Welsh Castles Relay 2023 (10th-11th June)

Caernarfon to Cardiff

Welcome to The Welsh Castles Relay, a 2 day, 20 stage, 209 mile staggered relay stage race, held mostly on road but with many hills and mountains on route from Caernarfon to Cardiff with an overnight stay in Newtown, organised by Les Croupiers Running Club Cardiff.

For full information, please visit Les Coroupiers Web site
The 2023 WDR Reference Book has information like the Start and Finish locations for each stage (Page 72)

Leg From To Mi. Start Open Vets*
1 Caernarfon Castle Penygroes 9.1 10:00 Lynnette Porter Davy Britton
2 Penygroes Criccieth 10.7 11:00 Allan Curnow Dan Savory
3 Criccieth Castle Maentwrog 12.3 11.55 Tom Kenwright Jake Hayes
4 Maentwrog Harlech Castle 9.5 13:00 James Wade Tracy Ward
5 Harlech Castle Barmouth 9.5 13:50 Sally Curnow Mike Collier
6 Barmouth Dolgellau 9.0* 14:40 Pat Searle Mike Duggan
7 Dolgellau Dinas Mawddwy 10.1 15:35 Andy Mining Chris Whiteford
8 Dinas Mawddwy Foel 10.8 16:25 Steve Grimson Down Mike Blackmore
9 Foel Llanfair Caereinion 8.5 17:10 Natalie Whiteford Wayne Ellis
10 Llanfair Caereinion Newtown 13.1 17:50 Neil Davies Arwel Roberts
Overnight stop at Newtown Leisure Centre
11 Newtown Llanbadarn Fynydd 10.5 07:00 Chloe Parsons Helen Clark
12 Llanbadarn Fynydd Crossgates 11.2 07:55 Brook Clarke Bryan Stadden
13 Crossgates Builth Wells 10.6 08:50 Jacob Nash Rob Kingdon
14 Builth Wells Drovers Arms 10.8 09:45 Brian Robb Hossein Pirooz
15 Epynt Visitor Centre Brecon 12.8 10:45 Leah Tuohy Robin Boubly
16 Brecon Canal Basin Torpantau 12.5 11:45 Rob Farley Cerys Davies
17 Taf Fechan Railway Station Torpantau Cyfarthfa Castle 8.7 12:30 Steve Herring Chris Punter
18 Merthyr Tydfil Abercynon 9.1 13:30 Chris Martey Fiona Blackmore
19 Abercynon Nantgarw 7.7 14:15 Jess Coenen Matt Spear
20 Caerphilly Cardiff Castle 9.9 14:50 Katie Vooght Lucy Wallace

If you would like to take part and are not on the list please
e-mail: castles@bittonroadrunners.org