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With the Wimbledon Championships now under way, and tennis fever in the air, Local Tennis Leagues will soon be starting around Wales to enable players of all standards to play competitive matches on local courts. Local leagues are taking place in the following areas from July: Flintshire: closing date for entries – 11th July, starting on 14th July; Cardiff: closing date for entries – 4th July, starting on 7th July; Swansea: closing date for entries – 18th July, starting…
‘Names on a Plane’ is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from the RAF Museum for everyone to be a part of the RAF’s history. The Royal Air Force Museum has created an exciting new campaign which offers members of the public the opportunity to have their name written on the wings of an RAF Red Arrows Hawk Jet that will fly throughout the Red Arrows’ 2017 display season. For one spectacular season of air shows and celebrations, the underside of one of…
Liverpool FC legend and Sky Sports Pundit Graeme Souness is the latest sporting legend to star in a sports dinner at the Vale Sports Arena on Friday November 4th. The former Liverpool FC player and 5 times Champions League winner is another huge name to hit Penarth Vale Sports Arena joining Robbie Fowler, Didi Hamman and Jason McAteer, Paul Gascoigne and current champion of the world and Hollywood actor Tony Bellow. Guests will enjoy a 3 course meal, Q and A, speeches, auctions and much more in a fun and enjoyable…
As football fever hits Wales due to the national side success at Euro 2016, a festival of football hit Cardiff as teams from across Wales, from Penarth, Cardiff, Barry and far afield such as places like Swansea, Ceredigion, Gwent and Pembrokeshire ascended on Cardiff Arms Park, the home of Cardiff Blues. The non competitive festival aimed at U6 to U11 age groups saw over 180 teams and 1900 children taking part in the prestigious football festival played under the FAW…
New research from the British Army indicates that young people in Cardiff are keen to be given greater opportunities to develop and demonstrate their leadership skills. Leadership was seen as one of the skills most valuable to employers (39 per cent) and almost half of Millennials in Cardiff want to manage and lead people, yet: just under one third of Millennials say they lack leadership skills one in eight have never exercised leadership in their lives before 66 per cent…
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform a concert to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. Conducted by Adrian Partington, the concert will feature music by George Butterworth, Francis Purcell Warren, Gordon Jacob and Albert Roussel who all served or died in the Battle of the Somme. The concert also features music written in memory of the fallen, by Herbert Howells and Delius. George Butterworth and Francis Purcell Warren joined the infantry and fought at the Battle of…
Today Cardiff’s Mayor Monica Walsh participated in Gumtree’s Upcycling Revolution bus tour in Churchill Way. She was given a full tour of the bus as well as taking part in an activity with celebrity upcycler and designer Max McMurdo of Dragons Den and Channel 4. She commented ‘It’s’ a wonderful thing Gumtree are doing here and very creative. Teaching young people a way forward and how to look after things instead of throwing them out.’ To celebrate the second year of the Upcycling…
Wales is celebrating the historic success of its national football team at Euro 2016 by offering free entry on Sunday 26 June to its historic castles and monuments. Having reached the last 16 in the 2016 UEFA European Championship at the top of its qualifying group, an epic achievement by all accounts for a small country of three million, people are now being given the opportunity to visit iconic Welsh landmarks such as Beaumaris Castle, Caenarforn Castle and Conwy Castle…
ROALD DAHL’S CITY OF THE UNEXPECTED Wales Millennium Centre & National Theatre Wales Directed by Nigel Jamieson 17-18 September 2016, Cardiff city centre Wales Millennium Centre & National Theatre Wales are today announcing further details about City of the Unexpected, Cardiff’s landmark celebration of Wales’ foremost storyteller in his centenary year. On Sunday 18 September, audiences will discover some of Roald Dahl’s biggest (and well-known) fans reading extracts from his stories in some unusual and extraordinary locations across the city…
CITY VOICES CARDIFF return to St David’s Hall with another fun-filled concert for the whole family on Saturday 9 July at 6pm. Sing the Musicals: Encore brings together a selection of the finest and best-loved songs from the most successful West End and Broadway shows ever – all performed enchantingly by a large choir and live orchestra. Conducted by their music director, Simon Curtis, City Voices Cardiff will perform hits from The King and I, Matilda, Into the Woods, Chess,…
