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Exciting school opportunities this summer. Secondary School and Colleges Track & Field Championships The Welsh Secondary Schools & Colleges U15, U17 & U20 Track & Field Championsh...

Over the next few months there are a number of off track Welsh trial races. Red Kite Challenge, 29 April  There are two trial races incorporating in the Red Kite Challenge later this month. The U...

Maria Wallpott (nee Yarnold), a member of  Newport Harriers in the 1980/90s obtaining Welsh Vests as a junior and senior athlete in track - sprinting and hurdles, died at St David’s Hospice...

Over the month of March, to further assist athletes and their coaches with their preparation for the Summers competition season, three separate Hurdle workshops took place.  South Wales Hurdle Wo...

CHOCOHOLICS 5KM RACE, 7TH APRIL Aled Breeze of host club Maldwyn Harriers was a convincing winner at the Easter Friday Chocoholics 5km Race in Newtown with a time of 16:38. Clubmate Madison Hughes was...

Cardiff Athletics stalwart, Owen Edwards who was team manager of the Cardiff AAC team that took the British League title for three successive years in the early 1970s has sadly died today, 6th April a...

Anglo Celtic Plate 100K, 2 April At the 28th Anglo Celtic Plater 100k Championships the Welsh Record was broken by Daniel Rothwell (Swansea Harriers) with a time of 6:43:25, 30 seconds inside of the W...

Congratulations to the 3 athletes selected to represent Wales at the 2nd Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday 23rd April 2023. This competition is part of the Wor...

The 1st of April will see the beginning of the new affiliation period for all Welsh Athletics Clubs for the 2023/24 season. There have been a number of webinars to support the affiliation process as w...

Welsh Athletics, along with the Home Countries continues to work with UK Athletics in respect to creating Transgender guidance. Over the coming weeks, Welsh Athletics will develop further support docu...

We are excited to announce we have teamed up with a new local running store, Sole Mate to sell Welsh Athletics merchandise in store and online! The new independent running store is opening today at mi...

SIAB Cross Country International, 25 March On Saturday the SIAB Cross Country International took place at Sefton Park in Liverpool. 40 athletes along with support staff and delegates from the Welsh Sc...

Over the weekend of the 10th of March, 65 Les Croupiers runners and friends took to the Hague for their annual tour - the first one since the COVID pandemic. The race of choice? The famous Loop Den Ha...

On the 14th of March three Welsh athletes travelled to Cape Town for the Commonwealth Youth Programme. Tomi Roberts-Jones, Will Bishop and Ashton Fish were selected for their first GAP Camp. The progr...

The 2023 SIAB Cross Country International will take place this Saturday at Sefton Park in Liverpool. 40 athletes have been selected to represent Welsh Schools at the International. Beca Bown (Ysgol Gy...

Natasha Cockram (Micky Morris Racing Team) is the first Great Britain and Northern Ireland athlete selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August (19-27)! Following...

Cardiff Taff Trail Half Marathon, 19 March On Sunday the scenic Cardiff Taff Trail Half Marathon took place, with a number of runners claiming new personal bests. Matt Edwards (Cardiff AAC) was the fi...

Rydym yn falch i gyhoeddi partneriaeth newydd gyda Urdd Gobaith Cymru i gychwyn fformat cystadleuaeth newydd, cyffrous ar gyfer athletau ysgolion. Mae Urdd Gobaith Cymru yn Gorff Ieuenctid Gwirfoddol ...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce a new partnership with Urdd Gobaith Cymru to initiate a new engaging and exciting competition format for schools athletics.    Urdd Gobaith Cym...

Almost 30 years ago to the day, Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (Pudsey & Bramley) decimated the World Ladies 40 Miles Track Record at Jenner Park, Barry with 4:26:43 - a mark which still stands. It seems fit...