Aberdare Comets Diving Club

By Hattie Sime, editor of Run Hattie Run As the only competitive diving club in south Wales, the Aberdare Comets have seen an influx in interest in the sport since last year’s Olympic Games. The club, which meets five nights a week at the Aberdare swimming pool, has more than 160 members ranging from ages … Continue reading →

Guest Post: Marie-Laure Chevalier and the Cardiff Handball Club

Last November we visited Cardiff Handball Club to see how the Olympics had affected the reputation and standard of the sport since the 2012 Olympic Games in London. This month we have a special guest post from Marie Laure-Chevalier, the founder of the club, who tells us how the club has progressed since then. The … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Cardiff Disability Sport:
Cardiff Disability Sport spoke to Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s most successful Paralympian, about early sporting opportunities in Cardiff, her career highlights and the London 2012 legacy. What opportunities were available when you started out as a Paralympic athlete in Cardiff? There were quite a lot surprisingly. There was the Welsh…

Olympic Exhibition @ Cardiff Bus Station

Last November we announced the news an exhibition was being opened to celebrate Wales’ Olympic and Paralympic stars at Cardiff bus station. So, now it’s finished, we thought we’d head down to see what it was all about! The display has been created at “Stand A” on a previously empty part of the bus station, … Continue reading →

Cardiff Sport Club List 2013 : Go Get Involved

It’s time to get those New Year’s resolutions in gear! We’ve spent the last couple of weeks taking in YOUR suggestions and have come up with the Go Get Involved Sport Club List 2013. Whether you want to take up a new sport or return to an old one, we’ve got a sport-by-sport list of … Continue reading →

Reblog: Keep the Paralympic legacy alive – Volunteer for disabled sports in Cardiff

Originally posted on Give Back:
Since the London 2012 Olympic Games the nation has been inspired to take part in more sport and, after the huge success of the Paralympic Games, sporting opportunities for the disabled have never been more prevalent. Chris Peilow, editor of local sports blog Go Get Involved, spoke to Give Back…

Go Get Involved in Sport 2013

2013 is approaching and with it will come plenty of New Year’s resolutions. And as we take in the final hours of television in 2012, packed with reviews, tributes and quizes of the year, there will be one theme which dominates: SPORT. After the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as another … Continue reading →

UK Sport Funding: a threat to “Go Get Involved”?

We watched it happen week after week, we heard about it month after month and we’ll reminisce about it for years on end: 2012, our greatest year for sport. But how will that success be built on? Can we really imagine ourselves in 2016, after a disappointing Games in Rio, sitting back content in the … Continue reading →

LIVE: Welsh Sports Personality of the Year 2012

Follow us as we live-blog our way through the Welsh SPOTY awards ceremony this evening, on Monday 10 December from 7.15pm. Click Here to see how the evening went! UPDATE Full List of Winners: Welsh Sports Personality of the Year 2012: Jade Jones At just 19 years old Jade Jones won Britain’s first ever Taekwondo … Continue reading →

2012 Olympic Legacy in Cardiff: a distant memory?

As we draw to the end of 2012, our best ever sporting year, how can we judge the Olympic legacy in Cardiff so far? It’s been a great year for the Union Jack and as we creep into 2013, the flags will all be packed away. The party’s over, our evenings of heroic feats accompanied … Continue reading →