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During previous lockdowns Sport Wales on behalf of Welsh Athletics produced and released some very informative webinar presentations on Parent Club Relationships. Firstly, the Sports Parents and Famil...

Parents in Sport Week is now in its 6th year and as the campaign progresses, we always look to develop our aims to suit the changing landscape of sport. We start the week with updates on Safeguarding,...

Welsh Athletics and Run Wales are excited to announce the launch of the new Run Leader Development Pathway!   The pathway has been shaped to visualise a potential Run Leader journey, inclusive of the...

As well as The 2021 London Marathon happening on the weekend, some of our junior athletes were selected to compete in the London Mini-Marathon, see the full team list here.  U13 Boys Alfie Shiland ...

At the London Marathon, Josh Griffiths was the 2nd Brit to cross the finishing line finishing 8th overall. The Swansea Harrier athlete just missed out on a new lifetime best running 2:13.39 but was ...

During the 2020-21 academic year Welsh Athletics and Cardiff Metropolitan University created two internship opportunities. Following a competitive interview process, two students from the Cardiff Metr...

Olympian Joe Brier and European U23 Champion Jeremiah Azu were among the athletes to join pupils at Coed Glas primary school this morning for their Daily Mile. Along with the other home nations and UK...

During 2020 the Sports Councils Equality Group (SCEG) commissioned a Review into Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport in the UK. Subsequently a wide-ranging consultation took place with many peopl...

Welsh Athletics is delighted to confirm that the widely acclaimed parent expert Richard Shorter is to embark on a third series of Non Perfect Parent workshops over the next year. Since the parent pro...

This disability coaching Initiative is a partnership project with Disability Sport Wales. The aim is to create a better overall picture, and shared awareness, of coaches across Wales providing inclusi...

[Photo: Masters medallists, Credit Llanelli AAC ] SIAB International The 67 young athletes did their school's proud in Derby bringing home a host of medals, PBs and great performances. Report Full...

We’re delighted to be able to announce that Jonathan Ford, former Chief Executive Officer of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), and Lorna Kerr, Chief People Officer at Principality Building So...

Steve Jones reports on a successful SIAB event: Moorways Stadium, Derby – Saturday September 25th. 67 of our brightest and best young athletes made the journey to the traditional showpiece event of ...

36 athletes have been selected to compete for Wales at the Virgin Giving London Mini Marathon on Sunday, October 3rd. Those selected will race against athletes from across the UK over the final 2.6km ...

Dewi Griffiths (28:27) will look to regain his title from 2017 at the Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay Run on Sunday. Griffiths set the course record at 29:07 on that occasion and returns to the race a week ...

As part of an exciting new partnership, Welsh Athletics – as well as UK Athletics, Athletics Northern Ireland, England Athletics and Scottish Athletics - has entered into a formal partnership with...

We are delighted to confirm the programme of Welsh Athletics indoor fixtures for the 2021/22 season. After forced cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic 12 months ago, we are delighted to be worki...

Less than one month until the Cardiff Cross Challenge returns – we are looking for event volunteers! After a year lost to COVID disruptions we couldn’t be more excited for the return of the Cardif...

  At Welsh Athletics we are committed to supporting the ongoing development of our community of coaching assistants and we are excited to announce our October start date for the virtual Coach Assis...

Ahead of the 'Nowhere to Run - Abused by our Coach' documentary due to air tonight, Welsh Athletics would like to reiterate its zero tolerance approach to any abuse within the athletics commun...