Digwyddiadau yn eich hardal
Mandeville Cenedlaethol Gemau Iau Stoke
23ain Hydref 2011
Mae tri aelod o Bowys teithiodd i gynrychioli Cymru fel rhanbarth yn y Taverners Arglwydd Cenedlaethol Iau Pêl-fasged Cadair Olwyn Pencampwriaethau mewn tîm Mandeville.The Stoke yn cynnwys chwaraewyr o bob cwr o Gymru, ac roedd yn cynnwys deng mlynedd oed O Reilly Shanahan o'r Trallwng a Ben Jones a Frankie oedrannau Jones tair ar ddeg a bymtheg, o Lanfair Caereinion.
Mae'r timau yn chwarae yn erbyn y Gogledd Lloegr, Canolbarth Lloegr, De-ddwyrain, De Orllewin, Dwyrain a Gogledd Iwerddon, gan ennill profiad gwerthfawr a gwella eu cyfrif sgorio. Mae'r plant o dan 15 a dan 19 oed yn ennill dwy gêm yn ystod y twrnamaint, gan ddangos y cynnydd y mae'r tîm Cymru wedi'i wneud dros y flwyddyn i ddod.
Am fwy o wybodaeth am Pêl Fasged Cadair Olwyn, cysylltwch â Bev Tucker ar 01874 612 034
Newyddion yn eich hardal
A showcase of Disability Sport held at the National Indoor Athletics Centre
A show case of Disability Sport was held at the National Indoor Athletics Centre ( NIAC) in UWIC, Cardiff , on the 8th of June to launch the Paralympic Roadshow opened by Sebastion Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2012.
Athletes, Schoolchildren and Adult Day service users , travelled from all over Powys to attend the day and to train with the FDSW Academy, which was hailed a great success with over 400 people attending.
Powys now supplies three athletes to the Federation of Disability Sport Wales Academy which include :-
Fourteen year old Crickhowell Schoolboy , Daniel Lucker , runner up in this years Wheelchair marathon; Fourteen year old Luke Joseph , Sprinter and Athlete from Brynllywarch Hall School in Kerry, Newtown and Robert Davies , aged 23 from Brecon who is now a member of the GB Table tennis squad.
In addition ,other athletes working towards 2012 are locally based Josie Pearson, member of the Wheelchair Basketball team, from Hay on Wye and Terry Ottewell , Visually impaired European Archery Champion from Brecon.
Newcomer , Lyn Thomas fromYstradgynlais is also enjoying success in Wheelchair Tennis . He took up the sport, joining a club and competing just over a year ago.
The interest in competitive sport in Powys is huge and we have more potential performers waiting in the wings to be called up to the academy which is based in Cardiff, at NIAC and the Welsh Institute of Sport..
" Most of our athletes have to travel weekly to experience squad training and competitions, and this requires outstanding committment and support from the athlete and their family " says Beverley Tucker , Disability Sport Wales Development Officer for Powys
We are looking forward to 2012 and hope that our performers will be getting the right support to enable them to fulfil thir ambitions of making the London 2012 games .
For anyone interested in taking part in sport or volunteering , please get in touch on 01874 612 034 for more information.
