SPORTINGWALES ISSUE SEVEN COVER STORY

HEALTH CHECK FEELING GOOD ABOUT
BUS AT WALES
SPORT IN NEWPORT!
Sport in Newport has never been so vibrant. Newport City Council
OPEN
recently launched a new campaign to get everyone ‘Feeling Good About
Newport’ has been launched in the City recently.
One of the people ‘feeling good about Newport’ is Wales’s Olympic
gold medallist and World Champion road racer Nicole Cooke MBE, who
Wales’ leading cancer charity Tenovus parked their mobile cancer regularly trains in the City’s world class Wales International Velodrome.
support unit at the Wales Open golf as a sign of their appreciation to
The European Tour for its support. Nicole said: "It's great that Newport supports sport so well and I hope
that world class facilities like the velodrome and others around the city
The Welsh charity - which is the ofﬁ cial charity partner of Ryder Cup continue to be used by everyone in the community, from schools and
Wales 2010 Ltd - hopes to raise funds to cover the cost of 2 mobile clubs to sporting champions!"
support units through the partnership, which will enable the charity to
continue to support cancer patients in the heart of their communities. From the up and coming Ras de Cymru Cycle Race and under 17s and 20s
Welsh Athletics Championships to the Under 21 World Rugby, Newport
Tenovus’ new mobile cancer support unit visited the Wales Open attracts and supports sporting events both nationally and internationally.
offering free health checks on board as part of Male Cancer Awareness Newport will shortly be one of the host cities for the UK Schools
Month - the annual campaign to help raise awareness of prostate and Games, housing the Cycling activities in the World Class, Wales National
testicular cancer, which affects over 2,000 men a year in Wales alone. Velodrome and the table tennis events.
George O’Grady, Chief Executive of The European Tour visited the unit Newport is also involved in the Olympics, London 2012. The Wales
at the Celtic Manor Wales Open in support of the strong partnership National Velodrome, housed in the Newport International Sports
that will help change the future of cancer support throughout Wales. Village, will be used again as a pre games training venues, as it was for the
British Cycling team during the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
"The Tenovus Unit is truly groundbreaking. This exciting project will
make a real difference in terms of cancer treatments and survival rates In addition, Newport will be home to the Ryder Cup in 2010, giving the
providing a life enhancing legacy for generations to come. The European City a truly international focus.
Tour is delighted to be partnering with Tenovus and providing support to
everyone involved,” he said. For more information or help in arranging a sporting event in Newport,
please call Jo Evans at the Newport - South East Wales Events Bureau on
01633 656 656.
THE GREEN, GREEN
GRASS OF HOME
The SWALEC Stadium and Millennium Stadium are going green to help
tackle climate change, as well as helping to educate people.
Both have switched their energy supplies to SWALEC’s business green
tariff. This means that Scottish and Southern Energy, SWALEC’s parent
company which is the leading generator of renewable energy in the UK,
will commit to match the energy used by the SWALEC and Millennium
Stadiums by generating the same amount of energy from renewable
sources.
This positive step will have an immediate effect, and additionally the
partnership of SWALEC and Glamorgan Cricket will provide longer term
support and resources through their education workshops due to start
L-R Ryder Cup Wales chairman John
Jermine, Tenovus Chairman Sir Adrian in September. These are linked to the national educational curriculum
Webb with George O’Grady and
Richard Hills from the European Tour. requirements designed to inform primary and secondary schoolchildren
on climate change and the challenges it will bring in the future.
SWALEC is an ofﬁ cial partner of Glamorgan Cricket and venue sponsor
golf
of the SWALEC Stadium.
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