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Saturday 4th September the Senior Men's and Women's teams have their final fixtures of the season in the British Cup Finals at Barnet Copthall Stadium, Great North Way, LONDON, NW4 1PS. This is a separate men's team and women's team competition, both competitions are run side by side each team competes in 10 events each in a 100 minute long timetable.
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Sunday 5th September the U13, U15 & U17 teams have their final fixture of the season in the National Young Athletes Cup Final at Sportcity, Rowsley Street, MANCHESTER, M11 3FF. It had been the juniors main team goal for the 2010 season to qualify for the semi final where it had been expected that the team would finish a more than respectable 5th on the day. But this proved not to be the case with the team putting in an unexpected performance to qualify for the Cup Final against the 7 best junior clubs in the UK as a result of being the best placed 3rd team from the three UK regional finals. The team will be under no illusions of how tough the opposition will be in Manchester but the club is sure they will more than hold their own and do themselves proud again. Athletes will be contacted by their team manager if selected.
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Many groups will be having end of season breaks of varying lengths during September please check with your coach for precise start and finish dates. The new starter Primary groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5pm as well as the 7.30pm Thursday Comprehensive new starter group will restart training week commencing Monday October 4th. The Wednesday 6pm Welsh Athletics ADC Run, Jump Throw initiative open to all clubs will restart on Wednesday 22nd September.
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Below is a list of club rankings to 29th August 2010. Road Race rankings are also updated in the Endurance section in the menu.
U11 Girls & Boys
U13 Girls
U13 Boys
U15 Girls
U15 Boys
U17 Women
U17 Men
U20 Women
U20 Men
Overall Male Rankings.
David Greene ran a time of 48.26 for the 400m Hurdles his 2nd fastest ever in the final of the Diamond League in Brussels, BELGUIM on Friday 27th August to finish just behind Bershawn Jackson of the USA the race had the top 4 ranked 400m Hurdlers in the world competing. Yet another briliant performance from David, well done.
On Sunday the 15th of August the Welsh Masters Track & Field Championships were held in Cardiff. Congratulations to the following athletes: Hubert Daniels (M75) silver medals in the 100m and 200m; John Collins (M70) gold in the 3000m Walk; David Jones (M60) silver in the discus and bronze in the hammer; Helen Eve (W40) gold in the 100m and 200m; Jo Davis (W35) gold in Long Jump and silver in the javelin; Zane Maynard (M35) 4th in 400m.
On Sunday 22nd August was the Welsh Junior U13 to U20 Cup Final at Brecon the team finished a solid 3rd on the day with all present athletes competing really well. As with the Gerald Codd Trophy match unavailability of athletes made it difficult to challenge for the top spot with so many gaps in the team which is reflected in the points tables in the results.
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On Saturday 21st August the Senior Men's team put in an excellent team performance for their final league fixture of the season to avoid relegation from the British Men's League Division 3. The team won the match to finish 4th in the league.
League tables are now updated in the menu.
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Luke Jenkins wins the AAA (British) U15 80m Hurdles in Bedford on Sunday 22nd August in a legal time off 11.26 to add this to his AAA Indoor title, Welsh Schools Champion 2010, Welsh Athletics Champion 2010, Celtic Games Gold Medalist and beats his own club record yet again. This time takes Luke to Number 1 in the British Rankings and to 35th on the UK All Time Rankings list. Congratulations on yet another fine performance. There are entry standards to compete, other club members who qualified and competed were Alex Pavlou U15B 200m 5th in his heat, Josh Sansom U17M 400m Hurdles 7th in his final, Nina Prells U17W Discus 7th in the final and Atlanta Williams U17W 300m Hurdles 5th in the final in a PB of 45.98. Well done to all who did so well at such a high level of competition.
Congratulations and good luck to the following athletes who will compete in Gateshead for Welsh U17 Team for the UK School Games over the 3rd to 5th September; Atlanta Williams (Gwyr) 300m Hurdles, Nia Palla (Bishop Vaughan) Long Jump, Nina Prells (Bishopston) Discus, Josh Sansom (Cefn Hengoed) 400m Hurdles, Morgan Atkins (Bishopston) Pole Vault, Kieron Martin (Ffynone) Triple Jump and Evan Jenkins (St Michaels) 4 x 400m Relay.
SWANSEA HARRIERS ATHLETICS CLUB NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thursday September 23rd 2010 at 7.30pm
Venue - Club Cafe at King George V Playing Fields
Items to be considered for the Agenda should be sent to Kevin Corcoran (Secretary) by Thursday September 9th 2010 at 15 Heol Yr Eryr, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea, SA6 6SR or by e-mail to westglamleague@sky.com
Photo album updated with pictures of David Greene in Barcelona from Marian Williams.
Congratulations to the four Swansea Harriers members that were announced on Thursday 19th August as part of the Wales team to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi INDIA during October; David Greene 400m Hurdles, Phillipa Roles Discus, Chris Gowell 800m and Ashleigh Hellyer F32 Shot. This is the highest possible level in athletics that athletes can compete for Wales in. Once again congratulations from everyone at the club on this magnificent achievement and we wish them the best of luck.
Click here for an article on the history of Swansea Harriers at the Commonwealth Games.
On Sunday 15th August the U11, U13 & U15 team came 2nd to an excellent Pembrokeshire Harriers team performance at Haverfordwest in the Gerald Codd Trophy Match. Those athletes present competed well doubling or trebling up in events, but ultimately the number of unavailable athletes was the squads downfall. The team will be hoping for a greater number of competitors in Brecon for the Welsh Cup Final the following weekend.
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David Greene came 3rd in the Diamond League at Crystal Palace, London, on Friday 13th August. The race was won by Bershawn Jackson of the USA 48.12, 2nd was Javier Culson of Puerto Rico in 48.17 and David in 3rd setting a time of 49.09 against the best 400m Hurdlers in the world. Congratulations on a magnificent performance yet again.
Congratulations to David Greene who ran an incredible race in the final of the 400m Hurdles in the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, SPAIN on Saturday 31st July. David's time of 48.12 to win the
GOLD MEDAL was a personal best, club record, welsh record and takes David to joint 2nd on the all time UK Rankings with David Hemery and just behind Kriss Akabusi's 47.82. David was ranked number 1 in Europe going into the race and handled the pressure and expectations excellently executing a brilliant race. This is David and Swansea Harriers first GOLD medal in a major Senior Championships. Everyone at the club is extremely proud of David's achievement where he represented himself, his club, Wales and the UK with distinction. We look forward to seeing David try for another medal in the Commonwealth Games in October in Delhi, INDIA. Special mention also to Rhys Williams of Cardiff AC who also ran a personal best and world class time of 48.96 to make it a 1 2 for Wales congratulations to him too.
Congratulations to the following athletes who won medals at the Welsh 3000m track championships at Neath on 11th August. Iona Evans U15G Gold and Liam Lloyd U17M Gold. Liam achieved the honour of becoming the 100th different athlete to gain a Gold Award. This also meant that last year's record of 57 Awards was equalled. With 5 fixtures remaining of the season (Gerald Codd Trophy, Welsh Cup Final, Inter Region, Uk School Games and UK Young Athletes Final) a new record total is still possible.
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Congratulations to the 9 athletes from Swansea Harriers who competed for Wales in the Celtic Games in Dublin on 7th August, all athletes performed excellently, nearly all achieving personal bests and or Gold Awards: U16B Luke Jenkins 80m Hurdles & 4 x 100m Relay & Alex Pavlou 200m & 4 x 100m Relay; U18M Josh Sansom 400m Hurdles, Kieron Martin Triple Jump, Evan Jenkins 4 x 400m Relay and Scott Phillips Javelin; U18W Naomi James Pole Vault, Nina Prells Discus and Toni Wells Hammer.
Click here for the provisional results. Special mentions to Luke Jenkins and Josh Sansom who won their events. The U18W Pole Vault results appears to be missing but we can confirm Naomi won this too with a leap of 3.20m.
On Sunday 1st August the U13, U15 & U17 team competed in the Midlands UK Regional final at Alexander Stadium Birmingham. It had been the juniors main team goal for the 2010 season to qualify for this match. It had been expected that the team would finish a more than respectable 5th on the day. But this proved not to be the case with the team putting in an unbelievable and completely unexpected performance to finish 3rd!! This now qualifies them for the UK Cup final in Sport City Manchester on Sunday 5th September against the 7 best junior clubs in the UK as a result of being the best placed 3rd team from the three UK regional finals. Maybe David Greene's run was the inspiration the night before with all athletes willing to have a go to fill in any gaps in the team, numerous personal bests and several club records too. Special mentions to Hannah Brier for setting a new club record in the U13G 70m Hurdles with a time of 11.30 to beat Anna Leyshons time of 11.5 set in 1992 and also until offically ratified we belive Hannah's time of 18.80 for the U13G 150m is a UK All TIme Record for the event, Luke Jenkins U15B 80m Hurdles club record of 11.49 to beat Berian Davies time of 11.6 set in 1987 and to Luke Jenkins, Joseph Thomas, Rhys Gealy & Alex Pavlou with a time of 48.18 to beat the club record with of 48.19 set in 1989. The team will be under no illusions of how tough the opposition will be in Manchester but the club is sure they will more than hold their own and do themselves proud again.
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Saturday 31st July also saw the Senior Women's team in their final league fixture at Deeside. The match went very well again with the team finishing 3rd on the day retaining their place in the league, just missing out on promotion.
Click here for the results. Both Men's and Women's league tables are now updated in the menu.
On Saturday 31st July the Senior Men had their 3rd fixture in Division 3 of the British Men's League at Winchester. The team had a very good result to finish 4th on the day and edge out of the relegation zone into 6th place in the league.
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On Wednesday 28th July was the final fixture of the Swansea V Neath V Llanelli U11 & U13 Triangular Match at Swansea. Congratulations to all those who took part. Special mention to Elissa Ratti who set a club best in the U11G 800m with a time of 2.47.3 breaking the old club best of 2.50.9 set by Katherine Jones back in 1996. Swansea won all three of the fixtures. League points and table now updated in the menu.
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David Greene runs a time of 49.48 to win the Semi Final of the 400m Hurdles in the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, SPAIN on Thursday 29th July. It was another impressive performance to qualify him for Saturdays Final at 7.10pm (British Time). If he can run to form David has the chance of doing very well in the final. Everbody at the club wishes David all the best of luck, you can watch him live on the BBC or Eurosport.
In very wet conditions was the ‘Relays Night’ on Tuesday 20th July. Many thanks to all the teams who took part and officials who helped on the night to raise £60 for the clubs 50th Anniversary in 2012. There were may exciting races with some interesting results. Full results will be available here soon.
Congratulations to the following athletes who represented Wales in the British Schools International against England, Scotland and Ireland on Saturday 17th July at Glasgow; Evan Jenkins 400m & 4 x 400m Relay, Liam Lloyd 3000m, Kimberley Davies 80m Hurdles, Josh Sansom 400m Hurdles, Atlanta Williams 300m Hurdles, Emily Morris High Jump, Morgan Atkins Pole Vault, Nia Palla Long Jump, Rhys Williams Triple Jump, Kieron Martin Triple Jump, Sophie Lane Triple Jump, Nina Prells Discus, and Scott Phillips Javelin. To have 13 athletes selected from one club is a magnificent achievement and all the athletes performed excellently.
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On Sunday 18th July the U13, U15 & U17 National Young Athletes team put in another magnificent performance at Yate to win the final fixture and therefore achieving the teams goal of qualifying for the UK Regional Final on Sunday 1st August at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Special mentions to Luke Jenkins who ran 11.5 for the U15B 80m Hurdles but again there was no wind reading and won't count as a new club record, Hannah Brier who equaled Kenisha Allen's U13G League Record for 75m with a time of 9.5 set in 2009 and the U13G 4 x 100 of Jessica Merrick, Hannah Brier, Ellie Coates & Ffion Wake broke their own League Record of 52.1 with a time of 51.7 just 0.1 off their own All Time UK record. Many thanks to all those who represented the team this season, all the team managers and to all the officials that helped at the fixtures a great all round team effort. League tables will be updated once the results are in from the other 2 fixtures in the league.
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On Saturday 17th July Swansea Harriers U17, U20 & Senior Team retained the title of combined overall Welsh League Champions, the Women's team won the ladies section and the Men's team came 2nd. Congratulations to all those who participated for the team this season, to all the team managers for the endless phone calls and to all the clubs officials. Special mention to Lyndsey Maund who broke her own club record with a jump of 3.80m in the Women's Pole Vault. League tables are now updated in Recent Results in the menu.
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On Wednesday 14th July was the West Glamorgan V Dyfed Primary Schools Athletics Final at Swansea University. This should have been an outdoor event but started outdoors went indoors due to a excessive wind and rain and then outdoors again when the weather cleared. Congratulations to West Glamorgan who won the fixture.
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Full results are now available for the final Welsh Junior League Louise Arthur Division at Barry on 11th July.
Click here for the AMENDED full results NOW INCLUDING THE BOYS FROM DIVISION 1. There were many fine performances, but special mentions to Hannah Brier who set a new league record in the U13G 70m Hurdles with a time of 11.2, unfortunately this will not be recognised as a club record too, as there was no wind reading never the less this takes Hannah to number 1 in the UK rankings for hurdles as well as the 100m and 200m where she is already ranked number 1. Her time of 12.6 would also beat her own club record in the 100m but again there was no wind reading so will not count. But her part played in the U13G 4 x 100m relay will count where the quartet of Jessica Merrick, Hannah Brier, Ellie Coates and Ffion Wake equaled their own All Time UK record for the 4 x 100m with a time of 51.6 this was a new league record too, congratulations on another exceptional performance. The final league table has been updated in the menu. Pembrokeshire & Amman Valley are relegated from Division 1 and Brecon as Champions and Llanelli are promoted from Division 2.
On Monday 5th July were the West Glamorgan Primary Schools Athletics County final at Swansea University. Many thanks to all those who helped run the event especially to all the U17 & U20 athletes who had their first go at officiating as their exams were over. Results will form the basis of selection for the West Glamorgan V Dyfed Primary Schools Championships to be held at Swansea University at 5.15pm on Wednesday 14th July.
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Congratulations to the following U17 athletes from Swansea Harriers who have been selected to represent Wales for the Welsh Schools team in the British Schools International at Glasgow on Saturday 17th July. They will compete against Northern Ireland, Scotland and England;
Evan Jenkins 400m & 4 x 400m Relay, Liam Lloyd 3000m, Kimberley Davies 80m Hurdles, Josh Sansom 400m Hurdles, Atlanta Williams 300m Hurdles, Emily Morris High Jump, Morgan Atkins Pole Vault, Nia Palla Long Jump, Rhys Williams Triple Jump, Kieron Martin Triple Jump. Sophie Lane Triple Jump, Nina Prells Discus, and Scott Phillips Javelin. To have 13 athletes selected from one club is a magnificent achievement, good luck to them all.
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GOLD AWARDS UPDATE: 15 award performances were recorded at the Welsh Schools on Saturday of which 5 were new for the season. The total for 2010 is therefore 49 just 8 short of 2009's record of 57. These 49 have been gained by 24 different athletes. Since the 2003 season when the Gold Awards were introduced 1053 performances have been achieved by club members when competing for the club with a total of 300 awards in total being won by 96 different athletes. The 300th award was secured by Kieran Martin on Saturday in the Middle Boys Triple Jump when setting a new PB. It will be interesting too see if we can make it to the Century of different athletes this season.
Click here for the Gold Awards to 3rd July 2010.
Click here for the Gold Awards Matrix.
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