Day 2 Round-Up – 2023 Welsh U13/U17/U20 Championships
Today hosted the second day of the Welsh Junior Championships which was full of action at Newport Stadium. Evie Cooper (Neath Harriers) secured her third Welsh title of the year in the U17 hammer, thr...
Day 1 Round-Up – 2023 Welsh U13/U17/U20 Championships
Today saw the first day of the 2023 Welsh U13/U17/U20 Championships, hosted at Newport Stadium Evie Aitchison (Neath Harriers) took the first track win of the day in the U17 300m hurdles finishing in...
Thursday 10th of August – History made on final day of competition
More history was made on the final day of competition in Trinidad with William Bishop (DSW Para Academy) winning bronze in the men’s T38 long jump, to become the first Welsh para athlete to win a fi...
2023 Welsh U13 / U17 / U20 Championships Preview
This weekend will see the Welsh U13 / U17 / U20 Track & Field Championships take place. Over 450 athletes will compete over the weekend of competition in Newport Stadium. A number of Championship Best...
2023 Adidas Home Nations Podium 5K Preview
The Home Nations Podium 5K returns to Cardiff’s Bute Park this Saturday. The event welcomes athletes competing for national, composite, and club teams and offers bonuses for course records and Welsh...
Wednesday 9th of August – Joseph Berry & Sophie Lisk in action
On the third day of Athletics competition in Trinidad, there was plenty of on-track action. Team captain Joseph Berry (Newport Harriers) took on the men’s 200m and Sophie Lisk (Cardiff Archers) took...
Tuesday 8th of August – An evening of finals
On Tuesday Storm Evans (Carmarthen & District Harriers) and Joseph Rees Gara (Wigan & District) were in action in the evening session. First to compete was Storm Evans (Carmarthen & District Harriers)...
Tomi Roberts-Jones makes history in Trinidad
On the first day of athletics action at the Commonwealth Youth Games, Tomi Roberts-Jones (DSW Para Academy) took victory in the men’s T38 100m, to win Wales’ first para gold medal in Commonwealth ...
Monday 7th August – History Made
History was made on the first day of athletics competition in Trinidad as Tomi Roberts-Jones took gold in the men’s T38 100m to win Wales’ first para gold medal in Commonwealth Youth Games history...
Weekend Round-Up (5th & 6th of August)
Maesgwm Detour inc the Welsh Senior Mountain Running Championships, 5 August The Welsh Senior Mountain Running Championships, Welsh Inter-Regional Championships and the fourth round of the FRA Britis...
Team Announcement: British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships
Congratulations to all the athletes selected to represent Wales at the 23rd British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships in Peebles, Scotland on Sunday the 10th of September. Steve Mitchell...
4 Welsh Athletes Selected for 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest
Four Welsh athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary between the 19th - 27th of August. Melissa Courntey-Bry...
2023 Welsh Athletics & Run Wales Annual Awards
It’s time to celebrate our community with the return of the Welsh Athletics & Run Wales Annual Awards. The Awards will take place on Saturday the 25th of November at Glamorgan Cricket Grounds, Sophi...
Weekend Round-Up (22nd & 23rd of July)
Monaco Diamond League, 21 July Two Welsh records in two weeks for Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Poole AC), as she broke the Welsh one-mile record at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday. Courtney-Bryant fin...
Welsh Athletics AGM Preliminary Notice
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF WELSH ATHLETICS LTD WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY THE 21ST OF OCTOBER. This year's Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics will take place on 21st October 2023 at 10am ...
Welsh success at World Para Athletics Championships
It was a hugely successful World Para Athletics Championships for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The team returns home from Paris with a medal tally of 29, 5 of which came from Welsh performances...
Funeral details for Jeanette Jenkins
Following on from the sad announcement of the death of Jeanette Jenkins, please see details regarding her funeral service. The funeral service will take place at 12:30 on Friday the 28th of July at...
Fifth Shot Put World Title for Aled Davies
Aled Davies (coach: Ryan Spencer-Jones, club: Cardiff) completed a decade of dominance in the men’s F63 shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, becoming the ninth British athlet...
Weekend Round-Up (15th & 16th of July)
World Para Athletics Championships There’s been plenty of Welsh success at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. Olivia Breen (City of Portsmouth) got the action underway on Day 3 in th...
Welsh Athletics Trailblazer Jean Whitehead (née Docker) dies
A tribute by Clive Williams The athletics fraternity in Wales and indeed further afield will be sad to learn of the death of former Welsh champion and record holder Jean Whitehead (née Docker) on 28t...