Welsh Athletics
Encyclopedia
Welsh Athletics (WA) is the national governing body
for the sport of athletics in Wales
.
The current limited company
, set up in 2007, replaced the former Athletic Association of Wales. Welsh Athletics currently has more than 70 affiliated clubs; more than 7,000 athletes take part in WA competitions.
Welsh Athletics is responsible for running the Welsh Talent Development Academy, a programme structured to offer each athlete-coach pair specialist training and which represents the first step for athlete-coach pairs that possess developmental potential to achieve Olympic medals.
Welsh Athletics also organises the ADC (Athletics Development Centre) programme: this programme aims at giving all athletes and coaches the best possible foundations to realise their potentials, and it is carried out in three indoor centres around wales (in Cardiff
, at the National Indoor Athletics Centre
; Swansea
and Deeside
).
The headquarters are in the new Cardiff International Sports Stadium.
Governing bodies of sports in Wales
The governing bodies of sports in Wales perform an organisational, regulatory or sanctioning function at a national level in Wales, some tracing their history to the 19th Century. Many cooperate with similar bodies from other countries to agree rule changes for their sport. Most implement decisions...
for the sport of athletics in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
The current limited company
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
, set up in 2007, replaced the former Athletic Association of Wales. Welsh Athletics currently has more than 70 affiliated clubs; more than 7,000 athletes take part in WA competitions.
Welsh Athletics is responsible for running the Welsh Talent Development Academy, a programme structured to offer each athlete-coach pair specialist training and which represents the first step for athlete-coach pairs that possess developmental potential to achieve Olympic medals.
Welsh Athletics also organises the ADC (Athletics Development Centre) programme: this programme aims at giving all athletes and coaches the best possible foundations to realise their potentials, and it is carried out in three indoor centres around wales (in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, at the National Indoor Athletics Centre
National Indoor Athletics Centre
The National Indoor Athletics Centre is an indoor track and field athletics sports venue in the Cyncoed area of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is sited on the Cardiff Metropolitan University Campus and is one of the main facilities used by Welsh Athletics, which organises the Cardiff branch of the...
; Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
and Deeside
Deeside
For Strathdee in Scotland see River Dee, AberdeenshireDeeside is the name given to the predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages that lie on, or near the River Dee in Chester. These include, Connah's Quay, Mancot, Pentre, Shotton, Queensferry, Sealand, Broughton, Hawarden,...
).
The headquarters are in the new Cardiff International Sports Stadium.