Wales’ gold medal Olympic boxing champion, Lauren Price, has today added yet another accolade to her name after being crowned Olympian of the Year in the 2021 National Lottery Awards. Following Tokyo, Lauren Price, returned to Pontypool Amateur Boxing Club where her amazing trajectory towards Olympic stardom began. She was presented with the inaugural Olympian of the Year National Lottery Award by her grandmother, Linda Price – who Lauren hails (along with her late grandfather Derek Price) as one of…

A newly established youth rugby side in Ely, Cardiff, is preparing for a season of success after receiving a donation of brand new match kits from Principality Building Society. The match kits were donated to Caerau Ely RFC’s new under 15s side, established in August of this year. The kits had their first run out on Sunday (30 September) in an under 15s Blues Cup tournament set up by the WRU, watched by parents and supporters from the local community…

  The School Games National Finals took place at Loughborough University between Thursday 30th August and Sunday 2nd September, with Cardiff’s Lilly Folland contesting the Wheelchair Tennis competition. The St Teilo’s High School pupil represented team Wales and performed well, bagging a Silver in the Girl’s Doubles. Eleven-year-old Lilly, who also narrowly missed out on Bronze in the Girl’s Singles, played with England White’s Ruby Bishop in the Doubles finals. The pair excelled on the court against England Blue’s Abbie Breakwell and Martha Harris, but in…

Introducing Cardiff’s very own ultimate frisbee team, South Wales Storm   Ultimate is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and is a fast paced team sport played with a flying disc. Teams of seven play on a roughly rugby sized pitch, and score in an end-zone like in American football. It is non-contact, and like netball, players stop running once they catch the disc, and look to pass it to a teammate further up the field. As…

By Josh Creed With the 2016 Euro’s competition now a dim and distant memory for the England national team, the pressure is mounting once again to improve on their recent performances at the upcoming Russia 2018 World Cup. The Euro’s displayed a major turning point for teams on the international stage. Many seemingly small teams appeared to have newfound confidence in their abilities, perhaps bolstered by Leicester City’s underdog antics in winning the 2015/16 Premier League title. Wales fans in…

Cardiff radio show shortlisted for UK award A Cardiff-based radio show has been shortlisted for a prestigious Community Radio Award. OB’s Saturday Sport Show – broadcast on Radio Cardiff 98.7FM – is in contention to win ‘Sport Show of the Year’, in the UK-wide awards. The show – hosted by Chris O’Brien – has been on air since July 2016, and is broadcast every Saturday between 2pm and 3pm. It features an hour of sports opinion, interviews and more from…

Tee It Up to provide golf lessons for children – could your child be the next Rory or Charley? Wales’ first golf simulation centre, Tee It Up, is hoping to find the next UK golf champion by starting children’s golf lessons. Concerned that the numbers of children taking up the sport is declining, the team behind Wales’ only dedicated golf simulation centre has decided to nurture the next generation of golfers by running classes for children as young as six to 16….

Two players from Wales were among the winners at the Marbella ITF (International Tennis Federation) seniors Grade 2 event. Jonathan Howell from Newport partnered Damien Pound of Australia to take the O35s doubles title, while Chris Hill (Abertillery) teamed up with fellow Brit, Rajiv Batra, to win the O55s title. The previous week, Hill had reached the final of the ITF Grade 4 event at the Royal Club El Casco with Emlyn Jones of Penarth. This was Hill’s fourth major…

International tennis came to the Cardiff suburbs when Rhiwbina Tennis Club hosted an ITF (International Tennis Federation) world seniors tour event. The Yonex YCsports Welsh Seniors Open involved more than 60 players from Wales, England, Scotland, Hong Kong and New Zealand, in age groups 35, 45, 55, and 65, singles, doubles and mixed. There were some very competitive matches, including the ladies 35+ singles, between Ellie Lewis and Ellen Jones, which turned into a three-set epic. Winners from Wales were:…

Wales celebrates series of tennis successes Morgan Cross (Wrexham TC) and Megan Davies (Ruthin LTC) have fulfilled a dream by lifting a trophy at Wimbledon. The pair won the Regional 14U Girls Doubles at the HSBC Road to Wimbledon competition, beating top seeds Lillian Mould and Harriet Petley in the final, 6-4 7-6. HSBC Road to Wimbledon offers young players the chance to meet their tennis heroes and inspire the next generation of Wimbledon stars to take their tennis careers…