The former Wales and British Lion scrum half Brynmor Williams is the guest speaker at a dinner in Cwmbran. The Welsh Charitables RFC latest fundraising event is on Friday 16 November at Greenmeadow Golf Club. Guests will enjoy the company of Brynmor along with many other former stars of the game. On the night David Watkins […]
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Trying to keep up with the For Luca runners as they leave Cwmbran on their 175 mile run. You Tube video on Cwmbran Life
Seventeen runners left Colwyn Bay yesterday morning to run to Newport in south Wales. They are raising money for the For Luca Appeal. Click here to read how Barack Obama has even played a part in this amazing campaign for Luca, a young boy from Newport. The twitter feed set up by the runners told […]
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The Cwmbran Big Event is on Saturday 22 September
The Cwmbran Big Event is on Saturday 22 September. This is the new date after it was cancelled in June due to rain. Watch this council video to find out more about the day. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMucXOINNos]
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Girls football team in Cwmbran wants more players
Llanyrafon Ladies AFC want to strengthen their U16 team. Players are needed aged 14-16. All the details you need are on this poster that you can share with your friends and family.
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A peek behind the scenes at rehearsals for Cwmbran Woodland Players next show
While watching the Cwmbran Woodland Players rehearse for The King and I last night I tried to add up how many hours of work it takes to put on a show. Upstairs in Croesyceiliog’s Woodland Road Sports and Social Club (the Coffee Bar) I counted about 40 people made up of actors, musicians, committee volunteers and backstage helpers. Using very rough calculations based on the number […]
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Banner to celebrate Fairwater High School in Cwmbran’s ‘best results ever’
Pupils, teachers and parents arriving at Fairwater High School are being reminded that the recent GCSE exam results were their best ever. This big banner has been popped up on the school fence so it can also been seen by car drivers and bus passengers on Ty Gwyn Way. Click here to read the story […]
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Ex- Cwmbran nightclub DJ is named Welsh Elvis 2012 and picked to lead a world record attempt
Twenty-nine years after being nicknamed ‘Elvis’ at Croesyceiliog School in Cwmbran, Darren Jones has been named Welsh Elvis 2012. Many Cwmbran people will remember Darren, who grew up in Pontnewydd, as the main man behind the decks at the Pleasure Dome Nightclub in the 1990s. But last month Darren, aged 40, beat 13 other Elvis impersonators from across […]
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A Cwmbran coincidence. I met a student from Cwmbran on the London Underground and persuaded her to be interviewed.
Eighty thousand athletics fans left the Olympic Stadium last night thrilled at seeing Jason Smyth win the T13 100m and Oscar Pistorius qualify for tonight's T44 200m final, both setting new world records. We headed for West Ham station and the district line to get us back to Richmond and our hotel. My niece spotted […]
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Cwmbran’s Kyron Duke with some home town fans at the London 2012 Paralympics
Cwmbran’s Kyron Duke bumped into some fans from his home town outside London’s Olympic Park 🙂 The javelin and shot put ace told me was having a ‘brilliant’ time at the Games and looking forward to competing on the 6/7 September. Click this link to read an interview in the South Wales Argus.
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The Best Welsh Elvis 2012 to perform in Cwmbran
The man voted best Welsh Elvis 2012 is performing in Cwmbran. Darren ‘Graceland’ Jones is helping to raise money for the Persian Cat Rescue in a gig at the RAFA club on 26 October. ‘Tom Jones’ will also be putting in an appearance.