NAME : ARWEL JONES
D.O.B: 16/08/59

PLACE OF BIRTH : DENBIGH

YEAR STARTED RUNNING: Competed all my life started at Primary School

HOW LONG BEEN A P.R.C MEMBER 19 YEARS
FORMER CLUBS :WREXHAM AC

RACE HISTORY : P.B's, YEAR and EVENT ACHIEVED
5km: 16.18 Chester 1997
5m: 25.46 Birkenhead 1982
10km : 32.55 Manchester 1982

10m: 52.21 Llandudno 1984
Half Marathon:1.11.57 Denbigh 1984

Marathon : 3.07.41 London 2003

MAIN HONOURS: Won Welsh Schools 1500m with a new welsh u/15 Record 4.22.6 1974

Won A Welsh vest 1975 home international match at Colwyn Bay

Racing the 1500m steeplechase . Finished third 4.33 beaten by Colin Reitz who went on to represent Britain

at 1984 olympics

1980 finished sixth in NWCC Champs Senior Men and represented North Wales six times at British inter

counties at cross country

Completed more than 100 NWCC League races

Won three indivudual awards Border League since 1995

PROUDEST MOMENT : Being the Manager of Nantglyn F.C, where I was brought up, when we won the

Summer League title for the first time 2005.
We celebrated for the whole month with a crowd of over 700 watching the final match at Rhewl
FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION/ROUTE : Use to be track now it is Off road. I run mostly on footpaths around Denbigh

SPORTING HERO/HEROINE : Steve Ovett / Paula Radcliffe
OTHER SPORTS ENJOYED: Football, Cricket, Rugby, Snooker and Darts

WHAT I WOULD WISH FOR THE CLUB : To increase our membership and carry on being a friendly club that caters for all abilities.

FAVOURITE RACE : Castle Relays

HARDEST RACE : London Marathon

FAVOURITE RACE DISTANCE : 10 km on the Road
FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENTS :
Manchester City winning Premiership and Champions League ( I can only dream for now) but realistically a British athlete that wins a gold medal at track and field
PLACES YOU'D LIKE TO RUN ABROAD: never done a race abroad not including Ireland
PREFERED SURFACE : Road for racing

FAVOURITE ACTOR : David Jason , Harrison Ford
FAVOURITE ACTRESS: Reece Witherspoon Dawn French
FAVOURITE TV PERSONALITY: Gary Lineaker

FAVOURITE SINGER/GROUP: I like music from the seventies. My latest cd was the Hoosiers and Girls Aloud

FAVOURITE T.V : Match of the Day , most sport programmes, soaps and good comedy programmes
FAVOURITE FILM : I enjoy superhero and disaster movies occasionally go to the cinema to watch the blockbusters
HATES/DISLIKES: Bad loosers

CRAZY MOMENTS falling into the water in a steeplechase race also when warming up for a race and Dally tripped over a sleeping Policeman

FAVOURITE SCHOOL SUBJECT Geography

WORST SCHOOL SUBJECT Chemistry

OTHER HOBBIES Watching Football Man City

FAVOURITE QUOTE You’ve got to be in it to win it
RINGTONE ON MY PHONE Blue Moon

Training

We train on Mondays and Wednesdays 6.30pm.We meet at Saints Fitness Centre in Meliden

Saints Fitness Centre Meliden