Results Round Up

This week we have results to round up for you from Celle Ligure Italy, Stretford, Cardiff, Bedford, Magor and Glasgow.

Thursday 16th July Joseph Brier runs a 46.43 for 400m in Celle Ligure, Italy to place 4th, well done Joseph!

Tuesday 21st July Connor Rogers runs an 8.29.11 for 3000m at Stretford, well done Connor!

Wednesday 22nd July was round 3 of 3 in the SSAFA 5km Series in Cardiff, where our sole competitor was Geraint Williams in 8th spot with a time of 15.50, well done Geraint!

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July were the England Athletics U16 & U18 Age Group and Junior Para Championships at Bedford. To enter athletes have to attain some tough qualifying standards, where every single on of them came away with a medal, U18W Evie Cooper had a fantastic throw in the Hammer of 58.94m to take GOLD, U18W Millie Pierce also took a fantastic GOLD in the 2000m Steeplechase with a 6.56.18 in this mixed age group race where U16G Isabelle Lawley took a super SILVER with a 7.44.89, U16B Oliver Cobbold took 3000m BRONZE with a time of 9.08.02, U15G Sienna Allen-Chaplin T/F36 Para came home with 3 GOLD medals in the Long Jump 2.97m, Shot 4.87m & 100m with a 16.69. Congratulations all on such a great set of results against the best juniors in the UK!

Sunday 26th July was the Magor 10km at Caldicot where we had two runners M70 Alan Davies ran a 38.54 for 56th overall and 1st in his masters age group, yes you read that correctly, Alan is 73 years old and comfortably breaking 40 minutes for 10km! W45 Lois Woodward was 139th overall and 3rd in her masters age category in 45.16, well done both!

Tuesday 29th July saw Harrison Walsh not only captain Wales in the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, but place a magnificent 5th in Men’s F44 Discus throwing a season best of 54.33m. Everyone is immensely proud of Harrison and his achievements, you can read more about him here. How come he didn’t get the bronze medal, despite having the third longest throw of the competition you may ask? This is because in para athletics, Raza Points are a scoring system used to compare performances by athletes in different disability classifications. Instead of comparing only raw times, distances, or heights, the performance is converted into a points score that accounts for the athlete’s classification.