Dyfed (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire) Schools Athletic Association

2011 Hon Secretary’s Report

Once again it has been a busy and successful year for the Dyfed Schools AA

Team

• Joint first overall team at the 2011 Welsh Schools Inter District Cross Country Championships at Brecon on 16 February 2011(Had won the overall team title every year since 1993)

• Won under 13 and under 15 girls team events at the Welsh inter district sportshall athletics championships at Cwmbran on Sunday 6 March 2011

• Won the 2011 Welsh Schools Inter District Track and Field Championships team title at Brecon on 3 July 2011 by 84 points from Cardiff and Vale Schools

Individual

David Greene

A former pupil of Coedcae School and Coleg Sir Gar In 2011 he won the world 400H championship in Daegu S Korea in 48.26 (in 2010 he won the European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles titles)

In 2004 he was the senior Dyfed Schools captain and won the welsh schools senior boys 400 hurdles in 56.14

Paul Bennett (Penglais)

He won the AA of England U20 400m hurdles championship and competed for Great Britain in the 440m hurdles in the European junior championship in Tallinn Estonia

Heather Lewis (Pembrokeshire College)

GB junior 10K walk international

Carys Mansfield (Queen Elizabeth)

Second in javelin in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Competed for the GB under 20 team in the 2011 European Youth Olympic Games in Turkey

1 • 3 Dyfed Schools athletes in Welsh Schools team in the Schools combined events international in Glasgow on 6 February 2011

• 7 Dyfed Schools athletes in Welsh schools team in Celtic Schools International in NIAC Cardiff on 30 January 2011

• 10 Dyfed Schools athletes in the Welsh schools team for the SIAB schools international cross country match in Antrim Northern Ireland on 26 March 2011

• 7 Dyfed Schools athletes in the Welsh Schools team in the London Mini Marathon on 15 April 2011

• 8 Dyfed Schools athletes in the Welsh schools team in the match at Swansea on Wednesday 22 June against Wales U23, Harvard and Yale and South West of England

• 17 Dyfed Schools athletes in the SIAB Schools International athletics match in Cardiff on 16 July 2011

• 8 Dyfed Schools athletes competed for the Welsh schools team in the UK School Games in Sheffield on 3 and 4 September 2011

Welsh Inter schools cross country championships at Brecon on 20 November 2010

Dyfed schools teams did well this year

SB 1 STP U16B 4 STP U14B 6 Amman Valley U16G 3 STP U14G 1 Tasker Milward

Dyfed Schools athletes won four individual medals in the championships

Kyran Roberts (Queen Elizabeth) won the under 16 boys race with Rhys Granville (Strade) in third place

Josh Griffiths (Amman Valley) was second in the senior boys race and Lloyd Heckler (Queen Elizabeth) third

Cardiff Challenge Cross country at Blackfriars Cardiff on Sunday 16 January 2011

68 Dyfed schools athletes competed for Dyfed schools against six other schools districts. Dyfed won the middle girls race. The scoring members were Megan Withers Tasker Milward, Kari O’Neill Tre-gib, Megan Turner Penweddig, Rhian Homer Bro Gwaun, Caitlin Thompson STP and Danielle Franklin SJL

2 In the individual races Dyfed athletes won six medals. Megan Withers the gold in middle girls race, Lloyd Heckler Queen Elizabeth middle boy and Liam Lloyd CCTA senior boy silver medals in their events. Christian Lovatt Amman Valley junior boy and Josh Griffiths Amman Valley senior boy won bronze medals

Year 7 Boys

27 Euan Cox Llandovery College; 41 Aled Phillips Amman Valley 80 Osian Thomas Preseli; 82 Frazer Robertson Llandovery College 89 Rhodri Griffiths Amman Valley

Year 7 girls

16 Tegan Harrison Dyffryn Taf; 19 Jessica Bradley Tasker Milward 23 Ffion Jenkins St Michaels; 24 Josie Daniels Tasker Milward 26 Alicia Jones Tasker Milward; 28 Anna Garvey Greenhill 34 Beth Meopham Tasker Milward; 65 Jemina Lewis Tasker Milward 72 Elin Watson Dyffryn Taf; 76 Emma Gordon Tre-gib 77 Hollie Parris Williams Dyffryn Taf

Year 8/9 boys

13 Christian Lovatt Amman Valley; 22 Nikita Neary Dyffryn Taf 30 Llyr Miles Preseli; 31 Liam Bradley Tasker Milward 41 Elgan Roberts Tasker Milward; 43 Jack Rees STP 61 Samuel Withers Tasker Milward; 64 Benjamin Williams QE 67 Hendryk De Smet Tre-gib; 86 Tim Chapman Amman Valley 91 Tom Walters Dyffryn Taf; 94 Finn Thompson STP

Year 8/9 girls

14 Emily Thomas Penglais; 29 Cari Harries Penweddig 34 Shannon de Smet Tre-gib 44 Lucy Jones Maes yr Yrfa; 50 Niamh Elain Bro Myrddin 51 Alice Russell-Stretch STP; 52 Poppy Lewis STP; 63 Rebecca Lewis Bro Myrddin 65 Laura Nix Dyffryn Taf; 69 Amber Howell Amman Valley 71 Siobhan Eleri Bro Myrddin; 72 Ellie Dainton Coedcae 75 Tirion Davies Tregaron; 84 Elin Gordon Tre-gib 87 Rachel Evans Amman Valley; 88 Justine Jones Amman Valley 91 Jessica Williams Tre-gib

Year 10/11 boys

9 Lloyd Heckler QE; 16 Kyran Roberts QE; 18 Ronan Llyr Bro Myrddin 21 Rhys Granville Strade; 41 Laurie Hanorth STP; 56 Todd Watson STP

Year 10/11 girls

4 Megan Withers Tasker Milward; 12 Kari O’Neill Tre-gib 17 Megan Turner Penweddig; 18 Rhian Homer Bro Gwaun 26 Caitlin Thompson STP; Danielle Franklin SJL; 29 Josie Lewis STP

3 39 Lowri Heckler QE; 44 Leah Wilson-Randell Bryngwyn 52 Carrie Hermitage Preseli

Year 12/13 boys

9 Liam Lloyd CCTA; 11 Josh Griffiths Amman Valley; 17 Alex Matchett STP 45 Ethan Jones Greenhill

Year 12/13 girls

26 Heather Lewis Pembrokeshire College; 28 Kaiha Williams Greenhill 30 Meghan Good Tasker Milward; 32 Rebecca Brace Greenhill 33 Lauren Harries Penweddig

Schools indoor U16 Celtic Cup and under 20 match at NIAC Cardiff on Sunday 31 January 2011

Seven Dyfed Schools athletes competed in the match between the Welsh schools, Irish Schools and a Welsh Dragons team

Competing for the Welsh schools team Rhys Granville (Strade) easily won the 800m in 2.02.91, as did Kyran Roberts (Queen Elizabeth) in the 1500m. Kyran’s time was 4.16.91.

Also competing for the Welsh schools team were Kallum-Lee Evans (Tregib) in the shot, Aled Price (Maes yr Yrfa) in the long jump, David Omoregie STP) in the hurdles and high jump and Erin Walters (Bro Myrddin) in the long jump. David won both the 60m hurdles (8.45) and high jump (1.80)

Aled came second in the long jump with a jump of 5.92m, Erin Walters third in the long jump with a leap of 4.50m.Kallum-Lee threw 12.15m in the shot to finish third

Awen Rosser (Strade) and Aled Price competed for the Welsh Dragons team

Awen broke the match best performance in finishing second in the shot with a throw of 11.72 m. Aled came fifth in the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.99 and was a member of the Welsh Dragons team that finished third in the relay

Schools international indoor combined events at Glasgow on 6 February 2011

Three Dyfed Schools competed for the Welsh schools team in this annual event. Aled Price (Maes yr Yrfa) came first in the under 16 competition and he was also a member of the team that came first in the team competition .His overall points score was 3080 David Omoregie (STP) came 16 th in the same event with a score of 2430 points

Daniel Blain (Dyffryn Taf) came 14 th in the under 18 competition with a score of 1958 points. He was the second best placed member of the welsh schools under 18 team

4 Welsh sportshall athletics finals in Cwmbran on Sunday 6 March 2011

The Dyfed under 13 and under 15 girls indoor sportshall athletics teams won the Welsh team titles at the Welsh championships at Cwmbran and go on to represent Wales at the UK indoor sportshall athletics finals in Birmingham on Sunday 3 April 2011. Medallists Under 15 Girls

Gold Ayla Hamilton (Tregib) long jump Gold 4 x 2 laps relay Ayla and Megan Hamilton (Tregib) Bronze Ayla Hamilton (Tregib) overall Under 13 Girls

Gold Bethan Lewis (Bro Myrddin) Shot Silver Carly Jones (Amman Valley) vertical jump Silver Lauryn Davey Amman Valley) triple jump Silver Amy Humble (SJL) shot Silver Obstacle relay Lauryn Davey, Bethan Lewis and Hannah Doel (Tregib) Silver 4x 1 lap relay Hannah Doel and Rebecca Hartson (Strade) Bronze Rebecca Hartson High Jump

Dyfed Secondary Schools Cross Country championships at Oakwood on Wednesday 9 February 2011

Pembrokeshire Schools won seven of the eight team races.

Girls Year 7

1 Tegan Harrison Dyffryn Taf Brianne 8.10 2 Isabelle Davies Bro Gwaun Pembs 8.11 3 Jessica Bradley Tasker Milward Pembs 8.11

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 28; 2 Brianne 93; 3 Ceredigion 116; 4 Llanelli 156

Girls Year 8/9

1 Lucy Jones Maes yr Yrfa Brianne 9.28 2 Caitlin Page Lampeter Ceredigion 9.32 3 Ffion Quan Lampeter Ceredigion 9.35

Teams 1 Ceredigion 54; 2 Brianne 64; 3 Pembrokeshire 66; 4 Llanelli 152

Girls Year 10/11

1 Megan Withers Tasker Milward Pembs 11.56 2 Lauren Bell Bro Gwaun Pembs 12.18

5 3 Megan Turner Penweddig Ceredigion 12.48

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 55; 2 Ceredigion 66; 3 Llanelli 108

Girls Year 12/13

1 Lisa Neumann Dewi Sant Pembs 15.03 2 Lauren Harries Penweddig Ceredigion 15.47 3 Heather Lewis Pembrokeshire College Pembs 16.25

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 35

Boys Year 7

1 Mathew Jones Penglais Ceredigion 7.42 2 Rory Johns St John Lloyd Llanelli 7.45 3 Euan Cox Llandovery College Brianne 7.47

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 50; 2 Ceredigion 64; 3 Brianne 98; 4 Llanelli 113

Boys Year 8/9

1 Christian Lovatt Amman Valley Brianne 11.26 2 Liam Bradley Tasker Milward Pembs 11.39 3 Joe Chiffi Coedcae Llanelli 11.55

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 53; 2 Llanelli 55 3 Brianne 83; 4 Ceredigion 130

Boys Year 10/11

1 Lloyd Heckler Queen Elizabeth Brianne 14.49 2 Ronan Llyr Bro Myrddin Brianne 15.28 3 Morgan Smith STP Pembs 15.31

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 49; 2 Llanelli 86

Senior Boys Year 12/13

1 Liam Lloyd Coleg Sir Gar Llanelli 18.35 2 Josh Griffiths Amman Valley Brianne 18.52 3 Alex Matchett STP Pembs 19.13

Teams 1 Pembrokeshire 33

50 th anniversary Welsh schools cross country championships at Brecon on Wednesday 16 March 2011

The Dyfed (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire) secondary schools cross country teams again had another successful day at Brecon

6 Eight Welsh schools districts compete in the Welsh schools cross country championships and Dyfed had won the overall inter school district trophy every year since 1993

In Brecon this year Dyfed won four of the eight team competitions (Y7 girls, Y7 boys, middle girls and senior girls). The junior girls and middle boys teams finished second and the senior boys and junior boys team came third

In the overall team competition both Dyfed and Cardiff and Vale scored 114 points out of a maximum of 120. It was decided this year to share the trophy even though Dyfed gained one more team win than Cardiff and Vale

1= Dyfed and Cardiff and Vale 114; 3 Eryri 82 4 Powys 78; 5 North East Wales 77 6 South East Wales 74; 7 Glamorgan Valleys 70; 8 Afan Nedd Tawe 64

At Brecon the overall trophy to be retained by Dyfed for the first six months was presented to the Dyfed team captains Heather Lewis Pembrokeshire College and Matthew Richards Sir Thomas Picton School

Eighty eight Dyfed school athletes traveled on a school day to represent Dyfed in the 50 th anniversary championship and at Brecon Dyfed athletes won a total of 50 medals (25 gold medals, 12 silvers and 13 bronze medals)

The success of the Dyfed secondary schools teams once again is a tribute to the pupils themselves and the support team in the Dyfed schools and in the local athletics clubs

Eight Dyfed schools athletes have been selected to compete for the Welsh schools team in the schools international cross country match in Antrim on Saturday 26 March 2011

Year 7 Girls (First)

5 Jessica Bradley Tasker Milward; 8 Alicia Jones Tasker Milward 11 Beth Meopham Tasker Milward; 14 Isabelle Davies Bro Gwaun 18 Tegan Harrison Dyffryn Taf; 19 Kelsey Williams STP 20 Ffion Jenkins St Michaels; 21 Carys James Bro Gwaun 22 Naomi James Queen Elizabeth; 30 Josie Daniels Tasker Milward 45 Jadie Davis Tasker Milward;

Junior Girls (Y8/9) (Second)

8 Emily Thomas Penglais; 14 Caitlin Page Lampeter; 16 Megan Thomas Aberaeron 21 Ffion Quan Lampeter; 24 Poppy Lewis STP; 25 Shannon de Smet Tregib 31 Georgia Busby STP; 34 Amber Howell Amman Valley 38 Annabel Morgan Coedcae; 45 Charlotte Rees STP

Middle Girls (Y10/11) (First)

1 Megan Withers Tasker Milward; 4 Lauren Bell Bro Gwaun; 6 Kari O’Neill Tregib

7 7 Megan Turner Penweddig; 12 Caitlin Thompson STP; 15 Rhian Homer Bro Gwaun 17 Megan Carter Davies Penglais; 25 Danielle Franklin St John Lloyd 27 Josie Lewis STP; 28 Lowri Heckler Queen Elizabeth; 35 Leah Randell Bryngwyn 38 Stacey Webber Bryngwyn

Senior Girls (Y 12/13) (First)

11 Lisa Neumann Dewi Sant; 15 Heather Lewis Pembrokeshire College 19 Sarah Martin Dewi Sant; 20 Catrin Lewis Aberteifi; 22 Kaiha Williams Greenhill; 26 Rebecca Brace Greenhill; 36 Sophie Lane Amman Valley

Year 7 Boys (First)

4 Mael Davies Dyffryn Teifi; 7 Rory Johns St John Lloyd 9 Marinus Peterson Dewi Sant; 16 Finn Isles Dewi Sant 17 Euan Cox Llandovery College; 18 Noah Richards STP 24 Daniel Davies Dyffryn Teifi; 25 Aled Phillips Amman Valley 35 Llyr Davies Tregib; 45 Matthew Williams Milford ; 48 Jack Griffiths STP 62 Billy Truman STP

Junior Boys (Y8/9) (Third)

7 Christian Lovatt Amman Valley; 9 Liam Bradley Tasker Milward 12 Nikita Neary Dyffryn Taf; 25 Dylan Jones Penweddig 30 Elgan Roberts Tasker Milward; 31 Callum Berare Bryngwyn 33 Benjamin Williams Queen Elizabeth; 41 Tomos Watson Penweddig 43 Llyr Miles Preseli; 47 Jack Rees STP; 61 Hendrik de Smet Tregib 72 Nicholas Johnson St Michaels

Middle Boys (Y10/11) (Second)

8 Ronan Llyr Bro Myrddin; 14 Ben Sutton Dewi Sant; 17 Rhys Granville Strade 21 Ieuan Cooke Preseli; 26 Emlyn Lewis Aberaeron; 28 Laurie Hanorth STP 30 Ben Thomas Amman Valley; 34 Aiden Roberts Aberaeron 48 Alistair Davies Bro Gwaun ; 49 Zac Lewis Coedcae 51 Moritz Neumann Dewi Sant; 58 Morgan Smith STP

Senior Boys (Y12/13) (Third)

3 Josh Griffiths Amman Valley; 5 Matthew Richards STP; 23 Luke Clements Tregib 34 Berwyn Warlow Preseli; 38 Connor Boshford STP; 40 Ethan Jones Greenhill 41 Luke Cornish STP; 48 Emil Matthews Dewi Sant; 51 Jack Lear Greenhill 52 Finn Neumann Dewi Sant

Schools cross country international in Antrim on Saturday 26 March 2011

Schools international and Home Countries international cross country match at Greenmount College Antrim on 26 March 2011

Ten Dyfed schools athletes competed for Wales Schools in Antrim

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In the schools intermediate boys race Lloyd Heckler (Queen Elizabeth) finished 20 th and Ronan Llyr (Bro Myrddin) 31 st

In the intermediate girls race Megan Turner (Penweddig) was 27 th , Lauren Bell (Bro Gwaun 30 th and Kari O’Neill (Tregib) 31 st . Emily Thomas (Penglais) was 31st in the junior girls race. Christian Lovatt (Amman Valley) was 27 th in the junior boys event and Liam Bradley (STP) 28th

Home Countries international under 20 cross country match at Greenmount College Antrim on 26 March 2011

In the home countries international event Matthew Richards was 24 th and Josh Griffiths (Amman Valley) was 26 th the under 20 race

Dyfed Secondary Schools Relays competition at the Carmarthen Athletics Track on Monday 11 April 2011

Amman Valley School won the 21 st Dyfed Schools relays competition organised by Carmarthen Harriers. Queen Elizabeth School were second and Tregib School third

Teams

1 Amman Valley 89 2 Queen Elizabeth 84 3 Tregib 76 4 Bro Myrddin 67 5 Sir Thomas Picton 52 6 Dyffryn Taf 45 7 Emlyn 31 8 St John Lloyd 16

2011 London Mini Marathon on Sunday 17 April 2011

Seven Dyfed Schools athletes competed for the Welsh schools team in the event which is run over the last three miles of the marathon course

In the under 13 event Nikita Neary (Dyffryn Taf) finished 15 th (17.01) and Emily Thomas (Penglais) 61 st (20.37)

Kari O’Neill (Tregib) was 58 th (19.40) in the under 15 race and Christian Lovatt (Amman Valley) 66 th (17.04) in the same age group event

In the under 17 race Liam Lloyd (Coleg Sir Gar) was 11 th (15.00) Josh Griffiths (Amman Valley) finished in 20 th position (15.13) and Lloyd Heckler (Queen Elizabeth) 34 th (15.34)

9 Dyfed Schools Championships in Carmarthen on Saturday 18 June 2011

There were ten new records

Y7G SP Bethan Lewis Bro Myrddin 9.54 Y8 B 400 Nikita Neary Dyffryn Taf 56.4 Y8B 800 Nikita Neary Dyffryn Taf 2.09.2 Y9B LJ Josh Davies Dewi Sant 6.24 Y9B 1KW Ashley Farmer Preseli 5.18.8 MB 100H Daniel Blain Dyffryn Taf 13.6 MG DT Awen Rosser Strade 37.32 MG JT Carys Mansfield Queen Elizabeth 40.04 SG SP Lucy Griffiths Milford 11.49 SG DT Lucy Griffiths Milford 34.49

The Frank Davies Memorial Trophies were presented to Nikita Neary and Lucy Griffiths

Dyfed Schools Cup Final at Haverfordwest on Wednesday 22 June 2011

JG 1 Tregib 2 Amman Valley JB 1 STP 2 Dyffryn Taf MG 1 STP 2 Bro Myrddin MB 1 STP 2 Preseli

Welsh Athletics U23 v Welsh Schools U20 v England South West v Harvard and Yale match at Swansea on Wednesday 22 June 2011

Eight Dyfed Schools athletes competed for the Welsh schools team

2 Paul Bennett Penglais 300 34.81 4 Jade Williams St Michaels 600 1.34.55 4 Adam Davies Pembroke HJ 1.85 4 Lucy Griffiths Milford SP 11.36 4 Lucy Griffiths Milford DT 35.90 5 Matthew Richards STP 300 35.83 6 Matthew Richards STP 2KSc 6.46.50 6 Ffion Rees Bro Myrddin LJ 5.12 Emyr Jones Tregib PV -

Welsh schools combined events championships at Newport on Saturday 25 June 2011

Twenty Dyfed schools athletes competed in the championships. Glen Elsdon Dyffryn Taf won the senior boys event and the Dyfed team were awarded the gold medals on the day

Aled Price Maes yr Yrfa won the bronze medal in the middle boys section having led the competition up to the final event. Helena Madan Sir Thomas Picton came second

10 in the senior girls event. . Dyfed schools finished second in four of the six competitions Senior Boys

1 Glen Elsdon Dyffryn Taf 2690 5 Evan Jenkins St Michaels 2245 6 Lawrence Hancock STP 2150 Senior Girls

2 Helena Madan STP 2072 Middle Boys

3 Aled Price Maes yr Yrfa 2747 7 Aaron Willmott Emlyn 2248 Middle Girls

4 Alyce Phillips Queen Elizabeth 2482 5 Danielle Franklin St John Lloyd 2315 Junior Boys

4 Nikita Neary Dyffryn Taf 2265 6 Joe Chiffi Coedcae 2134 9 Gwion Jones Bro Myrddin 2076 13 Jake Evans Tasker Milward 2031 16 Oliver Butterworth Emlyn 1820 Junior Girls

10 Amy Leahy Bro Gwaun 2230 11 Miriam Williams Strade 2205 13 Erin Walters Bro Myrddin 2182 15 Angharad De Smet Tregib 1862 22 Ellie Dainton Coedcae 1672 23 Felicity Gardner Coedcae 1656 24 Angel Harvey St John Lloyd 1509

Welsh schools athletics championships at Brecon on 2 July 2011

Dyfed Schools again had a successful day in Brecon winning the overall title by 84 points from the Cardiff and Vale Schools. This is the 20 th time for Dyfed to win the overall title in the last 24 years

11 1 Dyfed 626; 2 Cardiff and Vale 542; Afan Nedd Tawe 407; 4 Glamorgan Valleys 361; 5 South East Wales 285; 6 North East Wales 279; 7 Eryri 252; 8 Powys 210

In Brecon Dyfed won the Middle girls, Senior Girls and Senior Boys team titles and came second in the junior girls, junior boys and middle boys age groups

The Charlie Hughes MBE Trophy was presented at Brecon to the two Dyfed senior captains Ffion Rees Bro Myrddin and Paul Bennett Penglais

84 Dyfed school athletes were chosen to compete in Brecon and every single pupil turned up in Brecon to compete for the District

Dyfed athletes competed superbly in Brecon winning a total of 77 medals. 29 were gold, 31 silver and 17 bronze

Sixteen Dyfed School athletes have been chosen for the Welsh schools team for the middle age group international schools match in Cardiff on Saturday 16 July 2011

Medallists Junior Girls

Gold

75H Amy Leahy Bro Gwaun 11.26 HJ Erin Walters Bro Myrddin 1.63 1K Walk Ellie Dainton Coedcae 5.21.72

Silver

100 Ffion Walters Bro Myrddin 12.91 200 Amy Leahy Bro Gwaun 26.25 LJ Erin Walters Bro Myrddin 4.97 4 x 100 Relay Erin Walters, Ffion Walters, Rachel Donnison Penglais, Amy Leahy 51.28 Bronze

SP Bronwen Lewis Bro Myrddin 9.69 1K Walk Felicity Gardner Coedcae 6.12.53 Junior Boys

Gold

100 Shaun Pearce Glan y Mor 11.30 1000 walk Ashley Farmer Preseli 5.31.99 4 x 100 Relay Shaun Pearce, Josh Davies, Sam Jones, Gwion Jones Bro Myrddin 46.2

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200 Sam Jones Maes yr Yrfa 23.85 80H Joe Criddle Dyffryn Taf 12.75 LJ Josh Davies Dewi Sant 5.91 Bronze

JT Sam Bleach Emlyn 36.63 HJ Jack Evans Llandovery College 1.60 SP Jake Evans STP 12.09 DT Alvils Osians STP 34.57

Middle Girls Gold

300 Lauren Bell Bro Gwaun 41.67 1500 Sc Rhian Homer Preseli 6.11.71 DT Awen Rosser Strade 40.34 SP Awen Rosser Strade 11.00 JT Carys Mansfield Queen Elizabeth 40.05 4 x 100 Relay Natalie Evans Llandovery College, Laura Davies, Lauren Bell, Elinor Jones Amman Valley 51.78

Silver

800 Lauren Bell Bro Gwaun 2.21.42 1500 Caitlin Thompson STP 4.59.97 3000 Kari O’Neill Tregib 11.27.05 PV Enfys Jones Tregib 2.75 HT Elliw James Bro Myrddin 32.62 Bronze

200 Laura Davies St John Lloyd 26.35 HT Jodie Lewis Pembroke 21.73 Middle Boys Gold

1500 Kyran Roberts Queen Elizabeth 4.04.23 3000 Lloyd Heckler Queen Elizabeth 9.11.69 100H Daniel Blain Dyffryn Taf 13.37 400H Aaron Willmott Emlyn 58.54 JT Aled Price Maes yr Yrfa 49.79

13 Silver

800 Rhys Granville Strade 1.58.29 100H David Omoregie STP 13.48 SP Kallum Evans Tregib12.49 DT Lee Taylor Llandovery College 43.37 Bronze

100 Mathew Davies Tregib 11.44 200 Mathew Davies Tregib 22.69 JT Lee Taylor Llandovery College 45.49 Senior Girls Gold

1500 Sc Kaiha Williams Greenhill 6.47.95 LJ Ffion Rees Bro Myrddin 5.19 SP Lucy Griffiths Milford 11.23 DT Lucy Griffiths Milford 34.37 JT Zoe Priestley Pembrokeshire College 36.57 2K Walk Heather Lewis Pembrokeshire College 9.37.71 CBP

Silver

LJ Sophie Lane Amman Valley 4.78 TJ Sophie Lane Amman Valley 10.23 HT Helena Madan STP 36.03 4 x 100 Relay Ffion Rees, Megan Jones, Abigail Hall, Eleanor Rowland Milford 53.58 Bronze

100 Ffion Rees Bro Myrddin 12.96 200 Abigail Hall Coleg Sir Gar 27.49 100H Helena Madan STP 28.90 400H Sarah Martin Dewi Sant 81.14 PV Megan Jones Amman Valley 2.20 Senior Boys Gold

400 Matthew Richards Pembrokeshire College 50.79 3000 Josh Griffiths Amman Valley 8.58.2 110H Glen Elsdon Dyffryn Taf 15.08 400H Glen Elsdon Dyffryn Taf 56.71 SP John Stowell STP 10.87 JT Jon Llewelyn Tregib 56.29

14 Silver

100 Paul Bennett Penglais 11.13 1500 Matthew Richards STP 4.12.37 HJ Adam Davies Pembroke 1.90 PV Emyr Jones Tregib 3.75 HT John Stowell STP 38.20 4 x 100 Relay Paul Bennett, Matthew Richards Pembrokeshire College, Kyle Ward Lampeter, Jack Button STP 44.80 Bronze

LJ Lawrence Hancock STP 5.69

Welsh Schools NASUWT Cup and Plate Final in Brecon on Wednesday 13 July 2011

Dyfed had the best ever results in this year’s event, winning three of the six cup team competitions and one plate team competition with Sir Thomas Picton School Haverfordwest being awarded the Charlie Hughes memorial trophy as the top school in the 2011 competition

39 schools from the eight schools districts competed this year in Brecon. Sir Thomas Picton School won the Junior Boys and Middle Girls Cups and Tregib School Llandeilo came first in the Junior Girls Cup competition. Bro Myrddin School Carmarthen won the Middle Girls plate competition

In the other three team competitions Amman Valley School came second in the junior girls plate and Dyffryn Taf were also second in the junior boys plate team competition. Ysgol Preseli were third in the middle boys plate and Sir Thomas Picton finished sixth in the middle boys cup event

Aviva Schools U17 Track and Field International Match at Cardiff on Saturday 16 July 2011

Seventeen Dyfed Schools members competed for the Welsh schools team and they all performed very well

Carys Mansfield (Queen Elizabeth) won a bronze medal in the javelin with a throw of 39.29

Llyr Jamieson (Dyffryn Teifi) was a member of the silver medal winning 4 x 400 metres team 3.23.06. Mathew Davies (Tregib) and Shaun Pearce (Glan y Mor) were members of the Welsh schools team who finished third in the 4 x 100 metres relay 43.66 and Lauren Bell (Bro Gwaun) also a member of the bronze winning 4x300 girls relay team (2.26.02)

3 JT Carys Mansfield Queen Elizabeth 39.29 4 1500 Kyran Roberts Queen Elizabeth 3.59.17 4 800 Lauren Bell Bro Gwaun 2.13.85

15 4 100H Daniel Blain Dyffryn Taf 13.67 5 3000 Lloyd Heckler Queen Elizabeth 9.08.57 5 JT Aled Price Maes yr Yrfa 47.52 5 LJ Erin Walters Bro Myrddin 5.27 5 DT Awen Rosser Strade 36.41 5 SP Awen Rosser Strade 11.12 6 DT Lee Taylor Llandovery College 38.51 6 100H David Omoregie STP 14.08 7 400H Aaron Willmott Emlyn 59.20 7 HT Elliw James Bro Myrddin 29.16 8 3000 Kari O’Neill Tregib 11.32.31 8 PV Enfys Jones Tregib 2.50

Mathew Davies won the non-scoring 100m in 11.40 with Shaun Pearce third in 11.50

2011 UK Sainsbury School Games at Sheffield on 3/4 September 2011

Eight Dyfed Schools athletes competed for the Welsh schools team

Llyr Jamieson (Dyffryn Teifi) was a member of the winning 4 x 400 metres team with a time of 3.22.29. Girls captain Awen Rosser (Strade) won a silver medal in the discus event with a throw of 37.06m. Lloyd Heckler (Queen Elizabeth), the boys captain gained a bronze medal in the 3000 metres with a personal best time of 9.00.38. Daniel Blain (Dyffryn Taf) was 4 th in the 100m hurdles in a time of 13.72 and Kyran Roberts 5th (Queen Elizabeth) in the 1500m (4.11.91). Mathew Davies (Tregib) was a member of the Welsh schools 4x 100m team that finished 4 th in a fine time of 43.17. Aaron Willmott (Emlyn) recorded a personal best performance of 57.98 in finishing 7th in the 400m hurdles. Lauren Bell (Bro Gwaun) came 8 th in the 800 (2.26.02)

Conclusion Sincere thanks to

• The officers and Committee for their full support during the year

• The athletes who have achieved great results in 2011 and their contribution to the success of the Dyfed Schools teams at National level

• All the Head teachers, PE teachers and staff of the schools in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire for their assistance and support at all times

o The coaches in our Athletics Clubs for the work they put in with the young athletes

• The Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire County Councils and their Directors of Education for their support of athletics in their respective Counties

Hedydd Davies Hon Secretary 1/11/11 E-mail [email protected]

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