Wales Golf has launched its new strategy ‘Everyone’s Game, for fun, for sport, for life’ to take the game in Wales forward over the next five years.

Welsh sailor Michael Beckett successfully defended his ILCA 7 title at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta. The 27-year-old from Pembrokeshire secured an insurmountable lead after the final series race on Friday, making his participation in Saturday’s medal race a mere formality en route to claiming gold in Palma, Mallorca.

Matt Richards underlined his growing status as one of the world’s top swimmers as he took the British title and powered under the World Championship qualification time in a thrilling men’s 200m freestyle final at the 2023 British Swimming Championships. The Team Wales Commonwealth Games star lowered another one of his own Welsh records by nearly a second and the 20-year-old is now the top performer in the world for the distance this year.

Glamorgan coach Matthew Maynard paid tribute to batsmen Billy Root and Eddie Byrom as they held out Gloucestershire from stealing an unlikely win in the opening County Championship match of the season. A Graeme van Buuren hundred led a brilliant Gloucestershire comeback in Cardiff to secure a very creditable draw.

Dan Jervis rounded off a superb British Swimming Championships by winning a second medal in Sheffield in a new personal best. The Welsh Olympic finalist took 800m freestyle gold to add to his 1500m freestyle title won earlier in the week. Jervis (Swim Wales High Performance Centre) wound up the pace through the early lengths to move to the front of the field, with 400m freestyle champion Luke Turley (Bath Performance Centre) sitting on his feet one lane over.

Wales’ Olympic gold medalist Matt Richards was just edged out of another gold in an all-time classic Men’s 100m Freestyle final at the British Swimming Championships. In a hotly-contested final in Sheffield, Richards was one of three swimmers who finished under the World Championships consideration time.

Medi Harris took another step towards making the Great Britain team for the Paris Olympics when she successfully defended her women’s 100m backstroke title at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. The Welsh Commonwealth Games bronze medalist had qualified third fastest for final after competing in the 200m freestyle final a day earlier. But Harris – who trains at the Swim Wales High Performance Centre – showed her class as she exploded off the blocks to leave the rest of the field playing catch up.

Harry Podmore is set to make his Glamorgan debut on Thursday when they open their LV=County Championship Division Two campaign at home to Gloucestershire. Podmore has been named in head coach Matthew Maynard’s squad for the game at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff as Glamorgan bid again to earn promotion after their near miss last season.

By Matthew Burgess The Cardiff Devils will head into next weekend’s quarter-final with the Coventry Blaze in good spirits after concluding their Elite League regular season campaign with a comprehensive 4-0 win over the Sheffield Steelers. Ben Bowns recorded his second shutout of the season, turning away 41 shots, as the Devils bounced back from […]

Beth Bingham will lead a Wales Women’s hockey squad for the 2023 season that welcomes six uncapped players, including Betsan Thomas and Maisie Riley. Leah Wilkinson and Sian French, who have retired from the sport, will not be part of the squad. Bingham will serve as the sole captain, leading the team into a series of friendly matches against Scotland over the Easter weekend.

Anyone visiting the River Teifi this springtime should have reason to applaud the work of Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Club. The beauty of the river and its surroundings was under threat at the start of this year as pollution and debris suggested illegal dumping higher up stream from the village of Llandysul in Ceredigion.

Merthyr Tydfil’s sporting heritage is rich and well-documented, but a new chapter is being written thanks to an innovative tie-up between the town’s college and Table Tennis Wales. The famous sporting sons and daughters of the old industrial town – such as boxers Howards Winstone and Johnny Owen, judoka Natalie Powell, footballer Mark Pembridge and netballer Chelsea Lewis – could soon be joined by the next generation of table tennis internationals.

New Sport Wales chief executive Brian Davies insists the organisation is equipped to face the changing landscape for sport, health and fitness throughout Wales. Having been acting CEO for the past 18 months, Davies has been confirmed as the long-term successor to Sarah Powell.

Natasha Cockram’s selection for Great Britain’s team at this summer World Athletics Championships was just what the doctor ordered for the marathon runner and her family. When the Micky Morris Racing team athlete was announced as the first name on the GB team last Tuesday, Cockram’s father was undergoing heart surgery.

Matthew Hirst celebrated a hat-trick of Get Jerky Rally North Wales wins on Saturday to launch the defence of his Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship title in ominous fashion – while the Welshpool-based event was also a special one for St Clears co-driver Ryland James, who notched up his 600th rally start. In a rallying career spanning seven decades and 54 years, James guided Carmarthen’s Gareth Lewis home to a second in class (and 50th overall) result in their Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1 – proving that he’s finally got the hang of route notes and time cards!

Gerwyn Price’s brilliant form persisted as he defeated Dirk van Duijvenbode 8-7 to clinch the European Open title in Germany. “The Iceman’ entered the competition following consecutive wins in the Premier League of Darts. And the Welsh marksman overpowered World Champion Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen on his way to triumph in Leverkusen.

Welsh gymnasts Ruby Evans and Poppy-Grace Stickler proved they belong at the elite end of the sport at senior level with stunning performances at the British Championships. Evans is the new British senior women’s vault champion while Stickler became a double British medallist on floor on the final day of the 2023 Artistic British Championships in Liverpool.

A grey and dreary Monday would not have been welcomed by many, but for the few meeting at the Phil Price Rally School in Llangunllo, the damp ground under foot was accompanied by the sound of an orchestra of engines. The 2023 Motorsport UK Ravenol Welsh Rally Championship starts on March 25 and for a number of drivers and teams, this was the first time to shake down and unwrap their cars after an off-season break.

Joe Jones – an 18-year-old Welsh international and member of Langland Bay Golf Club – clinched victory at the 54-hole Abu Dhabi Golf Club Men’s Open over the National Course. Jones began the final day of the tournament with a two-shot lead and fired a final round of 68, finishing at six under par with a total score of 210. He recorded an eagle three on the second hole and a birdie on the eighth hole, ending the front nine on 33 to maintain his lead.

Gerwyn Price beat Chris Dobey 6-4 to win Night Seven of the Cazoo Premier League – after his opponent had ended Michael van Gerwen’s hopes of a fourth straight victory with a stunning 6-0 whitewash. Price rallied from falling 2-0 down to Dobey in the final in Nottingham to move 3-2 ahead with successive ton-plus finishes and eventually closed out his win having missed five match darts in the ninth leg.