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2024 Road, Cross Country, Mountain, Trail, and Ultra Selection Policies
22/10/2023 00:00, In Blog / Road / Cross Country / Fell & Mountain / Trail /
We are pleased to announce the Welsh Athletics Road, Cross Country, Mountain, Trail, and Ultra representative opportunities for 2024.
Chris Type, Welsh Athletics Head of Performance shared:
“The release of the new Road, Cross Country, Mountain, Trail, and Ultra selection policies mark the direction of travel for the performance pathway, where parity of opportunity across the event groups has become a key focus. 2024 will see the very best of Welsh talent competing for the honour of wearing the Welsh vest.”
Steve Mitchell, National Development Coordinator – Endurance shared:
“We are very excited to announce the Road, Cross Country, Mountain, Trail, and Ultra Welsh representative opportunities for 2024. This exciting range of races provide the best Welsh endurance athletes with the chance to compete for Wales with distinction whilst aiding their continued development. We look forward to fielding some very strong teams.”
Road & Cross Country
- 20 January 2024 – Home Nations Cross Country
- 8 February 2024 – Armagh International Road Race
- 3 March 2024 – Trafford 10km (U23/U20 developmental team)
- 16 March 2024 – Dudinska Race Walking (proposed, to be confirmed with race organisers)
- 20 April 2024 – London Mini Marathon
- 1 December 2024 – Valencia Marathon (proposed, to be confirmed with race organisers)
Mountain, Trail & Ultra
- 24 March 2024 – Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km (road ultra)
- Date TBC – Senior Home Countries Mountain International
- 18 & 19 May 2024 – Trail de Guerledan (trail short and long)
- 22 June 2024 – WMRA U18 Mountain Running Cup
- 20 July 2024 – International Snowdon Race
- 14 September 2024 – Junior Home Countries Mountain International
Schools
Welsh Athletics reserves the right to amend Selection Policies at its sole discretion and will make any amended version publicly available.