Charlie Payne and Carl Williamson won the Pentraeth Automotive Group Glyn Memorial Stages at the weekend in their Ford Fiesta WRC. The Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Motor Club-organised 65-stage mile single venue event took place at the Anglesey Circuit in Ty Croes, with Payne eventually winning by just over two minutes. Mark Kelly/Neil Colman put in a great class winning performance to finish runners-up in their Ford Escort, while Wesley Simpson/Joe Ford took third in their Proton Millington S2500. Rob Hughes/Sion Cunniff were fourth in their Ford Fiesta R5, while Eric Roberts/Iwan Pritchard won their class and finished fifth in their Ford Escort.

Newport County are looking for a new penalty taker after manager Mike Flynn confirmed he will be relieving central defender Mickey Demetriou of his duties in the wake of the 2-1 defeat at Cheltenham Town. Demetriou missed for the second time this season from the spot with a kick that could have helped to salvage a point. Cheltenham were two goals to the good at the stage, although Antoine Semenyo eventually pulled one back for the visitors in the final minute of the contest.

Wrexham have moved to strengthen their squad by signing striker Bobby Grant from League One Fleetwood Town on loan. Grant, aged 28, goes straight into the Dragons squad for Tuesday’s Vanarama National League match at Barrow. The signing came too late for ex-Blackpool, Accrington and Scunthorpe Grant to be involved in the home match against […]

Mike van der Hoorn has admitted Swansea City have not measured up to the standards being set at the top of the Championship. The Swans captain conceded his team feel short during their humbling 4-1 defeat at home to leaders Norwich City. The result dropped the club to ninth position in the table, five points off the play-offs ahead of their next examination against fourth-placed West Brom on Wednesday.

Devils D-men struck gold in Manchester. They scored all five of Devils goals in their Elite League overtime victory against Storm. Gleason Fournier and Bryce Reddick both scored twice and newcomer Drew Schiestel netted his first as a Devil for the overtime win. Schiestel pounced on a rebound after a shot by Joey Martin to […]

The Welsh point-to-point season starts with the Curre & Llangibby fixture at Howick near Chepstow on Sunday (November 25). Brian Lee, who has been reporting on the Welsh hunt racing scene for more than half-a-century, takes a look at one of his many press cuttings books. This time for 1989. My press cuttings scrapbook for […]

Dane Williams reckons Cambrian & Clydach’s greatest night in their history will soon be surpassed by an even bigger one. The manager has hailed the 2-1 victory over holders The New Saints on Friday night as  “incredible” and an “unbelievable night” for the Rhondda side.

Cardiff Met booked a second successive appearance in the Nathaniel MG Cup final after Adam Roscrow’s lone goal was enough to see off Connah’s Quay at the Deeside Stadium. The Students, who finished as runners-up last season, will face Cambrian & Clydach in an all-south Wales final on Saturday 19 January. Connah’s Quay’s semi-final hoodoo […]

Ten reasons to be cheerful if you are a Welsh rugby fan, following Saturday’s 20-11 victory over South Africa. 1) Wales have now won nine games in a row – the third best sequence in their history.

Ellis Jenkins will have his World Cup hopes hanging in the balance when he gets a scan on his injured right knee on Monday. The Cardiff Blues back row man was named as the man of the match in Wales’s 20-11 over South Africa, but left the field on a stretcher after going down in the final exchanges. If, as feared, it is an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury, he could face surgery and six months on the sidelines.

Bluebirds defender Gregg Cunningham insists the team are ‘growing’ into Premier League football. They suffered a 1-0 defeat at Everton after Gylfi Sigurdsson netted a second half winner, but there were a lot of positives from the Cardiff City performance. Former Manchester City and Preston North End player Cunningham has forced his way into manager […]

Dai Thomas says Cambrian and Clydach Vale’s stunning victory over The New Saints was the “biggest game in the club’s history.” Matthew Crutch and Andre Griffiths gave the Rhondda outfit their fourth victory over Welsh Premier League Opposition to reach the Nathaniel MG Cup Final. 

Charlotte Arter, Jake Heyward and Cari Hughes powered to a hat trick of wins for Welsh athletes at the European Cross Country Trials in Liverpool. Cardiff’s Arter won the senior women’s race with Heyward and Hughes triumphing in their respective under 20’s races at Sefton Park.

Lauren Price reckons her superb bronze medal at the World Championships in India shows she deserves her place among the best fighters around. The Newport ace came agonisingly close to beating the No 1 seed Nouchka Mireille Fontijn only losing to the Dutch woman on a split 3-2 decision.

Jonathan Davies believes Wales are basking in success based on unheralded strength in depth as his side head into Saturday’s Test against South Africa, gunning for a first-ever autumn clean sweep. The Scarlets centre Davies has recovered from a foot injury sustained against Australia in last year’s November Tests in time to hit prime form in the run-in to the 2019 World Cup, and believes  the competition for places was greater than ever. Wales are on an eight-match winning streak, having seen off Scotland (21-10), Australia (9-6) and Tonga (74-24) so far in November before hosting the Springboks at the Principality Stadium.

Cambrian & Clydach have reached the Nathaniel MG Cup final following a memorable extra-time victory over current holder’s The New Saints. The Welsh League side stunned their Welsh Premier counterparts after twice taking the lead in extra-time to secure a famous 2-1 win. Subsitutes Mark Crutch and Andre Griffiths scored either side of Greg Draper’s […]

Former Newport County player Ben Tozer will be aiming missiles at his former teammates at Whaddon Road in Gloucestershire on Saturday. Tozer has built a reputation as a long throw expert and his current team, Cheltenham Town, have one of the smallest pitches in the Football League. “We’re going to have to deal with Ben’s […]

Former Bluebirds winger Jobi McAnuff is on a Welsh mission – and he has Wrexham in his sights. Former West Ham and Crystal Palace playmaker McAnuff, now aged 37, is in a Leyton Orient team who are top of the Vanarama National League. He joined the Bluebirds from West Ham and made almost 50 appearances […]

Cardiff City drew 1-1 against Bristol City in their under-23 Severnside derby match at Cardiff International Sports Campus. The young Bluebirds, who had Cameron Coxe sent off in the closing minutes, missed a number of good chances to have the Professional Development League match. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, who has regained fitness after three months out injured, […]

Dan Lydiate has warned Wales that South Africa are on the way back and previous victories over the Springboks in recent years will count for nothing on Saturday. Lydiate will be part of a home looking for a ninth successive victory and a fourth on the trot against the Boks, who for years were often a step too far for any Welsh team during the autumn. But  Rassie Erasmus’s side bounced back from their controversial one-point defeat against England at Twickenham by toppling Scotland and France in their last two fixtures.