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Before Monday’s World Para Athletics Championship F20 shot put final, Sabrina Fortune said she was “determined to smash” her existing world record. At the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, ...

  The Forest of Dean Rotary Club put on a great community event and even booked some fantastic autumn weather that inspired Welsh athletes to some inspired performances in the fourth of this year’s...

WORLD MOUNTAIN AND TRAIL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS – CANFRANC, SPAIN, SEPTEMBER 25-28 Three Welsh athletes – Eden O’Dea (Deeside AAC), Lizzie Richardson (Highland Hill Harriers) and Kris Jones (Swan...

This September, we were proud to launch our Autumn programme of courses across Wales. It’s been fantastic to see so many coaches, leaders, and aspiring volunteers getting involved right from the sta...

The 2025 Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics will take place on 25th October 2025 at 10am. In accordance with statutory requirements, please find the following items on the 2025 AGM page of...

Former Welsh 440 yards champion David Pulsford dies The Welsh athletics fraternity will be sad to learn of the death of David Pulsford aged 89. He was one of that great band of Welsh athletes who also...

WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN’S 5,000M HEATS - TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 18 Welsh record holder Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Poole AC) lined up in the first semi-final of the 5,000 semi-finals in Japan...

Humphrey Davies one of Welsh Schools Athletics long serving servants, sadly passed away on 28th August 2025, aged 78 years. Humphrey was a  PE Teacher at Newtown High School, Powys for many years and...

BRITISH AND IRISH MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS – CAERNARFON, SEPTEMBER 13 The most promising British and Irish junior mountain runners converged on Y Fron, near Caernarfon for the 29 running of t...

The weekend of 6-7 of September saw the YDL National Finals with our composite team from North Wales taking to the upper YDL final on Sepember 7 at Wavertree Stadium, Liverpool. Pitted against teams ...

BRECON CARREG CDF 10K – SEPTEMBER 7 Welsh Commonwealth Games marathoner Natasha Wilson (Micky Morris Racing Team) won the elite women’s race in Cardiff on Sunday morning. The former Welsh marathon...

Masters Spotlight with DAVE JAMES Tell us how and when you started running?  I started running when I was 17 in 1974. I had worked hard studying for my GCSEs and felt really unfit. I had played footb...

This year, Welsh Athletics formed a partnership with College Merthyr Tydfil to create an Endurance College Regional Development Programme in the heart of Merthyr Tydfil. The partnership is the first o...

Following on from the success of the Masters International Road Programme over the past three years, a trail half marathon international is being held for the first time between England and Wales and ...

UK Athletics has confirmed today the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team selection for the World Athletics Championships, Tokyo, Japan (13-21 September) following the finalisatio...

WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL – ZURICH, AUGUST 28 Jeremiah Azu warmed up for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo by finishing fourth in the Diamond League 100m final. The Cardiff Ath...

The Sportsshoes Home Nations 5k returns on Saturday 30 August, staged over a fast multi-lap circuit of Coopers Field in Bute Park in Cardiff. The 2025 event is sponsored by Nike and will incorporate ...

The official unveiling of a steel statue of record-breaking athlete Steve Jones MBE, OLY and Freeman of Blaenau Gwent will take place on Friday 12 September 2025 at 1pm, outside Ebbw Vale Sports Cen...

UK Athletics has announced the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB & NI) team for the World Athletics Championships, Tokyo, Japan (13-21 September). Amongst the team, four Welsh athletes hav...

TONYPANDY TRACK CLASSIC – AUGUST 23 More than 200 athletes travelled to the King George VI Athletics Track for an evening of athletics and entertainment on and off the track. The Tonypandy Track Cla...