Elite dispensation extended to Futures athletes
“Welsh Athletics can confirm that following the latest Welsh Government Covid Announcement, Sport Wales have extended the cohort of athletes receiving Elite Dispensation to the Futures Pathway T...
First Minister written to over loss of young athlete concerns
Our CEO James Williams has today written to the First Minister, Mark Drakeford, on behalf of Welsh Athletics, along with the Chief Executives of Welsh Cycling, Welsh Triathlon, and Welsh Swimming...
Barry 40 rescheduled
We've received an update on the status of the Barry 40 mile ultra-distance track race: We have always been extremely lucky with the organisation of the Barry Track 40 Miles / Marathon. In 2001 we ...
British Indoor Championships cancelled
British Athletics has today confirmed the cancellation of the British Athletics Indoor Championships, due to be staged at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena 20-21 February: The decision was taken in light...
Update on Elite Athlete Status
Whilst we are in Alert Level 4 in Wales, only Elite Athletes are being given dispensation to train and to travel to do so. We appreciate that many Welsh athletes train and compete at a very high stand...
Welsh Indoor and Welsh XC Championships cancelled due to COVID-19
The Welsh Government have placed Wales into Alert Level 4 for an unquantified time period due to the severity of the current COVID-19 situation. In light of this, discussions have been held...
Sub 4 miler Bob Maplestone passes away
Cardiff-born Bob Maplestone [no.8 in image], the first Briton to run a mile indoors in under 4 minutes died on Saturday (January 2nd) in his adopted home of Seattle, USA aged 74. He ran 3.59.5 indoors...
Athlete of the Year Award Winners Revealed
This year has been a year to remember. It's been an extremely challenging one but we've all pulled through and so have our athletes who have done some amazing things this ye...
Commonwealth Games nomination policy released
"We are publishing our policy early so that you, as athletes and coaches, have as much time as possible to prepare properly and to gear your preparations to achieving the standards. We ...
Athletics memories of John James (JJ) Williams MBE
The extraordinary number of tributes on TV, in the press and online to the late JJ Williams, who died on October 29th aged 72, have quite rightly concentrated on his legendary rugby feats. These inclu...
Volunteer roles available across Wales to support young athlete development
We have a number of roles available across Wales to support the delivery of our Regional Development programme for young athletes. All roles are voluntary with a support package in place to cover expe...
Return to Cross Country guidance released
We are pleased to now be able to release updated Return to Track & Field Competition [v3] along with version 1 of our Return to Cross Country Competition guidance documents. Both documents wi...
Cardiff Met Facility Access - Update
Cardiff Metropolitan University Sport have today issued the following update with regard to community access to their facilities: "There has been a considerable amount of operational planning to ...
Return to On & Off Track Competition & Officiating guidance released
“We are really pleased to be able to release these initial documents, with guidance for the Cross Country, Mountain and Trail disciplines to follow in due course. These documents have been...
Return to Athletics - Updated Jumps guidance
The Jumps section of the Club Activity, Training, and Providing Facilities guidance have all been updated as follows: “Jumping If jumping areas are to be used athletes must follow hygiene guidel...
On this day in 1980 - World Athletics History at Cwmbran
In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. A full history of Welsh Athletics can be ex...
On This Day in 1969
On This Day in 1969 In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. A full history of Welsh Athl...
On this day in 1959
In the absence of new results and competitions to bring you each Monday, we're replacing our Weekend Round-Ups with some stories from the archives. As this weekend would have been the London Marat...
GB call up for Bethany Moule
Massive Congratulations to Neath’s Bethany Moule (John Davies) whose been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Throws Cup in Leiria, Portugal on 22nd & 23rd March. Bethany thr...
Time to get ready for Outdoor Track & Field 2020...
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the fixtures for the 2020 Outdoor Track and Field season. The Championship period will kick off with the Welsh Junior Championships taking place on what has b...