Meet the Coaches
Kris Jones- UKA Level 3 Coach (01495 221918)
Cardiff AAC Hurdles Coach
Bsc Hons Degree Sport & Physical Education
Head Coach of the Cardiff Hurdles squad
Welsh National Team Coach 2007
Kris is very young coming in to coaching and he has certainly made an impact by setting up a very successful squad at Cardiff AAC that is based in UWIC on a Tuesday & Leckwith on a Thursday evening.
Kris as an athlete has achieved honours as a G.B and Welsh International at the 110m Hurdles. Kris is still holds the honour of being the last sprint hurdler from Wales to represent G.B at International level. In his first three seasons in coaching he has coached athletes to International honours and a host of British & Welsh National titles along with consistent UK top 5 rankings. The Cardiff AAC squad that he has set up is the most successful hurdles group in Wales at present.
Graham Jones- UKA Level 1 Coach (Hurdles Assistant)
Coach with the Cardiff Hurdles Squad
Graham is an independent Level 1 coach assisting the Cardiff Hurdles squad.
Graham has many years experience in athletics and was coach to Kris whom he guided to GB International Level. Graham has had the opportunity over the years to learn from some of the best athletes and coaches in track & field and has a clear understanding of what is required to get to the highest level in hurdles.
Hurdle Squad Training Times
Cardiff AAC Hurdles Squad- Training at UWIC Tuesday & Leckwith Thursday 6.00pm-8.00pm
Mark Jessop- UKA Level 1 Coach (Hurdles Assistant)
Coach with the Cardiff Hurdles Squad
Mark started athletics as a sprint hurdler competing for Milton Keynes athletics club. He went on to represent Buckinghamshire at the English schools championships and still holds the county championship records for both u17 and u20 sprint hurdles.
He made the transition up to 400m hurdles when going Loughborough University, who he represented at the BUSA championships. Mark has a good pedigree in the 400mH and was coached by Nick Dakin and trained with the likes of European Bronze Medallist and Wales very own Rhys Williams. After completing a BSc(Hons) in Chemistry and Sports Science he moved down to Wales where he is training to be a Chiropractor at the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic. Mark has now turned his attention away from competing to coaching where he is able to pass his knowledge on to the Cardiff Hurdles Squad.
