Welsh girls between the ages of 6-18 will get the chance to learn golf through the new Girls Golf Cymru scheme launched by Wales Golf. Girls-only coaching sessions, with the emphasis on fun, social and friendship aspects, will be delivered by clubs across Wales. Statistics show 13% of golf membership are female and Wales Golf […]
The RYA’s Push the Boat Out (PTBO) campaign is set to return next month, with four venues across North Wales offering free or low cost, sailing and windsurfing taster sessions. RYA Cymru Wales are heavily involved in the national participation campaign which aims to get more people sailing, windsurfing, having fun and getting active outdoors, […]
Three Wales players have been selected in the preliminary Walker Cup squad for one of amateur golf’s biggest challenges against the USA. Ben Chamberlain, Padeswood and Buckley, Jake Hapgood, Southerndown, and Archie Davies, Carlisle, have all been included in the Great Britain and Ireland initial squad of players in preparation for this year’s Walker […]
Welsh golfer James Ashfield was crowned 2019 Scottish Boys’ Open Champion after a dramatic finish on the links at West Kilbride. The Delamere Forest player won by two shots after coming from behind to finish on seven-under-par, posting rounds of 69, 69, 69 and 70. Ireland’s Eoin Sulivan had looked to be in control after […]
Former RYA Cymru Wales chair Dafydd Griffiths was amongst the 57 people who were recognised at the RYA Volunteer Awards. The Awards were presented by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, President of the RYA, in recognition of boating’s most dedicated volunteers. At the ceremony, held at One Great George Street, Westminster, London, Anglesey sailor […]
It was a girls one/two against the boys as 80 of the best young golfers in Wales took part in the Ping Welsh Junior Tour finals in Wrexham. Llanwern’s Lottie Raymond won the U14’s age group in convincing fashion with a score of 41 stableford points, a fantastic score in the cold and wet morning […]
Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy has secured an impressive funding package of more than £100,000 to pay for its newly created floodlight rugby pitch at Pant Carw, Trefriw. This exciting project will provide the local community with a brand new facility in the heart of the Conwy Valley. Robin Williams Chairman of Nant Conwy explained “We […]
James Wilson with Pyle and Kenfig captain Brian Jones Scotland’s James Wilson won the Welsh Open Stroke Play at Pyle and Kenfig, beating England’s Tom Sloman in a sudden death play-off. The pair finished locked together on level par at the end of the 72 holes, before Stirling University graduate Wilson won the first hole […]
Pyle and Kenfig golfer William Pontin made it two wins on the bounce with a fantastic 63 points in the U12s section of the Ping Welsh Junior Tour event at Abergele. Chairman of Championships for Wales Golf, Ashton Bradbury said, “That was a great score from William which capped off a tremendous day at Abergele […]
There was a changing of the guard in the Welsh Ladies Amateur championships, with a teenage takeover of the title at Radyr golf club in Cardiff. Lea-Anne Bramwell, aged 17 from Abergele, lifted the trophy after beating 15-year-old Fffion Tynan, from Llanharry, in the final, after recent years of more experienced players claiming one of […]