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Leader Live
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- Leader Live
Wrexham's Thomas hits the heights to win prestigious title
Wrexham AAC ace Walley claimed victory at the English senior championships, which took place in Birmingham. His effort of 5.05-metres was enough to make sure of success in the pole vault. 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.
Belfast Telegraph
33 minutes ago
- Belfast Telegraph
Tom Brady questions Wayne Rooney's ‘work ethic' during managerial stint at Birmingham
Brady, who is a minority owner of the club, stars in a new Amazon Prime documentary series, due to air on Friday, which outlines the trials and tribulations the new ownership group, Knighthead Capital Management LLC, faced when taking over. Back in 2023, Rooney was brought in as manager two months after the new owners bought the club, replacing John Eustace with the Blues sat sixth in the Championship. Rooney was sacked 83 days later as the club dropped to 20th and were eventually relegated. In the new television series, Brady is seen questioning Rooney before the decision to sack him, with the seven-time Super Bowl winner telling colleagues: "I'm a little worried about our head coach's work ethic." He added: "I mean, I don't know, I don't have great instincts on that." For his part, Rooney attempted to explain his thoughts on Birmingham's problems, telling Brady that the culture surrounding the club needs to change. He said: "Why they're playing in the Championship and not the Premier League is because we've all passed a ball, kicked the ball and run, but it's a focus, concentrated for 90 minutes." After his dismissal, Rooney did not feel 13 weeks was "sufficient to oversee the changes that were needed". Once Birmingham's relegation from the second division was confirmed, Brady later put the blame on the players despite the owners hiring seven different managers in just 10 months. "Well we've already changed the coach, so it's really the players because the coach doesn't go out there and put the ball in the goal," Brady said. "They were lazy, they were entitled and when you're lazy and entitled, you don't have much of a chance to succeed. We've got to change all the people that are associated with losing, so I think this summer there's going to be a lot of people gone." Birmingham spent £30m on transfers ahead of the 2024/25 season which is a monumental sum for a League One side. The club went on to break the Football League record for most points in a season and topped the table with 111 to secure their promotion back to the Championship for the upcoming season.
BBC News
34 minutes ago
- BBC News
Clarke wants Rovers to 'hit the ground running'
Bristol Rovers head coach Darrell Clarke says he wants to "hit the ground running" when the new season starts this returned to the Memorial Ground for a second spell in May, seven years after he left the role and following the club's relegation to League Two at the end of the last campaign. The Gas host Harrogate Town on Saturday in Clarke's first match of 2025-26."We want to hit the ground running, we want to get off to a good start," Clarke told BBC Points West."I take a game as they come, I'm not interested in who we're playing. We've got to win a certain amount of games a season to be successful to get out of the division and that'll be the focus from day dot - don't win a game, win the next one; don't win a game, win the next one."It's what's brought me success as a manager, focusing on the next project." Clarke led Rovers to two promotions from the National League to League One during his four-year spell in charge between 2014 and he reiterated he has not returned for "sentimental reasons" but to "win"."I don't ever start a division and don't think I can't get out of it. It's always the aim, it should be the aim of everybody's campaign," said Clarke, who has also managed Port Vale, Cheltenham and Barnsley. "You'll see around the building the three words I look at are accountability, resilience and mentality. "That's what I'm all about and I demand my players show that, every day in training the intensity has got to be high and then match day takes care of itself."
