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Weekend Round up - Action from the 26th to the 28th
Following on from the spectacular story on Friday 26th where we had several athletes achieve their qualifying standards for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, read the full report here, we look a...
Junior Club Activity to restart
The Welsh Government have today confirmed that there is 'headroom' to continue with the relaxing of some COVID-19 restrictions from tomorrow, Saturday 27th March, including the following: Org...
1981 Welsh Schools National Cross-Country Championships
Welsh Schools national cross-country championships – 40 years ago – March 21st, 1981 Because of the coronavirus pandemic and the related restrictions, the Welsh Schools’ national cross-country c...
Provisional Fixtures Framework for Competitions in Wales
We are pleased to release a draft Track & Field Competition Framework for the summer 2021 season which highlights the main Track & Field competition opportunities in Wales and across the UK. Due to ...
Welsh Women Storm To New Lifetime Bests In Kew Marathon Test
The ladies stole the show at the Muller British Olympic Marathon Trials in Kew Gardens as Natasha Cockram stormed to a new Welsh record. The MMRT athlete clocked 2:30.03 to lower her own record from 2...
Jobs available with UK Athletics
UK Athletics has two current vacancies it is looking to fill: Head of Coaching Development UKA is seeking to appoint a new Head of Coaching Development to join the UK National Governing Body. The suc...
Great Welsh Hopes for London Trials Event
Natasha Cockram, Charlotte Arter, Dewi Griffiths Josh Griffiths will lead Welsh hopes for the Olympic Trials in Kew Gardens. In total, nine of the top Welsh athletes will compete at the Great Britain ...
UKA & Home Countries Safeguarding Review – Support Webinars
In 2020 UKA commissioned an Independent Review of Safeguarding practice within athletics. Since the publication of the review, Welsh Athletics staff have worked alongside UKA colleagues and safeguardi...
Weekend Round up – Welsh Athletes are putting on a show in America
On the 19th March 2021, over the pond in the US Emily Kearney of Wirral AC (currently studying at Milligan College) competed at the Rams College Invitational where she competed in the 5000m. Kearney s...
Movement skills training modules launched
Movement Skills Modules 1&2 Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce the launch of our online Movement Skills Modules. As fundamental movement is the foundation for developing all the athletic qualities...
Are your ready to represent West Wales?
We're looking for a young person to represent West Wales on our Junior Athlete Voice panel. Junior Athlete Voice is a panel we've established to give young people in our sport the opportunity...
Conference summary - The first #Unite Virtual Officials & Volunteers Conference
Sunday 7th March saw the staging of the first-ever virtual Welsh Athletics Officials & Volunteers Conference, under the banner of the #Unite Conference Series. This conference was the first in the...
#Unite Virtual Clubs Conference
Saturday 13th March saw the staging of the first-ever virtual club's conference, under the banner of the #Unite Conference Series. The club's conference was the second in the series, following...
Welcome boost for the sport - time to get ready!
Welsh Athletics sees the latest Welsh Government announcement very much as a positive step forward for the sport. The news will see that athletics and running activities (including club activities and...
Its not ok for anyone to fear exercising on the streets
In 2015, we launched the Run Wales Social Running Programme – one of the main objectives was to support growth in female running across Wales. Since this time, we have seen a huge growth in the numb...
Athletics tracks allowed to start re-opening
First steps back to the track Following today’s much anticipated Welsh Government announcement, there are a number of significant changes to the restrictions for the sport in Wales; From tomorrow, S...
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 few days...
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...
Celebrating Female Coaching
In conjunction with this year’s International Women’s Day, Welsh Athletics is excited to announce the launch of the #Unite Female Coaching Initiative. This positive action movement is aimed at; Ce...
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...