The 3rd and final of this year’s SSAFA 5K road series in Cardiff saw Emma Palfrey run a fantastic time of 18:59 to finish 11th overall. Emma then travelled up North to compete in Dolgellau in what is locally known as Dol 5. Emma was 2nd lady home in a superb time of 32:18 to claim 1st in the F40 category smashing the previous record for this age group by 6minutes and 6seconds.

Sarn Helen Junior Runners competed well at Cwmanne recently with great times posted by all. In the 800M race Elis Herrick was 4th and Celt Davies 5th whilst Evelyn Eadon came 2nd for the girls with Esther Llwyd Jones in 11th. In the 1500M race Tudur Llwyd Jones finished in 2nd position with Eva Davies and Sioned Kersey finishing in 1st and 2nd place respectively.

Early July bought in some great news to report for two Sarn Helen multi-disciplined athletes

Emma Palfrey recently competed in a Sprint Triathlon at Cardiff, this was a qualifying event for the World Triathlon Championships in Australia next year. Emma had a superb race and won her age category and came 5th overall, this amazing achievement means that Emma has now qualified to represent Great Britain at the World Championships in Wollongong next year.

The 5th Sarn Helen Championship Race, Felinfach 6 was recently held, the weather was kind and made for perfect running conditions with 89 runners competing.

Sarn Helen at the Seaside taking on different challenges at the Long Course Weekend, Tenby