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NASUWT Cymru Welsh Schools Cup & Plate Finals Preview 2024
08/07/2024 00:00, In Blog /
Action in Welsh Schools’ track & field competitions comes thick and fast at this time in the summer term. Last weekend, it was the WSAA Nationals in Cardiff. On Wednesday of this week, July 10, it is the turn of school teams to make the most of their opportunity at the biggest grassroots competition for secondary schools in Wales, the NASUWT Cymru Cup & Plate Finals, which return to Brecon’s Penlan Arena after being held at Aberdare in recent years.
The Cup competition has been organised each year since 1988 while the Plate Final was added in 2007 – so this will be the thirty fifth time that the Cup competition has been staged.
The age groups are U14 (School years 7 & 8) and U16 (years 9 & 10).
Pupils are limited to a maximum of two individual events, plus a relay, and, if they are entered for two events, one must be a track event and the other a field event.
In the field and hurdles events, the competitions are held with the lower year groups’ implements or hurdles distance and spacings.
A total of 40 schools have qualified from Cup Finals organised by the eight district associations – Afan Nedd Tawe, Cardiff & the Vale, Dyfed, Eryri, Glamorgan Valleys, North East Wales, Powys, and South East Wales - to field sixty three teams at Wednesday’s Finals, which start at 12 noon, and are due to finish by 5 pm.
In the Cup competitions, pupils will wear single digit numbers, from 1 to 8. In the Plate competitions, pupils will wear double digit numbers, from 11 to 88.
In track events, except the 1500 metres, the Cup Final heat will be held before the Plate Final heat. In the 1500 events, all sixteen athletes will run together.
Schools Qualified to Compete
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Cup Qualifiers |
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District |
Number |
Under 16 Boys |
Under 14 Boys |
Under 16 Girls |
Under 14 Girls |
|
Afan Nedd Tawe |
1 |
Bishopston |
Gwyr |
Gwyr |
Olchfa |
|
Cardiff & the Vale |
2 |
Cardiff High |
Whitchurch |
Glantaf |
Glantaf |
|
Dyfed |
3 |
Haverfordwest |
Dyffryn Aman |
Bro Dinefwr |
Bro Myrddin |
|
Eryri |
4 |
Friars |
Syr Thomas Jones |
Tryfan |
Tryfan |
|
Glamorgan Valleys |
5 |
Gelli Haf |
Y Gwyndy |
Y Gwyndy |
Y Gwyndy |
|
North East Wales |
6 |
St Joseph’s |
Morgan Llywd |
St Joseph’s |
Castell Alun |
|
Powys |
7 |
Newtown |
Llanidloes |
Llanidloes |
Welshpool |
|
South East Wales |
8 |
Caerleon |
Brynmawr |
Gwent Is Coed |
Caerleon |
|
Plate Qualifiers |
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District |
Number |
Under 16 Boys |
Under 14 Boys |
Under 16 Girls |
Under 14 Girls |
|
Afan Nedd Tawe |
11 |
Gwyr |
Bryn Tawe |
Olchfa |
Bishopston |
|
Cardiff & the Vale |
22 |
Glantaf |
Llanishen |
Radyr |
Cardiff High |
|
Dyfed |
33 |
Dyffryn Aman |
Penglais |
Dyffryn Aman |
Bro Preseli |
|
Eryri |
44 |
Brynrefail |
Ardudwy |
Dyffryn Conwy |
Botwnnog |
|
Glamorgan Valleys |
55 |
Rhydywaun |
Gelli Haf |
Brynteg |
Gelli Haf |
|
North East Wales |
66 |
Castell Alun |
NO ENTRY |
Alun School |
Alun School |
|
Powys |
77 |
Llanidloes |
Newtown |
Welshpool |
Llanidloes |
|
South East Wales |
88 |
St Julian’s |
Rougemont |
Monmouth Girls |
Islwyn High |
PARKING THIS YEAR WILL BE ON THE PLAYING FIELDS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TRACK FROM THE PAVILION – THIS IS TO RELIEVE PARKING PRESSURES ON THE NEIGHBOURING HIGH SCHOOL AND LEISURE CENTRE SITES.
Welsh Schools, Welsh Athletics and NASUWT Cymru wish all our participating teams the best of luck. We look forward to an exciting afternoon of athletics.