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Fifth for Brett Friday 1 August 2014

Cardiff's Brett Morse just missed out on a medal, finishing in fifth place at the Commonwealth Games yesterday, 31st July.

Competing in awful conditions (cold with continuous heavy rain), Brett was in fourth place after four rounds with a throw of 60.48m but slipped to fifth at the end.

Brett will be disappointed not to have clinched a medal but should be satisfied with his performance in the conditions.

Decathletes excel Tuesday 29 July 2014

Cardiff's Curtis Mathews, along with David Guest, completed their decathlons in style at the Commonwealth Games today.

Curtis produced no less than six individual event personal bests (100m, shot put, 110mH, discus, pole vault and javelin) on the way to his best ever total score of 7,422 points while David produced a season's best score of 7,516 which included a personal best discus throw of 51.93m.

Juniors pull it off Monday 28 July 2014

Cardiff's UK Youth Development League (upper age group) showed what it was capable of in Plymouth yesterday, Sunday 27th July, by coming second in the final round of this year's series and securing its position again in next year's Midlands Premier Division.

Bronze for David Friday 25 July 2014

Cardiff's David Omoregie returns home from the World Junior Championships with a bronze medal in the 110m hurdles.

In an enthralling final, Frenchman Wilhem Belocian displayed superior hurdling skills to win in a new junior world record time of 12.99 seconds, with Jamaican Tyler Mason second in a personal best time of 13.06 and David third in 13.35.

A medal in his first world championship is a great performance by David.

Juniors retain position Wednesday 23 July 2014

Cardiff's UK Development League (lower age group) finished its season at Rugby on Saturday last, 19th July, once again finishing in fourth place on the day and fourth over the series.

With several good performances, the team maintains its place in the Midlands Premier Division and will be hoping for a stronger result next year.

Ryan goes top Saturday 19 July 2014

Cardiff's Ryan James got the Welsh team off to a great start in the SIAB Schools international held at Cardiff International Sports Stadium today by winning the opening track event, the 400m hurdles.

In a very close, fighting finish Ryan was timed at a superb 53.45 which not only smashed his personal best by over two seconds but saw him shoot up the UK under 17 rankings from seventh to first place.

Tribute to Christian Thursday 17 July 2014

Cardiff’s Christian Malcolm finally hung up his spikes at the Welsh Athletics International on Wednesday evening, 15^th July, running his favourite first leg of the Welsh team’s 4 x 100m relay.

His final appearance, at the Cardiff International Stadium, was greeted warmly by appreciative spectators and fellow athletes and his speech afterwards was received with a prolonged applause.

Christian has certainly been Wales most successful ever sprinter and his tally of medals and appearances at major championships speaks for itself.

Euro disappointments Wednesday 16 July 2014

Despite believing that they had done enough to warrant selection, neither Brett Morse nor Rhys Williams has been included in the Great Britain team for the European Championships to be held in Zurich in August.

Brett had achieved the qualifying distance of 63m in the discus at a specially arranged competition in Cardiff on Saturday but the selectors apparently decided that the competition did not have the appropriate permit and that Brett's performance could not count.

Rhys's situation was different as, although he had achieved the qualifying time in the 400m hurdles, he had missed out on first or second place at the official trials (which would have given him an automatic place in the team). The selectors opted to give the third place in the team to Swansea's Dai Greene.

Juniors in final Wednesday 16 July 2014

Cardiff's Welsh Junior League team has, once again, qualified for the Welsh Final to be held in Brecon on 17th August by finishing in overall second place in the East division.

At the fourth and final round of the series, held in Newport on Sunday last, 14th July, the under 15 boys and girls both won, with the boys taking the league title overall.

Weekend action Monday 14 July 2014

Ciaran Lewis's Great Britain debut saw him finish 16th out of 45 at the European junior mountain running championships in Gap, France on Saturday last, 12th July. Ciaran was the third finishing British runner and reversed the position in the trial when North Walian Iolo Highes had finished ahead of him.

The British team finished in fourth place, just out of the medals but a big improvement on the previous year's seventh.