26 January 2012
Cardiff is well represented in the Welsh teams to compete in the Celtic Indoor Cup, taking place at NIAC, Cardiff, Next Sunday, 29th January.
Lewis Newton (pole vault), Oliver Jefferies (60m hurdles), Debbie Rees (3,000m), Imogen Miles (triple jump), Gareth Warburton & Melanie Stephenson (mixed relay) are in the senior team whilst Michael Prentice (200m & mixed relay), Elliott Slade (800m), Matthew Field (shot put) and Megan O'Sullivan (long jump) represent the under 20 team. Jamaul Whyte is selected in the U20 Select mixed relay.
In addition to the eleven athletes, Debbie Bull and Alyson Hourihan are the team managers.
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Cardiff's medal collection was swelled on the second day of the Welsh Indoor Championsahips at NIAC with a further 27 going to Cardiff members.
Joe Thomas duly won the final of the senior men's 800m whilst 13 year old Harry Hillman (pictured) added to the two medals from day one with a further two today. Charlotte Arter won the senior women's 1500m to add to her 800m title; Michael Prentice took the senior men's 200m title and Francis Baker won both the senior men's 60m hurdles and long jump.
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Cardiff athletes took twenty one medals on the first day of the Welsh indoor championships held at NIAC, Cardiff, yesterday, 21st January.
The class performance of the day was that of GB international Joe Thomas (pictured) who led from the gun to win his heat of the senior men's 800m in a time of 1:47.82, within UK Athletics' qualification time for the 2012 IAAF world indoor championships.
Challenging for the peformance of the day was 14 year old Tom Trotman who cleared an outstanding 1.86m to win the under 15 boys' high jump. Tom's leap was a personal best by no less than 10cms and places him top of the 2012 UK rankings for his age group.
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Presentation Evening 2011
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