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Cardiff Athletics T&F Teams Monday 1 July 2019

In the last week of June Cardiff Athletics teams were out in force at different venues and age groups.

YDL (Lower Age groups) Yate 23rd June

Our YDL team U15/U13 had a tough match finishing 4th of 6 teams. Cardiff team finished 4th after 3 matches. Results showed we lost points due to lack of officials, and was weak in field events. On the track, team scored more points than the other teams. A new club record was broken by the girls in the 4x300 with 2.58.60 breaking the current record (2016) by 0.10 tenths of a second. Club records are not easily broken. Team: Jemima Robinson: Francesca Morgan: Sophie Evans: Evie Watkins, well done girls, and to ALL who took part in Cardiff team.

Great Britain Teams Wednesday 26 June 2019

British Athletics announced the U23 Great Britain team today. Congratulations to all Cardiff athletes in both U23/U20 teams.

Cardiff Athletics U23 members of Great Britain team are:-

Jake Heyward 1500m coach James Thie

Jake Smith 10,000m coach James Thie

European U23 Championships to be held in Gavle, Sweden from 11th to 14th July.

Cardiff Athletics U20 members of the Great Britain team are:-

Jeremiah Azu 100m coach Helen James

Sara Omoregie Shot Putt coach Gareth Lease

European U20 Championships to be held in Boras, Sweden from 18th to 21st July.

Welsh Senior League 3 Tuesday 25 June 2019

The third Welsh SL match took place on 22nd June at the excellent Aberdare location, after being without a track for 5 years the new facility at Aberdare has already seen a lot of competions in 2019.

The Welsh SL offers competition for all age groups, and giving athletes the chance to take part in other events than their main one. Paul Edwards has been the driving force over the last few seasons in encouraging athletes to take part. He always takes part and has encouraged many of our Masters athletes to enjoy an enjoyable athletics experience.The picture shows some of our Masters who competed at Aberdare. Paul Edwards number 457. Michael Farrell (club treasurer) 435. Sharon Whyte 488. Rhian Edwards 462, Gail Gaskin no number.

Funeral Arrangements Monday 24 June 2019

TONY CLEMO FUNERAL SERVICE TAKES PLACE AT LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL ON MONDAY, 15th JULY AT 1.00PM.

FOLLOWED BY BURIAL AT THORNHILL CEMETERY.

As previously reported, Tony passed away on Tuesday June 18th aged 78.

Welsh Junior Championships 2019 Friday 21 June 2019

The WJC were held in Wrexham last Saturday and Sunday. The weather dry and breezy. Sunday sun, and some rain showers with a strong breeze against runners running into finish line. There was a huge amount of tree pollen being blown off the trees onto the track, making it look like snow it so thick on the grass. The journey from South Wales (by road), to Wrexham is not an easy drive, athletes who stayed over night before their events, had advantage over those who didn't, or could not.

Cardiff Athletics athletes won 40 medals in all age groups i.e. U13/U15/U17/U20 male and female. Analysing where medals were won showed, Endurance 16, Field 14 and Sprints 10.

British Athletics League Tuesday 18 June 2019

Match 2 took place in London, unfortunately Andrew Seary TM was not available. Helen James and Bernie Plain helped to managed team on day. Another weak team peformance on top of Match 1, has left team in a difficult position. In analysing team results, track points scored 125pts and Field points scored 80pts. Results show top 10 best match performances. Brett Morse was 5th iwith Discus throw of 59.02m. Team points were lost having no 'B' strings in 5 events. The team picked up good points in 800m 'A' Joe Reid 1st and 'B' David Lock 4th. 1500m 'A' Rowan Axe 1st and 'B' Kyran Roberts 3rd. In 100m 'A' Jeremiah Azu 4th and Makoye Kampengele 'B' 3rd. Field events best points were in Javelin with 'A' Richard Dangerfield 3rd and Arron Thomas 'B' 4th. Discus 'A' Brett Morse 2nd and 'B' Matthew Curtis 5th. Matthew Curtis competed in 4 events to earn points for team. To all athletes who competed for club team, thank you. Team scores are below. Individual team members peformances, are on Pof 10, use Links in left column.

Tony Clemo Tuesday 18 June 2019

This is Clive Williams obituary of Tony Clemo.

Tony (a Birchgrove Harrier) was a highly competent 800m runner, with a pb of 1.54 gaining serveral Welsh vests.

He was a regular attendee at the Welsh Hall of Fame dinners, including the last such celebration, last autumn.

Photo of Tony No 6, RAF v Wales Indoor International at St Athan 1962.

Tony was known in the wider community as a former owner and chairman of Cardiff City AFC 1989 - 1992.

See full obituary below:-

Queen's Birthday Honours Tuesday 11 June 2019

Yesterday, Welsh Athletics under their News column they omitted to include two former members of our club.

Nigel Walker 0BE. Nigel was honoured for his service to Elite Sport. Nigel born in Cardiff 15th June 1963. Nigel was a member of our club for many years, and team captain of our BAL team. Nigel had a great athletic career, he started in Llanrumney HS. He combined Rugby in winter & Athletics in summer. Nigels main events was 110mH & 60mH, and Sprinting. A regular in GB international teams appearing in Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984 SF 110mH. European Indoor Championships in Greece 1985 5th 60mH. European Championships 1986 West Germany 110mH 4th 13.52. 1987 his peak year winning Bronze medal in 60H at the 1987 European Indoor Championships in France 60mH 7.65. World Indoor Championships Indianapolis USA with Bronze medal in 60mH 7.66. Nigel continued at international level up to 1992. Nigel then returned to rugby, Cardiff RFC first then went on to gaining 17 International caps for Wales, where his sprinting ability helped him to score trys. Nigel worked first in Welsh Office, then moved into UK Sport Bodies, now he is National Director at the English Institute of Sport.

UKWAL Premier League Monday 10 June 2019

Cardiff senior ladies team in Match 1 of the 2019 season, was held in Leigh, Manchester, yesterday. On the team's debut in the Premier League for the first time, finished in a creditable 4th place of the 8 competing teams. A new club record 3.40.94 was set by the 4x400m relay team (2nd) taking nearly 5secs off the old record set in 2013. Team manager Sharon Thor Heveran was full of praise for the teams performance in Manchester. Rhiannon Linnington-Payne after missing the whole of last summer with injury, in the 400m (2nd) achieved 54.53 pb. Sara Omoregie 2nd in SP with 14.81 that gave her 4th place in match top 10 best performances.

Youth Development League U17/20 Wednesday 5 June 2019

There has been two League meeting this season. First meeting was at Swansea where a depleted team, managed to finish third. The second meeting at Exeter, again with a depleted team still finished third. All teams in these age are affected by U20 athletes not being available due to being away at University. Debbie Bull Team Manager, managed the team in getting good team results. The star of the first 2 meetings has been U17W Bree Cronin, who improved her 2018 best Discus throw of 33.09 to 40.45 breaking a long standing club record. Bree also moved to 2nd place in Pof10 UK ranking list.

At Exeter Bree improved her Discus throw to 41.79 breaking her own club record, and keeping 2nd place in UK ranking list. Photo Bree Cronin winner of Gold medal at 2019 Welsh Indoor Championships in U17W Shot Putt.