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UK Coaching Award Nominations Now Open
Nominations for the 24th UK Coaching Awards are now open. UK Coaching is encouraging the British public to nominate a coach as part of its Great Coaching Comeback campaign. Hosted by UK Coaching, the ...
Weekend Round Up - The 2021 Welsh Junior Championships U13-U17-U20
Welsh Junior Championships U13-U17-U20 It was an incredible weekend of athletics. After a year of no championships in Wales due to Covid-19, the Welsh Junior Championships were back in full force with...
Lauren Cooper and Dan Nash take victories in Pembrey
Full Race Results here Lauren Cooper claimed a gun to tape victory at the third race in the Welsh 5k Series - Pembrey on Saturday. Although dissapointed with her winning time of 17:30, the Parc B...
Welsh Athletics Guide Running Workshop Launch
The Welsh Athletics Guide Running Workshop has been developed in partnership with Disability Sport Wales with contribution and support from Guide Dogs Cymru. The 2-hour workshop is a mixture of theory...
Weekend Round Up - 24th/25th July
Loughborough BMC GrandPrix Jenny Nesbitt [Chris Jones] won the 5000m in a seasons' best time of 15:34.86 Michael Ward [Luke Gunn] ran a seasons' best of 14:10.57 to wi...
Key info for attending the Welsh Junior Championships
Spectator tickets Following a risk assessment by Newport Live we are pleased to be able to accommodate up to 500 spectators on each day of the Welsh Junior Championships. In order to manage numbers an...
#FeatureFriday - Cardiff Athletics – Summer of Athletics
It’s shaping up to be a busy summer for Cardiff Athletic Club as they begin offering opportunities to children and young people across Cardiff to get involved in athletics. Across the school hol...
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SATURDAY 24th JULY 2021 (Ambleside, Cumbria) START: 10:30 am WALES TEAM SELECTIONS ALL BORN 2005 LESS STATED MALE: Deri McCluskey (Maldwyn Harriers) Cameron Shaw (Menai T&F) 2004 Steffan Dav...
The Weekend Round Up - Brier Wins the England Championships
ICYMI - - Osian Perrin finishes 5th in European U20 Championships - read the full article here by Dai Sport: https://www.dai-sport.com/osian-perrin-battles-to-fifth-spot-at-euro-u20-ch...
Welsh Athletics AGM preliminary notice
The Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics Ltd will be held on the Saturday the 23rd of October. Attendance options are still being considered and will be confirmed by the 42 day notice. ...
Removal of restrictions on Athletics activity in Wales
The announcement by the First Minister on Wednesday14th July regarding the easing of COVID restrictions in Wales was a huge boost for the sport in terms of return to training, group running, facility ...
#FeatureFriday with Abergele Harriers
This week we bring you two #FeatureFridays ~ North East Wales Club Manager Eva Brewer made a visit to see Abergele Harriers to catch up with the club since their return to training. Not that they stop...
#FeatureFriday - The Welsh Schools National Track & Field Championships – 40 years ago!
The first of the Welsh Schools’ national track and field championships – for boys only – was held in June 1947, at Taff Vale Park in Pontypridd and, with the exception of 1984, they ...
Obituary: Ian Dixon
It is with great sadness that we report that Ian Dixon has died. From the mid-90s to 2017, he was a familiar figure at major athletics events in Wales - outdoor at track & field, cross-country and...
Call for return of events to be supported as restrictions ease
Welsh Athletics welcomes the updated timeline for the easing of restrictions announced by the First Minister yesterday. As a result, competition providers across Wales can now start planning for a wid...
Entries now open for the Senior & U15 Championships
After a 2-year hiatus, we are delighted to welcome back our Welsh Senior Track & Field Championships which this year will also incorporate the entire U15 age group, with entries now open via this ...
The Weekend Round Up - Azu crowned U23 Champion
ICYMI - It was a special day on the 9th of July at the European U23 Championships. Jeremiah Azu [Helen James] became the all-time 2nd fastest Welshman running a new lifetime best of 10...
Welsh coaches ready to help Team GB perform in Tokyo
As the British Athletics team enter their final phase of preparation for Tokyo 2020, the coaching team overseeing and supporting the athletes will be dominated by an experienced contingent of Welsh Co...
All-Time 2nd Fastest Welshman!!
It was a great performance at the European U23 Championships in Tallinn - Estonia from one of our very own Jeremiah Azu. In sprinting terms, the young sprinter smashed his PB from 2019 from 10.27 by 0...
Welsh Youth Mountain Running team selected
Home Countries Youth International (Mountain Running) on the 24th July 2021. Having been unable to compete for a significant period of time I am sure that athletes who have been selected to represent ...