Cardiff University International Foundation Programme visit Cardiff's Winter Wonderland.
Monday 19 July 2010
Saturday 1 May 2010
Cardiff Centenary Walk
The Cardiff Centenary Walk is a tourist walkway through Cardiff city centre in Wales.
The Hayes
The Hayes is a commercial area in the southern city centre of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. Based around the road of that name leading south towards the east end of the city centre, the area is mostly pedestrianised.
Scenes of BBC's Doctor Who and Torchwood have often been filmed here.
Wednesday 21 April 2010
River Taff
The River Taff is a large river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons — the Taf Fechan (Little Taff) and the Taf Fawr (Big Taff) — before joining to form the Taff north of Merthyr Tydfil. The river supports a number of migratory fish, including salmon, sea trout, and eel.
Sophia Gardens
Sophia Gardens is a public park in Cardiff, Wales, named after Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, the second wife of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute. Sophia Gardens is best known as the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is the location of the SWALEC Stadium.
Sophia Gardens is located on the bank of the River Taff, close to Cardiff city centre. As well as the Glamorgan CCC ground, it contains the Welsh Institute of Sport, an exhibition area and a large car park. Sophia Gardens is adjacent to Bute Park and Pontcanna Fields, and is in the care of Cardiff Council.
Glamorgan Wanderers
Glamorgan Wanderers are a Welsh rugby union club based in Ely, west Cardiff in Wales. They currently play in the Principality premiership. Glamorgan Wanderers are a feeder club to the Cardiff Blues.
Glamorgan Wanderers began as the Old Monktonians, formed by ex-pupils of Monkton House School in 1893. In 1913 the team changed their name to Glamorgan Wanderers to reflect the wider intake of their membership. The club played rugby on seven different grounds in the earlier years, including former Cardiff RFC ground Sophia Gardens and Llandaff RFC's pitch Bishop's Field, until they were able to purchase their present ground in 1951. The ground was purchased via various fund raising appeals and is named the Memorial Ground in honour of former players who had lost their lives in the two World Wars.
Rugby in Cardiff
Cardiff RFC and the Arms Park
Between 2003 and 2009 there were two rugby union teams based at Cardiff Arms Park. The Cardiff Blues represented the region in the Magners League and Heineken Cup, whereas Cardiff RFC represent the city in the Welsh Premier Division. From the start of the 2009-10 season however, the Cardiff Blues will relocate to the Cardiff City Stadium in the Leckwith area of the city.
Glamorgan Wanderers and other rugby union clubs
Glamorgan Wanderers RFC are another Welsh Premiership club based in the city. They play in the Ely area and are a well established first class club having been part of the old Merit Table structure.
Other WRU affiliated clubs in the Cardiff area are:
UWIC RFC (1st Division), Fairwater RFC and Old Illtydians (WRU Division Three South East), Rumney RFC (WRU Division Three East). Cardiff HSOB RFC and St. Peters RFC (both Division 4 East) Llandaff RFC and Llandaff North RFC (both Division 4 South East) Canton RFC and Rhiwbina RFC (both Division 5 East)
CIACS
Cardiff Internationals Athletic Club normally shortened to CIACS (pronounced "kayaks"), have never been affiliated with the WRU. Formed in the docks area of the city, known as Tiger Bay in 1946, CIACS has always reflected the multicultural nature of the docks area, hence the name Cardiff Internationals. The club is best known for having produced Billy Boston, who went on to become a rugby league player in the 1950's. The club now play in the Cardiff and District Premier division, representing the Grangetown, Cardiff Bay, Butetown and the Docks areas.
Cardiff Demons
Rugby league in Cardiff is currently represented by the successful Cardiff Demons side, a team that has produced a handful of Super League players and Welsh internationals in its short existence. They have played at three grounds in and around the Cardiff area. Having previously been at Taffs Well RFC and Old Penarthians RFC, they have now settled at the brand new St Peters ground in the East of Cardiff.
UWIC Rugby League
UWIC are consistently one of the best university sides in Great Britain having won the national title twice in the early part of this century. They have produced a number of players for Cardiff Demons and the successful Wales Students side.
Cardiff's rugby league history
The first attempt to bring rugby league to the capital was in 1949 when a Welsh League was formed. Cardiff were joined by teams from Amman Valley, Llanelli, Aberavon, Bridgend, Ystradgynlais, Neath and Pontarddulais.
Cardiff were champions of the very first competition in 1949-50 but were denied a double after Ystradgynlais beat them in the Final. Llanelli were winners of the competition the year after but that didn’t stop Cardiff being elected to the Rugby Football League Championship in 1951.
The League at the time consisted of 31 clubs in one division who each played a 36 game season. Cardiff finished 30th with a record of 5 wins and 31 defeats – only Liverpool City were below them.
With that the club and Welsh Rugby League at club level, was wound up for 30 years.
In 1981, Cardiff City Blue Dragons were formed and played out of Ninian Park, Cardiff under the management of David Watkins. The club enjoyed reasonable success and attracted high-profile Rugby Union converts such as Steve Fenwick, Brynmor Williams and Paul Ringer. In 1984 the club was moved to Bridgend where it lasted just one more season before folding.
The success of Wales at international level in the 1990s led to the formation of South Wales. Coached by Clive Griffiths and managed by Mike Nicholas, the team played at Morfa Stadium, Swansea, Aberavon RFC’s World of Hurt and at Cardiff Arms Park.
However, the club only lasted one season in Rugby League’s debut summer season of 1996. Finishing fifth in Division Two, the club had high hopes that it would be awarded a Super League franchise and although a strong case was put forward by Nicholas and Griffiths the Super League clubs refused to award it a place for the coming season and the club was wound up but the Cardiff Demons under 21 academy side were formed the year after. This side lasted for four seasons and were then replaced by the current open age side who play in the Rugby League Conference.
Sunday 18 April 2010
Robinson College
Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
Robinson is the newest of the Cambridge colleges, and is unique in being the only one to have been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of either sex. Despite maintaining some Cambridge traditions, such as Formal Hall, the college has tended to avoid others: for example, it is one of the few colleges that allows its students to walk on the grass in the college gardens. Robinson is in general less formal and traditional than most of the older colleges in the university.
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Sophia Gardens
Sophia Gardens is a public park in Cardiff, Wales, named after Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, the second wife of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute. Sophia Gardens is best known as the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is the location of the SWALEC Stadium.
Sophia Gardens is located on the bank of the River Taff, close to Cardiff city centre. As well as the Glamorgan CCC ground, it contains the Welsh Institute of Sport, an exhibition area and a large car park. Sophia Gardens is adjacent to Bute Park and Pontcanna Fields, and is in the care of Cardiff Council.
Cardiff Rugby Football Club
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since. They built a reputation as one of the great clubs in world rugby largely through a series of wins against international touring sides. Both South Africa and New Zealand have been beaten by Cardiff; and Australia have failed to beat the club in six attempts. Through its history Cardiff RFC have provided more players to the Welsh national side and British and Irish Lions than any other Welsh club.
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Bengal famine of 1770
The Bengal famine of 1770 was a catastrophic famine between 1769 and 1773 (1176 to 1180 in the Bengali calendar) that affected the lower Gangetic plain of India. The famine is estimated to have caused the deaths of 15 million people (one out of three, reducing the population to thirty million in Bengal, which included Bihar and parts of Orissa). The Bengali names derives from its origins in the Bengali calendar year 1176.
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Cardiff HSOB Rugby Football Club
Cardiff HSOB Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Cardiff in Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.
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Friday 2 April 2010
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Welsh: Criced Morgannwg) is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: Morgannwg). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Its limited overs team is called the Glamorgan Dragons. Kit colours are dark blue and red. Shirt sponsorship is by Paramount Office Interiors of St Mellons, Cardiff and Cuddy Group of Neath who are involved in civil engineering and demolition.
Cardiff Rugby Football Club
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since.
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park (Welsh: Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is a rugby union stadium situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The history of the rugby ground starts with the first stands appearing for spectators in the ground in 1881–1882, although the Arms Park had cricket played on the site since 1848. Until the end of the 2008-09 season, the stadium was the home to both the Cardiff Blues rugby union team and Cardiff Rugby Football Club, however with the Blues moving out to the Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff RFC are now the only tenants.
Maindy Centre
Maindy Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Maendy), which was formerly known as Maindy Stadium, now also known as Maindy Pool and Cycle Track, includes a cycle track and indoor swimming pool facility in the Maindy area of Cardiff, Wales. The cycle track was used in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the swimming pool was opened in 1993.
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The Cardiff International Sports Stadium
The Cardiff International Sports Stadium is an athletics stadium in the south of Cardiff, Wales.
Located in the Leckwith area of the city, the stadium opened in 2009 as part of the major Leckwith Development, which included a new football and rugby stadium, the Cardiff City Stadium, and a retail park.
Located in the Leckwith area of the city, the stadium opened in 2009 as part of the major Leckwith Development, which included a new football and rugby stadium, the Cardiff City Stadium, and a retail park.
Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a 26,000 all seated sport and concert venue in the Leckwith area of the Cardiff, which is the home of Cardiff City Football Club who previously played at Ninian Park.
Ninian Park
Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship. Cardiff City now play at the Cardiff City Stadium.
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Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in in the southern part of Glamorgan, South Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole.
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