St David's 2 the £675 million
retail, leisure and residential
development is quickly taking shape
Phil Carling
in the Capital City of Wales. The
development once open in 2009 will
My Best sporting Memory personal sporting achievements How important is sport to Wales?
enhance the existing shopping and
Two memories really and both very I feel a little sheepish in admitting that I Sport is of huge importance to Wales city living in Cardiff.
personal. I watched my son Robert played hockey for England Schools. We and recent successes have been great
win the Junior Club Championship at played the Home Internationals in Port to see. On the fi eld, two Six Nations
Glamorganshire Golf Club at the 40th hole. Talbot, or we were supposed to. It rained Championships in three years is a fantastic
It was a long day and I was a very proud for 48 hours and we were restricted to one achievement. Wales’ contribution to the
“The Future Blues
father. The other was watching Anna, my game against Wales. I scored the winning Beijing Olympics is something to look
Holiday Rugby Camps”
daughter, play golf for Wales in the Junior goal in the last minute - memorable only forward to, particularly at the Paralympics
Home Internationals and hearing “On the because I scored so few goals that I can where we shall have more than 15% of the
are just one of the projects
tee representing Wales….” remember every one. My team mates fell British team. Wales can be very proud of
that have benefited
about laughing. the work of the Federation of Disability from the St David's 2
Sport Wales. Staging the Ryder Cup
Community Fund
If you think of an English team of mainly will be immense. I don’t think we really
My Most Memorable sporting public schoolboys you can imagine appreciate the scale and signifi cance of the
Event our astonishment on our visit to the event yet. The Ashes Test Match next year
steelworks the night before the game. will be a wonderful occasion and I hope the
It was a real privilege to be part of the Seeing a belching blast furnace at close fi rst of many. The scheme is transforming the City and will give
Wales party at the 2006 Commonwealth hand was a completely new experience.
a currently underused area a new lease of life.
Games in Melbourne and particularly
satisfying because of the tremendous I did make a hundred for Cambridge
“Future Blues”
Not only is St David's 2 changing the landscape of
work that the new Commonwealth Games University at Fenners against Glamorgan one sporting achievement put their new
Council for Wales had done in preparing led by Tony Lewis and the County
the City, the development also brings a bright
skills into
the team for the Games in a very short Champions at the time. Eifi on Jones To have made a Test Match hundred against
action
opportunity to work with the community.
space of time. It was very rewarding to dropped me on 99 before I nicked a single Australia would have been my dream. It
see at fi rst hand how appreciative the team off Don Shepherd. We won the match is a bit late now, so I will have to settle for
members were of the new regime and to by eight wickets with the benefi t of a big watching in Cardiff next year.
know that the Sports Council had played a hundred from Majid Khan, a Cambridge
The St David's 2 Community Fund can
part in this. freshman who had been a Glamorgan
help support your local event or
player the year before.
The Games themselves were superbly Most admired Welsh
Cardiff Blues organisation. A total of 22 projects
organised and the welcome from sportsperson
players Ben Blair
have already benefited, and yours could
the people of Melbourne was almost and Jon Yap sign
overwhelming. We had a driver by the Tanni Grey Thompson. Her medal tally
autographs for the
be eligible for a grant of up to £500.
name of Tony Blair who provided a great is almost unbelievable but more than that
“Future Blues”
Check out our website to find out more.
moment when we introduced him to the she is a truly inspirational person who is an
then Prime Minister at the hockey fi nal. icon in Paralympic Sport and now a much
John Howard, the Australian PM thought it respected voice in British Athletics.
My sporting Wales - phil carling
was very funny.
For further information and to download an application form visit
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Phil Carling is chairman of the Sports
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Council for Wales.
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