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Team Announcement: Welsh Masters Chester Half Marathon
Congratulations to all athletes selected to represent the Welsh Masters Team at the Chester Half Marathon International against England on Sunday 21st May. Once again the Welsh Team is in 10 year age ...
TCS London Mini Marathon Preview
On Saturday 22 of April 36 athletes will represent Waled at the London Mini Marathon. The event will see a number of current Welsh Champions compete, and for many athletes their second time representi...
Speakeasy Club presents... Rhys & Scott Jenkins
The Penarth brothers, who widely credit their ultra endurance running exploits to a prominent member of Speakeasy Club, will take us through that first race at the 2008 Llanelli half marathon to runni...
Manchester to host 2023 UK Athletics Championships
UK Athletics confirmed today that the Manchester Regional Arena Track will host the UK Athletics Championships and World Trials this summer, with an action packed two days on the weekend of 8 -9 July...
Weekend Round-Up (15th & 16th April)
ABP Newport Wales Marathon & 10K, 16 April In the Marathon Dan Nash (Cardiff Athletics) was victorious completing the course in 2:19:46, the first sub 2:20 performance set in South Wales since 1986. ...
Summer School Fixtures & Opportunities
Exciting school opportunities this summer. Secondary School and Colleges Track & Field Championships The Welsh Secondary Schools & Colleges U15, U17 & U20 Track & Field Championships will be held at ...
Off Track Trial Races
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 U18 r...
Maria Wallpott Obituary
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 Newport...
South Wales Hurdle Workshops
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 Worksh...
Weekend Round-Up (7th - 9th April)
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...
Owen Edwards Obituary
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...
Weekend Round-Up (1st & 2nd of April)
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...
Team Announcement: Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup
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 World Race ...
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...