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Dick Rees

Dick Rees, the son of a Pembrokeshire vet, was one of the greatest of the inter-war jockeys. He rode Shaun Spadah, the 100/9 outsider to victory in the 1921 Grand National winner and won the 1929 Champion Hurdle on Royal Falcon. He was the first winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1924 and also

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

Rob Cole

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame celebrated the 35th anniversary of its ‘Roll of Honour; at The Parkgate Hotel this week by inducting his 200th member. On a spectacular night in the Welsh capital two Olympic gold medallists, a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight boxing champion, a four-time Winter Olympian, two more Olympic medalists and a world

John Gwilliam

John Gwilliam was one of the greatest of all Welsh rugby captains and led Wales to two Grand Slams in three years in theFfifties. He guided Wales to glory in the 1950 and 1952 Five Nations campaigns and ended with a 73% success rate as captain of his country with nine wins and a draw

Sir Gareth Edwards

In 2001 Gareth Edwards was voted the ‘Greatest Welsh Rugby Player’ of all-time’ and in 2003, in a poll of international rugby players conducted by Rugby World magazine, he was declared the greatest player of all-time. He scored one of the greatest tries of all-time for the Barbarians when they beat the All Blacks in

Mervyn Davies

Wales’ Grand Slam skipper in 1976 and one of the games’ greatest No8s, Mervyn Davies won 38 Welsh caps before injury cut him down in his prime. He won two Grand Slams and three Triple Crowns with Wales and made eight successive Test appearances for the British & Irish Lions, winning five and drawing two,

John Dawes

John Dawes can lay claim to one of the greatest of all rugby union careers. He captained Wales to a Grand Slam in 1971 and then coached them to similar success in 1976 and 1978. He led the British & Irish Lions to their only success in New Zealand in 1971 and then coached the