161 laps of a track - Unique, inspiring, crazy? you decide, the Barry 40 is back!
Photo: Steve Way winning in 2016 , Credit: Paul Stillman. The 35th annual Barry Track 40 Miles and 5th Track marathon takes place this Sunday at Jenner Park at 10.00 AM Due to COVID Level 2 restrictio...
The Weekend Round Up – Two more CWG Standards!!
It was a great couple of days from our Welsh athletes, with two highlights. These two performances came from Jac Palmer (Adrian Palmer) and Jake Heyward. Both athletes have just secured their qualific...
The 2021 Loughborough International Team
It's been a whole 2 years since we were able to see our athletes wear the new Welsh vest and compete in the last Loughborough International, and it has been over 18 months since the...
Launch - The New Welsh Athletics International Kit
It is with great delight that we bring to you our new racing kit with our new kit sponsor JOMA. The new Welsh kit comes just in time for the highly anticipated weekend involving the 2021 Loughborough ...
Euro Medals in Torun & a British Record in Newport
Owen Smith & Job Brier battle to 4x400m Bronze in Torun The Matt Elias coached duo joined up with Lee Thompson and James Williams to deliver a fantastic team performance at the end of a busy ...
Strong performances for Welsh athletes at the Elite Only Winter 10k
Emile Cairess and Lily Partridge gatecrashed the Elite Only Winter 10k in Newport overcoming their Welsh opposition. The pair had accepted the invitation to join some of the top Welsh Athletes at a we...
Next cohort of athletes brought into Elite training bubble
Following ongoing negotiation with the National Sports Group, the following athletes are the latest cohort to have been granted permission by Sport Wales to begin training under the Elite Athlete Disp...
Competitive line-ups for the Elite-Only Winter 10k
11:00 Elite Winter Discus 13:00 Elite Winter 10k 14:25 Elite Winter Walks Some of the top Welsh Athletes will take their chance to compete in an elite-only event in Newport on Saturday. The Elite Only...
Elite dispensation extended to Futures athletes
“Welsh Athletics can confirm that following the latest Welsh Government Covid Announcement, Sport Wales have extended the cohort of athletes receiving Elite Dispensation to the Futures Pathway T...
First Minister written to over loss of young athlete concerns
Our CEO James Williams has today written to the First Minister, Mark Drakeford, on behalf of Welsh Athletics, along with the Chief Executives of Welsh Cycling, Welsh Triathlon, and Welsh Swimming...
Barry 40 rescheduled
We've received an update on the status of the Barry 40 mile ultra-distance track race: We have always been extremely lucky with the organisation of the Barry Track 40 Miles / Marathon. In 2001 we ...
British Indoor Championships cancelled
British Athletics has today confirmed the cancellation of the British Athletics Indoor Championships, due to be staged at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena 20-21 February: The decision was taken in light...
Update on Elite Athlete Status
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 Indoor and Welsh XC Championships cancelled due to COVID-19
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...
Sub 4 miler Bob Maplestone passes away
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...
Athlete of the Year Award Winners Revealed
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 ye...
Commonwealth Games nomination policy released
"We are publishing our policy early so that you, as athletes and coaches, have as much time as possible to prepare properly and to gear your preparations to achieving the standards. We ...
Athletics memories of John James (JJ) Williams MBE
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...
Volunteer roles available across Wales to support young athlete development
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...
Return to Cross Country guidance released
We are pleased to now be able to release updated Return to Track & Field Competition [v3] along with version 1 of our Return to Cross Country Competition guidance documents. Both documents wi...