Our coaches
Cardiff AC offers coaching in the various disciplines of athletics.
Upon joining, young members join the Cardiff Athletics Academy which gives them a broad experience of different events, how to train properly and safely, warm-up & cool-down procedures and track etiquette. At the appropriate time Academy members will progress to a specialist training group under one of the club’s qualified coaches.
New members, especially younger ones, often join the club with an interest in a particular discipline (say, sprinting) but find that,
in fact, they are talented in a quite different discipline. Budding sprinters often find that they are good at hurdling or long jumping,
or vice versa. This is the benefit of joining a wider group at the outset and before settling on a particular speciality.
Members who join a club coach’s training group are expected to compete for the club when selected and enter relevant championships as the primary objective of the club is to provide coaching AND competition.
All the club’s coaches give up many hours of their personal time to help their group members. There is a limit to how many athletes an individual coach can manage effectively and, from time to time, a group becomes too large to accept any others. Reluctantly, therefore, it is sometimes unavoidable that a new member may have to wait before joining a coaching group. We do our best to advise the athlete in these circumstances.
Such members will, however, be able to use all the other facilities of the club including being eligible to compete for club teams.
Mike Williams
Qualifications: UKA Level 2.
Events Coached: Throws.
Robert Hooper
Qualifications: UKA Level 3.
Events Coached: Sprints.
Ceridwen Daniel
Qualifications: progressing to Level 2.
Events Coached: High jump.
Stephen Knight
Qualifications: UKA Level 2.
Events Coached: Middle Distance.
Diane Hains
Qualifications: UKA Level 2.
Events Coached: Endurance.
Helen James
Qualifications: Level 2 Coach.
Events Coached: Sprints.
Helen was a successful sprinter winning Welsh Championships, and representing Wales in International competitions. Following retiring from sprinting, Helen became a sprints coach, and has been successful, winning Sport Wales Coach of the year, a few seasons ago. Helen continues with her coaching, bringing through many young sprinters to represent Wales.
Lorraine Mulvaney
Qualifications: UKA Level 2 speed/sprints.
Lorraine has been involved in athletics for many years, and her love for athletics began as a child, initially competing for her school county. In later years, she took a more hand on approach to athletics as a coach, Masters athlete and mother of a competitive athlete for Cardiff AAC in 2008.
Lorraine is a Level 2 Athletics coach, Level 1 Track official, Level 2 Field official, Level 1 Photo finish official and a Welsh Athletics Equalities board sub group member.
Following a break from coaching due to a career change that demanded a considerable amount of her time both during the day and evenings, Lorraine returned to athletics coaching in 2016 with a specific additional interest in supporting athletes with (and without) Developmental Disorders. Lorraine is now involved in coaching mainly short and long sprints to a group of athletes who compete at local league competitions, National and International competitions which she thoroughly enjoys.
Alex Jachontow
Qualifications: UKA Level 2 speed/sprints.
Events Coached: Sprints.
Connor Lane
Qualifications: UKA Level 3 events, sprints and hurdles.
Events Coached: Sprints.
Chris Shepherd
Qualifications: UKA Level
Events Coached: Jumps
Gareth Tennison
Events Coached: Sprints