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20/11/2024 00:00, In Blog /

At the 35th British & Irish Masters Cross Country International in Belfast on Saturday 16th November 2024, Ifan Lloyd (Swansea Harriers) finally achieved a long term ambition of his when he won a gold medal in the M65 race.

Ifan’s race was the first of the day and he set off determined to win after securing the runner up spot in the M60 race last year. Having won the World Masters marathon title a month ago on his 65th birthday and also setting a new British record, Ifan knew he was in good shape and he gradually pulled away from all of his competitors to win comfortably by over 100 metres. Gordon Jones, (Prestatyn) backed Ifan up with a great 7th place in the same age group.

It was Wales’ only medal on the day but there were some other great runs with Joanne Henderson (Denbigh Harriers) repeating her 4th place of last year in the W45 category. Dave Warren, (Cardigan RC) had a good run in the M60 category and was delighted to beat World Masters half marathon bronze medalist Steve Watmough as he finished in an excellent 6th place.

Sarah Heath (Spirit of Monmouth) also finished in 6th place in the W60 race. Huw Evans (Parc Bryn Bach) always targets this race and was another to make the top ten finishing in 8th in the M50 category. M75 Barrie Parham (Griffithstown) also finished in 8th place. The final top 10 finisher was Gemma Moore (Eryri Harriers) who finished in 10 in the W40 category.

Details of the 2025 programme of international master opportunities are available here.

Full Results

W35

Ewelina Ciesielska 14th 23-33 

Hayley Lawton 16th 23-43

Jennifer Rambaldi 19th 24-51

W40

Gemma Moore 10th 23-41

Hannah Thomas 16th 24-59

Donna Welsh 19th 26-41

W45

Joanne Henderson 4th 23-18

Clare Patterson 13th 24-39

Nesta McCluskey 18th 26-17

W50

Jane Doughton 16th 26-56

Sam Healy 18th 27-09

Mel Morris 20th 27-38

Suzzanne Tew 21st 28-23

W55

Elizabeth Richards 17th 27-59 

W60

Sarah Heath 6th 26-22

Cath Wheeler 14th 28-22

Margaret Ludden 17th 29-59

Sarah Barham 18th 30-13

M35

James Peters 22nd 27-58

Ben Williams 24th 28-30

Luke Northall 25th 29-25

M40

Hywel Care 14th 27-12

Simon Cole 18th 27-55

Owain Schiavone 22nd 28-15

Matt Harvey 24th 28-21

Steve Payne 29th 31-34

M45

Doug Nichols 16th 28-40

M50

Huw Evans 8th 27-51

Richard Jones 23rd 29-30

Keith James 27th 31-02

Jez Brown 28th 31-40

William Williams 29th 33-01

M55 

Jeremy Mower 17th 31-16

Doug Briggs 18th 31-46

Michael Davies 19th 32-57

Alun Cox 20th 34-04

M60

Dave Warren 6th 30-28

David Williams 13th 33-10

Steve Roberts 19th 33-45

M65

Ifan Lloyd 1st 23-07

Gordon Jones 7th 24-11

Dave Watson 18th 26-58

John Foster 19th 27-12

M70

Phil Harding 16th 30-22

Fred Jones 17th 31-23

M75

Barrie Parham 8th 31-57

Paul Allen 13th 39-45

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Further details are available from Bernie Jones at Bernie-jones@sky.com.