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BRIDGEND ATHLETIC CLUB is based at the Clubhouse and Running Track behind the BRIDGEND RECREATION CENTRE ,Newbridge Fields ,BRIDGEND, South Wales.
Help is always required for coaching, administration and general assistance. We will give help and arrange training for coaches and officials.The club does not provide coaching & training facilities for those who do not wish to compete for us. We do not provide training purely for recreation or to get fit for other sports" WE ARE A COMPETATIVE ATHLETICS CLUB.
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Sat 6th March Bridgend Junior Schools xc,Ogmore Comp
Sat 6th March Gwent League fixture 5,Blaise Castle Bristol
Sun 7th March ADC Steeplechase workshop with David Saker,Swansea
Sun 7th March ADC high Jump workshop with Steve Ryan,Swansea
Sun 7th March Level 2 officials course ,Swansea
Sat 20th March Level 2 Modules Throws,Jumps and Endurance,Cardiff Int Stadium
Sat 20th March Bridgend Junior schools XC, Pencoed comp
Sun 21st March Sport Relief Mile at the club for all the family!
Sat 27th March Level 2 Sprint Module,Cardiff Int Stadium
Sun 28th March Midlands Open ,Birmingham (pre-entry required)
Wed 31st March Swansea Open(entry on the night)
Sat 3rd April Basingstoke Open (pre-entry required)
Sat 10th April Lee Valley Open (pre-entry required)
Sun 11th April Tipton Games,Tipton (pre-entry required)
Sun 11th April Welsh Road Relay Champs,Llandow (pre-Entry required)
Sat 17th April Birchfeild Harriers Open,Birmingham (pre-entry required)
Sun 18th April Welsh Senior League u17-Seniors ,Swansea
Sun 18th April Kidderminster Open (pre-entry required)
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Congratulations to Kate Roberts (Senior), who capped a fantastic debut cross country season by winning the Senior Ladies Gwent League Title at Bristol on Saturday.
Kate finished 5th in Saturdays race, but her consistency throughout the season gave her the overall honours.
We wish Kate continuing success in her remaining Cross Country, Road and Track fixtures in 2010.
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Please note the Welsh Road Relay Champs will be held at Llandow Race Circuit on Sunday the 11th of April.
Would all Juniors who would like to compete please contact me (RichardTidball@aol.com) ASAP with their name DOB and Welsh Athletics Reg number to allow the teams to be selected.
With our current strength in depth at the club in endurance groups we should do really well and be able to field more then one team in most categories ,also the event is on our doorstep!
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On Saturday the 27th of February the 48th Welsh Schools National Cross-Country Championships took place in Brecon.
Yet again this was a very successful event for Bridgend Athletes continuing the great winter to date .
There were a total of 488 athletes competing across 8 age groups and Bridgend athletes came away with 5 of the major medals on a the day which is a remarkable haul.
Leading the way was Jonathan Hopkins with Gold in the senior Boys race,also continuing his brilliant winter Morgan Davies Gold in the Middle Boys race and following on from her great victory last week in the Welsh XC champs and the most impressive winner on the day Rosa Yates Gold in the Year 7 race winning by a massive margin of 43 seconds.
The other two medal winners on the day were the every consistent Ffion Lewis with Silver in the Middle girls race after a very gutsy run as usual.
Also winning Silver with a fantastic sprint finish was Megan Osborne in the Junior Girls race.
Other notable performances on the day were ex-member Zoe Thomas 4th in the senior girls ,Sam Longville 8th,Tom Davis 10th and Matthew Weeks 11th all closely grouped in the middle boys race.
Also well done to Caitlin Bryant 9th and Fiona Bray 23rd in the Middle Girls,James Hunt 13th ,Harry Davies 56th and Sion Lewis 61st in the Junior Boys,Jazmine Briganti 14th,Annabel Curle 34th,Lucy Tarrant 48th in the Junior Girls and Rob Davis 41st in the Year 7 Boys.
Well done to everyone and coaches and parents also.
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Please note that Hurdles training with Angela Davies has changed to 5.15pm on a Tuesday.
Anyone interested in trying hurdles especially boys please contact me Richard Tidball and I will pass your details to Angela. |
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Well done to the athletes who competed at the AAA Indoor Champs in Birmingham last weekend.
Stephen Guest finished 9th in the HJ and his brother David Guest also 9th in the pole vault where unfortently Rob McGregor was injured.
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| All the Bridgend AC members would like to pass on their best wishes for a speedy recovery to Rob McGregor who unfortunately broke his leg at this weekend AAA champs in Birmingham in a freak accident during the pole vault competition. |
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Please note we will be collecting Tesco Vouchers for schools/Club again this year the scheme restarts in March.
Please could you pass all vouchers to club representative any night at the club.The vouchers will be used to obtain new training equipment for the club.
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We will soon be posting and handing out this years membership forms.
Please note that Senior membership has been increased from £35 to £40,for New Junior Members the membership has also been incresed from £25 to £40 but this now includes a club vest.
For renewal of junior membership the fee remains at £25 .
Please note we expect all junior members to pay their training fees by standing order ,currently only 35% do so our target by April is a 80% minimum .
Details of the standing order payments can be found in your membership pack.
All the items above were agreed at last weeks AGM. |
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The 5th and final Gwent XC league fixture of the season takes place on Saturday March 6 2010 - Blaise Castle, Bristol - Information will be available soon.
Those of you intending to compete please pre-register your name and details on the list at the clubhouse .
Maria Mohamed will team manage the Juniors on the day.
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The first of the new Athletics Assistant courses is coming to Cardiff on March 20th & 21st 2010 at the National Indoor Athletics Centre, which is situated on the Cyncoed Campus site of the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC). This will be the first course of its kind in the UK and will be offered at an introductory price of £50 per person (normal price £150).
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