Tag Archives: Cardiff

Still not tired of London and its ‘wonderful immensity’

Posted on October 25, 2019 by weltchmedia

“… when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”  Our senior consultant Andrew Weltch argues it’s probably as true today as it was when Samuel Johnson … Continue reading →

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90 years of speedway in Cardiff

Posted on July 15, 2018 by weltchmedia

As the British Speedway Grand Prix returns to Cardiff, our senior consultant, Andrew Weltch, author of the history of Speedway in Wales, looks at the arrival of the sport in the city 90 years ago. Top-level speedway has become an … Continue reading →

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Welcome to parkrun – the Saturday morning phenomenon

Posted on January 12, 2017 by weltchmedia

We’ve celebrated in previous posts some of the outstanding successes in increasing participation in sport – the booming numbers playing tennis in Wales and the wonderful This Girl Can campaign from Sport England – but can any match the growth … Continue reading →

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The man who changed the face of tennis

Posted on January 24, 2014 by weltchmedia

Amid all the worthy winners at last week’s Tennis Wales awards, a 78-year-old man stole the show. That’s understandable because Mike Davies is the man who changed the face of tennis.

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Forget the gloom – let’s build on a summer of success for tennis

Posted on August 13, 2013 by weltchmedia

Guest post by Peter Drew, chief executive officer of our client Tennis Wales, on the state of tennis in Cardiff and in Wales more broadly.

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Mark on the Lens – the Senedd’s best light

Posted on May 10, 2013 by weltchmedia

Our latest client launch at the Senedd, the National Assembly for Wales building in Cardiff Bay, proved a great success. We commissioned photographer Mark Hawkins to record the event, and here he sheds some light on the proceedings.

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Are hyperlocal news sites the future of local journalism?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by weltchmedia

We hear (and indeed have ourselves expressed) much lamenting at the apparently inevitable decline of local newspapers, but perhaps hyperlocal news websites offer hope for the future.

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Speedway celebrities – the first real sporting stars?

Posted on December 24, 2012 by weltchmedia

It may seem that the sporting “star” is a phenomenon of our time – almost any sports person thought to merit a mention in the media seems to be dubbed a “star”. We may think it wasn’t like that in … Continue reading →

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Crashes, broken arm and a spectator fainting – the opening night of midget car racing in Wales

Posted on January 30, 2012 by weltchmedia

As Newport speedway prepares to add car racing to its programme for 2012, Andy Weltch looks back at the history of four-wheeled competition in Welsh stadiums.

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Pay attention – infographics put us all in the picture

Posted on July 26, 2011 by weltchmedia

We seem to be surrounded by infographics these days, but we’re not complaining – though we wonder whether they are a sign of our dwindling attention spans.

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