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SIAB CROSS COUNTRY 2020 Welsh Schools Athletic Association confirms the cancellation of the 2020 SIAB Cross Country event which was due to be held at Callendar Park, Falkirk, Scotland on Saturday, Mar...

Massive Congratulations to Neath’s Bethany Moule (John Davies) whose been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Throws Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 22nd & 23rd March. Bethany threw two P...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the fixtures for the 2020 Outdoor Track and Field season. The Championship period will kick off with the Welsh Junior Championships taking place on what has b...

The UK Athletics membership database we use for all Welsh Athletics members & coaches is being updated over the weekend of 21st & 22nd  March and as such will have a knock-on effect for anyone try...

Welsh Athletics held its’ annual Sportshall final at Cwmbran Stadium. The event is the culmination of a series of regional qualifiers held across the 8 School Districts and represents one of the lar...

British Athletics Cross Challenge and UK CAU Inter-Counties XC, Loughborough, March 7 James Hunt rounded off an excellent cross country season with a fourth-placed finish in senior men's race in L...

[Photo Credit: Paul Stillman] Following a great set of competitive age group races at the Welsh Cross Country Championships in Pembrey on 22nd February, those young athletes finishing in the top 8 (6 ...

Barry's Jenner Park once again hosted the unique Ultra event this weekend that is the Barry 40 - forty miles on a standard 400m track. This is 161 laps - which makes the lap counters' perform...

It is only recently that Welsh Athletics has learnt the sad news of the passing of Averil Williams. After a long period of ill health, Averil passed away on December 16th 2019. Averil was a world-clas...

Vitality Big Half, London, March 1 A number of Welsh athletes took part in the Vitality Big Half in London on St David's Day. In the women's race, Cardiff Athletics' Clara Evans (Chris Jon...

It was not only the Welsh athletes in action during the British Indoor Championships in Glasgow on February 22nd-23rd 2020. Five of our Welsh Athletics Officials made the long journey to volunteer a...

Welsh Athletics Cross Country Championships, Pembrey – Feb 22 Pembrey Country Park provided some windy conditions for the Welsh Cross Country Championships last Saturday but conditions underfoot rem...

James Hunt overcame a classy field to elude Dewi Griffiths of an eight senior title at the 116th edition of the races held near Llanelli. Strong winds had threatened the event earlier in the week but ...

We are continuing to monitor the forecast for Pembrey and the surrounding area for Saturday. At present, there is no reason to cancel or make any changes to the event. Provisional course alteration pl...

Over 25 Welsh athletes will be heading up to Glasgow to compete at the British Athletics Indoor Championships to be in contention of winning a British medal.  After her successful run in Dortmund, c...

Following on from the impressive list of Officials who progressed in 2019, Welsh Athletics would like to congratulate the following on passing your respective levels in January 2020: Colin Doak Level ...

Good quality, safe and accessible facilities are key to helping athletes, coaches and clubs develop and achieve their goals. Although much athletics training can be done anywhere, when people come tog...

BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships, Sheffield – Feb 14-16 Across the weekend, Welsh athletes competed for their universities at the BUCS Nationals Indoor Athletics Championships in Sheffield with a...

This weekend sees one of the largest university championships take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships will see some of the top athletes in th...

Start Fitness Gwent Cross Country League, Chepstow – Feb 8 Saturday saw the fourth fixture of the Gwent Cross Country League take place in Chepstow. U17M Lloyd Sheppard took his 4th victory in the s...