An opportunity to play wheelchair basketball has given a Cardigan Secondary School student a new lease of life following six years of intensive cancer treatment. In April 2010, Conrad Thackray was diagnosed with leukaemia and had a secondary cancerous tumour wrapped around his spinal cord and after several hours of surgery to
Month: November 2016
CARWYN-YN ERBYN Y GWYNT
Carwyn – Yn Erbyn y Gwynt Mae cofiant newydd yn cyflwyno deunydd newydd dadlennol am Carwyn James, un o gymeriadau mwyaf eiconig a phoblogaidd yn hanes diweddar Cymru. Mae’r ddwy ochr i fywyd Carwyn James yn cael eu hamlygu yn y cofiant Carwyn – Yn Erbyn y Gwynt gan Alun Gibbard a
SMITH TAKES THE OPEN
Cardigan teenage darter Justin Smith picked up the winners prize at the Cardigan Open Singles Championship held at the town's Dragon Wine Bar on Sunday. The 19-year-old, who competes on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit, is better known locally as a footballer with St Dogmaels FC in the Costcutter League but he
WEST WALES SWIMMERS IMPRESS
Young Cardigan swimmer Dean James made a successful start in his first ever event in a 50 metre pool when he picked up two medals at the Swansea Legends meet recently. Dean who was representing Cardigan Swimming Club at the Swansea pool won two bronze medals, one for 50m breaststroke and the
LAMPETER STAR BUTTEN FLYING THE FLAG
Lampeter bowler Anwen Butten jets off to New Zealand this morning (Nov 22) where she will be flying the flag for Ceredigion in the World Bowls Championships which are being held in Christchurch. The sport's showpiece competition is held every four years and features players from 34 nations competing for honours
MAGPIES RESERVES PULL OUT
The reaction of many within sporting circles was one of sadness this morning on the news that Cardigan Town FC have been forced to pull out their second team from the Costcutters Ceredigion League. Writes Andrew Clarke. The Magpies reserves have been struggling for many weeks to field a side and
MISSED CHANCES COST GOODWICK
FAW Trophy Round Four: Goodwick United 0-1 Pencoed Athletic Missed chances proved costly for Goodwick United as they were knocked out of the FAW Trophy by a solitary goal. Nigel Delaney and his team created a number of decent chances just before the break and in the second half but they
ABER JOIN CARDIGAN IN LAST FOUR
Pembrokeshire Cup Quarter Final Fishguard & Goodwick 15 Aberystwyth 27 Aberystwyth warmed up nicely for their division one clash with Crymych this weekend when they overcame the challenge of Fishguard & Goodwick in the quarter final of the Pembrokeshire Cup. It has been a very difficult time for the North Ceredigion outfit who
CARDIGAN SHOOTERS ON FORM
Ceredigion Netball League Cardigan Diamonds 32 Cardigan Aces 22 Last season’s league winners and runners up, played each other early in the 16-17 season. The first half of the game was very close, with scores of 7-5 at the end of the first quarter) and 14-11 at half time to the Diamonds
