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EDITOR’S NOTES
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CRAIG BOUNDS main story
Pushing endurance to the limit
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MOUNTAIN BIKE MARATHON
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SIMON LEE
Hoping for Ashes success
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BIGGER PICTURE
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RYDER REHEARSAL
The Manor copes well in adversity
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COMPETITION
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BRADLEY DREDGE
Still aiming for the top
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UNIVERSITY OF WALES, NEWPORT
The case for
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UNSUNG HEROES
the defence
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Zak's progress going well
Shaun Edwards admits he would not be
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DAYDREAM BELIEVERS with the British and Irish Lions in South
Africa if it had not been for the offer to
Powerboating in Pwllheli
help coach Wales.
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NEWS
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ATHLETICS
Super Eight kicks off in Cardiff
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SHAUN EDWARDS
Pushing the
Lions role is thanks to Wales
boundaries
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MY SPORTINGWALES
Alun Ffred Jones
Craig Bounds takes the tough test of the
Dakar Rally and turns it into a 9,500km
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MINUTE MAID
endurance challenge.
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SCHOOLS SPORT
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Delivering
The return of the Indomitables
the Ashes
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YOUR SPORTING WALES
Your pictures
All eyes will be on Cardiff when the Ashes
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series begins at the SWALEC Stadium.
Glamorgan chief executive Simon Lee is the
man to deliver a smooth event. SW
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