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Queen's Baton Relay is Coming to Wales
The Queen's Baton Relay will begin its 5 day journey across Wales tomorrow as it will arrive in Anglesey from Northern Ireland. It will travel to towns, villages and key landmarks across North, Mi...
Great Britain take Silver in the Mixed Sprint Relay at the first sprint-only World Orienteering Championships
Sunday saw the first race of the World Orienteering Championships, the Mixed Sprint Relay. Taking place in the complex old city centre of Kolding Denmark, the route choice involved railway and river a...
British Championships Round Up
Welsh athletes warmed up for this summer's Commonwealth Games in spectacular style at the Muller UK Athletics Championships. There were British titles on the track and in the field, World Champion...
Weekend Round Up (25-26th June)
On a weekend where most of the attention was on the British Championships, where highlights included a Welsh 100m Record from Hannah Brier (Swansea), Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff) storming away with the 100m...
Apply for London Marathon Championship Entry Now!
Welsh Athletics would like to invite you and your club mates to apply for a Championship entry place in the 2022 TCS London Marathon, which is taking place on Sunday 2 October. The Championship q...
British Championships : Preview
This weekend all roads lead to Manchester. With the British Championships and World Trials commencing on Friday, there are a number of Welsh Athletes heading over the boarder (and from all around the ...
Weekend Round Up (18-19th June)
England Athletics U17 & U15 Combined Events Championships Jessica Lee (Carmarthen) was victorious in the U17 girls Heptathlon, scoring 4656 points, whilst Sophie Lisk (Cardiff Archers) came third with...
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...