The passing of Gill Regan

The Welsh athletics fraternity will be sad to learn of the death of former Welsh long jump record holder Gill Regan who died yesterday, December 5th after a short illness.

She held the record with 6.56m for a remarkable 35 years until it was narrowly beaten by Cardiff teammate Rebecca Chapman in 2017.

She won the Welsh title 9 times, a record which still stands and competed in the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games.

Clive Williams