Wrexham's Thomas hits the heights to win prestigious title
Next up, he is back in Birmingham this weekend for the UK championships.
'I was really pleased,' admitted Walley, a huge Wrexham AFC supporter.
'I won the Welsh title a couple of weeks back. I went to the English championships as a guest.
'I didn't get quite as high as I have been jumping, but it was a good competition.'
It was a close competition between Walley and William Lane, as they both cleared 5.05m.
'We were a fair bit above the rest of the field and it was neck and neck,' added Walley.
'It went down to me having less failures.'
Looking ahead to this weekend's huge challenge, he said: 'It's the UK championships back in Birmingham. It will be a tough one, but I'm up for it.'
Also in winning form was Spencer Jones. He took part in the BMC regional event, in Aberdare, where a personal best of 17-19.90 made sure he won the U13 boys' 3k walk.
Adding to the Wrexham good news stories was Amanda Bailey, at the Dolgellau five-mile road race.
She was first W50 in a new record time of 36.20, which saw her crossing the line 22nd overall.
A trio of talented youngsters made their mark in multiple events at the North Wales junior league meet, in Bangor.
There was a hat-trick of triumphs for Spencer Jones in the U13 boys' section. He took first in the shot put (8.08m), 200-meters (30.30) and 2k walk (10.56.01).
Competing in the U11 boys' section was Ellis Jones, who triumphed in the shot put (5.61m) and 800m walk (4-56.09), while he was fifth in the long jump (2.92m).
In the U13 girls' class, Macey Quick was fourth in the 200-metres (32.90) and fifth in the long jump (3.40m), while she also clocked 15.60 for the 100-metres.
A pair of Wrexham racers headed to Holyhead in order to compete in the Breakwater five-mile road race.
Gwyn Roberts clocked 34.08 for 41st and Karl Moore crossed the line in 155th spot with his time of 45.07.
At the Ponderosa hill race, in Llangollen, a time of 37.19 saw Gareth Williams in 35th position.
Plenty of parkruns have caught the attention of Wrexham athletes.
Glyn Wise was runner-up at Bala in 19.56, while an effort of 21.00 saw Nick Jones third at the Bramshall Park event.
Over at Glossop, Connor Rogers (20.41) was fifth on the day, followed by Mark Hughes (46th in 27.26).
Charles Ashley (57th in 28.22) and Stephen Walker (125th in 49.24) tackled the Llangollen event, while Alan Williams (17th in 24.29) raced the Thoulstone parkrun and Mike Robbins (14th in 25.12) was in action at Wepre.
Steffan Thomas (30th in 24.19) was the first Wrexham AAC finisher at Erddig.
He was followed by Rhys Hatfield (42nd in 25.03), Chris Evans (46th in 25.19), Megan Hatfield (65th in 26.50), Peter Hughes (72nd in 27.11), Colin Jones (78th in 27.38), Deiniol Thomas (97th in 28.39), Gruffydd Thomas (113th in 29.39), Karl Moore (136th in 30.58) and Tomos Marriott (156th in 32.30).
Events this weekend includes Wrexham hosting a Northern Senior League meet, which takes place on Saturday.
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