gair rhydd: Sport

Cardiff get a semi

CARDIFF SECONDS produced a breathtaking batting display to beat Bristol Firsts by 46 runs in the BUSA shield Quarter Final. Cardiff had reached this stage after defeating Nottingham Trent in a bowl-off last week.

Lyons issues development roar

AFTER FINISHING top in the MCC University Two-Day Championship as well as winning the MCC University Challenge at Lords last year, the future looks bright for both players and staff at Cardiff and Glamorgan University Centre for Cricketing Excellence. However, Director of Cricket Kevin Lyons is refusing to get carried away.

Doubling Up

CLUB CHAMPION Neil Fairbrother added more silverware to his trophy cabinet by winning the Snooker Club’s inaugural Cuefactor League. Fairbrother topped a very tight Premier Division by just a single point, beating talented fresher David Blake into second place.

The word on FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s domestic player quota proposal

It is not often, being a fan of the “other” North London club, that I agree with what comes out of Arsene Wenger’s mouth. Yet, with reference to FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s proposal of a quota of six home-grown players to be fielded in each team in domestic leagues, the Frenchman has got it spot on.

George Pawley looks back on another impressive year for AU Clubs

This time last year, gair rhydd Sport was celebrating a season of European and domestic successes.

The Men’s Hockey Club won the European Cup Winners Challenge Cup in Malta, while at home all three Men’s Cricket teams went undefeated throughout the entire season and the Women’s Hockey Firsts strode into the BUSA Premiership among many other notable achievements.

The IMG End of Season Review

THE IMG competitions have encountered logistical problems this year but there has still been exciting football and netball leagues and eventually even some competitive IMG rugby matches.

The Word On... The thrill of penalties in light

A penalty shoot out was a fitting finale to the Champions League final on Wednesday night. A titanic battle between the two best club teams in the world could be settled only by recourse to one of the most cruel and yet most thrilling sporting spectacles. When sporting juggernauts of the calibre of Manchester United and Chelsea meet, spot kicks are the only way to establish which team has the heart, the conviction, the courage to call themselves champions.

Bowled over

WITH THE end of the season in sight, Cardiff Men’s first team kept up their recent revival, as they managed to secure a nail-biting, two-run win over Southampton.

Plain Sailing

FOUR CARDIFF sailors, Mike Corney, Lara White, Maia Walsh and Eleanor Assinder, were  among 120 sailors from across the UK, selected to attend the first RYA Great Britain Team Racing Development Squad qualifying round.