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Welsh Schools National Cross-Country Championships 2025 Round-Up
A brief weather window greeted the athletes for the 62nd staging of the Welsh Schools “Nationals” last Wednesday. With the course firm underfoot this led to a sequence of 8 highly competitive rac...
Empowering Runners: Guide Running Workshop at Leckwith
Despite the cold and rainy conditions at Leckwith Stadium last night, Welsh Athletics, delivered another successful Guide Running Workshop. The wet weather may have tested us, but it certainly didn’...
Update on Mountain & Trail Championship Races & Welsh Teams
TRIAL RACES & SELECTION POLICIES The Red Kite race is a highlight of the Welsh trail running calendar. For a number of years, it has acted as the Welsh Short Trail Championship Race and been the trial...
Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Preview
Around 40 Welsh athletes will head to Birmingham this weekend to compete at the Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships. Those taking part across Saturday and Sunday range in experience from Paral...
Ryan Spencer-Jones to join UK Athletics
Welsh Athletics National Talent Development Coordinator for throws Ryan Spencer-Jones has concluded his time at Welsh Athletics to start a new role supporting throwers that are part of the World Clas...
Weekend Round-Up (15-16 February 2025)
BUCS ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – SHEFFIELD, FEBRUARY 14-16 Welsh Athletics Performance Programme multi-eventer Abi Pawlett (Trafford/Loughborough University) broke the 33-year-old Welsh 60m hur...
Welsh Schools National Cross Country Championships 2025 - Preview
For the top schools’ cross-country runners in Wales, all roads lead to Brecon on Wednesday 19 February, when the Penlan playing fields are again the venue for the Welsh Schools’ National cross-cou...
Welsh Athletics extends partnership with Joma as Technical Sponsor
This renewed partnership will see Joma Sport provide its innovative sportswear and equipment to Welsh national teams and development squads. The collaboration reinforces Joma’s position as a leadin...
Upcoming Hurdle Clinics - March 2025
We’re excited to host two exclusive hurdle clinics this March, designed to help athletes refine their technique and smoothly transition to new hurdle heights and distances with the upcoming age grou...
Weekend Round-Up (8-10 February 2025)
GRAN PREMIO CIUDDAD DE VALENCIA – WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR BRONZE – FEBRUARY 7 Dewi Hammond (Cardiff Athletics) ran a season’s best 6.77 as he won over 60m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronz...
Team Announcement - Pulford 10K 2025
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce Adam Barber has been selected to compete for Wales in the Pulford 10K on 23 of March, 2025. Steve Mitchell (National Talent Development Coordinator - Enduranc...
Weekend Round-Up (1-2 February 2025)
JOHN THOMAS TERRIER CLASSIC - BOSTON UNIVERSITY – JANUARY 31 – FEBRUARY 1 Piers Copeland (Pontypridd Athletics) produced a brilliant performance to run the fastest ever indoor time for the mile ...
Welsh U13, U15, U20 & Para Indoor Championships Day 2 - Round Up
Day two of the Welsh Under-13, Under-15, Under-20 and Para Indoor Championships boasted a record breaking run and a number of athletes achieving multiple medal-winning performances. Perhaps the outsta...
Welsh U13, U15, U20 & Para Indoor Championships Day 1 - Round Up
Day one of the Welsh Under-13, Under-15, Under-20 and Para Indoor Championships saw a new Welsh record and several championship best records. One of the stand-out performance of the day came from Darc...
Team Announcement - Celtics Home Nations Cross Country 2025
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the Welsh Athletes selected across U17, U20, U23, and Senior age groups to compete in the Celtic Home Nations Cross Country in Leeds on the 8 of February, 20...
Team Announcement - Dudinska50 2025
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce that Gracie Griffiths has been selected to compete for Wales in the Dudinska50 event in Slovakia competing in the 10k walk on March 22, 2025. Steve Mitchell ...
Elizabeth Hughes Obituary
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Liz Hughes last week following a long struggle with cancer. Liz had been a member of Aberystwyth AC and Cardiff AC during her running career and won t...
Welsh U13, U15, U20 & Para Indoor Championships 2025 - Preview
More than 500 of the nation’s best young athletes have entered this weekend’s Welsh Under-13, Under-15, Under-20 and Para Indoor Championships. They will include some of the highest ranked athlete...
Weekend Round-Up (25 - 26 January 2025)
DR SANDER SCORCHER INVITATIONAL – NEW YORK, JANUARY 24-25 Running for La Salle University, Welsh Under-20 steeplechase record holder Gwenno Goode (Cardiff Athletics) ran 9:16 as she finished second ...
Welsh Cross Country Championships 2025 - Round-Up
Dewi Griffiths and Lauren Cooper took the senior men and women’s titles on a brilliant day’s running at the 120th Welsh Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The event attracted more than 1,100...