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Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Introducing our Sprint Athletes
There are just two days to go until this year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in the twin nation island of Trinidad and Tobago will be underway. Welsh Athletics is proud to introduce the sprint and endu...
Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Introducing our Throws Athletes
This year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in the twin nation island of Trinidad and Tobago will get underway in a week’s time. Welsh Athletics is proud to introduce the throws athletes who will be re...
Weekend Round-Up (29th & 30th July)
BMC GRAND PRIX – BIRMINGHAM (WORLD ATHLETICS CHALLENGE) & BIRMINGHAM TRACK AND FIELD FESTIVAL, 29/30 JULY A mix of weather dawned on the Birmingham University track for their annual T&F Festival wh...
Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Introducing our Jumps Athletes
This year’s Commonwealth Youth Games in the twin nation island of Trinidad and Tobago will get underway in a week’s time. Welsh Athletics are proud to introduce the jumps athletes who will be mak...
Team Announcement: British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships
Congratulations to all the athletes selected to represent Wales at the 23rd British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships in Peebles, Scotland on Sunday the 10th of September. Steve Mitchell...
4 Welsh Athletes Selected for 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest
Four Welsh athletes have been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary between the 19th - 27th of August. Melissa Courntey-Bry...
2023 Welsh Athletics & Run Wales Annual Awards
It’s time to celebrate our community with the return of the Welsh Athletics & Run Wales Annual Awards. The Awards will take place on Saturday the 25th of November at Glamorgan Cricket Grounds, Sophi...
Weekend Round-Up (22nd & 23rd of July)
Monaco Diamond League, 21 July Two Welsh records in two weeks for Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Poole AC), as she broke the Welsh one-mile record at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday. Courtney-Bryant fin...
Starting Blocs Summer Camps
Over the summer holidays, Starting Blocs (powered by Welsh Athletics) will be working with local partners to deliver athletics camps and sessions to children aged 4-12 across Wales during the summer h...
Welsh Athletics AGM Preliminary Notice
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF WELSH ATHLETICS LTD WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY THE 21ST OF OCTOBER. This year's Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics will take place on 21st October 2023 at 10am ...
The Welsh Inter-Regional Championships return at the Helena Tipping 10k
The Helena Tipping 10k will host the return of the Welsh Inter-Regional 10km Championships on Sunday and form the fourth fixture in the Welsh 10km Road Running Series. Race organisers Run Cheshire hav...
Welsh success at World Para Athletics Championships
It was a hugely successful World Para Athletics Championships for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The team returns home from Paris with a medal tally of 29, 5 of which came from Welsh performances...
Funeral details for Jeanette Jenkins
Following on from the sad announcement of the death of Jeanette Jenkins, please see details regarding her funeral service. The funeral service will take place at 12:30 on Friday the 28th of July at...
Response to Victoria Government 2026 withdrawal
In the early hours of this morning, the Victorian Government announced their decision to withdraw from hosting the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Wales have released a media stat...
Fifth Shot Put World Title for Aled Davies
Aled Davies (coach: Ryan Spencer-Jones, club: Cardiff) completed a decade of dominance in the men’s F63 shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, becoming the ninth British athlet...
Weekend Round-Up (15th & 16th of July)
World Para Athletics Championships There’s been plenty of Welsh success at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. Olivia Breen (City of Portsmouth) got the action underway on Day 3 in th...
2023 SIAB Track & Field International Round-Up
The Welsh Schools team travelled North to Scotland for this year’s edition of the Schools’ International Athletic Board’s U17 Track & Field International. It saw the top athletes from Welsh Scho...
Welsh Athletics Trailblazer Jean Whitehead (née Docker) dies
A tribute by Clive Williams The athletics fraternity in Wales and indeed further afield will be sad to learn of the death of former Welsh champion and record holder Jean Whitehead (née Docker) on 28t...
Michael Jenkins wins World Para Silver on his Championship debut
Michael Jenkins (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Pembrokeshire Harriers) enjoyed the competition of his life on his Great Britain & Northern Ireland debut to win a memorable podium finish. Entering the competitio...
Rabbit Run inc Welsh Trail Running Championships (Short) Preview
On Saturday the Rabbit Run incorporating the Welsh Trail Running Championships (Short) will take place. The 7.5-mile Trail Race will start and finish in front of the Merthyr Mawr House. The race will ...