Juniors

IMPORTANT: England Athletics Announcement

Young athletes are dropping out of athletics.  Statistics since 2019 show a continued decline in participation.  

Based on research and athlete feedback, along with our colleagues in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are changing age groups of competition to allow young athletes to navigate the pathway more easily, provide more balanced competition, give athletes the opportunity to develop technically, and remove clashes between important exam years and peak athlete competition. These changes are currently on schedule to come into effect in April 2026. Please find more details on the England Athletics website here.

In summary the changes will be: the traditional categories of under-13, under-15 and under-17 will be replaced by under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18 from April 2026.

Juniors News

  • Wiltshire Junior Race League 2025
    Race 3: Results Congratulations to all the runners that took part in Race 3 of the Wiltshire Junior Race League on Saturday at the Semington Slog 2k. It was wonderful to see how many clubs took part. You can find the full current tables here and the Semington Slog results here.
  • and they’re off… Junior League Results from the SmarTT Smasher
    We were delighted to see our first event take place at the Calne SmarTT Smasher, following last years cancellation due to the weather disruptions. A quick look at the results indicates that we could be in for a great battle in the junior league this year. Well done to everyone who took part and we […]
  • Wiltshire Junior Race League (WJRL) 2025 Fixtures
    We’re pleased to announce the first six races in the 2025 Junior League. There will be eight races in total but we are waiting to see if we can find new races in different parts of the county before confirming the final two. The best six results will count. If you are a race director […]
  • Wiltshire U17s grab Silver at South West XC Championships
    Well done to all the brave athletes that managed to stay in shape and compete in the 2024/25 South West inter-county and club Championships held on Saturday 4th January 2025 at RNAS Merryfield, Ilton, Somerset. On a perfect day for cross country running we saw some excellent performances from Wiltshire athletes. Joshua Maxwell [Teambath AC] […]
  • Wiltshire Junior League Final Results 2024
    Following on from our final Junior league race, the results have been checked and no alterations have been sent in, and so we can announce that Chippenham Harriers have won the 2024 league, closely following by Frome Running Club in second place and Somer AC in third. It has been a hotly contested league with great […]
  • IMPORTANT: England Athletics Age group Announcement
    Young athletes are dropping out of athletics.  Statistics since 2019 show a continued decline in participation.   Based on research and athlete feedback, along with our colleagues in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are changing age groups of competition to allow young athletes to navigate the pathway more easily, provide more balanced competition, give […]
  • Wiltshire Junior Race League (WJRL) Results 2023
    Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Junior League races in 2023. As we struggled with the league (post pandemic), we again had a reduced calendar. Although it was a significant improvement over 2022 we still only managed six races, rather than the target of eight. The winning team for 2023 was Chippenham Harriers, closely followed […]
  • Wiltshire Junior League 2022 Winners
    Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Junior League races in 2022.Unfortunately there were very few races taking place in the county and so we only managed to hold a reduced league championship over the year. As the league is based on eight races, with the best six to count, we opted to go […]
  • South West 2022-23 Indoor Athletics Championships on 8th January 2023 Results
    Dear Athletics Colleagues, Attached to this post is the list of medal winners from Day 2 of the SW U13/U15/U17 Indoor T&F Championships at Cardiff. If you want to see the full results lists, visit https://wales.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/wajiod2/event/ You can view/download the day 2 results (PDF) from this link If my medals list doesn’t match the official […]
  • Wiltshire Junior Race League (WJRL) Results 2022 – Updated
    We have had a delay as it has been difficult to get all the clubs to confirm/validate results. But finally we have our first table for 2022. We are back for 2022 with our first races. Please join us for the new season with our exciting events. These are Fun Runs and shorter races arranged […]