Joe Horner confirms a near full WMAL team for Inter-Regional Championships at Lee Valley...

By Don Hale



*Pictured above - the Lee Valley indoor track.

Joe Horner confirms a near full WMAL team for the 
Inter-Regional Championships at Lee Valley...

Report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025

Following an appeal on this blog last week from Rod Davies at Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd, Joe Horner and his colleague Adrian have agreed to try and put a team together asap for the forthcoming T&F events.

*This was my previous blog with the appeal details: 
Don Hale Blog: UPDATE: Temporary team managers appointed for Wels... https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/update-temporary-team-managers.html?spref=tw

This week Joe Horner confirmed the latest updates and news relating to the forthcoming Inter-Regional championships at Lee Valley.

Hi everyone,
As you may have heard from Rod Davies at WMAL, the 2026 inter-regional is at Lee Valley on 14th March and Adrian and I have agreed to stand in for Brett in getting a team together.

We're now in the happy position of having an almost full team for the Inter-Regional but still need to fill the following spaces if we can - every event we compete in is extra points, regardless of the result, so we could pick up at least an extra 7 team points here!


V35-49: 60m hurdles (99cm hurdles) and 2km walk.

V60-69: High Jump (opening height 0.9m, progression 5cm).

V70+: 60m sprint, long jump, shot put and high jump (opening height 0.9m, progression 3 cm).

* You can compete in a "younger" age group if you want but must stay in that age group for all events.

* I've attached the provisional timetable for the day to give an idea of travel times - it's a late start / finish this year!


If you're available and think you could help with one of these events - regardless of your expected results - and would like to earn a Welsh Masters vest (available on the day if you don't already have one) then please let us know .  


Often at this meet the overall placings are decided as much by how many events a team's entered as they are by individual results. 

Thanks, Joe Horner


www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk








Don Hale is a former award winning investigative journalist and now a best-selling author who has created a very popular blog post linked to numerous social media sites. donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2025.

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