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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Expression of interest for Welsh Masters 5K
Masters athletes who are interested in competing for the Welsh Masters are asked to express an interest if they would like to be considered for the Masters International between England and Wales, w...
Weekend Round-Up (8th & 9th of July)
UK Athletics Championships, 8 & 9 July There was plenty of success for Wales at the 2023 UK Athletics Championships. On Day 1, Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff Athletics) set a new Welsh Record over 100m, to be...
Team Announcement: 2023 SIAB Track & Field International
Congratulations to all athletes who have been selected to represent Wales at the SIAB Track & Field International in Grangemonth, Scotland on Saturday 15th of July. Name Event Name of School School Di...
2023 World Para Athletics Championships: Who & Where to Watch
This weekend marks the start of the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, which will see 7 Welsh athletes represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Paris, France. The first Championships to t...
Amber Simpson breaking Welsh records for fun!
It’s been the perfect start to a new season for Welsh hammer thrower Amber Simpson. Since representing Wales at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games almost a year ago, Amber has been breaking Welsh Rec...
Jeanette Jenkins Obituary
Jeanette Jenkins was a long-standing Welsh Athletics official and member of Fairwater Runners Cwmbran and undertook many volunteering roles within the club. She was a competitive runner and as she dev...
2023 UK Athletics Championships Preview
This weekend the UK Athletics Championships will return to Manchester, with many Welsh athletes heading north to contest for British Titles. The Championships will also host the World Athletics Trials...
2023 Service Awards Open for Nominations
We are delighted to announce that the National Service Awards for 2023 are now open until 1st September 2023. This is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate volunteers and individuals within our At...