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‘Babs’ is back with a crowd-pleasing roar and a celebratory re-run over Pendine Sands

Speed star Parry Thomas joins the ‘Roll of Honour’ The engine roared, the fans gasped and the sun shone on…

Two more heroes of 1976 grand slam Wales side join ‘roll of honour

Two heroes of the 1976 Wales Grand Slam winning team were surprised to find themselves added to the Welsh Sports…

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Celebrates ‘Roll of Honour’ 35th Anniversary

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame celebrated the 35th anniversary of its ‘Roll of Honour; at The Parkgate Hotel this week…

Billy Boston becomes Wales’ latest sporting knight

19.07.23 – Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers Statue Unveiling – Rugby league legend Billy Boston during the unveiling of a statue…

‘Roll of Honour’ ready to hit 200 mark after 35 years

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame ‘Roll of Honour’ has grown to 195 inductees from 31 different sports after the…

‘Famous Five’ honoured on another special ‘Roll of Honour’ night

Iwan Thomas was one of five famous Welsh sportsmen and women to be inducted onto the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame’s exclusive ‘Roll of Honour’…

On this month

Aboriginals play in Swansea

06/07/1868

The first overseas cricket team to play in Wales were the Australian Aboriginals, who met Gentlemen of Swansea at Bryn-y-Mor Field on 6 and 7 July, 1868. Included in the Swansea side was John Talbot Dilwyn Llewelyn, who took six wickets. He went on to become President of the Welsh Rugby Union. The Aboriginals won

Glamorgan CCC is born

06/07/1888

Glamorgan County Cricket Club was formed on Friday, 6 July, 1888, at a meeting held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff. The veteran Glamorganshire cricketer, Mr JTD Llewellym, convened the meeting, which was attended by members from the Cardiff, Neath, Penarth, Swansea, Merthyr, Llwwynypia and Taff Vale clubs. Glamorgan became a First Class county in 1921.

Wales cap Dr John Griffin makes history

30/07/1891

The first Test match played by the British & Irish Lions was against the Springboks in Port Elizabeth on 30 July, 1891. There were no Welsh players in the tour party, but the referee of this famous fixture was a Welsh rugby international. Dr John Griffin was born in Southampton and had no Welsh connections,

Irene helps to steer Britain to historic gold medal in the pool

15/07/1912

Irene Steer became the first Welsh women to win an Olympic Medal on 15 July, 1912, when she helped the British 4 x 100 metre freestyle team strike gold in Stockholm. The British quartet set a world record time of 5 mins, 52.8 sec. Cardiff-born Steer was disqualified in the semi-finals of the individual event

Hot shot Enoch bows out of Olympics at 59

26/07/1952

Enoch Jenkins, from the Rhondda, finished 14th in the Men’s Trap event at the Olympic Games in Helsinki on Saturday, 26 July, 1952. It was the 59-year-old marksman’s third Olympic Games having competed in 1920 in Antwerp and 1924 in Paris. There were no Olympic shooting events held in Amsterdam in 1928, mainly because of

Winstone bows out

24/07/1968

Howard Winstone announced his retirement from the ring on 24 July, 1968 after losing his WBC World Featherweight title to Cuban Jose Legra at Porthcawl’s Coney Beach Arena. It was the ‘Merthyr Marvel’s’ first defence of a title he won by beating Japan’s Mitsunori Seki at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 January, 1968.

Happy Birthday Dame Tanni!

26/07/1969

Tanni Grey-Thompson, one of British sport’s iconic and inspirational figures, was born on 26 July, 1969. She won 11 Paralympic gold medals. She was born with spina bifida and realised at the age of 13 that Wheelchair Racing was her sport of choice. She became a global champion and was inducted into the Welsh Sports

Silver follows global gold for Colin Jackson

19/07/1986

Colin Jackson struck gold for the first time at a major championships when he captured the IAAF World Junior 110H title in Athens on 18 July, 1986. He set a time of 13.44 sec and then flew straight to Edinburgh to take part in the Commonwealth Games. He went even quicker in Scotland, taking the

European and British record for our Colin

10/07/1992

Colin Jackson can the Americans plenty to think about ahead of the Barcelona Olympic Games as he clocked a European and British high hurdles record at Crystal Palace on 10 July, 1992. The Welsh wizard stripped two one/hundredths of a second off his own European best as he won the race in 13.06 sec. Trailing

Geraint wins Tour de France

29/07/2018

Sunday, 29 July, 2018, will go down as one of the greatest days in the history of Welsh sport. It is the day that Geraint Thomas was crowned the winner of the Tour de France after winning two stages and staying in the yellow jersey for 10 days. His victory in Paris went alongside two