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Cwmtawe Comprehensive School
Cwmtawe Community School (in Welsh: ''Ysgol Gymunedol Cwmtawe'') Formerly known as Pontardawe Technical School and Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, is a modern English-medium education comprehensive school in Pontardawe, South Wales. The school moved to newly built premises in 1996. Its old building was used by the local Welsh-language primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe (YGGP), until it was demolished in 2010. Cwmtawe recently won an award for environmentally friendly schools, based on school improvements, community and curriculum links, saving money, and raising environmental awareness. Although Cwmtawe is not a Welsh-medium school, Welsh is taught at second-language level, as it is mandatory under the National Curriculum that all Welsh school children up to age 16 be taught the language. Cwmtawe has very good Key Stage 3 and GCSE results exceeding the targets set in Wales's national standards. In 2000, it was in 113th place in Wales for GCSE passes (based on 5 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontardawe
Pontardawe () is a town and a community (Wales), community in the lower Swansea Valley (). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. On the opposite bank of the River Tawe, River Tawe is the village of Alltwen, part of the community of Cilybebyll, and is administered separately from Pontardawe. The town is at the crossroads of the A474 road and the A4067 road. Pontardawe came into existence as a small settlement on the north-western bank of the RiverTawe, where the drovers' road from Neath and Llandeilo crossed the river to go up the valley to Brecon. The National Cycle Route 43 from Swansea to Builth Wells passes through the town and the recreation ground. History The name, which translates to "bridge on the Tawe", first appears on a map in 1729, as "Pont-ar-Dawye" in Emanuel Bowen's ''New and Accurate Map of South Wales''. By 1796, the Swansea Canal had connected Pontardawe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhos Primary School
Rhos or Rhôs may refer to these places in Wales: Settlements *Rhos, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales Valleys *Rhos-on-Sea (), Colwyn Bay, Conwy County Borough *Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham County Borough, northeast Wales Defunct entities *Rhos (north Wales), a cantref and, prior to that, a small kingdom in medieval mid-north Wales *Rhos (south Wales), later the Hundred of Roose, a cantref around Milford Haven in southwest Wales * Rhos railway station (1848–1855), Rhosllanerchrugog * Rhos (GWR) railway station (1901–1963), Rhosllanerchrugog See also *Rhoose, a village in Glamorgan, Wales * Roose, a suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England * Roose Hundred, a mediaeval area of Pembrokeshire, Wales * Rose (other) A rose is a perennial plant of the genus ''Rosa'', or the flower it bears. Rose may also refer to: Colors * Rose (color) ** RAL 3017 Rose * Rose (heraldic tincture) Arts, entertainment and media Film * Rose (1936 film), ''Rose'' (1936 film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Hawkins
Joe Hawkins (born 11 June 2002) is a Welsh international rugby union player who currently plays his club rugby at centre for Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership. Hawkins began his professional career with the Ospreys in the URC, before signing for Exeter in 2023. He represents Wales at international level, having made his test debut against Australia during the 2022 Autumn Internationals. He has 5 caps. Early life Hawkins began his career with the Pontardawe RFC youth team, later playing for Neath Port Talbot College and Neath Athletic. He represented Swansea Valley in the Dewar Shield. Hawkins briefly played rugby league, appearing for the West Wales Raiders, before concentrating solely on rugby union. Hawkins joined the Ospreys, initially playing for their U16 side, and progressed through the academy groups. Club career Ospreys Hawkins was named in the Ospreys side for Round 4 of the 2020–21 Pro14 against Zebre, making his professional rugby debut at age 18. Hawkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewy Williams
Lewis "Lewy" Williams (born 18 January 2002) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Born in Swansea, Williams moved to Liverpool, where he has trained as a barber. He qualified for the 2020 UK Open via the Riley's Qualifiers, and defeated Robert Owen, Adrian Gray and José de Sousa, before losing in a last leg decider in the last 64 to Steve West. Williams secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare. Williams made his television debut on 14 October 2021 in the 2021 European Championship, losing in the first round to José de Sousa 6–4. World Championship results PDC * 2022: Second round (lost to Gabriel Clemens 0–3) * 2023: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Tipuric
Justin Tipuric ( ; born 6 August 1989) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played for Wales as an openside flanker. He is the current captain at Ospreys. Early life Although Tipuric grew up in Trebanos, he was born in the village of Alltwen and is of Croatian descent. Tipuric's father was a keen rugby player and captain of Trebanos RFC. Justin and his younger brothers all played for this club and, on his mother's insistence, Tipuric was required to wear a Scrum cap from a young age. As such, he has worn a distinctive blue cap (the traditional Trebanos colours) throughout his career. Club career Tipuric plays for the Ospreys Welsh regional team, having previously played for Aberavon RFC. His Ospreys debut came as a replacement in an LV= Cup home defeat to Northampton Saints on 5 November 2009, and he has now played more than 200 times for his home region, including starting in the 2012 Magners League title win over Leinster in Dublin in May, 2012. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwel Thomas
Arwel Camber Thomas (born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a fly-half. Born in Trebanos in the Swansea Valley, he played international rugby for Wales, earning 23 caps between 1996 and 2000. He played club rugby for Swansea, Neath, Bristol, Pau, the Llanelli Scarlets and Harlequins. Career Thomas won his first of his 23 caps against Italy in 1996 when he replaced the injured Neil Jenkins in the starting line-up. He played club rugby for Swansea for seven years, scoring 1,974 points, including 39 tries. He turned down an offer to join Toulouse in 1999, and in 2005 he returned to Neath. In 2008 he announced his retirement from rugby after the 2008 Konica Minolta Cup final against Pontypridd Pontypridd ( , ), Colloquialism, colloquially referred to as ''Ponty'', is a town and a Community (Wales), community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre. Geography Pontypridd compri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgan Rees
Harold Elgan Rees (born 5 January 1954) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Rugby career Rees toured with the British & Irish Lions to New Zealand in 1977, when he had yet to be capped by Wales, and South Africa in 1980 and at the time played club rugby for Neath. He made his international debut for the Lions against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland in August 1977 but had to wait until January 1979 for his first Wales cap, against Scotland at Murrayfield. Rees scored a try on his Welsh debut, and made his last appearance against France at the Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes (, ) is an all-seater stadium, all-seater football stadium in Paris, France. It is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin (P ... in March 1983. He played 13 times for Wales and scored six tries, in addition to his single international for the British and Irish Lions. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Lewis (judge)
Sir Clive Buckland Lewis FLSW (born 13 June 1960), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lewis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He was educated at Cwmtawe Community School, Churchill College, Cambridge (BA, 1981) and Dalhousie University (LLM, 1983). Lewis was a lecturer at the University of East Anglia and at University of Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Selwyn College, before being called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1987. He was appointed a Recorder in 2003 and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge in 2013. In 2006, he became a Queen's Counsel. On 13 June 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He was a Presiding Judge, Wales from 2016-2019. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Boundary Commission for Wales. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones (rugby Union, Born 1965)
Robert Nicholas Jones (born 10 October 1965 at Glanamman, Wales) Scrum.com is a Welsh coach and former player. He was capped 54 times for Wales during his career, at that time a record. He and , Rob Howley, and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Griffiths (rugby Union)
James Griffiths (born 3 January 1977) is a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea RFC. Griffiths has played over 125 games for Swansea, and made his only international appearance against Samoa in 2000. In 2003 he played regional rugby for the Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c .... Notes External links *James Griffiths player statsercrugby.comSwansea RFC image 1977 births Living people Aberavon RFC players People educated at Cwmtawe Community School Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Carmarthenshire Scarlets players 21st-century Welsh sportsmen Swansea RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players {{wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Edwards (rugby Union)
Sir Gareth Owen Edwards (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh people, Welsh former rugby union player who played Rugby union/scrumhalf, scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey". In 2003, in a poll of international rugby players conducted by ''Rugby World'' magazine, Edwards was declared the greatest player of all time. In 2007, former England national rugby union team, England captain Will Carling published his list of the '50 Greatest Rugby players' in ''The Daily Telegraph'', and ranked Edwards the greatest player ever, stating: "He was a supreme athlete with supreme skills, the complete package. He played in the 1970s, but, if he played now, he would still be the best. He was outstanding at running, passing, kicking and reading the game. He sits astride the whole of rugby as the ultimate athlete on the pitch". Edwards was prominent in the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team that was to the fore in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Dykes
Loren Dykes (born 5 February 1988) is a football coach and player who is the assistant coach for Bristol City and a player for Cardiff City and the Wales women's national football team. Dykes began her playing career as a winger or forward before being converted into a full-back. She won her 100th cap for Wales on 4 April 2019, in a friendly against the Czech Republic, at Rodney Parade in Newport. Early life Dykes attended Cwmtawe Community School and also played for Llanelli Reds. Club career Dykes started with Cardiff City Ladies and featured in the UEFA Women's Cup with the Bluebirds, before signing for Bristol Academy during 2008–09. Dykes played in the 2011 FA Women's Cup final as a winger, then in the 2013 final having retrained as a right-back. Bristol lost both finals to Arsenal. In July 2020, Dykes announced that she would retire from playing club football and transition into her coaching career; however, she would remain available for selection for her nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
