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Posts during April 2010

1. Commonwealth Games Bowls team selected for Wales
   The first athletes to represent Wales at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi were announced today following the selection of the men’s and women’s Lawn Bowls teams. A total of 12 bowlers will be heading for the Indian capital for the October tournament – part of an expected near 200-strong Welsh squad. The first athletes to represent Wales at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Del...
   
2. Go ahead for National Science Academy for Wales
   A National Science Academy is to be established in Wales to help deliver a stronger, more sustainable and resilient economy for the future. A National Science Academy is to be...
   
3. Local bands play Radio 1 Big Weekend gigs
   A series of free gigs across north Wales are being held in the build-up to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on 22 and 23 May, giving a platform for local bands. A series of free gigs across north Wal...
   
4. Bryn-fest in anniversary return
   Opera star Bryn Terfel's annual music festival, the Faenol Festival, is to stage a comeback this year. Opera star Bryn Terfel's a...
   
5. Radio 1’s Big Weekend line up announced
   Over 30 International and UK artists including Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Florence & The Machine and Cheryl Cole will be performing at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Bangor, on 22 and 23 May. Over 30 International and UK artists including...
   
6. Welsh inventors strike gold in Geneva
   Welsh inventors have struck gold at this year’s International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva winning fourteen medals as well as two of the overall top prizes. Welsh inventors have struck gold at this...
   
7. Aberystwyth University voted world’s best
   Aberystwyth University has been voted the best place in the world to be a student. Aberystwyth Universi...
   
8. Golf gets better at the Gnoll
   We’re getting excited about golf in the lead up to Wales playing host to the Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort in October. Visitors to the stunning Gnoll Country Park, just outside Neath in south Wales, will find a greatly improved golf course thanks to a £102,644 grant from the Ryder Cup Wales Legacy Fund. We’re getting excited about golf in the lead up to Wales playing host to the R...
   
9. Shakespeare and Wales
   William Shakespeare is known world wide as the greatest English dramatist, but scholars from around the world will gather today at Cardiff University to discuss the strong influence of Wales on his work. William Shakespeare is known world wide as the grea...
   
10. Goldie Lookin Chain record Ryder Cup golf anthem
    We’re looking forward to the Ryder Cup coming to the Celtic Manor Resort in October and we’re excited to see Newport rap band Goldie Lookin Chain (GLC) have recorded an anthem to celebrate. We’re looking forward to the Ryder Cup coming t...