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  • Portrait celebrates first woman councillor in Torfaen

    A PORTRAIT of Torfaen’s first woman councillor has been hung outside the council chamber at the civic centre in Pontypool.It follows a motion raised in council by Councillor David Daniels to celebrate International Women’s Day in Torfaen by commemorating

  • Forgeside disappointing in defeat

    FORGESIDE U9’s entertained Usk on Sunday but were disappointing in defeat. The young black and ambers were slow starting and found themselves four tries down in as many minutes. This was down to sloppy tackling from the home sides' defence, where the

  • Talywain steamroller Abertysswg

    TALYWAIN RFC travelled to Abertysswg in a reversed fixture on the weekend.A brace of tries from Jamie Parry and nine points from the boot of Adam Williams secured the four points for Talywain in a 19-12 victory. The pack was outstanding and clearly on

  • More lessons to be learned over cycling races, councillors say

    MORE work must go into determining the negative effects of cycling events which were staged in Monmouthshire last year, councillors said yesterday. While they were generally positive of the impact of the 2014 British Cycling National Road Championships

  • Cwmbran juniors enjoy narrow victory

    CWMBRAN U13s travelled to Brecon RFC, where the sun may have been shining as the team arrived, but all changed by kick off as the weather turned windy and wet alternating between sleet, hail and heavy rain.Cwmbran hadn’t played a game for four weeks and

  • Celtic fight back for a useful point

    TORFAEN sides experienced mixed fortunes in Welsh League football last weekend, writes Terry Daley.Competing in Division Two, Croesyceiliog achieved a surprising 2-1 win away to Undy Athletic. As a result, Croesyceiliog leapfrog Risca United into tenth

  • Pragmatic Palfrey not enough to prevent Pill comeback

    CWMBRAN Town FC clashed with Pill AFC on Saturday, but with little to differentiate the two teams in the bottom half of Gwent County League Division One, it ended in a 2-2 stalemate, writes Alexander Folkard.Palfrey gifted Cwmbran the lead with two goals

  • Pontypool runners gather for Newport Half Marathon

    PONTYPOOL and District Runners put on a strong showing in the Newport Half Marathon on the weekend.Kay Morgan, 37, of Ladyhill Close, Usk, was one of 44 runners to take part from the Torfaen club.She said: "I've ran it every year in Newport. It was

  • Torfaen Taekwondo Club fights off the competition

    TORFAEN Taekwondo Club has fought off the competition to secure success in the Welsh Closed Championships. Held at the University of Wales, in Caerleon on February 22, the club took home an impressive 16 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze medals.Gold medals

  • Cwmbran ice skater has sights set on Winter Olympics

    A TORFAEN youngster is part of a team of 18 set to represent Great Britain at an ice skating world championship in Canada this April.Kyla Graham, aged 16, from Llantarnam, Cwmbran, is a member of ice skating squad Team Spirit from Wales and West Synchronised

  • Captain's Column

    EACH week Pontypool RFC captain Ben Parry takes you exclusively inside the historic Pooler dressing room. Here he casts his eye over the defeat to Swansea on Saturday."After a great few weeks performance-wise at the club we was heading into Saturday's

  • Young supporter's loom band effort raises £100 for Pooler

    A YOUNG Pontypool RFC fan has made an extra special effort to support her local club by donating £100 to Pontypool RFC.Caitlyn Wallace, aged 9, raised the funds by creating a range of loom bracelets based on Pooler’s famous red, white and black colours.Pontypool

  • Pooler ‘flat’ in first-half, says manager

    POOLER team manager Shaun Rees has shared his feelings on Saturday's disappointing defeat at home to Swansea RFC on Saturday, writes Andrew Deering.Pooler, who came into the game off the back of a victory against Cardiff Met, were unable to adequately

  • Pooler beaten with Swansea in scrappy game

    Pontypool 8 Swansea 17 PONTYPOOL RFC welcomed traditional rivals Swansea to Pontypool Park in the SWALEC Championship as third took on second in a top-of-the-table encounter. Pooler were hoping to build on the excellent win at Cardiff Met a

  • Torfaen woman who battled anorexia climbs Pen-y-Fan

    A TORFAEN woman who was once too ill to climb the stairs due to a life-long battle with anorexia has successful scaled South Wales’ highest peak. Claire Greaves, 22, of New Inn, climbed 886 metres up Pen y Fan covering four miles with friend Julie