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Welcome to the June 2010 issue of the WSA e-newsletter. In this issue we will be looking at on some of the recent achievements within Welsh sport.
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Elias Hopes To Get That Golden Moment At Last
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| Matt Elias has a golden ambition which he hopes to achieve this Autumn across the world in India. Wales may now have two big 400 metres hurdles talents in Swansea's Dai Greene and Cardiff AC's Rhys Williams... more |
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Stars Shine At Welsh Championships With Delhi Selection On The Line
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| Our finest athletics proved they were in good shape towards this year's major goal of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi at the national Championships in Cardiff. But, while the sun shone down on the two days of competition, the wind around the Leckwith arena was not too conducive for qualification times or distances...more |
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How Ace Pares Has Thrived On His Extra Long Journey To The Success
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| Athletes of all shapes and sizes, who enter marathons, half-marathons or 10k races, have to put in weeks and often months of effort in order to stand a chance of completing the distance. And the most often-used phrase from the novice on completing the endurance test is 'never again'... more |
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Coaches Take The Show On The Road
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It is impossible to move sports stadiums around the country to put on demonstrations but, for table tennis, it is pretty simple - and that is just what national bosses have done. The Table Tennis Association of Wales have just completed their road shows where they went to show the people their skills... more
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New Crop Of Welsh Stars Are Making Themselves Known
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The new crop of Welsh rugby stars are facing the mighty All Blacks on two fronts this month. National senior coach Warren Gatland has taken some of the newly-capped rising talent to New Zealand on tour while the Kiwis are in the same group as the Principality at the Junior World Championships in Argentina at the moment... more
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New Championships Launched In North Wales
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Rugby League is expanding in North Wales - and not just through the Crusaders Super League team who are based in Wrexham. The Welsh Rugby League have launched a Championships based on the successful Conference which has been taking place in South Wales for seven years... more
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Welsh Heroes - Powell Retires From Coaching ... Aged 93!
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What can you buy for £8 these days? An adult and child swim at the local pool or a few litres of petrol for the car? In the days when Ivor Powell played for Wales as a professional footballer, this was as much as he had to live on for a week!... more
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Taking A Great Leap Ahead In The Principality
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Garden trampolines may be the in vogue play thing for kids but look around many houses and, on the wall, you are likely to find a basketball hoop. The popularity of this sport is not just confined to the United States but pretty much global... more
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Thornley Moves From Glamour Model To Rowing Star
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Olympic champion Tom James may have been absent with injury, but fellow Wrexham rower Vicky Thornley made a giant splash on her World Cup début in Bled, landing women's eights gold. And Chris Bartley, born in the same North Wales town, was also on fire at the first major international regatta of the year, winning silver in the lightweight men's four, as Great Britain took nine gold, six silver and one bronze - and a big lead into the second regatta of the World Cup series in Munich at the end of this month... more
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Mcallister's Influence Is Paying Off On Welsh Stars
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Bud McAllister has coached some tremendous swimmers during a long career around poolside. Most notably, he helped world record holder Janet Evans to Olympic gold during the 1980s while working in the United States. During that time with Evans, she held the women's 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle world records and the woman nicknamed 'Miss Perpetual Motion' won three golds at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea... more
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Wales In Line To Host World Championships
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A major global cycling competition may be coming to Wales this year if there is enough support for it. Columbia, who were hosting the Paralympic World Track Championships, have pulled out of the event and now the search is on for a new home... more
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Wales Are Top British Region
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Wales have made their point at the Winton Cup in Sheffield and emerged as the best fencing region in the country. The two-day Winton Cup competition was keen, with Wales emerging unbeaten after matches with all seven other regions - each match comprising nine bouts in the six weapon categories - the Welsh winning 263 fights and losing half of them, 115... more
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Wales Can Build Again For The Future
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There must have been 100,000 people lining the streets of St Kilda, just outside Melbourne, in March four years ago to witness the Commonwealth Games triathlon. It was a terrific day, with a number of Welsh dignitaries among the crowds, as the Principality anticipated a medal in the women's race... more
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Doull And Co Follow In The Footsteps Of Welsh Stars
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Cycling may have taken off on the national stage but the Principality is producing a growing crop of rising talent that is sure to lead the way in the forthcoming years. Geriant Thomas and Wick's Nicole Cooke have spearheaded Wales' cycling rise but there was a concern about where the next crop will come from to back these stars up. Not any more, though... more
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Nothing So Keen As A Wales V England International
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Wales internationals against the old enemy of England are pretty keen affairs and one of the oldest continuing annual competitions takes place again in a few weeks. Baseball may be limited to the South East of Wales, mainly among the docks districts of Cardiff and Newport, but to be capped by them is an accolade as big, in certain people's eyes, as a national football or rugby international... more
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