Don Hale Blog

    *David is pictured above having just received his WMAC Silver medal in Gothenburg in September. Two Welsh Masters M70 Best Performances by David Gibson are verified by WMAL...   https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Welsh Master and Tri Hard Harrier David Gibson from Swansea has now had two Welsh Masters' records verified by WMAL official Chris Pruski.   His M70 Welsh Masters Marathon Best Performance was achieved at the 2024 London Marathon in April with a category winning time of 3.13.31, on 21st April 2024. His M70 Welsh Masters Half Marathon Best Performance of 1.27.11, was accomplished at the 2024 Swansea Half Marathon on June 9th.   These confirmations come just a few weeks after David came 4th in the World Masters Athletics Championship M70 Half Marathon in Gothenburg and was the recipient of a team silver medal for Great Britain.   David started running at the age of 62 doing a 'Couch to 5k' challenge and finds it’s hard to believe how

Newport Harriers athletes:  Eleri Jones, Juliet Sidney, Louise Kirkby, and Nicky Buckwell at the World Masters Athletics Championships. Some great medal-winning results for Welsh athletes from the World Masters in Sweden.   World Masters Athletics Championships 13th - 25th August, in  Gothenburg , Sweden. Report by Juliet  Sidney .   Juliet Sidney from Welsh Masters Athletics has kindly forwarded a brief summary from some of the medal winning successes by her club at Newport Harriers and from Welsh Masters Athletics members who competed in the Masters World Championships in Sweden during August. She confirmed: “A massive congratulations to our FIVE Master athletes who travelled to Sweden with all FIVE coming away with relay medals. After competing in their individual events previously and doing well they were all chosen for relay legs.  “Eleri Jones was the 1st leg in the W40 4 x 100m team winning silver, and she also broke the British record in the process. Louise Kirby (3rd leg) and

*Pictured above - Steve Gardener at the World Masters champs in Sweden. Steve Gardner smashes 800m Welsh Masters record at World Masters Athletics champs in Sweden. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com North Wales Road Runner, Welsh Master, and Team GB track athlete Steve Gardner smashed his own previous best record time in the 800m event during the World Masters Athletics Championships in Sweden last week with an improved time to set a new Welsh Masters Athletics record. Competing on the track in Bjorlanda, Sweden, on 15th August, for Team GB, the M60 veteran ran home in 2 minutes 22.26 seconds. He was also the 3rd British athlete and the 1st Welshman, finishing 23rd overall based on the times over seven heats. There were 72 starters.  And in the 1500m held over the past few days, he recorded another excellent PB finishing in 5.07.05, in 24th place overall, as the 4th British athlete, and once again he was understood to be the 1st Welshman. There were 57 starters over