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Key job for James Friday 25 April 2014

Cardiff's James Williams has landed a key position within Welsh Athletics as he was today announced as the new Head of Operations with wide ranging reponsibilities.

Chief Executive Officer, Matt Newman, said: “James was the outstanding candidate at interview and we are all looking forward to him joining the leadership team".

This new position has been created as part of a reorganisation of the top level administration and gives James responsibility for the overall administration of athletics' governing body in Wales, reporting directly to the chief executive.

Entry deadlines Thursday 24 April 2014

This is a reminder to let everyone know that the deadline for entries to the Regional Track & Field championships (to be held in Cardiff on Saturday 24th May) is the week after next on Thursday 8th May. Late entries will not be accepted so make sure that your entry gets in on time.

The deadline for the Welsh Senior Championships (Cardiff on 31 May and 1st June) is 15th May, for the U17 & U20 championships (Wrexham on 14th June) it is 29th May and for the U13 & U15 championships (Swansea on 3rd August) it is 17th July.

These dates will come around quickly.

Welcome to Brett and Ryan Tuesday 22 April 2014

Cardiff AAC is delighted to welcome leading British throwers Brett Morse and Ryan Spencer-Jones as members.

For Brett, who was brought up in Penarth, it is a home-coming of course as he joined Cardiff as a junior and was an important member of the Young Athletes League team. After spending a few years with premiership club Birchfeld Harriers, Brett has decided to re-join his home club and everyone is delighted to see him back.

Ryan is a Welsh Athletics Network officer and spends a great deal of his time helping Cardiff AAC with its future development. He has played a key role in the creation and launch of the Cardiff Athletics Academy and felt that it was a logical move to join the club as a competitor.

Another track season Wednesday 16 April 2014

With a welcome improvement in the weather, another track and field season is about to start.

The season will kick off in Cwmbran a week Saturday (26th) with the first round of the Welsh Junior League and, the following day (Sunday 27th), the older age group team of the UK National Development League travels to Stoke.

Fixtures then come thick and fast with the younger UK Development league on 3rd May, the Welsh Senior League on 4th May and then, on Saturday 10th May, Cardiff will host the first rounds of the British Athletic League and the UK Women's League.

Mini marathon champs Sunday 13 April 2014

Cardiff's John Cove produced a superb performance in today's London Mini Marathon to place 6th out of 275 finishers and help his Welsh team to equal first place in the British Athletics Under 17 Road Championships. Close behind in the scoring team was Ciaran Lewis in 22nd and Nick Jones was 64th.

Other excellent performances came from Jake Heyward who was 13th in the under 15 boys' race and Abi Fisher who was 22nd in the under 13 girls' race.

Fastest relay leg for Ieuan Sunday 6 April 2014

Cardiff's Ieuan Thomas (pictured on the left) produced the equal fastest long leg of the day at the National 12 stage road relay championships held at Sutton Park, Solihull, yesterday.

Running the first leg, Ieuan brought the Cardiff team home to the first hand-over in first place alongside Andrew Butchart of Central AC, both athletes being timed at 24:20.

On the short legs, Tom Marshall ran the 13th fastest and Mike Ward the 18th.

Commonwealth qualifier Sunday 6 April 2014

Cardiff's Adam Bitchell set a personal best time of 28:50.43 for the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational meet in California on Friday last, 4th April.

This time gives him the Welsh A qualifying standard set for this year's Commonwealth Games by a long way, the standard having been set at 29 minutes.

Adam is studying at New Mexico University and is coached by World Masters indoor triple champion James Thie.

Mini Marathon challenge Friday 4 April 2014

Fourteen Cardiff athletes have been chosen by Welsh Schools to take part in the Virgin mini-marathon in London on 13th April.

The mini marathon is the curtain raiser held over the final three miles of the official London Marathon course, finishing in front of the VIP stands in The Mall. Olympic champion Mo Farah, making his debut in the Marathon itself, is himself a former winner of the mini-marathon.

Triple world champion Monday 31 March 2014

Cardiff's former club captain and British international athlete James Thie (35) travelled to Budapest last week for the World masters indoor championships and returned home after winning an astonishing three gold medals.

James' gold rush started last Thursday (27th) with victory in the M35 3000m in a time of 8:20.84. He returned the following day to win the M35 800m with 1:53.56. On Saturday, James won his heat of the M35 1500 to qualify for the final on Sunday when he clinched his third gold medal.

What a performance. Well done James.

David clinches scholarship Tuesday 25 March 2014

Things keep getting better for Cardiff's rising star David Omoregie.

David's performances and potential have caught the eyes of the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund trustees and he has been selected as one of the first five recipients of the Jean Pickering Olympic Scholarships which were established to support athletes in their progress to Rio 2016.