For detailed information about any of the jobs listed below, please click on the individual job title.

Angling Participation Officers
Federation of Welsh Anglers
Closing date: 28th June 2011

Performance Director
Welsh Amateur Boxing Association
Closing date: 30th June 2011

Regional Hockey Manager
Welsh Hockey Union
Closing date: 1st July 2011

Director of Sport, Health & Well Being
University of Wales, Newport
Closing date: 5th July 2011

Four Directors
Welsh Amateur Rowing Association
Closing date: tbc

Further information about the jobs listed above is also available on the recruitment page of our web site.

If you'd like to advertise a vacancy on our web site or in future editions of this e-newsletter, please email Paul Dancey or telephone Wendy on 029 2033 8237.

Full details of our next programme of free training courses for NGBs will be published later in the year on the Training Programme page of our web site, when course details have been finalized.

The Welsh Sports Association is now responsible for moving forward the ground breaking generic Team Manager Training programme, that was developed exclusively for Wales by Sport Wales.

This programme consists of 3 Workshops aimed at supporting team managers from their first experiences of working with a sports team through to involvement at major events including the Commonwealth Games.

The workshops are aimed at managers working at club, county, NGB or National level, and are dynamic, interactive and tutored by experienced Team Managers who can tailor their delivery to meet the needs of all attendees.

For further information please visit the Training Programme page of our web site.

Please send all articles for our web site or future editions of this newsletter to: paul-dancey@welshsports.co.uk

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Welsh Sports Association will be held on Tuesday 5th July at 7pm at the Village Hotel & Leisure Club, 29 Pendwyallt Road, Coryton, Cardiff, CF14 7EF

This year's AGM will be asked to approve several changes to the WSA's Articles of Association. The changes proposed reflect the restructuring of the board that has taken place over the last 12 months.

If these resolutions are passed, the meeting will then elect a six member board from the following nine candidates:
Philip Avery
Chris Basten
Paul Dancey
Ann Ellis
Louise Fleet
Peter Alan Gomer
Robert James
Gareth John
Matt Newman

With a contested election likely, it's important that representatives from as many Governing Bodies as possible attend this year's AGM, as this will help ensure the election of a balanced board.

One that truly reflects the diverse nature of sport and outdoor activities in Wales, and is therefore well placed to represent the interests of all WSA members.

Further information about this year's WSA AGM is available on the WSA web site.

Welcome to the June 2011 WSA e-newsletter, where the emphasis is on recent Welsh sporting acheivements.

If Canada win track cycling medals at next year's London Olympic Games, then a Welshman will have been an integral part of that success. For Richard Wooles, an Abergavenny rider who now lives and works in Vancouver... more

Welsh rider Gemma Plumley exceeded all expectations when she went to one of the biggest equestrian shows in the country last month. The woman from Crick, near Chepstow, has been coming back into form this year as the summer season arrives at full pace... more

Cricket has Twenty20, and golf has PowerPlay - now table tennis has entered the new, fast, high-octane world of furious competition. The Welsh Masters came to life in Cardiff on one night this month where the quiet format of traditional championships was changed to musical walk-ons by players and short, sharp matches... more

The capitol city may produce fine sportsmen and women in various fields but, on the piste, they are the city that nobody can beat. Cardiff Fencing Club's dominance of Welsh epee competitions continued for another year last month when, yet again, their sides swept the board at the Welsh Team Championships... more

Olympic rowing champion Tom James has returned to Great Britain action in golden style after a back operation ruled him out of the entire 2010 season. The Welsh oarsman helped the men's four win the opening World Cup by clear water in Munich in May... more

Rhys Williams has no doubt that he will be racing for Britain at next year's London Olympic Games. The Cardiff AC 400 metres hurdler has enjoyed two years without an injury and, with Swansea Harrier Dai Greene setting the world alight, Williams has vowed not to be an also-ran... more

Cardiff University postgraduate student Sally Peake is, funnily enough, trying to keep her feet firmly on the ground after setting a Welsh pole vault record of 4.30 metres at the Welsh Championships this year. It is the second time that UWIC student Peake has set new Welsh marks in the space of a few weeks after going over 4.20m at the Loughborough International... more

British individual medley record holder Tom Haffield may have missed out on a place at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai this summer but he's determined to be back in contention for the London Olympics next year. “Yes, it was disappointing at the time when the two spots went to other swimmers” said Welsh Commonwealth Games ace Haffield... more

Welsh champion Philippa Roles has told how the prospect of ferrying people to and from the London Olympic stadium drove her back into athletics. Roles, 33, turned her back on a great career in the sport after finishing an agonising fourth again in last year's Delhi Commonwealth Games for Wales... more

Kris Jones is not counting his chickens quite yet but the 20-year-old is quietly confident of being among the best in the orienteering world within a few weeks. Jones is one of the favourites to take the World Junior Championships title in Poland next month and he is not afraid to say that the sport is all-consuming now... more

A leading coach has praised the efforts of Wales' teenage sides who medalled in June's European Team Championships in Germany. The Under 15 and Under 17 sides came away from the tournament, against some extremely difficult opposition, with bronze medals... more

Development of North Wales rugby is essential to the future of the sport across the nation, believes former national defence boss Clive Griffiths after a two-year spell as coach to the north's regional team... more

Rugby League's Welsh strides were further enhanced in June as the sport staged its' first competitive North v South Wales clash at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground. The clash was between CPC Bears, who are West Wales’ representatives in the Gillette Conference Youth League, and the North Wales Crusaders... more

Mark Colbourne has put himself in line for a shock London Paralympic squad place after a terrific performance in Spain. The Tredegar track cyclist competed for the first time in the UCI Para-Cycling World Cup this month and finished the C1 Time Trial event with a bronze medal. .. more