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Weekend Round-Up (22 - 23 November)
LIVERPOOL CROSS CHALLENGE – NOVEMBER 23 Cari Hughes (Cardiff Athletics) overcame illness and a muddy course to win the senior women’s race at the UK Cross Challenge event in Liverpool on Saturday....
Team Announcement: Telford 10km
Congratulations to the 8 athletes selected to represent Welsh Athletics at the Telford 10km on Sunday December 14th, Telford, England. Congratulations to those selected for the Welsh team for the Telf...
Seven Welsh Athletes Announced for 2025/26 Paralympic World Class Programme
A cohort of 41 athletes have been offered membership to the Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2025/26 among them are seven Welsh athletes. The Paralympic WCP, funded by UK Sport’s National ...
Weekend Round-Up (15 - 16 November)
NCAA DIVISION MID-ATLANTIC REGION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – BETHLEHEM, PENSYLVANIA, NOVEMBER 14 Gwenno Goode (Cardiff Athletics/LaSalle University) qualified for the NCAA National Championship a...
Spotlight on 2025 Annual Award Winners
Relive the action from the Annual Awards Evening! Welsh Athletics & RunWales Annual Award Evening 2025 | Flickr What a fantastic year it has been for Athletics and Running in Wales. This year's...
Jeremiah Azu & Abi Pawlett announced for the 2025/2026 Olympic World Class Programme
UK Athletics has announced that both Welsh athletes Abigail Pawlett and Jeremiah Azu will be apart of the group of 62 athletes nominated for membership to join the UK Athletics Olympic World Class Pro...
Weekend Round-Up (8 - 9 November)
2025 APPALACHIAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (AAC) WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP – KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 7 Ellen-Mary Kearney (Milligan University) smashed the meeting record at the 2025 A...
Cardiff Cross Challenge 2025 Round-up
The Cardiff Cross Challenge – the UK’s only World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold Label date – once again produced a brilliant day’s running which attracted more than 2,000 entries. As well ...
SportsShoes and Nike to sponsor the Cardiff Cross Challenge 2025
The 2025 edition of the Cardiff Cross Challenge will be sponsored by SportsShoes.com and Nike. SportsShoes are the UK’s number one online retailer for run, gym and hike. Their aim is to help the...
Cardiff Cross Challenge 2025 - Preview
Olympians and world championship athletes will once again rub shoulders with club runners of all abilities at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on Saturday. For the fifth year, the hugely popular event boas...
Exciting Start to Our Latest Coach in Running Fitness Course at St Cyres!
On 26th October, we were delighted to welcome a new group of aspiring coaches to our latest Coach in Running Fitness (CiRF) course at St Cyres. This qualification is designed for those who want to get...
Weekend Round-Up (1-2 November)
NORTH WALES JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT OPEN – DEESIDE, NOVEMBER 1 Athletes aged from under-11 to under-15 took part in the North Wales Junior Development Open at the Deeside Indoor Athletics Track. Among th...
Roll of Honour - 35th anniversary
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame celebrated the 35th anniversary of its ‘Roll of Honour; at The Parkgate Hotel this week by inducting his 200th member. On a spectacular night in the Welsh capital two...
Weekend Round-Up (25 -26 October)
WELSH INTER-SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – BRECON, OCTOBER 22 The event was held as a stand-alone event for the first time since 2018. A move to a date in the first half-term of the school ye...
Welsh Athletics National Development Programme - Opening Day
The Welsh Athletics National Development Programme (NDP) officially resumed on October 4, marking the start of another exciting year for the first tier of the Welsh Athletics Performance Pathway. The ...
Five Welsh Athletes Announced for the UK Athletics Futures Programme 2025-26
UK Athletics has announced today 15 new athletes with a total cohort of 44 athletes on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26. The Programme – which is supported by Nike and delivered in partner...
Flynn flies the flag for Wales
Flynn flies the flag for Wales The Welsh Team before the Abingdon Marathon At the final Road Masters International race of the season, there were some terrific performances from Welsh athletes with no...
Weekend Round-Up (18 - 19 October)
IAU 24-HOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALBI, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 18-19 Jen Coleman (Les Croupiers) was part of the Great Britain team which won team gold at the at the 24-hour world championships in France...
Opportunity to Represent Wales v England at the Adidas Manchester Marathon
SUNDAY 19 April 2026 Building on the success of the last few years, Welsh Athletics have got an exciting programme of Master Internationals for 2026, not least will be the Marathon International, whi...
Welsh Government Support the Own The Night Campaign to Make Running Safer for Women this Winter
John Griffths MS and Heledd Fychan MS have tabled a Statement of Opinion for the Senedd record supporting Welsh Athletics Own the Night campaign. Last week, Welsh Athletics launched a national campaig...