LEADING THE WAY Annual Report 2014 Annual Report 2014.indd 1 20/10/2014 08:28:56 GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH GAMES RESULTS A full list of all the Welsh Beverley Jones (John Parkin/ Final position 10th. Total points athletes who competed at the Geoff Ward) 7422 2014 Commonwealth Games Beverley finished 6th in the wom- in Glasgow. en’s para-sport long jump with Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) 3.71m. Dai finished 4th in heat three of the men’s 400m hurdles in Adam Bitchell (coach: James 50.36s. Thie) Brett Morse Brett qualified for the men’s Adam finished 15th in the men’s discus final with a throw of 59.85 David Guest (Mike Guest) 10,000m final in a new personal before finishing 5th in the final Decathlon - 100m – 10.95s (1st), best of 28.47.94 with 60.48m. Long Jump 7.01m (9th), Shot Put 12.43m (7th), High Jump Aled Sion Davies (Anthony Carys Parry (Adrian Palmer) 1.87m (7th), 400m 48.08s (2nd), Hughes) Carys qualified for the women’s 110m hurdles 14.70 (5th), Discus Aled won a silver medal in the hammer throw final with a throw 43.14m (3rd), Pole Vault 4.50m men’s para-sport discus final of 64.72m before finishing 5th in (2nd), Javelin 51.93m (7th) PB, with a throw of 46.83m. the final with 65.37m. 1500m 4.51.23 (7th). Final position 8th. Total points Andrew Davies (Steve Vernon) Chris Gowell (Steve Sisson) 7516 Andrew finished 17th in the Chris qualified for the men’s men’s marathon in a time of 1500m final by finishing 4th in Dewi Griffiths (Kevin Evans) 2.18.59. round one in 3.40.30 before fin- Dewi finished 25th in the men’s ishing 10th in the final in 3.42.10. 10,000m final in 31.28.81. Ben Gregory (Julie Hollman) Decathlon - 100m – 11.26s (5th), Curtis Mathews (Mike Guest) Elinor Kirk (Tony Houchin) Long Jump 7.42m (4th) PB, Shot Decathlon - 100m – 11.03s (2nd) Elinor finished 9th in the wom- Put 13.03m (6th) PB, High Jump PB, Long Jump 7.20m (3rd), Shot en’s 10,000m final in 33.22.40 1.90m (7th), 400m 50.49s (3rd), Put 13.53m (4th) PB, High Jump and 12th in the 5,000m final in 110m hurdles 14.70s (4th), Dis- 1.84m (9th), 400m 50.94s (4th), 15.57.67. cus 40.40m (6th), Pole Vault 5m 110m hurdles 14.88s (1st) PB, (1st), Javelin 54.05m (5th), 1500m Discus 47.85m (3rd) PB, Pole Gareth Winter (Zane Duquemin) 4.34.89 (2nd). Vault 4.30m (4th), Javelin 52.09m Gareth finished 8th in the men’s Final position 6th. Total points (6th) PB, 1500m 4.59.72 (10th). shot put final with 17.33m. 7725 Hannah Brier (Neal Merry) 2 Annual Report 2014.indd 2 20/10/2014 08:29:15 GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH GAMES RESULTS Hannah finished 5th in heat 6 Matthew Richards (Adrian Palm- rounds in 11.83s and was part of of the women’s 100m qualifying er) the women’s 4x100m team that rounds in 11.97s and was part of Matthew finished 10th in the qual- finished 4th in 44.66s in the quali- the women’s 4x100m team that ifying round of the men’s hammer fying round before finishing 7th in finished 4th in 44.66s in the quali- throw competition with a throw of the 4x100m final in 44.51s (nation- fying round before finishing 7th in 58.52m. al record). the 4x100m final in 44.51s (nation- al record). Mica More (Lawrence Moore) Rhys Jones (Keith Antoine) Mica was part of the women’s Rhys finished 2nd in the men’s Hannah Thomas (Dave Lease) 4x100m team that finished 4th para-sport T37 qualifying round Hannah was part of the women’s in 44.66s in the qualifying round two in 12.10s before winning a 4x100m team that finished 4th before finishing 7th in the 4x100m silver medal in the final in a time in 44.66s in the qualifying round final in 44.51s (national record). of 12.04s. before finishing 7th in the 4x100m final in 44.51s (national record). Olivia Breen (Jonas Tawiah-Do- Ryan Spencer-Jones doo/Julie Hollman) Ryan finished 8th in the men’s Joe Thomas (Arwyn Davies) Olivia finished 4th in the women’s shot put qualifying rounds with a Joe finished 3rd in heat three of para-sport long jump competition best of 16.78m. the men’s 800m qualifying rounds with a best jump of 4.06m. in 1.49.83s before finishing 7th in Sally Peake (Scott Simpson) the second semi-final in 1.50.08. Osian Jones (Dennis Roscoe) Sally won the silver medal in the Osian finished 9th in the qualifying women’s pole vault final with a Jonathan Edwards (John Ed- round of the men’s hammer throw best vault of 4.25m. wards) competition with a best throw of Jonathan finished 8th in the men’s 61.30m. Tracey Hinton (Paula Dunn) and hammer throw qualifying rounds guide Steffan Hughes. in a time of 63.66s. Paul Walker (Scott Simpson) Tracey and Steff finished 1st in the Paul finished 5th in the men’s qualifying rounds of the women’s Lee Doran (Chris Watts) pole vault final with a best vault of para-sport T12 100m in 13.79s Lee qualified for the men’s javelin 5.35m. before finishing 4th in the final in final by finishing 4th with a throw 13.65s. of 75.82m before finishing 8th in Rachel Johncock (Leon Baptiste) the final with a best of 72.73m. Rachel finished 4th in the heat five of the women’s 100m qualifying 3 Annual Report 2014.indd 3 20/10/2014 08:29:21 INTRODUCTION FROM THE CHAIR am delighted to introduce the 2014 structure meets the evolving and develop- Annual Report and to reflect on the ing needs of athletics in Wales. success and progress made in a full We were very pleased to welcome Chris- range of activity across all forms of tian Malcolm to the Board this year. His athletics in Wales during the past knowledge and recent experience as an Iyear. The specific achievements which elite athlete brings an added quality to the are documented, in other areas of the skills and balance of the Board. report, illustrate the outcomes of the hard work of our dedicated staff and volunteer Despite the challenges that athletics faces, workforce and the talent and commitment in this ever-changing sporting landscape, of our athletes. we have seen a 16% growth in member- ship; this year increasing to over 8000 The combination of a strong strategic plan, members. The clubs play a major role in coupled with an excellent track record for recruiting and retaining members and we delivering on all targets set over the past are committed to developing ongoing en- years, resulted in a substantial four year gagement with our clubs in order to meet investment from Sport Wales to enable us their expectations and grow the sport. to deliver our 2013-2017 Strategic Plan. During the past year a significant mile- However, threats to future funding from stone has been reached in creating a UKA and Sport Wales will, inevitably, con- sustainable delivery model for schools tinue to pose a major challenge. athletics. Welsh Athletics and the Welsh Schools Athletic Associa- “Our congratulations tion have agreed a delivery model which will support the must be given to all governance and finances of the WSAA and also support athletes, coaches and schools athletics with a joint- ly-agreed annual programme of activities. A major element support staff who have of our Athletics Network Club Development Plan focuses brought such success to on increasing competitive opportunities in each of the our sport.” eight school districts. This new model will facilitate the strengthening of school to club links and provide a co- In order to achieve our strategic objectives hesive programme of opportunities at the the Board continues to guide and support start of the athlete development pathway. the senior staff as well as challenging the strategy, policies and financial manage- The Welsh Schools Athletic Association is ment of the company. This year, consid- now fully integrated into the Welsh Athlet- erable focus has been given to corporate ics governance structure and this augurs governance and we will continue to work well for the future. to improve these at all levels of the sport, 4 as well ensuring that the organisational The external Competitions Review com- Annual Report 2014.indd 4 20/10/2014 08:29:27 missioned by the Board in the autumn The current athlete development pathway As you read and study the following of 2013 concluded in March 2014. The has resulted in more athletes attaining report, you will appreciate how wide and recommendations emanating from the the Commonwealth Games standard diverse our sport is. Creditable perfor- report have resulted in structural and than ever before in the history of Welsh mances and progress are recorded in all operational changes. The Competitions Athletics. disciplines. It is very easy to view one as- Strategy is currently being reviewed in or- pect of the sport from a narrow perspec- der to facilitate the recommendations of It is also important to note that the tive and, perhaps, not appreciate success the report and a Steering Group has been National Development Programme, an across the sport as a whole. set up to support its implementation.