Don Hale Blog

*Pictured above - some of the successful Newport Harriers team at Yate. Records smashed at Welsh Masters Athletics Track & Field Championships at Avon/Yate.  Chris Pruski, the records coordinator from Welsh Masters Athletics has confirmed that eleven new records were set at the recent WMAL Track & Field Championships at Yate on 21st July. Introduction by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   *Ian Bowles  returned to WMAL after recovering from illness to set 3 records - M80 Hammer, Discus and Shot. *Iris Holder  set 2 records – W80 100m and Triple Jump *Dorothy Fraser  set a new W85 100m record at Yate and we discovered she also broke the 200m record at Derby at the BMAF Champs last September. *Dave Cundy  M75 bettered the 1500 and 5000m records at Yate but in March he was in Hobart Australia, where he had set better times, so well-done Dave, we caught up with you! *Mark Wyndham-Jones  set a record in the M...

*Dave Watson (*pictured above) recording some great new PBs and records. Welsh Masters Athletes set some remarkable new records, and read about Dave Watson’s incredible one-mile dash - and his investigative work to claim a new WMAL record! Report by Don Hale.  https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Several Welsh Masters athletes have been setting some exciting new track & field, and road running records over recent months, with some already receiving commemorative certificates in acknowledgment of their superb achievements following official verification. And read about WMAL official, and top veteran athlete  Dave Watson’s  innovative investigative work as he claims a new one-mile Welsh road record following a great performance in Edinburgh. In addition, I pay tribute to star veteran athlete  Melanie Garland, who is one of WMAL’s top female competitors, and she is most certainly enjoying an excellent season so far with two ex...