All Wales Sports
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All Wales Sport is a Welsh sports website providing results, fixtures, league tables and other information relating primarily to grassroots sport in Wales. Its coverage includes rugby union, association football and cricket, alongside other sports. The service was established in 2002 as West Wales Sport by Ellis Davies and Ian Davies, initially providing sports information for South and West Wales. In 2011, its coverage was expanded across Wales and the service was renamed All Wales Sport.[1] All Wales Sport Ltd was incorporated on 1 August 2012.[2]
HISTORY
The sports results service was created by Ellis Davies and Ian Davies and first appeared online in 2002 under the name West Wales Sport. The website initially concentrated on grassroots sport in South and West Wales.[3] In 2011, the service expanded to cover leagues and sporting competitions throughout Wales and was renamed All Wales Sport.[3] All Wales Sport Ltd was incorporated as a private limited company on 1 August 2012. The original directors included Ellis Davies, Ian Davies, Andrew Lewis and Chris Smart. Laura Murton later served as a director before stepping down on 2 October 2018. Smart died on 12 October 2018.[4] The company's directors are Ellis Davies, Ian Davies and Andrew Lewis.[5]
COVERAGE
All Wales Sport provides fixtures, results and league tables for sporting competitions across Wales. Its principal areas of coverage include rugby union, football and cricket, with information also provided for a range of other sports. The service has particularly focused on grassroots and community-level competitions which receive comparatively limited national media coverage.[6]
ALL WALES SPORTS AWARDS
The All Wales Sport Awards were established in 2013 to recognise achievements in Welsh community sport and the contributions of volunteers and other individuals working behind the scenes. In 2013 and 2014, awards were presented to recipients at their own clubs and locations. The first dedicated awards evening was held at Stebonheath Park, Llanelli, in 2015. From 2016 to 2019, the awards ceremony was held at the Atlantic Hotel in Porthcawl. Parts of the 2017 and 2019 ceremonies were broadcast live from Porthcawl on the S4C television programme Heno. The 2020 awards evening was cancelled following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE YEAR
2013 || Rhyl
2014 || Barry Town United
2015 || The New Saints
2016 || Cardiff Metropolitan University
2017 || Llanelli Town
2018 || Conwy Borough
2019 || Penlan Club AFC (men) Cardiff Met Ladies FC (women)
2020 || Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |}
RUGBY TEAM OF THE YEAR
2013 || Pontypridd RFC
2014 || Glynneath RFC
2015 || Ystradgynlais RFC
2016 || Burry Port RFC
2017 || Amman United RFC
2018 || Merthyr RFC
2019 || Nantgaredig RFC (men) Llantwit Fardre Ladies RFC (women)
2020 || Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |}
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA
2013 || Ystradgynlais RFC
2014 || Ystradgynlais RFC
2015 || Ystrad Rhondda RFC
2016 || Gary Williams (The Oval Zone)
2017 || Bill Carne (Pembrokeshire Sport)
2018 || Fraser Watson (Merc Sport)
2019 || Jo Rogers (Deadball Line) (men) Llantwit Fardre Ladies RFC (women)
2020 || ''Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic'' |}
BEST CLUB CONTACT
2013 || Huw Smith (Llanharan RFC)
2014 || Paul Lewis (Merthyr RFC)
2015 || Huw Thomas (Pontarddulais RFC)
2016 || Mark Cox (Malpas RFC)
2017 || Liz Barrett (Deri Diamonds Ladies RFC)
2018 || Alan Sinclair (Ystrad Rhondda RFC)
2019 || Kenny Davies (Pembrokeshire Youth Rugby)
2020 || ''Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic'' |}
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
The awards have also included a Special Recognition category covering achievements and contributions across several sports. Recipients in 2019 included Llanelli Warriors RFC for the promotion of social inclusion in sport;
Aberdare Community School for the promotion of schools rugby;
Leah Wilkinson for achievements in hockey; Clive Jones for services to rugby; Gareth Lanagan for services to cricket; William and Joy McGarvie for services to young people and judo; Bob Smith for services to football; John Thomas for services to football; Glyndwr Evans for services to rugby; and Sara Phillips for achievements in cricket.[7]
Previous recipients included:
* 2018 – Anna Hursey, Ffion Davies, Porthcawl RFC, Hartridge RFC, Adrian Howell and Cornelly United FC.
* 2017 – Glyn Jones, Cardiff Devils, Michael Dyer, Llandudno CC, Morriston Ladies RFC, RGC 1404, Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club and Ron Bridges.
* 2016 – Herbie Jones, Jean Wooller, Simon Veall, Taffs Well RFC, Ysgol Dyffryn Amman Year 8 football team and Ebbw Vale RFC.
* 2015 – Evans & Williams FC, Chris Bailey, Aled Balman and David Wilcox.
* 2014 – John Humphreys, Neil Evans and Amman United RFC.
* 2013 – Ebbw Vale RFC, Wattstown RFC, Gareth Trapnell, Tracey Lintern and Carmarthen Quins RFC.
WOMEN'S RUGBY
2020 Women's Rugby Special Awards Evening, During the 2019–20 season, competitive women's rugby below Premiership level was discontinued. All Wales Sport subsequently maintained its own competition tables based on match results in support of lower-league clubs. The competition winners were invited to a special awards evening at Betws RFC in January 2020.[8]
The awards included:
U15 All Wales Sport Trophy || Llanelli Wanderers Girls
U18 All Wales Sport Trophy || Carmarthen Quins Girls
All Wales Sport Trophy (North) || Merched Caernarfon
All Wales Sport Trophy (South) || Deri Diamonds
U15 Player of the Year || Bronwen Griffin (Llanelli Wanderers)
U18 Player of the Year || Beth Huntley (Gilfach Goch)
Premier Division Player of the Year || Lowri Norkett (Swansea)
All Wales Sport Trophy Player of the Year || Paige Randall (Deri Diamonds)
2020 ONLINE WELSH RUGBY ChAMPIONSHIP
Following the suspension of rugby during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, All Wales Sport organised a virtual Online Welsh Rugby Championship involving 224 teams. The teams were divided into 16 pools of 14, with each team playing 26 virtual league matches. The top four teams in each pool progressed to a 64-team knockout Cup competition. Teams finishing fifth to eighth entered the Plate, while the remaining six teams in each pool entered the Bowl. The virtual competition was created and produced by All Wales Sport Ltd.
Finals
Cup || Whitland || 29–25 || Cardiff Met Ladies
Plate || Aberaeron || 20–10 || Abercarn
Bowl || Rhydyfelin || 20–12 || Tycroes
COVID-19 fundraising
During lockdown restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, All Wales Sport sponsored several online sporting competitions which raised money in support of the National Health Service.
The sponsored events included:
Rugby union || Virtual Welsh Cup, organised by Welsh Premiership Rugby || £200
Rugby union || Dewar Shield, organised by Dewar Shield Ysgolion || £200
Rugby union || All Wales Sport Welsh Championship || £900
Football || Welsh League FIFA 20, organised by Ammanford AFC || £200
Football || Burry Port AFC competition || £25
Cricket || Summer Toss of a Coin, organised by Carmarthen Wanderers CC || £200
Cricket || Welsh Toss of a Coin, organised by Carmarthen Wanderers CC || £200 |}
SPONSORSHIP
During the 2016–17 season, the All Wales Sport results service received support from the Welsh Rugby Union, S4C and Worthington's Brewery. Welsh food wholesaler Castell Howell became the website's main sponsor during the 2018–19 season. Carmarthen Athletic RFC and Llanelli Warriors RFC have also displayed the All Wales Sport logo on their match jerseys in recognition of the website's coverage of community rugby.
EXTERNAL LINKS
- ↑ "Ellis Davies speaks about All Wales Sport service". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "ALL WALES SPORT LTD overview". Companies House. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "ALL WALES SPORT LTD overview". Companies House. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedWesternTelegraph3 - ↑ "Kenny Davies and William and Joyce McGarvie win awards". Milford Mercury. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "All Wales Sport Women's Award Evening". Pitchero. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
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