard-fought match improve d father


aga i nst an Chepstow team, and son first pairing John champions, following


and Finnian Bolt ran out straight-sets winners in both their matches, while second pairing Tom Miller and Roger Hunter secured the all-important third rubber in a tough three-set match. Captain Steve Sharp’s


squad includes a promising mix of youngsters and more experienced players, which augers well


challenges to come in the Premier Division next year.


for the harder


CRADOC Golf Club’s dynamic duo of Jan Parry and John Drain won the Cradoc Mixed Open with a great score of 43 points, beating Simon and Denise Williams on the back six. In third place were visitors from St Mel lons, Anthony and Be v e rle y Dobbs, with 42 p o i n t s beating Chris Williams and Andy Black on the back nine.


Horseriding


which was a team of three event, in first place were Geraldine Gibb, Andy Black and Heulwen Phillips with 85 points; second were Pam Rooza, Beverley Beck and Brenda Powell with 42 points, beating Jan Williams, Elsie Powell and Rita Malham on the back nine. Competition was fierce for the weekly


stableford at Cradoc on Thursday July 22 when a particularly high scoring round of golf produced four drops in handicap. In first place was Beverley Beck,


playing off 17, who came in with 42 points and a resulting two shot drop in


In the ladies weekly competition,


handicap. Sharon Roberts, playing off two,


scored 41 points dropping only one per shot under. Sharon is now 1.5. She also had a gross 69, the course


record being 67, a fabulous round of golf. Third place was Wendy Edwards,


playing off 13, with 39 points dropping not quite a whole shot and in fourth place Fiona Jones, playing off 21, with 38 points drops to 20. Also Judith Davies, playing off six,


had 37 points and a drop in handicap to five.


Royal Welsh Show Inter-Hunt Challenge Teme Valley jumping for joy


TEME Valley Hunt won the Royal Welsh Show Inter-Hunt Cha llenge for a


WordSquare Crossword Across


7. Encompassing boundary (13)


8. Stair rail (8) 9. Helps (4)


10. Volcano mouth (6)


H


12. Complete (6) 14. Banquets (6) 16. Reaping hook (6)


18. Motor-cab (4) 20. Public (8) 22. Ignominious (13)


Down


1. Differ (8) 2. Handwriting (6) 3. Give out (4) 4. Intrepid (8) 5. Leave (6) 6. Frozen (4)


11. Resounding (8) 13. Trustworthy (8) 15. Slender (6) 17. Of a choir (6) 19. Parched (4) 21. Tense (4)


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: Across: 1 Deft; 8 Intoxicate; 9 Increase; 10 Iris; 12 Vision; 14 Drowsy; 15 Dapper; 17 Boyish; 18 Veto; 19 Fidgeted; 21 Ac- centuate; 22 Need. Down: 2 Emancipate; 3 Tier; 4 Strain; 5 Exceed; 6 Acrimony; 7 Lees; 11 Insistence; 13 Improper; 16 Refute; 17 Bedlam; 18 Veal; 20 Even.


Circlegram S


Replace the question mark with a letter so that the letters within each circle can be re-arranged to form words with a common theme. What are the three words, and the letter represented by the question mark?


G O D


O T N


A ?


N B O G A


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:


The letter represented by the question mark is C. Scorsese, Pollack, Kubrick, all U.S. film directors.


W E R R HARD Sudoku


Fill in the grid below so that every column, every row and each of the 3x3 boxes contains all of the numbers from 1 to 9.


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS > EASY


Using the central letter and at least three others, how many words can you find? Plurals, proper nouns and hyphenated words are not allowed, and there is at least one 9-letter word.


20 words = OK, 30 words = Good, 40 words = Great, 50+ words = Excellent.


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: SPAGHETTI


L


A P


A S E


E


N D


record third year in succession. This


tests many


skills from tight turns and accurate jumping to fast galloping and boldness


hedges. It is a straight race


over big


between two teams, each made up of four riders, who complete the course and pass a baton on to the next competitor. The lead changed t imes


hands many


whic h ma d e fo r exciting viewing. The


started with 16 teams and ran in knock-


compet it ion


compet it ion r iding


out head to head challenge over three days. Bo t h s e m i - hot ly


finals were


contested with South Pembrokeshire and Teme Valley meeting in the final. Teme Va l l e y ’s


was fast and accurate and


Frankie Reid Warily st a r t ed the final round on Rodney and held her own so that Clodagh Blain on Red began the second ro u n d


neck with the South Pembrokeshire team. Clodagh completed round


a foot perfect


gained a lead and passed


the baton ne c k a n d despite held


challenge from the last rider from the opposing team. Frankie, Clodagh,


Sarah and Tom are all


competitors but Grandstand. the Royal Welsh


confessed to being extremely nervous at competing in of


front League Tables & Fixtures


BOWLS MID WALES BOWLING ASSOCIATION. MID WALES LEAGUE-- UP TO WEEK ENDING 25th JULY 2010. CLUB


Llandri’dod Presteigne Builth


Brecon


Knighton Talgarth


SpaBowlers Hay


Rhayader


11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10


P W D 10 9


9 5 4 2 3 1 2


0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0


L 1 2 1 5 6 7 7 8 8


PTS 132 118 108 64 56 46 44 40 36


F


1070 1071 854 717 705 723 680 669 623


A


643 685 667 784 837 819 874 859 944


SHOTS +427 +386 +187 --67


--132 -- 96 --194 --190 --268


Recent Results: Presteigne 109 Hay 50, Brecon 32 Llandrindod 90, Builth 100 Rhayader 49, Talgarth 95 Spa Bowlers 49, Presteigne 96 Talgarth 62, Rhayader 76 Brecon 78, Hay 86 Knighton 69, Spa Bowlers 47 Llandrindod 106.


MATTHEWS JEWELLERS VETERANS LEAGUE UP TO AND INCLUDING THURSDAY 22nd JULY 2010 TEAM


Brecon “B” Llandri’dod Builth


Spartans Hay


Presteigne Brecon”A”


SpaBowlers Knighton Talgarth


12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12


P W D 11 7 7 7 6 5 5


4 4


3


0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0


L 1 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9


PTS 22 15 14 14 12 11 10 8 8


6 F


229 236 210 188 200 194 219 178 185


160 _ A


162 _ +66 _ 195 196 178 186 210 195 223 232 222


+14 +10 +14 --16 +24 --45 --47


--61 _


Recent Results: Brecon”A” 19 Builth 17, Hay 14 Spa Bowlers 19, Presteigne 18 Knighton 16, Brecon”B” 15 Talgarth 13 _, Llandrindod 17 Spartans 12, Spartans 10 Brecon”A” 31, Presteigne 21 Bulith 16, Brecon “B” 29 Spa Bowlers 8, Knighton 19 Llandrindod 21, Talgarth 13 Hay 25.


SHOTS +41


e x p e r i e n c e d all


an excellent the


to Sarah Myhill on Dingbat, who was able to extend the lead and send anchor man Thomas Blain off on Paddy with a couple of fences in hand. Thomas, as usual,


lead


o rga ni s e r s for


f r o m be outdone c a m e


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