The Weekend Round Up - Brier Wins the England Championships
ICYMI - - Osian Perrin finishes 5th in European U20 Championships - read the full article here by Dai Sport: https://www.dai-sport.com/osian-perrin-battles-to-fifth-spot-at-euro-u20-championships/...
Welsh coaches ready to help Team GB perform in Tokyo
As the British Athletics team enter their final phase of preparation for Tokyo 2020, the coaching team overseeing and supporting the athletes will be dominated by an experienced contingent of Welsh Co...
The Weekend Round Up - WSAA SIAB Trials and Plenty More!
It was another busy weekend for athletics in the UK, especially for Welsh athletes! We start off this week's round-up with the WSAA SIAB Trials WSAA SIAB Trial 2021 Penlan Arena, Brecon & Cwrt He...
Young athletes enjoy chance to Run Jump Throw at Bridgend AC Open
Bridgend Athletic Club have been enthusing their junior athletes with the second of their exciting Open Events. After weekly workouts and online challenges during lockdown, the coaches were eager to g...
Heyward books his place to the Olympic Games
It is with great delight that we are able to wish Jake Heyward a huge congratulations on being selected to represent Team GB at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. Jake made the big decision of m...
The Weekend Round Up – Day by Day at The British Championships Inc. Olympic Trials
Day 1 The day 1 action kicked off with the Decathletes starting with the first event of their 10-event campaign - competing over the 100m. In this event, we had 2014 & 2018 Commonwealth athlete Curtis...
Mid-week Round up - Welsh Records & PBs
Piers Copeland (Bob Smith) ran a stunning 3.34.62 in Marseilles last night to make him the sixth Brit and second Welshman, alongside Jake Heyward to acheive the Olympic 1500m mens qualifying time ahe...
Virtual announcer workshop
We have an exciting training opportunity to become an athletics announcer! As we see the return of athletics and running competition in 2021, we have a 90-minute virtual announcer training workshop de...
#FeatureFriday - Good news from Brecon!
Sunday 23rd “Return to Athletics” Track and Field meeting at Brecon’s Penlan Track for under 11s, under 13s, and under 15s. Organised by Brecon AC for invited neighbouring clubs. Over 100 athl...
161 laps of a track - Unique, inspiring, crazy? you decide, the Barry 40 is back!
Photo: Steve Way winning in 2016 , Credit: Paul Stillman. The 35th annual Barry Track 40 Miles and 5th Track marathon takes place this Sunday at Jenner Park at 10.00 AM Due to COVID Level 2 restrictio...
The Weekend Round Up – Two more CWG Standards!!
It was a great couple of days from our Welsh athletes, with two highlights. These two performances came from Jac Palmer (Adrian Palmer) and Jake Heyward. Both athletes have just secured their qualific...
The 2021 Loughborough International Team
It's been a whole 2 years since we were able to see our athletes wear the new Welsh vest and compete in the last Loughborough International, and it has been over 18 months since the Manchester ...
Launch - The New Welsh Athletics International Kit
It is with great delight that we bring to you our new racing kit with our new kit sponsor JOMA. The new Welsh kit comes just in time for the highly anticipated weekend involving the 2021 Loughborough ...
Euro Medals in Torun & a British Record in Newport
Owen Smith & Job Brier battle to 4x400m Bronze in Torun The Matt Elias coached duo joined up with Lee Thompson and James Williams to deliver a fantastic team performance at the end of a busy few days...
Strong performances for Welsh athletes at the Elite Only Winter 10k
Emile Cairess and Lily Partridge gatecrashed the Elite Only Winter 10k in Newport overcoming their Welsh opposition. The pair had accepted the invitation to join some of the top Welsh Athletes at a we...
Next cohort of athletes brought into Elite training bubble
Following ongoing negotiation with the National Sports Group, the following athletes are the latest cohort to have been granted permission by Sport Wales to begin training under the Elite Athlete Disp...
Competitive line-ups for the Elite-Only Winter 10k
11:00 Elite Winter Discus 13:00 Elite Winter 10k 14:25 Elite Winter Walks Some of the top Welsh Athletes will take their chance to compete in an elite-only event in Newport on Saturday. The Elite Only...
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 Tier ...
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. Th...
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 ...