The second day of the 2010 Welsh Championships was thankfully dry but with a gusting wind.
Cardiff athletes added to the club's medal haul which included another clean sweep, this time in the men's 800m with Gareth Warburton, Joe Thomas and Gareth Wiltshire taking gold, silver and bronze.
Rhys Williams' 49.89 in the 400m Hurdles, leading from the gun and into a strong wind on the home straight, was very impressive, as was Amanda Moss's equally dominating win in the women's 800m.
A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS (by IAN DIXON) OF CARDIFF ATHLETES IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE GALLERIES SECTION.
On a warm and sunny day, albeit with an unpredictable wind, it was good to see so many Cardiff members challenging for medals at the Welsh Championships, held in Cardiff today, 12 June.
Amongst the many medals won by Cardiff athletes, pride of place goes to the 100m senior men, where Cardiff had 6 of the 8 finalists and took all three medals through Christian Malcolm, Liam Duff and Lloyd Reffell.
Sara Barry (pictured), coached by former triple jumper Sean Power, took gold in the triple jump and improved her own championship best performance.
Cardiff's Welsh Under 15 League team travelled to Newport last Sunday, 6th June, for the third round of this year's series and enjoyed another very successful day with numerous winners and new league records.
On a cool but dry day, Cardiff's athletes dominated the under 13 and under 15 age groups, to win the overall competition with a total of 1004 pounts, ahead of Hereford with 732 and Newport with 712.
A new tv website called Athletico TV includes interviews with club athletes Alex Hains and Gareth Warburton.
The site also includes videos of Gareth's 800m at Loughborough and several others of interest to athletic fans.
To view these, click on the More button and follow the link.
Cardiff's British League and UK Women's League teams got the season off to a flying start in Cardiff yesterday, 5th June.
With welcome fine weather all day, the women won their match convincingly from Welsh rivals Swansea whilst the men's team, newly promoted to a higher division, finished a clear second, having led the competition for much of the day.
Pictured is athlete of the match Rhiannon Yates, winner of the long jump and second in the 100mB.
The club's British League and UK Women's League teams set out on this season's campaigns on Saturday next, 5th June.
As this is a home match in Cardiff, it would be good if as many members as possible came to cheer the senior men and women in this first round of 2010.
The first event is at 11am and the last relay is at 5.30pm and fine weather is forecast.
Please can any junior boys (under11, under 13 and under 15) who wish to compete in Newport next Sunday, 6th June, please contact Kay Chapman asap on 07749 716151 so they can be selected.
This is because boy's team manager Mark Muller will be unavailable for this match.
Next Sunday's match will be the third in this year's series and follows a very successful outing to Hereford on 22 May when the team cames first and heads the league.
Cardiff star Christian Malcolm was clocked at 10.15 in winning his semi final of the 100m at today's UK Inter Counties championships in Bedford.
Unfortunately, the wind speed was over the limit at 6.7 m/sec (yes, 6.7) but this should not detract from his performance.
UK Athletics' statistician and athletics expert Ian Hodge, who saw the race, believes that Christian is "80% back to his best form".
Cardiff AAC has been selected as one of only two Welsh clubs to benefit from a specialist advice programme being funded by Lucozade Sport, one of UK Athletics’ sponsors.
Matt Furber, a sports scientist specialising in nutrition and performance analysis, will be running a series of consultations over the next twelve months that can benefit the club’s athletes and coaches.
Cardiff were clear winners in the second round of the National Junior League, held at Leamington Spa yesterday, Sunday 23 May.
Boys' captain Tom Knight won both the 100m and the 200m while girls' captain Ayla Phillips competed in four events.