Celtic Games - Antrim
Last weekend saw the 31st Celtic Games, held at the Antrim Forum track, Antrim Northern Ireland. Wales had a very good weekend with a total of 15 athletes achieving new pb's, also to add to the pb's two Welsh athletes came away with new Celtic Games records, Simon Lawson (Cardiff AAC) broke Robert Corbelly of Athletics Ireland's record of 9:10.05 set last year at Waterford knocking an amazing 23 seconds of in very blustery conditions not helping and of the middle distance races, also Adam Williams (Menai T&F) broke the Triple Jump record of Steven Watson of Ulster's 13.28m also set last year at Waterford with 13.96m, this now raises Wales' tally of records held with 23 events out of a possible 62 for the meeting. Well done to all athletes who competed over the weekend. Results (download below)
Job Opportunities
Job Opportunity in Welsh Athletics Welsh Athletics with support from the Sports Council for Wales and UK Athletics seek to recruit suitably qualified and experienced people to the following post:- Club Development Officer - 30 hours, Club Development Officer will provide support and liaise with clubs and educational establishments to deliver and strengthen Athletics in North East Wales. Post will be based at the North Wales Indoor Athletics Center, Deeside College.
Please (download below) full Job description and Job Advert. Application Form.
Closing Date for this post is Friday 7th September.
Mountain Running Minutes
The Mountain running committee recently held a meeting and minutes are here to view. (download below)
Road Running Leadership Group
Road Running Leadership Group, New licence system and online running club for road running, Frequently asked questions and licence fee structure. The Road Running Leadership Group would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to comment on our recent press release.
Your feedback raised some very important issues, and a vast array of questions. We have attempted to summarise the key questions below, and have included in Appendix A the proposed Pricing Matrix for Race Licences.
We invite further feedback, (download below)
to the RRLG Project Manager at msummers@ukathletics.org.uk.
