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SPOTLIGHT WITH TONY BLACKWELL, WREXHAM AC/WOLVERHAMPTON & BILSTON
Tony Blackwell is the second most prolific winner of the North Wales Cross Country Championships with five victories in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s. Despite joining Wolverhampton and Bilston at a...
#SupportYourClub Update feat. Cornelly Striders
As ever there has been a host of activity happening across the sport in Wales. The First Ministers announcement last Friday did provide a boost for both individuals and clubs. Following the announceme...
National School Sport Week at Home
This annual campaign which is now in its 12th year is powered by children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust. For 2020, National School Sport Week will become National School Sport Week at Home. Right ...
Message from the CEO of Welsh Athletics - end of suspension of Athletics
I am delighted to see the Welsh Government progressing through their roadmap, with particular reference to the opening of outdoor sports courts and the ability for elite athletes to resume training. W...
Return to Athletics Guidance release
We are today publishing the first set of detailed guidance documents to accompany our Lifting Athletics out of Lockdown Roadmap published on 29th May. The formal suspension of athletics activity in Wa...
Welsh Athletics Athletes Covid-19 Survey
ATTENTION ALL ATHLETES!! We’d love to hear from as many of our athletes as possible during this complicated time. As some restrictions begin to change here in Wales, we’d like to know your thought...
James Williams confirmed as CEO
Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce that James Williams has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive on a permanent basis. James had been in the role of interim CEO since January of this year,...
Sportshall @ Home
Extension to Virtual Offering in partnership with OpenTrack – Sportshall @ home As part of the support offer to our member clubs during this time, we are delighted to announce that an extensi...
Launch of Welsh Athletics 10K Challenge
Following on from an incredibly successful webinar focusing on the art of 10K training & racing delivered by James Thie, Welsh Athletics are delighted to launch the next of their virtual challenges �...
#Supportyourclub
#SupportYourClub It has been an amazing few week of activities and the last week has been no exception with clubs across Wales supporting their members and a host of activities that inspire. No better...
Weekend Update - Glamorgan Coast Relay 6th -7th June 2020
Glamorgan Coast Relay On the weekend that the club would have been running the long establish Welsh Castles Relay from Ca...
The Rise of the Phoenix Volunteer…
Ogmore Phoenix Runners would like to say a massive #VolunteersWeek “Thank You” to all of their amazing volunteers that support the club. Ogmore Phoenix is a real community club supported by so man...
Service Award Winners
As we come to the end of Volunteer Week 2020, we would like to pay a special tribute to the amazing volunteers across the sport that have dedicated so much time and effort over a number of years, with...
Club Award Winner - Thank you Gareth Williams
During Volunteers Week we have been celebrating the amazing activities of so many volunteers across Wales that give tirelessly in order to bring the sport, and so much joy, to others. Today we are ...
SPOTLIGHT WITH ROGER HARRISON-JONES, PRESTATYN RUNNING CLUB
The North Wales Cross Country League is the oldest cross country league in Wales and started in 1958. Roger Harrison-Jones, then of Rhyl AC and now of Prestatyn Running Club, not only took part in tha...
Cardiff Half & Newport Marathon postponed to 2021
The Cardiff Half Marathon has been rescheduled for 28 March 2021, while the Newport Wales Marathon will now take place on 18 April 2021. Matt Newman, R4W Chief Executive explained the thinking behind ...
Volunteers Week - Thank You Martin Bell
Thank You Martin Bell! The Welsh Race Walking community have come together to say a huge thank you to Martin Bell, a Level 4 Coach and Official, who selflessly gives up so much of his time to ensure t...
Obituary: Steve Blakemore
From Clive Williams: The Welsh athletics community will be sad to learn of the death of former Welsh under 17 and under 20 cross-country champion Steve Blakemore in the USA last week. He was just 58. ...
Volunteers Resource Pack for Clubs
Volunteers are instrumental throughout our sport and the sport of athletics could not function without them, on a global, national or local scale. Volunteers Resource Pack for Clubs Without the breadt...
How to Support Your Volunteers: The Principle of Give to Gain
Remember that thousands of people up and down our wonderful nation give up their free time to coach, make teas and coffees, manage teams, chair committees and to do all the other jobs required in a bu...