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The award for Most Influential Campaign, sponsored by Sportscover Europe, went to Welsh Athletics for our simple yet powerful Daily Mile campaign which encourages primary school children to run,...

With 400 days to go, Commonwealth Games Wales (CGW) is proud to announce that Television broadcaster Gethin Jones has been appointed as the Chef de Mission for Team Wales at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwea...

NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – EUGENE, OREGON JUNE 11-14 Gwenno Goode (La Salle/Cardiff Athletics) made her NCAA Outdoor Track and Field finals debut appearance in the 3,000m steeplech...

A record breaking Welsh U13, U15, U20 and Junior Para Track and Field Championships thrilled large crowds at the Swansea Bay Sports Park over the weekend. A bumper entry of almost 600 athletes saw nat...

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the European Athletics Team Championships has been announced today. Welsh athletes Abigail Pawlett (Ashley Bryant, Trafford) and Evan Blackman (Dai Gre...

Some of the best young athletes in the United Kingdom will be on show at this weekend’s Welsh Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Swansea. The event has attracted almost 600 entries acro...

UK Athletics can announce the first athletes to represent the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi, India, between 26 September and 5 October. ...

A talented squad of 29 athletes has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2025 Mannheim Gala in Germany, taking place on 28–29 June. The Mannheim Gala serves as a key ...

RUN WITH THE WIND 2 – CARDIFF, JUNE 4 British, European and world indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu was amongst the athletes taking part at the second of this year’s Run With the Wind events in Car...

Welsh Athletics is delighted to collaborate with Sportsshoes.com to deliver the Sportsshoes Home Nations 5k, supported by Nike, on Saturday 30 August 2025. This will be the fourth edition of the race...

We are saddened to share the passing of John ‘Jack’ Thomas. Centurion 606 and an esteemed member of Woodford Green AC in his heyday, a former long serving Welsh Athletics Honorary Walking Secreta...

BIRMINGHAM UNI GOLD STANDARD – MAY 28 Jack Organ (Brecon) was third in the men’s 800m, recording a new personal best of 1.48.58mins. The time gives Organ the European Under-20 qualifying standard....

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team of athletes selected to compete at the International Snowdon Race in Wales on 19 of July, 2025.  Steve Mitchell, National Talent Development Coord...

Last week, we had the opportunity to visit Edinburgh for a significant and productive meeting focused on the future of coach education across the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs). This gathe...

RUN WITH THE WIND AND PARA EVENTS 1 – CARDIFF, MAY 21 The first Run with the Wind meeting of the year saw a number of outstanding performances and personal bests at the Cardiff International Sports ...

In the first Masters International of the season, Wales had a great day in the scintillating heat at the Shrewsbury Festival of Running with Mike Whyatt, Eryri Harriers and Sue Peters, Swansea, and Da...

ULTRA TRAIL SNOWDONIA – MAY 17 Hugely versatile Wales and Great Britain international Kris Jones (Swansea Harriers) won the 50k race in Snowdonia on Saturday. Jones, who has excelled across a phenom...

Welsh athletes produced some outstanding displays across the board at Sunday’s Loughborough International. As well as a strong national team selected for the match events, there was also a significa...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team of athletes selected to compete at the Pickering Throws International in Loughborough on June 1, 2025.  Neil Taylor, National Talent Development Co...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team of athletes selected to compete at the WMRA U18 Mountain Running Championships on June 14 in Slovakia.  Steve Mitchell (National Talent Development ...