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EdiTorS MESSaGE
THIS IS WINTER GOLF
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GarETh JEnkinS
cover story
New challenges back at the scarlets
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ToM WilliS
Breathing fire into the Dragons
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dai YounG
On the up with the Blues
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andrEW horE
At the heart of the Ospreys
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WorThinGon’S WElSh ruGbY
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dan luCkEr
The right recipe for
waiting in the wings
Cooke
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Gold against adversity
Nicole cooke became britain’s heroine
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ThE biGGEr PiCTurE
winning our first gold medal in Beijing,
so it is hard to believe that just a few
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david robErTS
years ago she was told she would never
Why shopping will never be the same
be allowed to compete for Great Britain
again. Cooke and her family were single-
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minded about her success and there were
Like Mother, like daughter those in British cycling who wanted her
to conform – or else. Luckily there were
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hannah MillS
changes at the top or Wales might not
Junior World Champion
have had our first ever individual woman
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nEWPorT vElodroME
gold medallist. Read the remarkable story
on page 18.
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olYMPiCS viEWPoinT
Welsh footballers should be Olympians
WINTER T HE TWENTY
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C H A M P I O N S H I P T EN WINTER
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Gareth Jenkins
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E XPERIENC E E XPERIENC E
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TonY PuliS
A year ago Gareth Jenkins was finishing
managing with the big boys
as Wales coach following World Cup
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disappointment. Now he is back at his
course 2010 Ryder Cup

spiritual home with the Scarlets and
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looking forward to a big new challenge.
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A bacon roll with tea or coffee at The Lodge before
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Rising for the Ashes
Simon Jones
From only £70 per person
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From only £30 per person Despite another injury setback, Jones
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showed this season he is a class act and still
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