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* |
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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 |