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Following on from the spectacular story on Friday 26th where we had several athletes achieve their qualifying standards for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, read the full report here, we look a...

The Welsh Government have today confirmed that there is 'headroom' to continue with the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions from tomorrow, Saturday 27th March, including the following:...

Welsh Schools national cross-country championships – 40 years ago – March 21st, 1981 Because of the coronavirus pandemic and the related restrictions, the Welsh Schools’ national cro...

We are pleased to release a draft Track & Field Competition Framework for the summer 2021 season which highlights the main Track & Field competition opportunities in Wales and across the UK.&n...

The ladies stole the show at the Muller British Olympic Marathon Trials in Kew Gardens as Natasha Cockram stormed to a new Welsh record. The MMRT athlete clocked 2:30.03 to lower her own record from 2...

UK Athletics has two current vacancies it is looking to fill: Head of Coaching Development UKA is seeking to appoint a new Head of Coaching Development to join the UK National Governing Body. The...

Natasha Cockram, Charlotte Arter, Dewi Griffiths Josh Griffiths will lead Welsh hopes for the Olympic Trials in Kew Gardens. In total, nine of the top Welsh athletes will compete at the Great Britain ...

In 2020 UKA commissioned an Independent Review of Safeguarding practice within athletics. Since the publication of the review, Welsh Athletics staff have worked alongside UKA colleagues and safeguardi...

On the 19th March 2021, over the pond in the US Emily Kearney of Wirral AC (currently studying at Milligan College) competed at the Rams College Invitational where she competed in the 5000m. Kearney s...

Movement Skills Modules 1&2 Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce the launch of our online Movement Skills Modules. As fundamental movement is the foundation for developing all the athletic quali...

We're looking for a young person to represent West Wales on our Junior Athlete Voice panel. Junior Athlete Voice is a panel we've established to give young people in our sport the opportu...

Sunday 7th March saw the staging of the first-ever virtual Welsh Athletics Officials & Volunteers Conference, under the banner of the #Unite Conference Series. This conference ...

Saturday 13th March saw the staging of the first-ever virtual club's conference, under the banner of the #Unite Conference Series. The club's conference was the second in the series, following...

Welsh Athletics sees the latest Welsh Government announcement very much as a positive step forward for the sport. The news will see that athletics and running activities (including club activities and...

In 2015, we launched the Run Wales Social Running Programme – one of the main objectives was to support growth in female running across Wales. Since this time, we have seen a huge growth in the ...

First steps back to the track Following today’s much anticipated Welsh Government announcement, there are a number of significant changes to the restrictions for the sport in Wales; From tomorro...

Owen Smith & Job Brier battle to 4x400m Bronze in Torun The Matt Elias coached duo joined up with Lee Thompson and James Williams to deliver a fantastic team performance at the end of a busy ...

Emile Cairess and Lily Partridge gatecrashed the Elite Only Winter 10k in Newport overcoming their Welsh opposition. The pair had accepted the invitation to join some of the top Welsh Athletes at a we...

In conjunction with this year’s International Women’s Day, Welsh Athletics is excited to announce the launch of the #Unite Female Coaching Initiative. This positive action movement is aime...

Following ongoing negotiation with the National Sports Group, the following athletes are the latest cohort to have been granted permission by Sport Wales to begin training under the Elite Athlete Disp...