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*Pictured above - the Pocket Rocket - Juliet Sidney in action. Welsh Masters athlete Juliet Sidney (the pocket rocket) reflects on an incredible year on the track.. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk That's my athletics done for 2024. Definitely a year of ups and downs, but I hung on in there to have some strong performances and good results.   Indoor Highlights:  60m indoor w55 Welsh and British champion. Made my first 200m indoor European final. Bronze medal 4 x 200 w50 European masters championships  Outdoor Highlights:  100m and 200m w55 Welsh and British Champion. Managed a W55 PB in the 100m and a PB in the 200m.   Made my first world outdoor final in the 100m.   First ever world medal 4 x 100m silver.  So many people to thank  @elite82high  for overall training programme. Eric Oram speed sessions. Helen James for your support and guidance. Team-mates and Newport Harriers for their support to masters athlet...

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...

     *Top veteran sprinter Juliet Sidney (*above left) with colleagues at Derby. Hot, sunny and medal success, plus PBs for WMAL members at the BMAF track and field championships. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   It was very hot and sunny for a host of Welsh Masters Athletes at the British Masters Athletics track and field championships held at the Moorways Stadium, at Derby, last weekend, with many competitors winning gold medals and recording some great new PBs. One of the top female veteran sprinters  Juliet Sidney , from WMAL, won two gold medals and set a new 200m PB beating her previous performance from several years ago. And North Wales athletes  Steve Gardner , and his master vet father  Dave Gardner  hit top form again, like many others, and just a week after their amazing exploits at Yate for the WMAL champs, with both recording some amazing new PBs. Juliet Sidney confirmed today...

Welsh Master and Newport Harrier sprinter Juliet Sidney (*above) struck gold twice and set new WM record in 100m race.  Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Well done to Welsh Master and Newport Harrier sprinter Juliet Sidney for her tremendous performances at the Midlands Masters Track & Field championships last month at Nuneaton, and for setting a new Welsh Masters club record in the 100m race. Juliet, who is also the website manager for Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd (WMAL), won two gold medals in the W55 100m and 200m races, and her time of 13.86 seconds in the 100m event set a new PB and a remarkable record. After the event Juliet confirmed:  “ A great day at the Midland Masters Championships. Thanks to all the officials and organisers. Wonderful to see so many masters friends. All my team-mates smashed it. I won two golds in the W55, 100 and 200 metres.  “A new age cat PB and getting closer to my all-time PB in...

*Juliet Sidney (*back right) is pictured with her team mates in Poland. Medal winner and 'pocket rocket' Juliet Sidney talks about her recent success at the European championships at Torun in Poland. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Welsh Master sprinter and medal winner Juliet Sidney has recalled her exploits from the European Championships at Torun in Poland from last week. Juliet, who is perhaps better known as the ‘Pocket Rocket,’ competed in the 60m, the 200m and relay events. Although she was a little disappointed with her efforts in the earlier heats for the 60m race, Juliet deservedly made it to her first ever 200m indoor W55 final, and later ran as part of the bronze medal winning relay team. She later confirmed: “It was a  week of ups and downs. I finished with a bronze medal in the W50 4 x 200 relay, with thanks to my team  mates  Fiona Steele , Sarah Loades , and Stefano Dornbusch.  They all ran...

*Gold medal winner Juliet Sidney (*above) at last week's championship The 'Pocket Rocket' struck gold in the British Masters indoor sprint events at Lee Valley. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   The ‘Pocket Rocket’ in the impressive form of Juliet Sidney, the popular website chief of Welsh Masters Athletics, was on fire at the British Masters Indoor championships last weekend, at Lee Valley, despite feeling somewhat under the weather, where she still struck gold in her sprint events. *Pictured above - Fiona Steele (*left),  and Juliet Sidney jump fo joy at the Lee Valley indoor centre, and (*below), back on top of the podium for another gold She explained:  “A great day at the British Masters Indoor Champs. W55 200m gold. Struggling with a cold but really happy with my race. Good catching up with masters, friends, and competing, and a seasons best time too!  “A double British Champion w55 60m, and 200m. One ve...

Welsh Masters - LATEST - Track and Field rankings These are the latest Welsh Masters Athletics rankings for male and female runners regarding T&F performances between Jan-Oct 2023, submitted by Chris Pruski, the records coordinator. Male and Female links shown below: https://www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk/_files/ugd/c1c53c_548395be399f401e8dd447ef28de8569.pdf   https://www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk/_files/ugd/c1c53c_2a9c4ea108604f83988a2af39fca07fd.pdf

Welsh Masters Notice of AGM This email is being sent to all confirmed members of Welsh Masters Athletics Limited who are on the Register of Members as at today’s date to provide the formal notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 3 November 2023 at 7:30 pm. As the sport is still struggling to recover from Covid, the Board has decided that no awards will be made for 2022 so the opportunities for a celebration should be postponed till next year when the 2023 results will be available.   For that reason we will hold the formal AGM by Zoom, and those wishing to attend need to register in advance by emailing me before 31 October 2023 to get the system set up.  I attach -                     Notice of Meeting, Proxy Form.                Accounts to 31 December 2022. There are no formal votes required, so the provision of the Proxy Form is a fo...

This was the Roll of Honour confirming all the gold, silver and bronze medals won at the time of writing by Team GB members at the Masters T&F Championships in Pescara. Well done to all the competitors, the team manager, and all the support crew. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Gold COPSON Angela 10000m W75 
 Gold REAY Jeanette 10000m W65 
 Gold BONNETT Emily 400m Hs H76 W35 
 Gold FRISBY Susan 300m Hs H68.6 W60 
 Gold HORDER Jane 300m Hs H68.6 W65 
 Gold POWELL Caroline 100m W65 
 Gold STEWART Kathleen 100m W80 
 Gold FRASER Dorothy 100m W85 
 Gold MILLS Hayley 100m W35 
 Gold WILLIAMS Evaun Shot Put Kg 2.000 W85 
 Gold RUTTER Niabari Shot Put Kg 4.000 W35 
 Gold WILLIAMS Paula Shot Put Kg 3.000 W50 
 Gold BRITANE Laurensa Javelin Throw Gr 600 W35 
 Gold WILLIAMS Evaun Javelin Throw Gr 400 W85 
 Gold TOWART Darren 400m Hs H91 M45 
 Gold EDWARDS Neal 400m Hs H84 M50 
 Gold FEECHAN Colin 10000m M65 
 Gold THOM Dave 10000m M60 
 Gold PETERS Step...

What a tremendous season for Juliet Sidney, the Pocket Rocket, and a  medal winning sprinter with Welsh Masters Athletics and Team GB. *Juliet Sidney (*above) has enjoyed a remarkably successful season.   I have added Juliet Sidney's Facebook remarks to show her remarkable consistency at several major international and home championships in recent times, together with her diary notes:   This week, the talented athlete - know as the Pocket Rocket, concluded: “That's a wrap. Two weeks off before I start to train for 2024. It's been a much better year than 2022.”  Juliet’s personal roll of honour: - Madeira 60m Masters Ladies champion.  British 60m w55 champion. British 200m w55 champion.  Welsh 100m w55 champion.  Welsh 200m w55 champion.  British 100m w55 champion.  British 200m w55 champion.  European w55 100m 7th place finalist. European w55 200m 7th place finalist.  European w55 4 x 100m team bronze medal.  Juliet’s plans for...