Goldrush 2009

Coed y Brenin 8th March 

The members of the Mawddach Rotary Club would like to thank all participants for supporting this event which was in aid of various charities and good causes supported by Rotary in Britain and Ireland and by our own club. 

The totals given to each charity will be listed on this site as soon as final accounts have been drawn up. If you participated, we hope you enjoyed the event. The numbers entering were nearly double those of last year.

If you have any suggestions for rhe smooth running of the event in future years- please let us know. If you did not participate, please look at the information elsewhere on this site. We hope you will find this interesting and that it will encourage you to enter next year.

Some readers will see that we have uploaded some photo’s taken by entrants from other websites. If you have any other photographs that you think would enhance this gallery you are welcome to send them to us.

Results in brief:

Winner Jonathan Pugh
2nd Lloyd Bettles
3rd Robert Oakes

1st female Sally Bigham (12th overall)
(UK marathon champion :- click for details)

2nd female Melanie Alexander (24th overall)
3rd female Cheri Mills (229th overall)

1st relay (team of 3) We aren’t scientists (Peter Booth)
1st mixed relay team Muddy sprockets reunited 2 (Shiela Williams)

Fastest lap by local (Gwynedd) Edward Roberts

Oldest finisher (solo) John Lloyd

We would also like to thank the many non Rotary members who helped us Marshal the event, the Forestry Commission Wales staff at Coed y Brenin, and others who helped set up the course and helped in many ways in the weeks leading up to the event.