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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...

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 ...

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...

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 2...

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      &nb...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 fir...

Congratulations to all athletes who have been seleected to represent Wales at the SIAB Cross Country International at Sefton Park in Liverpool on Saturday 25th March! Junior Girls Athlete Club Coach S...

On Sunday seven athletes will represent Wales at the Trafford 10K in Partington Sports Village. In the Senior Women’s race, Anna Bracegirdle (Salford Harriers) will be competing in her firs...

The 37th edition of the Barry 40-mile track race inc the 34th Welsh Ultra Distance Championships will take place this Sunday at Jenner Park. With the line up including international representation fro...

In conjunction with UK Anti Doping, Welsh Athletics have undertaken a review to ensure that the sport of Athletics in Wales has the most robust approach to anti-doping. As part of this review, we have...

Today, we were delighted to introduce the Prince and Princess of Wales to our Physical Literacy Programme, Starting Blocs at Aberavon Leisure Centre in Port Talbot. As part of William and Kate&rs...

118th Welsh Cross Country Championships, 25 Dewi Griffiths (Swansea Harriers) claimed his 8th Welsh Cross Country Senior title on Saturday in Brecon. In the Senior Women’s race Olivia Tsim (Pont...

The 118th edition of the Championships was held at the Penlan Arena, Brecon with over 600 athletes competing across an 11-race programme. With the sun shining it was a great day of cross country runni...

Building on the success of two road Masters Internationals in 2022 at Tenby and Bristol, there will be more opportunities for Master athletes to represent Wales in 2023 across all distances from 5km t...

On Saturday the 25, the 118th Welsh Cross Country Championships will take place in the Penlan Arena in Brecon with over 800 athletes competing individually and in the club team event. With races start...

The remaining Regional Development Day Sessions will take place in March. These sessions are aimed at athletes aged between 14-17.  4 March Event Location Time Speed and Throws North - Deesi...