Sport

New archive celebrates sporting heroes

Published

7 years ago

December 2, 2014

FOLLOWING a summer of triumphs for Welsh sports people, sports fans in Pembrokeshire are being encouraged to follow the flames of their heroes through a new online archive that celebrates the triumphs of Welsh sporting heroes old and new. People’s Collection Wales – an online archive celebrating the history of Wales – is calling on sports fans across the country to log on to its ‘Following the Flame’ project to watch and read the trials and tribulations of some of Wales’s most prominent sports stars.

Rhythmic gymnast Frankie Jones and athlete Aled Sion Davies are the most recent sporting heroes to have their exploits preserved online as part of the project. Discus and shot putter Aled Sion Davies and gymnast Frankie Jones became household names this summer following their sporting successes at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow respectively.

The gold medallists, both 23, have shared their stories for Following the Flame, which celebrates the achievements of Welsh stars from the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games. Their stories, along with 45 others from the Following the Flame project that have already been uploaded to People’s Collection Wales, have joined hundreds of items from as far back as the early twentieth century.

In their own words, sports people, coaches and administrators and their families have shared stories that highlight the very personal highs and lows of a career competing in the limelight. Stars who have already shared their stories online include household names like Cardiff-born wheelchair racer Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson who over her career won a total of 16 Paralympic medals, including 11 golds, and held over 30 world records; and long jumper Lynn ‘the Leap’ Davies from Nantymoel in Bridgend who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

Phil Cope, who is the project coordinator for Following the Flame, said: “It’s absolutely essential that we continue to record and preserve the stories of our champions as part of Following the Flame so that we can inspire a new generation of competitors and coaches. “I am so pleased to be able to unveil Aled and Frankie as our latest contributors and I’d like to thank all of the people who have shared their very personal stories with the online collection.”

Rheinallt Ffoster-Jones of People’s Collection Wales said: “The Welsh public has a strong appetite for sport and having the Following the Flame collection preserved on People’s Collection Wales has made the website even richer. I’d like to encourage others with memories relating to Welsh sporting greats to share their stories, photos and videos with us.” People’s Collection Wales brings together the national collections of the three partner organisations (National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments), and also items from local and regional museums, archives and libraries, and community groups and individuals.

Sport

Harrison Allen: Lawrenny go through to quarter finals

Published

2 days ago

May 26, 2022

James Hemingray

LAWRENNY booked their place in the quarter finals of the Harrison Allen Bowl on Wednesday night (May 25) as they beat Burton by nine wickets.

Lawrenny won the toss and elected to field and they were able to bowl Burton out for just 93.

Burton lost James Davies early on as he was caught by Tom Cole off the bowling of Jamie Lewis.

Ryan Morton also claimed two wickets as Burton slipped to 58-3.

That brought Luke Hayman into the middle with brother Toby and the pair took the score to 67-3 after 13 overs.

Toby reached a score of 37 before heading back to the pavilion while Luke added 12.

Steve Lewis was in fine form for Lawrenny as he took five wickets to finish with 5-13 while Ryan Morton finished with 2-26.

There were also wickets from Jamie Lewis (1-14) and Finley Lewis (1-7).

In reply, Steve Lewis scored 23 before he was sent back. Harry Thomas finished unbeaten on 23 while Troy Purslowe was not out on 45.

It sets up a quarter final against the winners of the game between Hundleton and Cresselly.

Sport

Llangwm edge past Tish to book Harrison Allen quarter final spot

Published

2 days ago

May 26, 2022

James Hemingray

LLANGWM secured their place in the quarter finals of the Harrison Allen Bowl on Wednesday night (May 25) as they beat St Ishmaels by 4 runs.

Tish won the toss and chose to field and they restricted Llangwm to 146-9 in their 22 overs.

Noah Davies and Joe Kiff made a good start for the hosts as they shared 67 runs for the first wicket.

Kiff was the first man to go as he was caught by Ieuan Hawkins off the bowling of Brennan Devonald on a score of 27 that had included two fours and two sixes.

Soon after, Davies, who had hit one of each boundary in his score of 27, was also following Kiff back to the pavilion after being bowled by Jonathan Pawlett.

Pawlett also claimed the wicket of Will Beresford before Steven Mills departed on a score of 16 (1 four, 1 six) when he was caught and bowled by Devonald.

That left Llangwm on 107-4 but scores of 15 from Matthew Kiff and 16 not out from David Lewis saw them to their total.

For Tish, Pawlett finished with excellent figures of 4-41 while Devonald finished with 3-25.

Peter Bradshaw hit two early fours in his score of 12 but he was run out.

Karl Rhead and Andrew Palmer shared 42 runs for the second wicket as Palmer made his way to a score of 35.

Rhead was bowled by Steven Mills who then did the same to Brennan Devonald moments later.

Palmer had reached 42 with five fours and a six but when he was brilliantly caught by Luke Brock off the bowling of Mills, Tish had slipped to 77-4.

Phil Cockburn and Jonathan Pawlett then shared 23 runs for the fifth wicket as they looked to keep Tish in the game.

Pawlett hit a six but was then caught by Oliver Davies to give Mills his fourth wicket and figures of 4-28.

Cockburn and Andew Pawlett then shared 37 runs for the sixth wicket as they took the tie down to the final over of the game.

They scored 17 runs off the 20th over and 18 runs off the 21st over meaning they would need 11 off the final over to win it.

Cockburn took a run off the first to bring Pawlett on strike. After missing the third ball he went for a run that wasn’t there and keeper Beresford ran out Cockburn.

He had hit two fours and three sixes in his score of 39 from 30 balls.

Andrew Pawlett and Andrew Williams could only take five runs from the next five balls but it wasn’t enough for victory.

Pawlett finished unbeaten on a score of 20 from 11 balls with one four and two sixes.

Education

Crymych Panthers hold Boccia competition

Published

2 days ago

May 26, 2022

Thomas Sinclair

CRYMYCH Panthers Boccia Club recently held their first in-house Boccia competition, with eight members competing in two categories: BC1&2 (participants with a physical impairment) and BC8 (participants with an intellectual impairment).

Games were played in a round robin style competition. The final of the BC1&2 between Racheal Bailey and James Pugh was a very close game with James winning by 3 points to 1. The BC 8 final was between Yvonne Berry and Dewi Evans. Dewi won by 10 points to nil, back on form as a former Welsh international Special Olympic team member.

The competition was sponsored by Andrew Scott Davies of Pembroke who took part in the 2021 CARTEN 100 bike to assist the club.