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Welsh Atletics has recently heard the sad news of the passing of Ron Freeman. Ron was one of a small band of technical officials from England who regularly supported     Track & Field competitions ...

Congratulations to the 8 officials selected for the UKA 2022 Indoor events in February. Llongyfarchiadau i'r 8 swyddog a ddewiswyd ar gyfer cystadlaethau dan do UKA 2022 ym mis Chwefror. MÜLLER I...

Open Irish Race Walking Championships - Raheny, Ireland In Raheny, Ireland, Heather Lewis (Pembrokeshire) walked herself to a Commonwealth Games nomination standard of 45:53  over the 10,000m distan...

Telford 10km A notoriously fast course, Telford 10km proved quick once again, with Abed Teweldebrhan (Newport Harriers) coming home fifth in a lifetime best of 29.17 ahead of Dan Nash (Cardiff) wh...

All three Welsh athletes who represented Great Britain at the European Athletics XC Championships in Dublin today helped secure team medals. After a fantastic run in Dublin for a individual 10th place...

A trio of Welsh athletes will compete at the Spar European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on Saturday. Jenny Nesbitt has been showing great racing form so far this winter and will be hoping tha...

“Unfortunately due to the increased threat of Covid 19 moving into the Christmas period a decision has been made to postpone the second Regional Development Day on Saturday December 18th. It was fel...

  In an unprecedented year for Athletics, and coach and leader development, the delivery of the Leadership in Running Fitness (LiRF) qualification needed to evolve to accomodate a Covid climate. Thi...

SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY: The Welsh Secondary Schools & Colleges Cross Country Championships will be held at Brecon on Saturday 12th February. To participate you must be selected by your school district...

Saturday 4th December saw a 16 strong team of Welsh Schools athletes competing at the Scottish Schools Pentathlon International at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The team was made up of 4 athletes fro...

Picture caption: Former Welsh Javelin record holder Jackie Zaslona, Gill Regan and Gwyn Williams. The Welsh athletics fraternity will be sad to learn of the death of former Welsh long jump record hol...

Its' always good to have feedback from our community, and we wanted to share these reflections from one young Bridgend athlete. We are always looking to add new members to our Junior Athlete Voice...

The following were recommended for the 2021 Service Awards and subsequently approved at the AGM held on 23rd October. Congratulations and Thank You to all of the award winners for their dedication and...

At Welsh Athletics we recognise that our coaches are the ‘linchpin’ in delivering an athlete-centred approach, for the long-term development and success of athletes in the sport. As an NGB we a...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the Modernisation Grant is now open for applications. Following a year of restrictions gradually unlocking and the return to our sport increasing, the Moderni...

It is with great delight that we are are able to announce our athlete funding list for the 2021/2022 season. "Congratulations to all the athletes and their coaches, and to all who supported the athle...

Liverpool Cross Challenge ICYMI - It was an eventful weekend at the Liverpool Cross Challenge the Welsh athletes showed indicators of their goals for the 2022 season! The highlights came from both Jen...

Athletics unites against racism and pledges to grow RACEquality network reach. Welsh Athletics continues to work closely with UK Athletics and the other home nations athletics federations on matters ...

It is with much sadness that we report the death on 26th November, of former Welsh 100 and 200 champion Terry Davies of Carmarthen Harriers. He took part in both the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games....

Jenny Nesbitt and Osian Perrin claimed automatic selection for the Spar European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. Jenny Nesbitt was clearly delighted with her convincing second place finish in t...