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Upcoming Club Affiliation for 2023/24
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...
UKA Update on Transgender Eligibility in Athletics
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...
New Online Shop & Independent Running Store
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...
Weekend Round-Up (25th & 26th of March)
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...
Les Croupiers and friends take flight to Den Haag for their Annual Tour
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...
GAPS Camp Round-Up
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...
2023 SIAB Cross Country International Preview
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 is the first athlete selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships
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...
Weekend Round-Up (18th & 19th of March)
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...
Athletau Cymru yn partneru gyda'r Urdd i lansio fformat cystadleuaeth athletau newydd i ysgolion yng Nghymru
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 partners with the Urdd to launch new schools athletics competition format in Wales
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 Cymru is a Nati...
World Record set at the 37th Annual Barry 40 Mile Track Race
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 fitting...
Welsh Schools Sportshall Athletics Final 2023
The Welsh Schools Sportshall Athletics Final, one of the largest grassroots school fixtures in Wales, was staged at Cwmbran Stadium Sports Centre last Sunday. The 2023 edition saw pupils in the under ...
Three Welsh athletes selected for Commonwealth Youth Games GAPS programme
Tomi Roberts-Jones, Will Bishop and Ashton Fish have been selected for the first ever Commonwealth youth programme in South Africa. The athletes, and their coach Morgan Jones leave for Cape Town today...
Weekend Round-Up (11th & 12th of March)
Lisbon Half Marathon, 12 March Three athletes were selected to represent Wales at the Lisbon Half Marathon on Sunday. In the Women’s Elite field Anna Bracegirdle (Salford Harriers) finished in 24th ...
Team Announcement: London Mini Marathon
Congratulations to all athletes who have been seleected for the London Mini Marathon Championships on the 22nd of April. U13 Girls Athlete Club Coach Heather Watson Deeside AAC Donna ...
British Athletics Cross Challenge Incorporating UK Inter Counties Championships
On Saturday the 11 March the final installment of the British Athletics Cross Challenge will take place at Prestwood Hall, Loughborough.The event will also incorporate the UK Inter-Counties Cross Coun...
Officiating Course Fees Announcement
From the 1st of April 2023, we will be reintroducing fees for Officiating courses held in Wales. As part of the World Championship Legacy Programme, in 2017 Welsh Athletics Official Education fees wer...
International Women's Day 2023
This International Women’s Day we would like to celebrate all the wonderful and inspirational women that help make a difference in our sport. There are simply too many women within our sport to ment...
Weekend Round-Up (4th & 5th of March)
European Athletics Indoor Championships, 2-5 March Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Poole AC) continued her great indoor season, claiming bronze in the women’s 3000m picking up Great Britain’s first medal...