LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER ACTION-PACKED WEEKEND...
Cross Country, Indoor Athletics & Road takes centre stage this forthcoming weekend...as endurance runners will head to the league finale in Bristol & Newport whilst International athletes from Wales & England arrive in the Welsh Capital.
Here's what to look forward to on Saturday & Sunday...with individual and team awards going to be decided in South West England.
SATURDAY 2ND MARCH: JOHN H COLLINS GWENT CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE - BRISTOL
Runners from clubs across South Wales and the South West of England are gearing up for the trip over to Bristol on Saturday (March 2nd) for the fifth and final John H Collins Gwent Cross Country League match of the 2018/19 campaign. The grounds of Blaise Castle will welcome competitors, officials and spectators to round five of five and has a great history of hosting Gwent League matches for a number of years.
Westbury Harriers members have been hard at work to put on this league finale and will look forward to competing on home turf following the postponement of this very event in March 2018 because of the adverse weather conditions where the heavy snow arrived across the country.
The John H Collins Gwent Cross Country league has already attracted hundreds of athletes to Llandaff Fields Cardiff (where the Gwent League joined up with the series opener of the British Athletics Cardiff Cross Challenge), Pembrey Country Park in November, the club's match hosting which incorporated the West Wales Cross Country Championships, Parc Bryn Bach in Tredegar in December and the recent fixture at Pontypool Park.
Races will be held for those in the under 11 age group from 11:50 through to senior & master ages which concludes with the men at 15:00. More details is available for Bristol via THIS LINK as well as timetable and course map at the bottom of this event section.
By the end of the weekend we'll know the individual medallists and the recipients of team awards throughout all the categories for the season. Below is how things stand after four matches and who to look out for in Bristol:
NOVICE GIRLS:
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Estelle Lowe (Wesbury Harriers); 2 Libby Hale (Swansea Harriers); 3 Ruby Herdman (Brecon AC); 4 Anya Brady (Newport Harriers); 5 Millie Gold (Cardiff AAC)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Westbury Harriers; 2 Swansea Harriers; 3 Carmarthen Harriers; 4 Newport Harriers; 5 Cardiff AAC; 6 Brecon AC; 7 Blaenau Gwent AC; 8 Rhymney Valley AC; 9 Haberdashers Mounmouth School; 10 Cardiff Archers
NOVICE BOYS
Latest Individual Standings:1 Macsen Toogood (Carmarthen Harriers); 2 William Harries (Pembrokeshire Harriers) 3 Daniel Warrender (Carmarthen Harriers); 4 Zane Dickerson (Blaenau Gwent AC); 5 Alex Coles (Carmarthen Harriers)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Carmarthen Harriers; 2 Cardiff AACX; 3 North Somerset AC; 4 Newport Harriers; 5 Haberdashers Monmouth School; 6 Wesbury Harriers; 7 Carmarthen Harriers B; 8 Swansea Harriers; 9 Cardiff Archers; 10 Rhymney Valley AC
UNDER 13 GIRLS
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Keira Devereux (North Somerset AC); 2 Millie Redman (North Somerset AC); 3 Sophie Knoyle (Cardiff Archers); 4 Frances Mackie (Carmarthen Harriers); 5 Alys Grant (Cardiff Archers)
Latest Team Standings:1 Cardiff Archers; 2 Carmarthen Harriers; 3 North Somerset AC; 4 Wesbury Harriers; 5 Cardiff Archers B; 6 Cardiff AAC; 7 Bridgend AC; 8 Swansea Harriers; 9 Blaenau Gwent AC; 10 Rhymney Valley AC
UNDER 13 BOYS
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Loui Camilleri (Cardiff Archers); 2 Leo Stark (Newport Harriers); 3 Ifan Bowen (Carmarthen Harriers); 4 Iwan Thomas (Carmarthen Harriers); 5 Ellis Finlayson (Cardiff AAC)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Carmarthen Harriers; 2 Bristol & West; 3 Cardiff Archers; 4 North Somerset AC; 5 Carmarthen Harriers B; 6 Cardiff AAC; 7 Bristol & West B; 8 Newport Harriers; 9 Swansea Harriers; 10 Brecon AC
UNDER 15 GIRLS
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Dalis Jones (Wesbury Harriers); 2 Danni Sinclair (Bristol & West AC); 3 Erin Andrews (Cardiff Archers); 4 Kate Howard (Westbury Harriers); 5 Alanah Hill (Cardiff Archers)
Latest Team Standings:1 Cardiff Archers; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 Newport Harriers; 4 Bristol & West AC; 5 North Somerset AC; 6 Cardiff AAC; 7 Barry & Vale Harriers; 8 Swansea Harriers; 9 Avon Valley Runners; 10 Blaenau Gwent AC
UNDER 15 BOYS
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Seamus Robinson (Westbury Harriers); 2 Rhys Hardman (Cardiff Archers); 3 William Scott (North Somerset AC); 4 Cian Harries (Pembrokeshire Harriers); 5 Lloyd Jones (Cardiff AAC)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Westbury Harriers; 2 Cardiff AAC; 3 Cardiff Archers; 4 North Somerset AC; 5 Bristol & West AC; 6 Pembrokeshire Harriers; 7 Carmarthen Harriers; 8 Blaenau Gwent AC; 9 Swansea Harriers; 10 Newport Harriers
UNDER 17 WOMEN
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Rosie Hamilton-James (Westbury Harriers); 2 Claudia Spice (Bristol & West AC); 3 Aimee Callow (Cardiff Archers); 4 Tiegan Ward (Brecon AC); 5 Seren Rayment (Cardiff Archers)
Latest Team Standings:1 Westbury Harriers; 2 Cardiff AAC; 3 Cardiff Archers; 4 Newport Harriers; 5 Swansea Harriers; 6 Bristol & West AC; 7 Cardiff AAC b; 8 Brecon AC; 9 Millfield School; 10 North Somerset AC
UNDER 17 MEN
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Abdi Hasan (Westbury Harriers); 2 Lloyd Sheppard (Cardiff AAC); 3 Spencer Smith (Newport Harriers); 4 Alfie Hocking (North Somerset AC); 5 Ollie Lock (North Somerset AC)
Latest Team Standings:1 Cardiff AAC; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 North Somerset AC; 4 Cardiff AAC B; 5 Neath Harriers; 6 Bristol & West AC; 7 Newport Harriers; 8 Aberdare VAAC; 9 North Somerset B; 10 Llanelli AAC
UNDER 20 WOMEN
Latest Individual Standings:1 Elise Thorner (Wells City Harriers); 2 Katrin Higginson (Bridgend AC); 3 Hana Blake (Cardiff Met); 4 Molly Grimley (Cardiff AAC); 5 Naomi Reid (Cardiff AAC)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Cardiff AAC; 2 Bridgend AC; 3 Wells City Harriers; 4 Cardiff Met; 5 Millfield School; 6 Pembrokeshire Harriers; 7 Llanelli AC; 8 Team Bath AC; 9 Aberdare VAAC; 10 Newport Harriers
UNDER 20 MEN
Latest Individual Standings: 1 Remi Adebiyi (Newport Harriers); 2 Adrian Lloyd-Davies (Cardiff Met Uni); 3 Ben Rawlins (Westbury Harriers); 4 Aidan Noble (Westbury Harriers); 5 Luke Gawthorn (Newport Harriers)
Latest Team Standings: 1 Cardiff AAC; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 Newport Harriers; 4 Cardiff Met Uni; 5 Cardiff Archers; 6 North Somerset AC; 7 Carmarthen Harriers; 8 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 9 Cardiff Uni Athletics Club; 10 Brecon AC
UNDER 23 FEMALELatest Team Standings: 1 Cardiff University Harriers; 2 Swansea Harriers; 3 Pontyclun Road Runners; 4 Cardiff Metropolitan University; 4 University of the West of England; 6 Brecon AC; 7 Westbury Harriers; 7 Lliswerry Runners; 9 Run4All Neath
UNDER 23 MALELatest Team Standings: 1 Avon Valley Runners; 2 Brecon AC; 3 Cardiff Metropolitan University; 4 North Somerset AC; 5 Aberdare Valley AVVC
SENIOR WOMEN Latest Team Standings:1 Bristol & West AC; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 Avon Valley Runners; 4 Bristol & West B; 5 Les Croupiers; 6 Lliswerry Runners; 7 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 8 Torfaen Runners; 9 Westbury Harriers B; 10 Spirit of Monmouth
FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Latest Team Standings: 1 Cardiff University Harriers; 2 University of the West of England; 3 Cardiff Metropolitan University
FEMALE MASTERS 35Latest Team Standings: 1 Westbury Harriers; 2 Bristol & West; 3 Westbury Harriers B; 4 Les Croupiers; 5 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 6 Torfaen Runners; 7 Aberdare VAAC; 8 Bridgend AC; 9 Spirit of Monmouth; 10 Les Croupiers B
FEMALE MASTERS 45Latest Team Standings: 1 Bristol & West; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 4 Les Croupiers; 5 Torfaen Runners; 6 Penarth & Dinas Runners; 7 Westbury Harriers B; 8 Aberdare Valley VAAC; 9 Chepstow Harriers; 10 Taf Running & Orienteering Teams
FEMALE MASTERS 55 Latest Team Standings: 1 Les Croupiers; 2 Bristol & West; 3 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 4 Forest of Dean AC; 4 Penarth and Dinas Runners; 6 Westbury Harriers; 7 Taf Running & Orienteering Teams; 8 Pontypridd AC; 9 Fairwater Runners; 10 Port Talbot Harriers
FEMALE MASTERS 65 Latest Team Standings: 1 Westbury Harriers; 2 Les Croupiers; 3 Penarth & Dinas Runners; 4 Great Western Runners; 4 Parc Bryn Bach RC
SENIOR MEN Latest Team Standings: 1 Bristol & West; 2 Aberdare Valley VAAC; 3 Brecon AC; 4 Micky Morris Racing Team; 5 Les Croupiers; 6 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 7 Pontypridd AC; 8 Bristol & West AC B; 9 Micky Morris Racing Team B; 10 Westbury Harriers
MALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Latest Team Standings: 1 Cardiff Metropolitan University; 2 University of Wales - Swansea
MALE MASTERS 35 Latest Team Standings: 1 Micky Morris Racing Team; 2 Les Croupiers; 3 Brecon AC; 4 Bristol & West; 5 Neath Harriers; 6 Westbury Harriers; 7 San Domenico Road Runners; 8 Micky Morris Racing Team B; 9 Les Croupiers B; 10 Aberdare Valley VAAC
MALE MASTERS 45 Latest Team Standings: 1 Bristol & West; 2 Westbury Harriers; 3 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 4 Les Croupiers; 5 Torfaen Runners; 6 Penarth & Dinas Runners; 7 Westbury Harriers B; 8 Aberdare Valley VAAC; 9 Chepstow Harriers; 10 Taf Running & Orienteering Teams
MALE MASTERS 55 Latest Team Standings: 1 Les Croupiers; 2 Chepstow Harriers; 3 Parc Bryn Bach RC; 4 Les Croupiers B; 5 Llanelli AC; 6 Brecon AC; 7 Pont-y-Pwl & District Runners; 8 Penarth & Dinas Runners; 9 San Domenico Road Runners Club; 10 Les Croupiers C
MALE MASTERS 65 Latest Team Standings: 1 Les Croupiers; 2 Bristol & West AC; 3 Les Croupiers B; 4 Lliswerry Runners; 5 Avon Valley Runners; 6 San Domenico Road Runners Club; 7 Stroud & District AC; 8 Neath Harriers; 9 Port Talbot Harriers; 10 Les Croupiers C
RACE TIMETABLE / AMSERLEN Y DYDD:
11:50 - Under 11 Girls / Merched O Dan 11 (1600m)
12:00 - Under 11 Boys / Bechgyn O Dan 11 (1600m)
12:10 - Under 13 Girls / Merched O Dan 13 (2400m)
12:25 - Under 13 Boys / Bechgyn O Dan 13 (2400m)
12:40 - Under 15 Girls / Merched O Dan 15 (4000m)
13:00 - Under 15 Boys / Bechgyn O Dan 15 (4000m)
13:20 - Senior Women & Master Women / Menywod (6200m)
14:00 - Under 17 & 20 Women / Merched O Dan 17 a 20 (4700m)
14:30 - Under 17 & 20 Men / Bechgyn O Dan 17 a 20 (5500m)
15:00 - Senior & Master Men / Dynion (9300m)
INFORMATION / GWYBODAETH:
TRAVEL AND PARKING / TEITHIO A PARCIO
SUNDAY 3RD MARCH: WELSH ATHLETICS U20 INDOOR INTERNATIONAL - CARDIFF
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce a strong team of 34 junior athletes to compete at this weekend's Welsh Athletics Indoor International on Sunday (March 3rd). The international match sees Junior teams from Wales and England compete, with senior guest athletes also invited to compete in specified events.
The team and team managers were officially announced earlier today (Tuesday 26th February)
The team will include Carmarthen's very own Lili Church and Beca Roberts. Both coached by Dorrien Thomas, Lili will go in the high jump whilst Beca will compete in the triple jump.
Third member Osian Roberts will also be in action, in the development event following on from the regional development day in Cardiff last year.
All three have been in fine form over the course of the indoor season including gold winning performances at the West Wales Indoor Athletics Championships and Welsh Athletics Junior Indoor Championships in the past two months. Church and Roberts who are under 17 athletes have been selected a year young and will look forward to competing at a high level event. Pob Lwc!
LIVE COVERAGE & LATEST UPDATES from #WAI2019 will be available on the Welsh Athletics Twitter & Instagram pages all day Sunday with a results service online.
For the full Welsh Team & further information for the weekend, CLICK HERE TO HEAD TO WWW.WELSHATHLETICS.ORG
A timetable for the day is available on this link: WELSH ATHLETICS INDOOR INTERNATIONAL TIMETABLE
Elsewhere on Sunday (March 3rd), the Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon will be held and is a major fundraising event for St David's Hospice Care. All proceeds are used to support vital hospice services in South East Wales.
The route showcases some of the iconic landmarks of the City of Newport, and grows in popularity every year. It starts at 9am in the morning and begins in the heart of the city centre on Commercial Street.
The event is also complimented by a Family Fun Run so that all the family can get involved.
The Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon website has more information ahead of Sunday.