Field day for Cardiff throwers

Tuesday 16 August 2011

Cardiff's Matthew Field (pictured), Ryan Leonard and Matteo Holmes picked up four medals between them when representing Wales at the Celtic Games in Antrim, Northern Ireland on Saturday last, 13th August. In addition, Elliot Slade won his speciality 800m.

Pride of place goes to Matthew Field who won both the Under 18 Discus and Shot Put, his performance in the latter (17.42m) breaking his own recently set Welsh age group record and putting him in the top spot in the UK under 17 rankings.

Ryan Leonard won the under 18 men's Javelin and Matteo Holmes the under 16 men's Javelin; with a personal best of 47.76m.

Personal bests were also set by Lara Durrani in the under 18 women's 300m hurdles, where she was third, and Kate Seary in the under 16 girls' 1500m, coming second.

Jamaul Whyte was second in both the 100m and 200m (under 18) as was Megan O'Sullivan in the under 18 Triple Jump while George Griffiths was third in the under 16 Long Jump. Scott Edwards won the 400m invitation race (under 18).

The Welsh team was second in the overall competition, beaten for first place by Scotland by a mere two points.