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Weekend Round Up - Simpson and Jones Secure Their 2nd Standard!
We start this Weekend round-up at the War Eagle Invitational (US) where Deeside athlete Amber Simpson is showing us how hard she has worked this year. On the 16th of April Simpson competed in the Ham...
#FeatureFriday - Reports on the 1981 BSIAB and 1981 Inter Association Cross Country Matches
April 11th – the END of the Cross-Country season in 1981 Forty years ago, last weekend, on April 11th, 1981, the cross-country season came to an end for our talented young endurance athletes. The We...
UKA & Home Countries Safeguarding Review – Additional Support Webinars
Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce two additional support webinars following the recent UKA and HCAF review. These meetings are intended for Club Chairs and Club Welfare Officers (male and female)...
CLUB AFFILIATION FOR 2021-22 IS NOW OPEN - CLUBS SHOULD ALL AIM TO AFFILIATE BY 30TH APRIL.
The new Club Affiliation period for 2021-22 is now open. It is important that your club affiliates to Welsh Athletics as we see the sport beginning to return to activity. The affiliation process allow...
Weekend Round Up – Simpson gets her Standard
It was only a matter of time for our US-based athlete Amber Simpson to throw a Commonwealth Games qualifying standard in the Hammer throw. Simpson had been showing incredible form in her early competi...
Weekly Round up – Welsh Record at the Podium 5K
Welsh endurance running is currently in a great position with athletes producing great times over the past few weeks from around the world! We first look back to the Podium 5K on the 3/04/2021, (find ...
World Autism Day - '60 Seconds with’… Sadie Graham-Mulvaney
World Autism Awareness Day, 2 April 2021 ‘60 Seconds with’… Sadie Graham-Mulvaney via UK Athletics For advice and guidance about autism contact: National Autistic Society (NAS) The fourteenth a...
Schools Athletics & Virtual Conference
To date, there are 91 attendees booked for Friday 9th April Schools Athletics Virtual Conference if you know of anyone else who may be interested. It is free to attend, the content will include: Prese...
Statement on the latest proposed date for a return to adult outdoor sport
Following the most recent Welsh Government announcement regarding the timetable for unlocking of COVID-19 restrictions in Wales, Welsh Athletics feels compelled to make the following statement on beha...
Looking back - what athletics actually happened in 2020?
"We're proud of the history of our sport in Wales, and thanks to Clive Williams and others, we have this updated record of the key milestones tracking all the significant events and changes to Ath...
#Unite Virtual Youth Development Coaching Conference
Saturday 27th March saw the staging of the first-ever virtual Youth Development Coaching Conference, under the banner of the #Unite Conference Series. It was great to see over 71 attendees across the ...
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...