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Online Level 1 Field Judge course Date: Sunday 9th August 2020  Times: 10:00 - 12:00 & 13:30 - 15:30 Successful completion of the Level 1 Award for Field Judge will enable individuals to work with ...

With the gradual unlocking of the Sport of the last few weeks Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce we will soon be launching our new look coach education offer. We have been working hard with UKA, a...

With a number of clubs and groups returning to wider activity, this week’s #SupportYourClub feature highlights the great work being carried out by Cybi Striders. Over recent months the Anglesey base...

This week marks a significant milestone of 1000 attendees to one, or more, of our Stay Involved Series Webinars! Welsh Athletics would like to thank everyone who presented, co-hosted and of course att...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to now be able to confirm full details of the pilot Track & Field events to take place on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th August. Both events will be run with restricted numb...

UK Athletics (UKA) and the four Home Country Athletics Federations; Athletics Northern Ireland, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics and Welsh Athletics have welcomed the publication of the Independe...

We were delighted to be able to launch a Schools Virtual Athletics initiative during National School Sports Week across Wales in partnership with Cardiff Games to allow schools to deliver alternative ...

The Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics Ltd will be held on the Saturday the 24th of October. It is still hoped that a physical meeting will be possible, and if that is the case then it will tak...

#FeaturedFridays Thursday 24th July 2020 would have been the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has been postponed until July 24th 2021. We speak to the chair...

As we are steadily getting 'back on track' clubs are beginning to open up their outdoor training facilities.  Below is a list of current clubs around Wales that have opened up access to thei...

“We are really pleased to be able to release these initial documents, with guidance for the Cross Country, Mountain and Trail disciplines to follow in due course.  These documents have been develop...

In a huge boost for the sport, this week we will see the return to training for many running groups and athletics clubs across Wales. Through the Return to Athletics guidance documents clubs have used...

Today the Welsh Sports Association (WSA) have launched Covid-19 Awareness Course for the Sports and Recreation Sector.   We advise that all club appointed COVID-19 Officers undertake this training to...

                Edinburgh programme Clive Williams tells the story of Welsh athletes at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games...

Liz Johns (nee Parsons) whose death has just been announced at the age of 76 was the first Welsh female sprinter to show promise at UK level. As a teenager, she was one of the best in Britain when she...

  George Nixon has been competing in the North Wales League as long as I can remember (he was a member of Wrexham when I joined in 1974 and somebody I looked up to) and by my calculation he has proba...

2020 Track & Field Championships A number of discussions have taken place in recent weeks around the viability of our summer Welsh Championship events in light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It is w...

The Welsh Government have issued further detailed guidance for the Sport, leisure and Recreation sector following the lifting of restrictions on Monday 13th July: "The purpose of this document is to o...

The latest Welsh Government announcement was certainly seen as a huge boost for athletics across Wales and effectively means that we can see a wider return to; club activity, coaching and leading acti...

NOMINATE NOW!!! The Welsh Athletics Service Awards are now open for nominations, the Welsh Athletics Service Awards include the Meritorious Award, the Award of Honour and the Athlete Achievement Award...