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Weekend Round-Up (5-6 September)
07/09/2026 00:00, In Blog /
UK SCHOOL GAMES – LOUGHBOROUGH, SEPTEMBER 4-5
A team featuring some of Wales’ most promising young athletes took part in the UK School Games in Loughborough, which concluded on Sunday.
The School Games National Finals is a biennial four-day multi-sport event for young athletes of school age and is funded by Sport England National Lottery Funding and backed by all the Home Country Sports Councils and UK Sport.
As well as athletics, the games feature a total of 11 sports including cricket, hockey, netball, wheelchair tennis and BMX racing.
The Welsh Dragons athletics team, included a number of National Development Programme athletes including Darcy Coslett (Llanelli AC) and Aiden Angilletta (Deeside AAC). They took on athletes from teams representing regions across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There were a number of excellent individual performances from Welsh athletes across the two days, which saw qualifiers on Friday and finals on Sunday under the Dynamic New Athletics format.
Coslett won both her 100m races, clocking 12.03 in the first race and 12.01 in the second.
There was another win for an NDP athlete in the high jump where Orla Kisane (Deeside AAC) won with a height of 1.60m having finished second the previous day with 1.65m.
Angilletta enjoyed two second place finishes in his 110m hurdle races, recording times of 14.32 and 14.45. In the javelin, the talented multi-eventer enjoyed a personal best of 46.63m as he finished fourth. There was also a PB for under 15 athlete Jacob Barnes (Cardiff Athletics), who clocked 23.18 in the 200m.
NDP athlete Grace Hawker (Cardiff Archers) also recorded two second place finishes in the shot put where she threw distances of 13.79m and 13.63m.
Fletcher Roberts (Brighton Phoenix) earned a second place finish in the ambulant 200m where he posted a time of 31.17.
There were second and third place finishes for Bryony Boyce (Cardiff Athletics) in the 800m where she clocked times of 2:17.26 and 2:14.18.
Mathew Hines (Swansea Harriers) enjoyed a third place finish in the second of his 400m hurdles races in a time of 56.79. There was also a third place in the long jump for Macsen Martins-Hughes (Cardiff Archers) who jumped 5.91m having finished fourth the previous day with 6.10m.
WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL – BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 4 AND 5
Jake Heyward (Cardiff Athletics) ran a season’s best time of 3:31.18 as he finished eighth in the 1500m at the Diamond League final in Belgium.
The time was just a tenth of a second outside the Welsh record set by Heyward at the 2022 Commonwealth Games final – before his enforced four year absence from the sport due to injury.
When the race settled after the early stages, Heyward found himself towards the back of the world class field at the half way point.
But the Welshman started moving up through the field with 400 to go. Heyward crossed the line in eighth place with just 10 metres between him and winner Cameron Myers, of Australia, who clocked 3:30.14.
TROFEO NASEGO MOUNTAIN RUNNING SEVEN NATIONS – CASTO, ITALY, SEPTEMBER 5 AND 6
A Welsh team competed at the WMRA Mountain Running Cup event in Italy over the weekend.
In the women’s uphill only race on Saturday, Eden O’Dea (Deeside AAC) was the first Welsh finisher overall, completing the 4.2K course which has an elevation of 1,000m, in 23rd place overall, clocking 48:07.
Efa Baines (Eryri Harriers) was next home in 30th place in 49:21. Martha Owen (Deeside AC) was 37th in 51:51 with Bronwen Jenkinson (Keswick Athletics Club) 39th in 52:08.
The first Welsh finisher in the men’s uphill race was Kieran Wynne-Cattanach (Eryri Harriers), who crossed the line in 40th in 41:30 ahead of clubmate Tom Wood, who was 43rd in 42:05. Sam Gunning (Cybi Striders) was 56th in 43:56 and Gavin Roberts (Calder Valley Fell Runners) 58th in 44:32.
In the women’s 21K race on Sunday, O’Dea was once again the first Welsh finisher in 23rd place in a time of 2:09.53. Owen was next in 28th in 2:12.13. Baines finished 38th in 2:21.55 and Jenkinson 40th in 2:23.40.
Sunday’s men’s race saw Wynne-Cattanach cross the line in 33rd place overall in 1:52.03. Roberts was 40th in 1:55.12 with Wood 44th in 1:56.19 and Gunning 54th in 2:04.39
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NATIONAL FINAL UPPER AGE GROUP – LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 6
Having won the UK Youth Development League’s Northern Region Premier West title for the second year running, North Wales competed in the Upper Age Group National Final in Liverpool on Sunday.
Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletics Club took the title with North Wales finishing sixth overall.
There were a number of outstanding individual performances by the North Wales team including that of Gethin Brown, who won the athlete of the match award.
In the men’s Under-18 hammer 5kg A event, Brown enjoyed a commanding win thanks to an effort of 66.40m – a new UK YDL record. His nearest rival was York’s Louie Reid with an effort of 51.74m
Another North Wales winner was Under-20 athlete Huw Williams, who won the Under-20 men’s high jump with a best of 1.91m. Williams also won the men’s 400m hurdles in 55.60 and finished second in the 110m hurdles in 16.17.
Isaac Bromwich won the Under-20 men’s shot put with a best of 11.62m and the Under-20 men’s javelin with 58.05m. He also finished third in the discus with 23.74m.
In the Under-18 men’s events, National Development Programme multi-eventer Aidan Angilletta won the men’s 110m hurdles in 14.79 and the javelin with 49.74m. Meanwhile, Michael Phelan won the 2,000m steeplechase in 6:08.72.
Another NDP athlete, Olivia Scrimshaw won the under-18 women’s long jump with a distance of 5.32m, while Orla Kissane won the under-18 women’s high jump with 1.66m.
KIDNEY WALES CDF 10K – SEPTEMBER 6
Lloyd Sheppard-Brown (Cardiff Athletics) and Hayley Price (Newport Harriers) won the men’s and women’s elite races as the Kidney Wales CDF 10K celebrated its 40th anniversary.
The wheelchair race was won in a big personal best time by Welsh Athletics National Development Programme athlete Owain Terrell (Newport Harriers).
Sheppard-Brown celebrated a big PB in winning the men’s elite race as he slashed 40 seconds of his previous mark when he crossed the line in 29:08. Jon Butler (Swansea Harriers) was second in 29:44, while Charlie Jenkins (Western Tempo) was third in 29:54.
A delighted Sheppard-Brown said afterwards:
“It was a 40 second PB for me today so I’m over the moon. I’ve just come back from America so it’s nice to be back again on the home roads in Cardiff.
“I wasn’t expecting to win today, I spoke to my coach and the goal was to go under 30 minutes, so this was a nice shock. I was feeling good today, and I’ve always looked up to Dewi (Griffiths, who finished fifth) for so long so it was nice to run alongside him, and then I just worked on closing down the last three miles.
“When I came down to the finish, I didn’t quite believe how fast I’d ran – I couldn’t stop smiling as the crowds were cheering for me.”
Price won the women’s race in 34:13 ahead of Lucy Morrison (Swindon Harriers) in 35:05 and 2022 Commonwealth Games competitor Jenny Long nee Nesbitt (Pontypridd Roadents).
The Newport Harrier said:
“I’m very surprised and super happy to win today. I wasn’t expecting it as I haven’t done a 10K in over a year. This time last year I did the Cardiff 10K, so I wanted a PB but wasn’t expecting to win the race.
“I was feeling good and then I started to feel the heat and the fatigue in my legs but the support around the course and to the finish line was amazing, so I knew I needed to keep pushing and I found my second gear right at the end.
“It was a really good event and a really good course. I’ve now got the Cardiff Half in October so I wanted to get this one done as a build in to see what I can do in the next one.”
Terrell won the wheelchair race in 29:55, finishing ahead of Ron Price in 40:56 and Les Hampton in 45:11.
The youngster’s time was nearly a minute faster than his win here last year.
“It’s a PB for me today on a tough course, so I’m happy with that,”
said Terrell.
“I’ve been trying out a new chair which I’ve had since April so I’ve just been trying to bed it in and get used to it and with this one you can spot me from a mile away as it’s bright yellow.
“I was expecting a decent time today although some of the tight turns around the course made it a bit more difficult. I’m looking forward to the Cardiff Half in a month’s time now too.”
CP SPORT NATIONAL PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 - COVENTRY, SEPTEMBER 5
F38 athlete Charlie Goodwin (Cardiff Atheltics) finished second in the men's F6 shot put with a best throw of 9.28m and fouth in the men's F8 discus, throwing 23.18m. Sienna Allen-Chaplin T36 & F36 (Swansea Harriers) athlete also comepted in the women's T2 100m finishing second in her group in 17.25 alongside fellow T37 welsh athlete Amirah peckham (Newport Harriers) who placed fourth in her group with a seasons best of 17.65.