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Friday Feature : Adele Nicoll
From a small town with a big ambition, Welshpool’s Adele Nicoll has certainly got drive. After representing Britain in the bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she is now preparing to c...
Meet Lorraine : Volunteer at the Commonwealth Games
Meet Lorraine. Lorraine is preparing to volunteer at this years Commonwealth Games. Having been named as a ‘Technical Team Member’, Lorraine’s role will allow her to get up close to all the acti...
Charlotte Arter is heading to The Commonwealth Games
Team Wales have announced today, Charlotte Arter will be joining the team heading to the Commonwealth Games this summer where she'll compete in the 10,000m at Alexander Stadium. Charlotte current...
British and Irish Mountain Running International Selection Policy
The 22nd British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships will take place at Ambleside, Cumbria on Saturday September 3rd 2022. Welsh Athletics will be supporting up to 4 U20 and 4 U17 a...
Welsh Senior and U15 Championships Round Up
On a sunny, yet windy weekend, this years Welsh Senior and U15 Championships was located at Cardiff International Sports Campus. Taking place during the same week as our Commonwealth Games Team Ann...
Weekend Round Up (11-12th June)
Welsh Senior and U15 Championships On a weekend full of fantastic performances, which included a personal track best for 10km race walker Heather Lewis and a victory for Hannah Brier in the women...
Commonwealth Games 2022 Selection Update
Earlier this week, Team Wales announced the athletes selected to compete in this summer’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games. A total of 22 athletes were selected. Sadly, a number of athletes who had ach...
Week Round Up (6-10 June)
FBK Games, Henglo Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff) finished best of the Brit’s and in fourth place in the Men’s 100m, clocking a time of 10.28s. Full results from the event can be found here Loughborough EA...
Welsh Castles Relay
It is a matter of record that the idea for a relay started as part of Les Croupiers AGM in January 1982. Alcohol always tends to widen the scope for discussion, and most members assumed this suggestio...
Senior and U15 Welsh Championships Preview
June 11th and 12th will see the Senior and u15 Welsh Championships take place, and with entries now closed, there are some big match ups in the pipeline. With an opportunity for our Commonwealth hopef...
Commonwealth Games Team Announcement
We are delighted to share the news that of the athletes nominated, Team Wales have selected 24 athletes to represent Wales at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. As well as a host of experienced ...
Weekend Round Up (June 4-5th)
Rabat Diamond Leauge Jake Heyward (Cardiff) placed 2nd in a fast 1,500m race. Running a seasons best of 3:33.54, he was less than a second outside his personal best set in the Olympics last year. In t...
2022 Regional Volunteers Awardees Announcement
Last summer we launched the Welsh Athletics Regional Volunteer Awards to recognise and value the contribution made by active volunteers in the club and regional activity across the four regions. In...
Tickets on sale for No Limits Series
Amazing people doing amazing things Running socially was always a big part of my life, from completing a handful of marathons (slowly!) to sitting in my full kit for nearly 2 hours with crippling anxi...
Introducing Clara Evans : Athlete Feature
Clara Evans (Cardiff) has risen to supremacy over the past few years, going from an average club runner to now Wales’s second fastest marathoner of all time! After running a time of 2:31:19 at the ...
Swansea Harriers Volunteer Army : Friday Feature
Swansea Harriers has the largest group of club officials in Wales – with over 50 Officials linked with club. They also have around 100 coaches, club committee, helpers and team managers. With their ...
Weekend Round Up (28-29th May)
IFAM Oordegem, Belgium Joe Brier (Swansea) ran within the 45s again, this time clocking 45.75s to take 3rd in the mens 400m. This was just 0.01s off his personal best set earlier this year. Dafydd Jon...
Volunteer at our Championship events – Gain Time Tempo Credits
“As part of our commitment recognising and valuing the contribution made by active volunteers. I am excited to announce we are now part of tempo time credits network, offering Time Tempo Credits to ...
Clubs to benefit from funding to support the legacy of the Commonwealth Games via Welsh Athletics’ Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund 2022
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund is now open for applications. This year is an exciting year for Athletics globally, and we’re excited to have the spotlig...
Clean Sport week
This week is UKAD's Clean Sport Week - an annual focus on what is a year round, ongoing area of work for us to educate and support athletes and the wider community to be aware and fully up to dat...