Urgent search for a Team Manager for the Welsh Masters Athletics Men’s squad...plus a new initiative for promoting individual T&F results.

Urgent search for a Team Manager for the Welsh Masters Athletics Men’s squad...plus a new initiative for promoting individual T&F results.

Report by Rod Davies from WMAL.

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The Indoor Championships last weekend seem to have been enjoyed by those present, especially the winners (*see revised and updated attached list below). 

Next up are the BMAF Championships at Lee Valley on 21-22 February. Entries via BMAF Opentrack close on 8 February. That leaves the Inter-Area match, also at Lee Valley, on 14 March. Here we have a problem. 

While the women's team will be managed by the usual excellent management team, we are in the awkward position of NOT actually having a men's team manager for this event. Without one, we can have no team!

The job involves selecting a team from among our membership and communicating with them before the match. On the day, the manager has to submit the declaration sheet, and alterations as changes are made to the team, and issue numbers. Organising the relay teams adds to the fun.

The job does not prevent you from competing in the meeting, as our Chair has proven in recent years. Furthermore, there is no reason why the men's team manager should not be a woman. 

If you are not competing, then you can still claim a contribution to your travelling expenses, equivalent to the athletes.

Please give the matter some consideration and let me know if you can help out as soon as possible. If we could get two or three, or more, to share the load, it would be easier for each of you. 

 

Meanwhile, a note from Juliet Sidney, one of our IT wizzes: We are trialling a simple way to pull together a Welsh Masters round-up of results from the GB Indoor Championships (21–22 Feb).

Rather than trying to track every Welsh athlete across multiple events and age groups, we have created a shared Google document where athletes can add their own results. This will allow us to publish a timely Welsh Masters blog summary of the championships.

 

If you’d like your result included, please add your details here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QHVmGbAiKH-WtQy6jnX7JE4d0X4bs9Ael7G6sHN76Ws/edit?usp=sharing

There’s a clear example at the top of the document. Please complete one entry block only and don’t edit anyone else’s entry.

Important:
The onus is on athletes to add their own details. With so many Welsh competitors across the championships, it’s practically impossible to keep track of everyone individually. If a result isn’t added to the document, it won’t be included in the Welsh Masters round-up.

This is a trial for the GB Champs, and if it works well, we’ll use a similar approach for Toruń, which should make it much easier to showcase Welsh Masters performances there too.

Thanks for helping make this work — and best of luck to everyone competing.

I should like to echo that last wish.

regards

Rod Davies

*This was the previous post about the championships: Don Hale Blog: Welsh Masters Indoor Championship results from Car... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/welsh-masters-indoor-championship.html?spref=tw
Welsh Masters Indoor Champion Cardiff 24-5/6/26 (400 & 1500 on 25th) Event Name Age Group 60 Alix Arndt W45 9.42 Juliet Sidney W55 8.81 Mel Garland W60 9.48 Angela Bryant W65 9.74 Iris Holder W80 13.20 Chris Cogan-Howe M35 7.64 Samson Chinaka M40 7.42 Russell Whiting M55 7.70 Iain Moody M60 9.04 Ian Broadhurst M70 8.79 Mark Wyndham-Jones M75 9.30 Mel James M80 11.07 200 Alix Arndt W45 31.36 Juliet Sidney W55 30.09 Angela Bryant W65 33.02 Chris Cogan-Howe M35 24.37 Samson Chinaka M40 23.94 James Morgan M50 27.70 Russell Whiting M55 27.64 Iain Moody M60 30.21 Mark Ellery M65 30.56 Ian Broadhurst M70 27.73 400 Bethan Froome W40 1:08.99 Juliet Sidney W55 1:10.80 Angela Bryant W65 1:21.48 Jonathan Williams M40 55.96 James Morgan M50 1:05.77 Colin Williams M60 1:03.87 Malcolm Cowton M65 1:12.93 Kieran McDonnell M70 1:07.28 800 Bethan Froome W40 2:41.05 Claire Bruce W45 3:43.24 Gabrielus Stuokus M35 2:29.17 Oliver Williams M40 2:04.09 John Frampton M45 2:20.74 Colin Williams M60 2:26.31 Kieran McDonnell M70 2:36.27 1500 Gabrielus Stuokus M35 4:58.02 Gary Brown M45 5:08.72 Adrian  Lewis M50 5:04.74 Claire Bruce W45 7:17.23 3000 Naomi Handley W40 13:53.50 Gabrielus Stuokus M35 10:41.52 Oliver Williams M40 9:12.13 James Thie M45 9:24.94 David Oxland M70 11:57.88 Barrie Roberts M80 19:58.03 HJ Mel Garland W60 1.27 Daniel Williams M35 1.65 Mark Wyndham-Jones M75 1.27 LJ Mel Garland W60 4.03 James Morgan M50 4.43 Robin Wood M60 3.97 Dave Shields M65 3.18 Mel James M80 2.82 TJ Mel Garland W60 8.41 Mike Smith M60 8.78 Dave Shields M65 7.63 SP Naomi Handley W40 6.50 Lesley Richardson W55 8.49 Samson Chinaka M40 10.88 David Glendower M55 6.32 Robert Eales M60 10.42 Colin Bhatia M65 9.13 Mark Wyndham-Jones M75 10.87