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Weekend Round-Up (12-13 April 2025)
ERRA NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, 12 APRIL Pontypridd Roadent Jake Smith ran a course record of 14:28 as his club finished 13th overall in the men’s 12 stage event in a total time of 3:...
Team Announcement - Trail de Guerledan 26km
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team of athletes selected to compete at the Trail de Guerledan 26km event on June 7, 2025. Steve Mitchell (National Talent Development Coordinator, Endura...
Welsh Athletics Coach Education Season Springs into Action
This weekend marked the long-awaited return of sunshine and the perfect start to the 2025/26 coach education season for Welsh Athletics. With spring finally in full bloom, we were thrilled to deliv...
Glasgow 2026 Nomination Policy published
Welsh Athletics are pleased to confirm the nomination policy for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The policy is aligned to the Team Wales selection policy that was published earlier today – this...
Weekend Round-Up (5-6 April 2025)
NORTH WALES ENDURANCE OPEN AND FIELD EVENTS – DEESIDE, APRIL 4 More than 150 athletes of all ages took part in the North Wales Endurance and Field Events Open at Deeside Stadium on Friday night. The...
Jenny Nesbitt Selected for GB & NI Team for European Road Running Championships 2025
UK Athletics have announced Jenny Nesbitt (Pontypridd, Dave Long) has been selected to represent the GB & NI team at the European Road Running Championships on the 12-13 April 2025 in Belgium. Nesbi...
Officials Pathway Update
On behalf of the Home Countries, thank you to all the officials who submitted their feedback about the officials’ pathway earlier this year. Having reviewed the feedback, the officials’ pathway fo...
Weekend Round-up (29-30 March 2025)
RALEIGH RELAYS, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 28 Gwenno Goode (Cardiff Athletics/La Salle University) ran the second fastest Welsh 3,000m steeplechase time ever when she finished third in 9:56.80 in North Car...
Team Announcement - London Mini Marathon
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team selected to compete for Wales in the London Mini Marathon on Saturday 26 April 2025. Steve Mitchell (National Talent Development Coordinator - Endur...
SIAB Cross Country International 2025 - Round-Up
40 young Welsh athletes travelled to Falkirk, Scotland, to compete at the SIAB Cross Country International on Saturday. Perfect weather and firm underfoot conditions welcomed the Welsh athletes who m...
National Sport Snapshot - Club Input Required
Calling all clubs! Help us build a snapshot of Wales’ inclusive sport landscape. Disability Sport Wales is aiming to hear from as many physical activity and sports clubs and sessions nationally to e...
Weekend Round-Up (22-23 March 2025)
WORLD INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS - CHINA, MARCH 21 Jeremiah Azu completed a Grand Slam of Welsh, British, European and World indoor 60m titles in China on Friday afternoon. All this has come in t...
World Indoor Athletics Championships – China, March 21
Jeremiah Azu completed a Grand Slam of Welsh, British, European and World indoor 60m titles in China on Friday afternoon. All this has come in the three months since the Cardiff Athletics sprinter re...
SIAB/Home Countries International Cross Country Preview
Welsh Schools Athletics Association SIAB Cross Country/Home Countries International Callendar Park, Falkirk, Scotland – Saturday March 22nd. 2025 This coming weekend sees Welsh Schools take teams...
Welsh Athletics Partners with Cardiff Met to Expand Sports Injury Clinic
Welsh Athletics and Cardiff Metropolitan University have joined forces to enhance the provision of sports injury support, bringing together their expertise to benefit the wider community, staff, and s...
Weekend Round-Up (15-16 March 2025)
PODIUM FESTIVAL 5KM – LEICESTER MARCH 15 Osian Perrin (Menai Track and Field) broke Roger Hackney’s 40-year-old Welsh 5K road record on Saturday. Three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games silver ...
Welsh Athletics and Gameplan Health Unveil Exclusive Private Medical Insurance Plan for Members
Today, Welsh Athletics in collaboration with the other Home Country Athletics Federations (England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) have partnered with Gameplan Health and Aviva to introduce a best-in...
Jeremiah Azu selected for the World Athletics Indoors Championships in China
UK Athletics has announced today the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China (21-23 March). Originally scheduled for the 2020 edition of ...
Team Announcement - Trail de Guerledan (65km)
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce both Andrew Davies (Maldwyn Harriers) and Sanna Duthie (Clwb Run Wales) have been selected to compete in the Trail de Guerledan (65km) Steve Mitchell (Nati...
Team Announcement - Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km 2025
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce Owain Zerilli (Les Croupiers) has also been selected to join the rest of the team selected in the first wave of selections for the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km. ...