WELSH U13, U17 & U20 Indoor Championships Preview
The Welsh Indoor Championship season is well underway with the return of the Junior Champs this weekend. Following on from the success of the Senior & U15 Champs last weekend, it is time for the j...
Weekend Round Up (29th/30th Jan)
Away from the Welsh Indoor Championships, a few Welsh atheltes were putting in some fantastic performances across the pond. The standout performance coming from 2021 Olympian, Jake Hayward (Cardi...
Senior and U15 Indoor Championship Round Up
The long awaited return of the Senior and U15 Welsh Indoor Championships was worth the waiting for, with championships best performances broken, intense photo finish waits and personal bests smashed! ...
Welsh Senior and U15 Indoor Championships
This years 2022 Indoor Senior and U15 Championships are set to take place this weekend for the first time in 2 years! Entires are now closed and there has been a high intake, with many of Wales’...
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...
DNA Team Selection
The Dynamic New Athletics event taking place in Glasgow on Saturday 5th February is a fun, brand new innovative, team based competition created by European Athletics. With modified rules, whilst remai...
First Aid Training for all new Coaching Assistants and Leaders from April 2022
UKA has revised its policy on First Aid provision for coaches and leaders so that it is aligned with the HSE requirements under Civil Law and Duty of Care. UKA are aware that a number of Coaches and L...
Senior & U15 Indoor Championships Entry is now Open
Welsh Athletics are delighted to be able to open entries for the 2022 Indoor Senior and U15 Championships without any limits on the numbers of athletes able to compete. After a period of uncerta...
Weekend Round Up (15/16th Jan)
Houston Marathon - Houston, US Racing over the marathon distance for her first ever time, Emily Kearny (Wirral) left Houston with a COMMONWEALTH GAMES NOMINATION STANDARD and a personal best of 2...
Weekend Round Up (8-9th Jan)
Both in Sheffield and further afield in Valencia, it has been a successful and busy weekend of competing for a number of Welsh athletes. Valencia 10k In the warmer, and sunnier climates of Valencia, B...
Weekend Round Up (1-3rd Jan)
As is traditional, the New Year brought with it a few racing opportunities around the UK and overseas. Although not many results to report, there were a couple of athletes in action. Central Lancs Hal...
OBE for Aled Davies
Aled Davies has been made an OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire - in the 2022 New Year's Honours list. A massive Congratulations to Aled Davies and his long time coach, Rya...
Best Season Yet Programme Launch
In order to continue to support parents and young people to thrive in our sport, in addition to the Non-Perfect Parent Webinar Series, Welsh Athletics has worked with parenting practitioner, Rich Shor...
Weekend Round Up 18/19th December
Open Irish Race Walking Championships - Raheny, Ireland In Raheny, Ireland, Heather Lewis (Pembrokeshire) walked herself to a Commonwealth Games nomination standard of 45:53 over the 10,000...
Weekend Round Up (4/5th Dec)
Saturday 4th December saw a 16 strong team of Welsh Schools athletes competing at the Scottish Schools Pentathlon International at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The team was made up of 4 athletes fro...
Reflections from a junior athlete
Its' always good to have feedback from our community, and we wanted to share these reflections from one young Bridgend athlete. We are always looking to add new members to our Junior Athlete Voice...
Jake, Piers, & Jeremiah join Melissa on World Class programme
Jake Heyward (Cardiff Athletics, Mark Rowland; Photo: Athletics Images) joins the British Athletics Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2021/22 after this stellar Olympic debut at Tokyo where...
New Bridgend track gets official launch
Bridgend AC were delighted to finally officially open their new track on Saturday 2nd October following COVID postponements. Welsh Athletics and Bridgend AC would like to extend our thanks to Sport Wa...
Disability & Para-Coaching Development Initiative September Update
This disability coaching Initiative is a partnership project with Disability Sport Wales. The aim is to create a better overall picture, and shared awareness, of coaches across Wales providing inclusi...
Weekend Round Up
[Photo: Masters medallists, Credit Llanelli AAC ] SIAB International The 67 young athletes did their school's proud in Derby bringing home a host of medals, PBs and great performances. Report Full...