John Godfrey Parry Thomas was born in Wrexham on 6 April 1884 and went on to twice raise the world land speed record. The wee set in 1926 at Pendine Sands and he was tragically killed a year later attempting to raise the record again at the same venue Thomas was inducted onto the ‘Roll
Two heroes of the 1976 Wales Grand Slam winning team were surprised to find themselves added to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame’s ‘Roll of Honour’ ahead of last weekend’s Wales v France game at Principality Stadium. To mark the 50th anniversary of that famous Grand Slam Terry Cobner and Allan Martin joined nine of their
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
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
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