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Weekend Round-Up - Courtney-Bryant Shines in Stockholm
Stockholm Diamond League Melissa Courtney-Bryant countinues her incredible running form at the Stockholm Diamond League where she competed in the 1500m. To no shock at all, Courtney-Bryant went on to...
Updated Guidance Documents
This week has been another step forward for the sport as we have started to see a wider return to club activity and competition. Over recent weeks we have worked closely with the athletics community a...
New Look Lirf Launch
Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce that the booking system for the new look Blended Learning Leader in Running Fitness is now open! We would like to thank everyone at UKA and ANI who worked with u...
Athletics Facilities Update
The past few weeks and months has seen a much wider return to athletics which has been a real boost for the sport. It is great to see many athletics facilities in Wales opening to help facilitate, not...
Recognising Great Coaching: Nominations Now Open for the UK Coaching Awards 2020
The UK Coaching Awards present a unique opportunity for the sport and physical activity industry to honour and reward the work of #GreatCoaching across all levels in the UK. Nominations for the Awards...
Weekend Round-Up - Welsh Athletics Pilot Events
Welsh Athletics Throws Pilot It was a return to athletics in Wales as the first competition was hosted in Aderdare as two competitors from the 2014 Commonwealth Games (Gareth Winter & Curtis Mathews) ...
Statement from Commonwealth Games Wales CEO and Chair
Response to #Birmingham2022 plans for a multi-site athlete village Alternative Accommodation Update As the news breaks on B2022’s plans for a multi-site athlete village, Commonwealth Games Wales, th...
#SupportYourClub
The last few weeks has seen an unprecedented amount of activity across the sport and it is great to see clubs and groups returning to activity and members returning to club bases across Wales. In addi...
Weekend Round-Up - Success for Welsh Athletes at the Podium 5k
The Podium 5k Dewi Griffiths stormed to a lifetime best of 13:43 at the Podium 5k in Barrowford to prove a return to fitness following a long injury layout. The Swansea Harrier made the most of the lo...
Brighton Marathon Weekend 2021
Entries have opened for all Welsh registered members into the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, 18th April 2021. RACE DAY: The 2021 event will take place on Sunday 18 April 2021, at 9.45am in Preston Pa...
Official Education returns online
Online Level 1 Field Judge course Date: Sunday 9th August 2020 Times: 10:00 - 12:00 & 13:30 - 15:30 Successful completion of the Level 1 Award for Field Judge will enable individuals to work with ...
A Return to Coach Education
With the gradual unlocking of the Sport of the last few weeks Welsh Athletics is pleased to announce we will soon be launching our new look coach education offer. We have been working hard with UKA, a...
#SupportYourClub
With a number of clubs and groups returning to wider activity, this week’s #SupportYourClub feature highlights the great work being carried out by Cybi Striders. Over recent months the Anglesey base...
A Wonderful One Thousand
This week marks a significant milestone of 1000 attendees to one, or more, of our Stay Involved Series Webinars! Welsh Athletics would like to thank everyone who presented, co-hosted and of course att...
Launch of Welsh Athletics Pilot Competitions
Welsh Athletics are delighted to now be able to confirm full details of the pilot Track & Field events to take place on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th August. Both events will be run with restricted numb...
UK ATHLETICS AND HOME COUNTRIES TO ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SAFEGUARDING
UK Athletics (UKA) and the four Home Country Athletics Federations; Athletics Northern Ireland, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics and Welsh Athletics have welcomed the publication of the Independe...
Schools Athletics Round Up
We were delighted to be able to launch a Schools Virtual Athletics initiative during National School Sports Week across Wales in partnership with Cardiff Games to allow schools to deliver alternative ...
Welsh Athletics Ltd AGM Preliminary Notice
The Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics Ltd will be held on the Saturday the 24th of October. It is still hoped that a physical meeting will be possible, and if that is the case then it will tak...
#FeatuedFridays - Bridgend AC
#FeaturedFridays Thursday 24th July 2020 would have been the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has been postponed until July 24th 2021. We speak to the chair...
Junior Clubs Starting Back
As we are steadily getting 'back on track' clubs are beginning to open up their outdoor training facilities. Below is a list of current clubs around Wales that have opened up access to thei...