SPORTSAID PATRON

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

As SportsAid's Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge is helping to shine a light on the achievements and potential of young athletes throughout the UK - helping to inspire a generation who may one day represent their nation at the Olympic or Paralympic Games.

Welsh Paralympian discus and shot star Aled Sion Davies MBE (pictured below) a Double World Champion and record holder, has met the Duchess of Cambridge twice - once when she presented him with his Gold Medal at London 2012 and again when he captained the Wales team to their most successful ever Commonwealth Games, in Edinburgh in 2014.

Aled says "It's great to have Her Royal Highness as Patron of SportsAid - you can see how much the Duchess loves sport. We have to make sure we keep bringing the talent through. It all starts at the grass roots. Upcoming athletes are hungry for success and with the right support - anything's possible!"

Her Royal Highness  praised SportsAid for ensuring 'there is a strong pipeline of inspirational heroes' in an address at the charity's 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner. See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3dWS-JYZ8

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SportsAid Cymru Wales' 43 at the Commonwealth Games

Athletics:
Ben Gregory * Caryl Jones
Dewi Griffiths * Osian Jones
Jonathan Hopkins * Caryl Granville * Rhys Jones (para) * Morgan Jones (para) * James Ledger (para)
 

Cycling: Amy Roberts * Dylan Robinson * Elinor Barker * Joe Holt * Lewis Oliva  * Jac Davies * Megan Barker * Rhys Britton  * Zachery May * Luke Rowe

Gymnastics: Emil Barker Iwan Mepham * Josh Cook Emily Thomas * Holly Jones Latalia Bevan * Maisie Methuen * Jolie Ruckley * Jack Davies  
 

Shooting: Craig Auden * Sian Corish * Coral Kennerley * Ben Llewellin
 

Swimming: Bethan Sloan * Chloe Tutton * Georgia Davies * Jack Thomas (para)
 

Triathlon: Liam Lloyd * Ellena Jones
 

Table Tennis: Chloe Thomas
 

Weightlifting: Jordan Sakkas * Catrin Jones
 

Rugby: Ben Roach * Alisha Butchers

Well done all!

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Pure Adrenaline

A 2018 YouGov survey puts athletics ahead of football and tennis when it comes to which sports the British public find most thrilling to watch.

YouGov asked the UK population about 17 sports, with respondents indicating whether they found each one very or quite boring, very or quite exciting, or neither.

Athletics came out top with 47% of those to have watched it voting the sport very or quite exciting.

This compares with 43% for football and tennis and 41% for rugby union!

Source: Athletics Weekly