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2024 School Games Selection Policies Now Available
The 2024 School Games National Finals will take place at Loughborough University from 29 August to 1 September 2024. Selection policies are now available below and there are also informational webi...
Weekend Round-Up (5-7 April 2024)
ASICS FESTIVAL OF RUNNING 5K and 10K ELITE SPEED RACES – PARIS, APRIL 5 Double World Athletics Championships marathoner Josh Griffiths (Swansea Harriers) finished 29th overall in the 10K. Griffiths,...
Team Announcement - Masters 10km and Half Marathon Internationals 2024
The first of this year’s Masters International’s against England will take place within the Great Birmingham 10km on Sunday 5 May 2024 and will be quickly followed by the second within the Great ...
Easter Weekend Round-Up (29 March - 1 April)
CHOCOHOLICS 5K ROAD RACE AND FUN RUN – NEWTOWN, MARCH 29 The Easter weekend got off the perfect start with the annual Chocoholics 5K Road Race and Fun Run on Good Friday. The event, organised by Mal...
SIAB Cross Country 2024 Round-Up
The SIAB Cross Country International took place at the home of Irish Sport and on the same course used for the European Cross Country Championships in 2021. Athletes made the short transfer to the cou...
Weekend Round-Up (23rd & 24th March)
SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC BOARD (SIAB) CROSS COUNTRY 2024 -DUBLIN, MARCH 23 A 40-strong Welsh team returned with a four-medal haul from the SIAB Schools International Cross Country event held at ...
Team Announcement - London Mini Marathon
We are pleased to announce the athletes who will be competing at the London Mini Marathon Championships on April 20th. "We are delighted to be picking a very strong Welsh team of para and non-para a...
Conference summary – back-to-back virtual Officials Conference weekends!
Over back to back weekends we hosted virtual officials conferences to cater for all levels of officials across Wales. Saturday 9th March saw the first solo virtual Endurance Officials Conference foll...
5 million children are now taking part in The Daily Mile worldwide
The Daily Mile Foundation today announced that over five million children spanning 96 countries are actively involved in the physical activity and well-being initiative, running, wheeling, or walking ...
Weekend Round-Up (16th & 17th March)
DUDINSKA 50 – SLOVAKIA, MARCH 16 Race walker Gracie Griffiths (Pembrokeshire Harriers) produced a brilliant performance to claim a new 10K personal best in Slovakia on Saturday morning. Representing...
Sign Language Week 2024
This week we are celebrating Sign Language Week (18 - 24 March 2024). Sign Language Week is organised by the British Deaf Association and is held on the anniversary of when British Sign Language (BS...
Glyn Pugh Obituary & Funeral Details
Welsh Athletics is saddened to hear of the passing of Rhondda AC Coach, official, athlete and stalwart Glyn Pugh. It is with immense sadness we share the news that Glyn Pugh, a stalwart of Rhondda Ath...
Funeral details for Mike Strange
From Carol Strange Thank you for all the kind messages we have received over the past few days The Funeral of Michael (Mike) Strange will take place on Thursday 4th April at 2pm at Westerleigh Crema...
Team Announcement: Athletes selected for the Anglo Celtic Plate 100km
Congratulations to the five athletes selected to represent Wales at the Anglo Celtic Plate 100km, Perth, Scotland on Sunday 24 March 2024. Steve Mitchell, Welsh Athletics National Talent Developm...
Six weeks to go to the start of the Welsh 10k Series
The Welsh 10k Road Race Series is a five-race series that includes existing 10km road races from around Wales. The 2024 Series will begin on the 28 April at the ABP Newport 10k. Welsh Athletics’ He...
Mike Strange Obituary
It is with great sadness that on Saturday 9th March 2024 Mike Strange a very well respected & long serving level 3 Timekeeper passed away after a short illness. Mike moved from Buckinghamshire in 1...
Weekend Round-Up (9th & 10th March)
WELSH U17 AND U15 INDOOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – SHEFFIELD, MARCH 9 AND 10 Despite only finding out she was competing two days before the competition, Matilda Quick (Swansea Harriers) won go...
Team Announcement - SIAB Cross Country International 2024
Congratulations to the 40 athletes who have been selected to represent Welsh Schools’ at the SIAB Cross Country International in Abbottstown, Dublin on Saturday 23rd March. The Welsh Schools' At...
Endurance RDP: Introduction to Steeplechase - March Sessions
Following the success of the recent RDP sessions, the next Welsh Athletics Steeplechase RDP sessions will be on the following dates: North Wales: Tuesday 19th March, Deeside Athletics Track, 6:00-7:...
Weekend Round-Up (3rd & 4th March)
WORLD ATHELTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – GLASGOW, MARCH 1-3 Hannah Brier (Swansea Harriers) was part of Great Britain women’s 4x400m squad which won a bronze medal and set two new national records at the W...