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The 52nd Welsh Road Relay Championships will head to Pembrey Country Park near Llanelli on Sunday.   Athletes will be hoping for kinder weather conditions than they experienced 12 months ago heav...

The Home Countries including Welsh Athletics, have been working with UK Athletics to establish a new set of Licence Standards to be used in conjunction with all cross-country races. These set of stand...

It’s that time of year again. You are moving away from home to spend 3 years in a new city getting your degree. Joining a sports team may be the first thing on your mind or it may be the last th...

Les Davies Club Challenge – September 7 Eight clubs made there way to Hereford to challenge for the Les Davies Cup over the weekend with Newport Harriers taking the overall win with 1316 points....

Pole Vault? Didn’t you coach Aikido for over 30 years? Yes. Now you coach pole vault as part of a group in Swansea? Yes. Believe it or not the two are not so different, both are about not g...

Building on the success of hosting both the World and Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in recent years, the Cardiff University/Cardiff Half Marathon has now partnered with four of the world&rs...

This month’s medicine and science update focuses on the prevention of seasonal illness.  With many athletes returning to school, college and university over the coming months, one of the mo...

The funeral for Jock Anderson will take place on the 9th of September at 10.30am at Langstone Crematorium, Newport (NP18 2BP), this will be followed by a burial at Christchurch Cemetery (NP18 1JJ), wi...

The Welsh Athletics Annual General Meeting will take place on the 26th of October at the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells.   The preliminary notice can be found here. Members are reminded that ...

Junior Athlete Voice Applications are now OPEN Application Form   The Role We’re looking for young people aged 15-19, from across Wales, to become part of our Junior Athlete Forum. We want ...

The IAU 50Km World Champs has got to be one of the best experiences of my life. Having arrived home in Cardiff and slotting straight back into the reality of work, it’s very hard to believe that...

IAU 50km World Championships, Romania – September 1 Dan Nash raced at the IAU 50km World Championships last weekend finishing 3rd and setting a brand new British Record over the distance in...

U18 WMRA Mountain Running World Cup, Susa, Italy – August 24 Welsh Teams were in action at the 14th Under 18 WMRA Mountain Running World Cup at Susa in Italy on Saturday.  Michael Spill of ...

The sun came out for the Muller British Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham last weekend to provide some hot conditions for the athletes chasing selection for the World Champions...

Saturday 24th August sees the 14th running of the World Mountain Running Association Under/18 World Cup in Susa, Italy. Wales will compete against teams from the Home Countries, along with Italy, Fran...

Over 30 Welsh athletes are traveling up to Birmingham this weekend to compete at the 131st Muller British Athletics Championships in the famous Alexander Stadium. This will be the last Championship ev...

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead one of the Wales Regional Sprints & Hurdles programmes across the North, South, East and West of Wales. The Regional Development Programme is part of an ...

By Gwyn Williams Welsh Athletics was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of coach Jock Anderson on Friday evening.   Scotsman Jock Anderson has been one of Britain's most successful coache...

IAAF Diamond League, Birmingham – August 18 Jake Heyward ran in a competitive 1500m, finishing 12th in 3:43.72. Rhys Jones finished 2nd in the T35-38 100m, with the quick time of 11.84. In the w...

Another wet Manchester International last night but that did not scare off the team of Welsh athletes that made the trek to compete both for individual medals and team points on Wednesday 14th August ...