Gold medals for father and son Dave and Steve Gardner at the Indoor Championships.

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*Steve Gardner (*above left), with his dad Dave.

Gold medals for father and son Dave and Steve Gardner at the Indoor Championships.

Report by Don Hale

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Road Runner and super-vet Dave Gardner struck gold at the North Wales Indoor Championships at Coleg Cambria, Deeside, last Sunday by winning his M85 age category in the shot-put competition.

Dave also improved on his previous PB and winning performance from last year when he competed in the M80 cat with a superb throw of 7.26m, which is also expected to be a national record. He later obtained a deserved podium place and collected a prestigious gold medal for his sterling efforts.

Meanwhile, Dave’s son Steve Gardner, also collected a gold medal in the Welsh Masters Indoor Championships at Cardiff on Sunday in his 800m track event with an excellent winning time of 2 minutes 20.89 seconds.



*Gold medal winners Dave Gardner (*above left), with Steve Gardner.






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