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 regard...
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 year despite h...
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 wish you all ...
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 will be ci...
Cardiff Met Facility Access - Update
Cardiff Metropolitan University Sport have today issued the following update with regard to community access to their facilities: "There has been a considerable amount of operational planning to prepa...
Return to On & Off Track Competition & Officiating guidance released
“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...
Return to Athletics - Updated Jumps guidance
The Jumps section of the Club Activity, Training, and Providing Facilities guidance have all been updated as follows: “Jumping If jumping areas are to be used athletes must follow hygiene guidelines...
On this day in 1980 - World Athletics History at Cwmbran
In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. A full history of Welsh Athletics can be explor...
On This Day in 1969
On This Day in 1969 In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. A full history of Welsh Athl...
On this day in 1959
In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. As this weekend would have been the London Marat...
GB call up for Bethany Moule
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...
Time to get ready for Outdoor Track & Field 2020...
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...
Five Welsh Officials Volunteered at the British Championships
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...
Wales Leading the Way on facilities
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...
Welsh Athletes set their sights on the BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships this weekend in Sheffield
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...
Championships Best Performances set by Sam Gordon and Sarah Abrams at the First Welsh Championships of the decade
The first Welsh Championships of the decade was held las Saturday at NIAC in Cardiff with new championships best performances set and over 30 new Welsh Champions crowned. Fastest man in Wales, Sam ...