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Queen of the Bristol Channel – Kathleen Thomas

Rob Cole

If you stand on the end of Penarth Pier you can see England on the other side of the Bristol Channel. It doesn’t seem that far away, but you wouldn’t want to swim across. Or would you? Ninety-one years ago the 21-year-old Kathleen Thomas wasn’t going to let the roughly 11 miles distance, or the

Betty Gray – ‘Miss Welsh Table Tennis’

Rob Cole

They don’t make them like they used to! All the headlines in Welsh table tennis this year may have been about the 11-year-old wonder kid Anna Hursey, but she could only dream of having a career as long and successful as Betty Gray. The 98-year-old President of the Welsh Table Tennis Association died this week

Halford hits the heights again with fifth British title

Rob Cole

Laura Halford is fast becoming as big a ‘serial champion’ as her illustrious predecessor Frankie Jones in the world of British Rhythmic Gymnastics. The 22-year-old made continued the Welsh domination of the British overall title in Telford on 22-24 June, 2018, as she won her fifth crown in the past six years to extend Welsh

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame – here to honour our sporting heroes

Rob Cole

Welcome to the new-look Welsh Sports Hall of Fame website. We hope you will find it informative, entertaining and supportive of all-things to do with Welsh sport. We’ve had so much to applaud this century and this year we’ve seen Team Wales bring back a record medal haul from the Commonwealth Games on the Gold

Let’s Hear it for the Girls!

Rob Cole

For the third Commonwealth Games in a row the Welsh women outperformed the men on the medal front, accounting for 54% of the record equalling 36 medals at Gold Coast. In another example of the huge advances being made at the highest levels by Wales’ elite sportswomen, they matched the men on the gold medal

WELSH SPORTS HALL OF FAME APPOINT NEW LEADERS

Rob Cole

Two of the most prominent figures in Welsh sporting circles have been appointed to top positions on the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame committee. Professor Laura McAllister CBE has taken over from the former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, as chair following his death in 2017, while golden great Lynn Davies CBE has agreed to fill