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In addition to the Sportshall Pentathlon Challenge currently on offer to primary and secondary schools across Wales, Welsh Schools and Welsh Athletics today launches the second part of its “virtual�...

There are many ways to report and Protect Your Sport is 100% confidential. Protect Your Sport encourages everyone in sport to share their concerns, no matter how small. UKAD’s campaign to address de...

It has been a strange year for the sport however, the way that the athletics community of Wales responded to the challenges bought by COVID-19 has been nothing short of remarkable. As a result, there ...

Non Perfect Parent and Non Perfect Coach Series Being a parent is tough. Being a parent of a child or children in a national pathway can be even tougher. That’s why Cricket Wales, Welsh Gymnastics, ...

It has been a long wait over the last couple of weeks however today is the day that Firebreak lockdown in Wales ends and clubs and groups across the country will return to training activities under th...

We are pleased to announce that the Leadership in Running Fitness qualification has been revamped to meet today’s learner’s needs, and utilising todays’ technologies, so it can be completed full...

Welsh Athletics is sad to learn of the deaths of two former members of Roath Harriers – the club that merged with Birchgrove Harriers to form Cardiff AAC in 1968. George Holland was 80 and Peter Mas...

The extraordinary number of tributes on TV, in the press and online to the late JJ Williams, who died on October 29th aged 72, have quite rightly concentrated on his legendary rugby feats. These inclu...

Despite the horrendous weather on Saturday, 13 runners took part in the Virtual Halloween 10k. Ryan Roberts was 1st in 35:58, Kevin Clark 2nd in 46:58 and Ian Hamblin 3rd in 49:17. The first woman wa...

It's the final week of the #MADFirebreakChallenge! We hope you enjoyed your rest day and that you're full of energy and ready to start the week strong! Last week we reached over 250,000 of you...

UK ATHLETICS AND HOME COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE NEW STRATEGY 2020 – 2032 Strategy unveiled following period of consultation as the first step in a new era of collaboration between UKA and Home Country Athl...

The streets of Llanberis we not the same last weekend, as the 2020 Snowdonia Marathon Eryri race was another event that had to be cancelled in this incredible year. In June it was announced that the 3...

The following award nominations were all approved by the Members at the AGM last weekend - Congratulations and Thank You to you all on behalf of all at Welsh Athletics: Life Membership of Welsh Athlet...

Clive Williams remembers a fine athlete and administrator: It is with great sadness that the Welsh athletics community has learnt of the death after a long illness of leading official and former Welsh...

As winter draws near, we at Welsh Athletics thought we'd give you 10 TOP TIPS to stay racw whilst running in the dark!    1 - Avoid loud music Listening to music is a great way to stay motivated...

The Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics took place on Saturday 24th October online for the first time. The new format proved popular with over 50 people attending, and the absence of needing to ...

From Clive Willaims: The Welsh athletics community is sad to learn of the sudden death of the 1959 Welsh Schools triple jump champion Peter Williams on October 20th. He also took the Welsh junior titl...

We have a number of roles available across Wales to support the delivery of our Regional Development programme for young athletes. All roles are voluntary with a support package in place to cover expe...

Welsh Athletics ‘Mile-A-Day’ (MAD) Firebreak Challenge / Milltir Y Dydd During this firebreak, residents of Wales will see their day-to-day activities severely limited.  One of the few reasons wh...

The Annual Report of Welsh Athletics is now available to read covering an 'interesting' 12 months up to September 2020 - financial reporting is for the period 1/4/19 to 31/3/20. A further Revi...