Results Round Up

This week we have results to round up for you from Sheffield, Nottingham, Paddock Wood, Llantrisant & Cardiff.

Saturday 8th March were the England U15 & U17 indoor combined events championships at Sheffield, where we had two U17W in action, Tabitha Ventress-Brett amassed 2674 points for 19th place thanks to a 9.96 60m Hurdles, 1.36m High Jump, 8.87m Shot, 4.37m Long Jump & 2.34.97 800m, and Eva Carver accumulated 2408 points to finish 25th thanks to a 9.49 60m Hurdles, 1.33m High Jump, 8.93m Shot, 4.58m Long Jump & 3.13.41 800m. Very well done to both on a hard days work of 5 events each.

Saturday 8th March was the 5th and final round of the British Cross Challenge incorporating the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships at Nottingham. We had athletes running for both West & South Wales regions against the very best cross country athletes in the UK. Here’s how they all got on, U13B Oliver Cobbold had an outstanding run for 6th, U13B Tomi Jones in 237th, U13B Lucas Gibbs 259th, U15G Lyla Jonsson 223rd, U15G Osian Morgan 92nd, U17W Millie Pierce in 49th, 56th U17W Millie Gold, U17W Imogen Mcadie in 264th, U17M Jack Sullivan in 169th and U13G Rosie Jones in 250th. Click here for the full results.

Sunday 9th March was the British Masters Half Marathon Championships at Paddock Wood where super master M65 Ifan Lloyd was running, taking the SILVER medal in his age category with a fast time of 1.21.51, congratulations Ifan!

Sunday 9th March was the Welsh Schools U13 & U15 Sportshall Athletics Finals at Llantrisant Leisure Centre several of the Afan Nedd Tawe Schools team were from Swansea Harriers, despite the small turnout and therefore an incomplete team, they all performed admirably competing in three events each, U13G Poppy Brannigan, Caitlyn Anthony, Sofia Morgan, Constance Makari & Charlotte Saunders and U15G Tabitha Ventress-Brett. Sportshall athletics is a format of indoor athletics of shuttle runs and field events delivered in an indoor setting. For more information on Sportshall and the full results at Llantrisant, click this link.

Sunday 9th March was the Cardiff 10 & 20 Mile Races, in the 10 Mile Womens race Bethan Dowding had a great run to finish 7th in 1.17.38 and we had 1 runner too in the 20 Mile Race Simon Coombes who was 31st across the line in 2.32.15, well done both!