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About Us / Contact us The WSHOF Roll of Honour Citation“Induction to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame is reserved for those Welsh women and men, whose exceptional achievements over the course of their careers in any theatre of sport, have enhanced Wales as a Nation and brought honour to themselves and our Country.” The WSHoF
Historic opening at Millennium Stadium
They cleared the cranes, brought in a pitch and then allowed 27,683 fans came in to see Wales beat South Africa for the first time in more than 90 years of trying on 26 June, 1999. The 29-19 victory by Rob Howley’s side included a try by centre Mark Thomas that is immortalised as the
Cooke on top of the world
Nicole Cooke won the 2008 UCI Women’s Road World Championships in Varese, Italy on 27 September, 2008. Cooke’s triumph came a month after she captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Welsh rider became the first Briton since Mandy Jones 26 years earlier to win the world title. She beat Dutch
Pele breaks Welsh hearts at World Cup
Having reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup, Wales were bundled out of the tournament in Sweden at the quarter-final stage by Brazil on 19 June, 1958. It was the first time the world had seen the magically skills of Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Pele to you and me. The 17-year-old scored his
Nick Whitehead
North Wales is renowned for producing great soccer players, but in Nick Whitehead it not only produced a great athlete, but also one of the most influential administrators of his era and a champion of sport for the disabled. On the track, Whitehead was good enough to win medals at both the Olympic and Commonwealth