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Category Archives: Sport

Disability Sports, Brecon

Disability Sports Club, Brecon Integrated Sports Association celebrates its twelfth year . On Friday 24th January 2003, Brecon launched its first sports club for people with disabilities at Brecon Leisure Centre.  The  multi-sport club proved to be immensely popular with over 20 people attending on the opening night. Twelve years later the club is going […]

Crickhowell F.C.

Crickhowell Football Club has been in existence since 1893, originally wearing black and white colours, playing in a weekly league made up of Powys based teams. The club flourished from its humble origins and junior teams were formed along with a strong local fan base. However, due to the outbreak of both the first and […]

Hay St Mary’s LFC

Hay St Mar y’s FC has a long history and is very much part of the cultural fabric of Hay-on-Wye, alongside the book shops and castle. What people might not know, however, is that last year a group of intrepid women and girls stormed the male dominated bastion of the clubhouse and started a football […]

Gilwern Bowling Club

Did you know there is a bowling green in Gilwern? No? Where is it? This is the common response when club members talk to people who live in or near Gilwern. Well, your bowling green is located in the playing fields beside the car park off Common Road. And if you’re thinking that Bowls is […]

Crickhowell and District Community Partnership for Activities and Sport

The Crickhowell and District Community Partnership for activities and sport is holding an Open Evening on April 16th at the  Crickhowell Community High School, to promote the development of the Sports Facilities on the High School Site. We would very much welcome your involvement in the evening as there will be opportunity for you to […]

Llangorse Lake Big Swim and Triathlon

In September, Llangorse Lake will be the base for the first Llangorse Triathlon and Swim. The events are being organised by two local triathletes, Nicola Goodwin and Kylie Mansfield, who together have more than 25 years of experience in the sport and have represented the Great Britain Age Group teams at numerous European and World […]

Mynydd Du: Your Local Fell and Mountain Running Club

Based around Abergavenny, the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons, Mynydd Du is a local fell and mountain running club for runners who love running, training and racing on the hills. The club was formed in 2004 with the intention of promoting the sport of mountain and fell running in South Wales by supporting club […]

Bike Bash @ Bailey Park

abergavenny festival of cycling 2014

Part of the Abergavenny Cycling Festival and the National Road Championships Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June This June and, for one day only, you can ride the Road of Champions! You will ride on Saturday 28th and the champs will ride on Sunday 29th but whether or not you are a rider, there’s no […]

Abergavenny Festival of Cycling 2013

abergavenny festival of cycling 2013

Nowadays, cycling is right up there with football, rugby and cricket as one of the UK’s top-grade sports. You need look no further than last year’s summer Olympics and Team GB’s success at the velodrome for confirmation of its ever-growing popularity. This July Abergavenny once again plays host to a major national cycling event –  […]

Welsh Gold?

The Olympic and Paralymic Games are just around the corner! Earlier this year the Olympic flame passed through Abergavenny on its circuitous tour of the United Kingdom which comes to an end on 27th July at the Opening Ceremony in London. This summer’s Olympic Games will see Wales’s athletes going head to head with the […]

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