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Pickering Memorial Throws International (U23, U20 and U18 – Throws) Team Announcement
16/05/2026 00:00, I Mewn Blog /
Congratulations to the 16 athletes selected to represent Welsh Athletics at the Pickering Memorial International on Sunday 31 May taking place at Loughborough Unviersity, England.
Neil Taylor, Para Athletics Coordinator and National Talent Development Coordinator for Throws:
We’re very proud to announce the team for the Pickering Memorial International 31 May at Loughborough University and congratulate all the selected throwers, along with their personal coaches and support teams, their dedication and results have earned well-deserved recognition in this part of their athletics journey, we wish them well. We also congratulate both Michael Jenkins and Amelia Fettis as Welsh Athletics Team Captains for this event.
Full Team Selected:
| Men | Coach | ||
| U18 Shot | Lachlan Robbie | Cardiff Archers | Gwennan Lewis |
| William Richards-Baldwin | Cheltenham & County Harriers | Gareth Winter/Ben Wade | |
| U18 Discus | Deacon Evans | Cardiff Athletics | Mike Williams / Ken Holmes |
| William Richards-Baldwin | Cheltenham & County Harriers | Gareth Winter/Ben Wade | |
| U18 Hammer | Gethin Brown | Deeside AAC | Osian Jones |
| Deacon Evans | Cardiff Athletics | Mike Williams / Ken Holmes | |
| U20 Shot | Owen Garrett | Yate & District AC | Paul Filer |
| U20 Discus | Owen Garrett | Yate & District AC | Paul Filer |
| U20 Javelin | Isaac Bromwich | Deeside AAC | DylanDavies & Dorel Greta |
| U23 Disc M | Michael Jenkins | Swansea Harriers | Ryan Spencer-Jones |
| U20 Seated Shot | Jac Sheehan | Aberystwyth AC | Ffion Maybe |
| Women | |||
| U18 Shot | Grace Hawker | Cardiff Archers | Gwennan Lewis |
| U18 Discus | Annabelle Jones | Deeside AAC/Wrexham AC | Ian Robinson |
| Ava John | Cardiff Athletics | Brett Morse | |
| U23 Shot | Cerys Aboagye | Croyden Harriers | Anthony Soalla-Bell/Gary Power |
| U23 Discus | Lucy Harris | Swansea Harriers | Gary Herrington |
| U23 Ham | Amelia Fettis | Newwport Harriers | John Pearson |
| U20 Amb Para Discus | Mia Lloyd | Cardiff Archers | Gwennan Lewis |
| U18 Seated Shot | Ellie Bowen | Cardiff Archers | Josh Clark |
Our thanks to the National Lottery for the support with our International competition and athlete performance programme.