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In Conversation With . . . At the end of 2020, we announced the Welsh Athletics Award Winners, amongst them the prestigious awards that go to members of our community who work tirelessly to support ou...

Welsh Athletics are excited to announce the launch of a new series of webinars aimed at supporting Clubs. Topics will range from how to ensure your club is following best practices when it comes to go...

Whilst we are in Alert Level 4 in Wales, only Elite Athletes are being given dispensation to train and to travel to do so. We appreciate that many Welsh athletes train and compete at a very high stand...

Welsh Athletics has been made aware that a number of athletes and coaches have been travelling to train at a facility in RCT. The Welsh Assembly Government have issued clear guidance that prohibits t...

Be Kind to Yourself It is understandable that during this period of National Lockdown, where we are revisiting the tightest of restrictions, people may be experiencing various feelings and emotions, s...

Welsh Athletics would like to congratulate the following twenty officials on passing your respective levels from January - December 2020: January February March April June July August December Colin...

A year like no other 2020 will be remembered as one of the most challenging years in living memory, how did we do? Our annual membership survey is now open and we would love to hear your views on how ...

Welsh Schools Athletic Association today confirms the cancellation of the 2021 SIAB Cross Country event which was due to be held at Callendar Park, Falkirk, Scotland on Saturday, March 20th. We unders...

With a very busy 18 months ahead of athletes and their support teams, Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce that it will support a total of 44 Athletes during 2021. This is in addition to the 5 athl...

Surge in lockdown running inspires new campaign   Run Wales sees 18% of adult population running during lockdown  During the 2020 lockdown over 350,000 people in Wales* (18%) stepped outside their ...

With the recent Lockdown in Wales we at Welsh Athletics wanted to provide our members with opportunities for e-learning. As part of our partnership with DSW, members can access all these excellent co...

#TellYourStory is a major research programme exploring race and racism in sport. We want you to get involved and share your experiences to help create real change.   If you’re a sportsperson – ...

The Welsh Government have placed Wales into Alert Level 4 for an unquantified time period due to the severity of the current COVID-19 situation.  In light of this, discussions have been held regard...

Cardiff-born Bob Maplestone [no.8 in image], the first Briton to run a mile indoors in under 4 minutes died on Saturday (January 2nd) in his adopted home of Seattle, USA aged 74. He ran 3.59.5 indoors...

Between Monday 30th November and Friday 18th December was the virtual Welsh Schools & Welsh Athletics Primary Schools 1km challenge. We were very pleased to see so many schools taking the opportunity ...

    This year has been a year to remember. It's been an extremely challenging one but we've all pulled through and so have our athletes who have done some amazing things this year despite h...

Being a parent is tough. Being a parent of a child or children in sport can be even tougher. That’s why Cricket Wales, Welsh Gymnastics, Welsh Athletics, Hockey Wales and Welsh Netball have teamed u...

A Big Congratulation to all of our award winners for 2020 - in what has been a challenging and frustrating year, they've stayed positive and kept the sport going for their community. National Awar...

Following the most recent announcement regarding restrictions in Wales, we have reviewed the implications for Athletics in Wales. Please look at the Welsh Government Coronavirus Control plan document�...

Ho, Ho, Ho After the long year we've all had, we at Welsh Athletics thought that we should get the ball rolling for the festive season by delivering early gifts for our members - we bring you the...