Results Round Up

This week we have results to round up for you from Gravesend, Stratford, Neath, Brecon, Yate, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Cardiff, Gateshead & Pembrey….

Belated congratulations to M35 Craig Jones who set a time of 35.48 for 10km at Cheltenham back on Sunday 13th June where he was joined by M50 Simon Brewer who finished in a time of 39.00, well done both!

Ifan Lloyd competed in the British Masters trail race championship at the North Downs 30km Trail Run , Gravesend back on Sunday 27th June. This was after running 10:00.84 for 3000m on the track in Newport the day before! He finished 13th overall in 2h8m06s out of over 508 starters,  placing 1st in the M60+ category (margin of  20mins) and  therefore 1st BMAF championships VM60-64 category.

Wednesday 30th June at Stratford, London SM Lemarl Freckleton set a lifetime best of 10.70 for the 100m, well done Lemarl!

Saturday 3rd July was a scaled down Welsh School Athletics Association Championships this year due to Covid 19. Only the U17 were included as this age groups performances progress to selection for the U17 British Schools International V England V Scotland V Ireland on 25th September at Derby. The event winners were guaranteed selection, with the second spot in each discipline being selected on Wednesday September 8th based, so plenty of time to get yourself back in the mix for selection if you missed out on Saturday. On 3rd July the Shot, Discus & Hammer were held at Neath with all other disciplines at Brecon.  Seven Swansea Harriers won their events and now become Welsh Internationals, congratulations to Ruby Jones Hammer; Lucy Harris Discus, Chloe Jones Javelin, William Trott Pole Vault, Dylan Morgan Triple Jump, Megan Gwyther 80m Hurdles & Tiffany Rees 800m! Here is how they all got on:

Dylan Morgan 22.55 200m for 2nd & 12.00m Triple Jump for the win! Josh Kenny 24.11 200m for 5th; Tom Attwood 2:14.66800m for 6th; Tiffany Rees 2:36.78 800m for the win!Ella Davies 5:09.57 1500m for 2nd; Mai Davies 5:13.97 1500m for 3rd; Megan Gwyther 12.01 80m Hurdles for the win! Aled Tumelty 4:56.55 1500m Steeplechase for 2nd; Samuel Davies 1.70m High Jump for 3rd; Joseph Beresford 1.60m High Jump for 4th; William Trott 4.11m Pole Vault for the win! Harry Newton 3.61m Pole Vault for 2nd; Dafydd King 3.51m Pole Vault for 3rd; Joseff Lewis 3.31m Pole Vault for 4th; Millie Carter 3.11m Pole Vault for 2nd; Sarah Lyons 4.90m Long Jump for 2nd; Lucy Harris 31.97m Discus for the win! Ruby Jones 42.15m Hammer for the win! Emilia Evans 22.79m Hammer for 6th; Macsen Holland 42.89m Javelin for 2nd and Chloe Jones 37.33m Javelin for the win!

Sunday 4th July was the Welsh Athletics 5km Road Race at Pembrey Country Park where the club had 19 members in action, congratulations to all those who took part. In the Men’s A race Joshua Griffiths had a fine win in 14.26 followed home by 2nd Dewi Griffiths 14.40; 15th Geraint Williams 15.51; 17th Craig Jones in 15.55; 19th Matthew Harvey in 16.09 and 21st Tom Attwood 16.26. In the Men’s B race first home for the club was 14th Ifan Lloyd 16.56; 21st Edward Cullen 17.18 and 31st Daniel Morgan 18.31. We had 3 finishers in the Mens C race with first home for us 3rd Simon Brewer 17:56; 6th Thomas Guest 18.08 and 11th Steve Smith 18.50. There was just the one race for the Women with a fine win for Caryl Edwards in a time of 16.54 followed home by 6th Helen-Marie Davies 19.10; 7th Llinos Jones 19.23; 12th Chloe Hartley-Green 20.08; 14th Sophie Hartley-Green 20.28; 18th Julie Hartley-Green 21.42 and 20th Jenny Mcadie 22.33


Saturday 3rd July
was round two of four in the Senior Men & Women National Athletics League held at Yate. It was a very successful day for the team who came away with the win in their area! 1st Swansea Harriers AC 359.1 points, 2nd Bristol & West AC 350.9; 3rd Cardiff Athletics 320.7; 4th Yate & District AC 258.0 & 5th Yeovil Olympiads AC 147.5 points, after all four area results are combined you can Click here for the league table. This year only, clubs face the same opposition each round according to geography rather than all other 15 club, scoring is based on performance tables across the league rather than athlete positions at each match. Standings convert to round points – 16 down to 1 for each division – in order to ascertain overall league positions. No promotion or relegation will take place this season either. Our thanks to all the team managers for pulling the teams together and to the clubs officials who made the day possible, here are how the super squads got on:

Men: Daniel Beadsley 21.27 200m; Steffan Jones 22.15 200m & 48.17 400m;  Kieron White 53.48 400m & 2.18.71 800m; Paul Tobin 2.28.74 800m & 4.05.88 1500m; Brychan Price-Davies 4.11.17 1500m & 9.53.88 3000m Steeplechase; Guy Smith 14.42.98 5000m; Jack Houghton 56.24 400m Hurdles & 16.10 110m Hurdles & 6.26m Long Jump & 11.76m Triple Jump; Nathan Phillips 63.76 400m Hurdles; Ceirion Hopkins 6.76m Long Jump; Addam Bowling 1.71m High Jump; Thomas Walley 4.51m Pole Vault; Glyn Price 3.81m Pole Vault & 14.39m Discus & 14.63m Hammer; Patrick Swan 17.43m Shot; Connor Swan 9.68m Shot; David Jones 9.44m Hammer; Aaron Morgan 57.14m Javelin; Nathan James 53.06m Javelin; Jack HOUGHTON Kieron WHITE Daniel BEADSLEY Nathan PHILLIPS 4 x 400m 3.37.42.

Women: Macey Morris 12.67 100m; Emily Collins 14.96 100m & 97.01 400m Hurdles & 33.32m Hammer; Olivia Caesar 25.22 200m & 57.35 400m; Gabrielle Fakande 26.01 200m; Millie Fakande 61.79 400m; Bronwen Stratton-Thomas 5.11.39 1500m; Kate Roberts 10.08.81 3000m; Caryl Granville 57.89 400m Hurdles & 13.61 100m Hurdles; Lauryn Davey 14.84 100m Hurdles & 5.57m Long Jump & 11.31m Shot & 30.68m Javelin; Emily Thomas 6.14m Long Jump; Charlotte Campion 10.18m Triple Jump; Carys Jones 3.61m Pole Vault; Jamie Holland 11.33m Shot & 16.55m Discus; Cassey Grimwade 41.08m Hammer & 31.27m Javelin and Macey MORRIS (U20) Carys JONES Charlotte CAMPION Caryl GRANVILLE 50.61 4 x 100m and Emily COLLINS (U20) Macey MORRIS (U20) Olivia CAESAR Caryl GRANVILLE 4.13.03 4 x 400m.

Wednesday 7th July was the Cheltenham Harriers open meeting where we had the two members in action; SW Carys Jones in the 100m rather than her usual pole vault recording a time of 12.9 and U15B Lewie Jones threw a 53.37m Javelin, well done both!

Saturday 10th July was the Welsh Athletics U11 Run Jump Throw open meeting where our U11 all stars had their first event of 2021, and in most cases their first event for the club ever! There top draw performances included:

U11G Mia Rabaiotti 12.91 75m & 2.21.61 600m & 2.37m Long Jump; Millie Jayham 12.93 75m; Aimee Besley 13.19 75m & 2.38.77 600m; Rutendo Chasweka 12.38 75m & 24.78 150m; Luisa Rabaiotti 12.92 75m & 25.83 150m & 3.68m Shot; Megan Pyke 13.33 75m & 2.28m Long Jump; Alice Caldwell 25.72 150m & 2.58m Long Jump; Hannah Sullivan 27.26 150m; Georgie-Bo Davies 24.55 150m & 1.58.56 600m & 3.12m Long Jump and Hannah Hartley-Green 26.76 150m & 2.08.43 600m & 2.49m Long Jump.

U11B Ellis Bennett 12.42 75m & 2.32.55 600m; Tiaan Rees 13.58 75m & 28.80 150m & 2.41m Long Jump; Ben Martin 29.23 150m & 2.40m Long Jump; Jack Martin 26.57 150m & 2.10.35 600m & 2.67m Long Jump; Dylan Giles 2.20.57 600m & 2.90m Long Jump; Michael Powell 2.26.41 600m & 2.18m Long Jump & 3.29m Shot and Roux Kennedy 2.09.55 600m & 2.74m Long Jump & 5.49m Shot.

Sunday 11th July was day 2 of the Welsh Athletics open meeting this time for the older age groups of U15 to Seniors where there was a limited event programme, below is how they all got on:

100m; U17M Dylan Morgan 11.24;  SM Kelvin Tannor 11.72; U17M Josh Kenny 11.77; U17M Oscar Goodwin-Thomas 12.67; U15G Ffion Clarke 13.07; SW Millie Fakande 13.08;  U13B Ruairi Harris 13.53; U17M Jacob Dowling 13.70; U13B Henry Payne 14.12; U15G Olivia Mackey 14.13; U13B Harry Morris 14.29; M60 Roderick Davies 14.47; U15G Liane Do Rouys 14.52; U13G Martha Caldwell 14.57; U13B Jack Edwards 14.61; U13G Caitlin Morris 14.86; U13B Theo Santimano 15.41; U13G Millie Bennett 16.15 and U13B Osian Davies 16.23.

200m: U20M Charlie Holland 23.59; SM Daniel Knuckle 24.13; U17M Evan Cole 25.06; SW Caryl Granville 25.12; SW Gabrielle Fakande 26.02; SW Jodi Beynon 26.60; U15G Ffion Clarke 27.22; U13B Ruairi Harris 30.21; M60 Roderick Davies 30.54; U15G Cari Adams 31.18; U15G Chloe Lewis 32.22; U13G  Theo Santimano 32.89 and U13G Imogen McAdie 33.30.

High Jump: U20M Addam Bowling 1.75m; U17M  Samuel Davies 1.65m; U17M Joseph Beresford 1.60m; U15G Matilda Quick 1.58m; U15G Olivia Mackey 1.40m; U15G Liane Do Rouys 1.35m and U13G Martha Caldwell 1.25m.

Pole Vault: U17W Millie Carter 3.23m; U17M Dafydd King 3.13m; U20M Noah Osborne 3.13m; U17M Harry Newton 3.03m; U15G Amy Beynon 2.73m; U15B Charlie Shuall 2.53m; U15B Theo Oshisanya 2.33m and U15B Louis Shuall 2.13m.

Long Jump: U17M Dylan Morgan 5.81m;  U15B Drew Dodd 5.31m; U17W Sarah Lyons 5.01m; SW Charlotte Campion 4.69m; U15G Bethan Holley 4.55m; U17W Jessica Wilcock 4.48m; U15G Sophie Taylor 4.33m and U15G Ella-May Thomas 4.25m.

Shot: SW Jodi Beynon 11.20m.

Sunday 11th July was the Chepstow racecourse 10km & Half Marathon where we had one runner in each, M40 Daniel Otteson had a great run to finish a super second in a lifetime best of 80.41 over the half marathon and M35 Mark Rabaiotti matched this with a podium sport too in 2nd and in a lifetime best for 10km in 35.50, well done both!

Tuesday 13th July saw Joseph Brier finish 2nd in the 400m at The Diamond League at Gateshead in a time of 46.34! What a week it has been for Joseph too as he has been named as a traveling reserve for the 400m & 4 x 400m relays for the Tokyo Olympic Games! Our congratulations to Joseph from everyone at the club and we look forward to adding you to our hall of fame very soon! Also at Gateshead SM Daniel Beadsley ran in the Welsh Mens 4 x 100m team and Josephs sister Hannah ran in the Welsh 4 x 100m team both recording great team times of 39.36 and 45.25!