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New Captains Louise and Jordan Breaking The Golfing Mould
Two professional golfers will take on the captaincy of the Wales Golf Women’s and Girls teams for the first time
James Williams Lifts ‘Massive Weight Off Shoulders’ After Claiming First Rally Win
James Williams admitted he lifted “a ‘massive weight off my shoulders’ after scoring his first overall rally win. The Newcastle Emlyn driver achieved what he’s been aiming to do for a while in style, by dominating last weekend’s Manx National Rally.
Flat Racing Opener At Chepstow Features Seven Races
Chepstow Racecourse’s first Flat meeting of 2024 arrives at the track on Tuesday evening, with a competitive seven-race card on offer for punters to get the new campaign at the track underway. The meeting kicks off with a nine-runner Division 1 handicap at 5.40 and rounds off three hours later at 8.40 with a ten-runner handicap in class six.
David Probert Ready To Fire At Chepstow Opener
Welsh jockey David Probert will be aiming to continue his encouraging start to the flat racing season when the opening flat meeting takes place at Chepstow Racecourse on Tuesday night. Probert has already passed 50 winners for 2024, the last of which came at Ascot last Friday when he rode Arctic Thunder to victory for trainer Andrew Balding.
Cup Triumph For Dervishes And Dai Manley As Canton Beat Dinas Powys
There was delight for Canton - Dai Manley’s Dervishes - who ended the season with silverware by defeating Dinas Powys 25-19 at Barry RFC to lift the Worthington’s Malcolm Thomas Cup. The East District showpiece was, like last year, set to be hosted at Glamorgan Wanderers.
New Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones Names Friends Of Y Bwthyn As Charity Of Year
New Vale Resort Club Captain Richard Jones has pledged to turn his year-long role into a money-making term for the Y Bwthyn palliative care unit at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. Jones has made a commitment to fundraise for the Friends of Y Bwthyn volunteers who selflessly give up their own time to support the unit in Llantrisant and patients in the community with life-limiting illnesses.
Rob Edwards Claims Championship Clubs Face Financial Chasm As Promoted Trio Get Set To Return
Former Wales international pair Rob Edwards and Craig Bellamy are dropping out of the Premier League, with Luton Town boss Edwards admitting it is getting harder for clubs from the Championship to compete. For just the second time in Premier League history all three promoted sides are heading back down to the Championship after a season that has exposed the growing gulf between English football's top two tiers.
Lauren Price Inspires New Fight Plans, More Fans . . . And A Poem
Lauren Price’s promoter Ben Shalom believes major opportunities await Wales’ new world champion in both welterweight and middleweight divisions. Price has expressed her determination to unify a stacked women’s welterweight division after winning world belts in only her seventh professional fight.
Welsh Rugby Risks Losing Fan Base, Warns Tom Shanklin
Tom Shanklin has called on the Welsh Rugby Union to show some vision and offer some hope for the future after another bleak weekend for the game in Wales. All four Welsh teams lost in the United Rugby Championship over the weekend – the fifth time this season they have suffered a collective whitewash.
Glamorgan’s Andy Gorvin Vows County Will Build On Overdue Win
Andy Gorvin plans to build on his first five-wicket haul after the Glamorgan bowler inspired the county to their first County Championship win for a year. Glamorgan secured a nine-wicket victory over Sussex at Sophia Gardens with Gorvin starring on his way to career-best figures of five for 40.
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Warriors And Valkyries Looking Westward On Super Bowl Sunday
As the USA gets ready to plug itself in to the Super Bowl on Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers, there will be at least two clubs in Wales with more than passing interest as Twm Owen reports. America’s biggest sporting event is said to... Read More
South Wales Warriors Handed Opening Day Trip To Somerset
The South Wales Warriors will open their British American Football season away to league newcomers the Somerset Wyverns. The Taunton-based outfit will have a tough introduction to the British American Football Association's (BAFA) Southern Football Conference Division Two West as they face the Warriors in their first fixture since completing... Read More
Why Wales v South Africa In The USA Is A Small Ripple Across The Pond
The WRU have confirmed Wales are to play South Africa in the USA this summer. Twm Owen says it’s an exercise in promotion that suits all parties, but argues it will be a tough gig to sell. Games against southern hemisphere opposition haven't been in short supply for Wales in... Read More
South Wales Warriors Get Ready For Third Tier Trips To Face Sharks, Trojans, Knights, Raptors And Wyverns
The South Wales Warriors have learnt which teams they will face in their first campaign in seven years in British American Football's basement division. The Llanharan-based side will compete in the British American Football Association (BAFA) Southern Football Conference Divison Two West. Their opponents will be the Cornish Sharks, Torbay Trojans, Worcestershire Black Knights, the Jurassic Coast Raptors and debutants the... Read More
It's Like Aaron Ramsey In Your Town Hall . . . The NFL Comes To Cardiff
If you think NFL is not popular in Wales, then you should have been in Cardiff for the NFL UK Live Tour. Dai Sport’s Twm Owen was there for a colourful blend of sporting superstardom and Star Trek convention.
Marble statues of Welsh historical greats line the first floor landing at Cardiff City Hall, but those filing past Owain Glyndwr... Read More
Cardiff's Principality Stadium On NFL List Of Viable Venues
Cardiff is a "viable option" for staging an NFL game, the American Football league's UK operation has said. The league will hold three games in London in autumn 2018, including its first at Tottenham's new stadium, and the coming season will be the 11th year in succession at least one regular season NFL game has been played in... Read More
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