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cover story
Bike path to glory
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nicolE cookE
Wheels of fortune
THE CELTIC CHALLENGE
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DaviD DaviEs
Two chances for gold
UnsUnG HEroEs:
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Facing up to Phelps
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HElEn TUckEr
Triathlon world champ is ready
WIN TWO SEASON TICKETS
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ToM JaMEs
Following Redgrave and Pinsent
TO THE 2010 RYDER CUP
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David Davies
Britain’s youngest rowing medal hope
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saraH THoMas Davies heads for the Olympics hoping to
improve on his bronze medal last time
Making hockey history
round, but with two chances of doing that.
Not only is he competing in his favourite
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1500m freestyle in the best form of his life,
but also he will be going in the 10km open
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water event having finished second in the
World Cup.
Philippa Roles combines work and play
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JiM Mills
A prestigious new competition for amateur golfers - test your skills on the course that will host
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The Ryder Cup and win your chance to be there in 2010.
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t A rare opportunity to win sought after season tickets to The Ryder Cup in 2010
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Helen travels to Beijing with the title of
World Champion around her neck having
t Play the course that will host the world’s most prestigious golf event
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won out in Vancouver. She is in the best
form of her life in one of the toughest events
t Eight qualifying rounds between June and August with fantastic prizes on offer for the top three pairs
Big Mac aiming to bounce back
around, the triathlon, hoping for better
t Grand fi nal to be held on Wednesday 15th October
luck than her fiancé Marc Jenkins when he
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competed in the Athens Olympics.
Competition format - Four-ball better ball stableford
Sports Council chairman Phil Carling
Entry £220 per pair - Price includes entry for two people at a qualifying event on
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The Twenty Ten course, followed by a hot sandwich in the Spike Bar after your round
Geraint Thomas
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT CELTIC-MANOR.COM, CALL
Jamie Robinson’s big year
Arguably Wales’s best chance for a gold medal
since Richard Meade in 1972, the British cycling
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team pursuit have swept all before them this c
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year on their way to being world champions
Terms and conditions apply. Full prize information and qualifying dates are available at
celtic-manor.com.
Matt Jones back in Europe
and world record holders. Thomas is an integral
part of the quartet hoping to lift gold in Beijing.
Tee times available between 8am and 4pm on qualifying dates, subject to availability. Handicap certifi cates required.
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