Sportshoes.com supporting the Cardiff Cross Challenge
We are pleased to announce the UK’s no. 1 online retailer for run, gym and hike, Sportsshoes.com will be supporting the prestigious Cardiff Cross Challenge this October. The 2022 Cardiff Cross Chall...
Weekend Round Up (24-25th Sept)
Welsh Road Relays On a beautiful day in Pembrey, Wales’s top athletics teams went head to head in battle to be crowned Welsh Champions. In the U17 Girl’s race, where teams of three athletes all ra...
Chris Jones : Coaching to the Commonwealth Games
Watching Clara Evans, Heather Lewis and Jenny Nesbitt walk to the start lines of their respective races at this years Commonwealth Games, their coach Chris Jones, likely nervous about what was about t...
Lloyd Cowan Bursary open for coaches and young athletes
Applications are now open for the 2022 Lloyd Cowan Bursary. Grants of up to £500 will be awarded to athletics coaches and to unfunded athletes with potential, aged between 16 and 23, for whom cost ...
Athlete Feature : Jenny Nesbitt
Desperate to make the school athletics team back in 2008, Jenny Nesbitt reluctantly volunteered herself for the unpopular 800m event. 2 laps later and the rest is history, as she has been pretty hooke...
Weekend Round Up (26/27th March)
Cardiff Half Marathon After 903 days, the Cardiff Half Marathon finally returned to the streets of Wales' Capital City! As the sun shone down on the nation’s largest mass-participation event,...
Welsh Team Selection SIAB
The 2022 SIAB Cross Country International will take place at Pembrey Country Park on Saturday 26th March using a new, challenging and undulating course. Competing agaisnt athletes from England, Sc...
SIAB Welsh Team Preview
SIAB Welsh Team Preview The 2022 SIAB Cross Country Championships are taking place this weekend, March 26th, at Pembrey Country Park. Using a new undulating and challenging course, the competition is ...
Weekend Round Up (12/13th March)
British Athletics Cross Challenge Final - Loughborough This weekend saw the last fixture of the British Athletics Cross Challenge, incorporated with the Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, hel...
Weekend Round Up (26th/27th Feb)
British Athletics Indoor Champs With a place on the British Athletics team for the World Indoor Championships at stake, all eyes were on Birmingham this weekend. Bethan Davies (Cardiff) warmed up for ...
Welsh Cross Country Championships Preview
The 117th Welsh Cross Country Championships return to Pembrey Country Park this weekend. The 11 race programme starts at 11:00am with the Primary School Races and concludes with the U20 Men’s Champi...
Weekend Round Up (12th/13th Feb)
It has been another busy weekend, full of strong performances by a number of Welsh Athletes on the track, the roads and over the mud. Welsh Schools National Cross Country Championships - Brecon It w...
Welsh Schools Cross Country Championships Preview
For the top schools’ cross-country runners in Wales, all roads lead to Brecon on Saturday, February 12th, when the Penlan playing fields are again the venue for the 59th Welsh Schools’ National Cr...
Weekend Round Up (5th/6th Feb)
It was a busy weekend of action for a number of Welsh Athletes. Away from the U13, U17 and U20 Indoor Championships, where a full round up can be found here, here is a round up of the other great Wels...
Volunteering at our National Endurance Events
Have you ever wanted to get up close and personal to all the live action at an endurance event? Or have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes? This year, in particular, is very important fo...
Weekend Round Up (22nd/23rd Jan)
It was a packed weekend of action and performances for a number of Welsh athletes. From Cardiff to Belfast, a round up of performances are below. Home Countries International A strong team of 28 athle...
Updated team list for Home Countries and Celtic Cross Country International
This weekend sees a 28 strong team travel to Belfast for the Home Countries and Celtic Cross Country International. The updated team is below, and includes Donna Morris, Alex Jackson, Iwan Thomas, Mal...
Weekend Round Up (11th/12th Dec)
Telford 10km A notoriously fast course, Telford 10km proved quick once again, with Abed Teweldebrhan (Newport Harriers) coming home fifth in a lifetime best of 29.17 ahead of Dan Nash (Cardiff) wh...
Team medal success for Welsh Athletes in Dublin Euro XC
All three Welsh athletes who represented Great Britain at the European Athletics XC Championships in Dublin today helped secure team medals. After a fantastic run in Dublin for a individual 10th place...
Welsh Athletes in European Cross Country Championship action
A trio of Welsh athletes will compete at the Spar European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on Saturday. Jenny Nesbitt has been showing great racing form so far this winter and will be hoping tha...