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News - The family of Swansea novelist Iris Gower has been paying tribute to the writer who has died after a short illness.
Commercial – Swansea is about to get two new nightclubs. Odyssey plans to open in Little Wind Street, The Surf Club in Castleton Arcade, Mumbles.
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News - Home Secretary Theresa May is due to outline a new structure for policing across the UK today, including the opportunity for locally elected force commissioners.
Sport - Super League side the Crusaders strengthened their play-off chances with a 30-24 win over Castleford Tigers at the Gnoll, Neath, yesterday. It was their first game in South Wales since they moved to Wrexham at the end of 2009.
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News - Real Radio is throwing its support behind the National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale from July 30-August 7. Visitors expected, 160,000. More here - http://bit.ly/dndl0Y
Celeb - Ever wondered what happened to Craig David? Perhaps not - but here's a Real Radio video interview with the Southampton songster anyhow ... http://bit.ly/aB408T
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Showing posts with label Gnoll. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gnoll. Show all posts
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
May 21's Swansea Bay Media Highlights
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Online BBC Cymru Wales Click
News - 500 job losses over the next three years at Carmarthenshire Council are a "worst case scenario", the authority says. A letter has gone to staff asking for different ways of working as it looks save £28m. Click
Sport - Swansea City will play two top-flight sides on a pre-season tour to Holland in July. They face NEC Nijmegen and ADO Den Haag. Click
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Broadcast The Wave Click
News 1 - Training and creating work across Carmarthenshire is a priority according to a West Wales AM in the light of a county council job cuts warning.
News 2 - Lily Allen is pictured in today's newspapers, crying after picking up honours at the Ivor Novello Awards.
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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
News - Support appears to be growing among South Wales MPs for rising Labour star Ed Miliband.
Sport - The Ospreys could return to The Gnoll, home of Neath RFC, next season. The region are set to play a number of LV= Cup matches away from the Liberty Stadium.
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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Online BBC Cymru Wales Click
News - 500 job losses over the next three years at Carmarthenshire Council are a "worst case scenario", the authority says. A letter has gone to staff asking for different ways of working as it looks save £28m. Click
Sport - Swansea City will play two top-flight sides on a pre-season tour to Holland in July. They face NEC Nijmegen and ADO Den Haag. Click
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Broadcast The Wave Click
News 1 - Training and creating work across Carmarthenshire is a priority according to a West Wales AM in the light of a county council job cuts warning.
News 2 - Lily Allen is pictured in today's newspapers, crying after picking up honours at the Ivor Novello Awards.
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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
News - Support appears to be growing among South Wales MPs for rising Labour star Ed Miliband.
Sport - The Ospreys could return to The Gnoll, home of Neath RFC, next season. The region are set to play a number of LV= Cup matches away from the Liberty Stadium.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Media boosts Swansea Bay Super League first
Thursday, April 1, sees the first professional rugby league game in Swansea Bay.
Super League outfit the Crusaders - complete with Gareth "Alfie" Thomas - are set to face London rivals Harlequins RL at Neath RFC citadel The Gnoll from 7.30pm.
It's great news for the area and great for the Crusaders, coached by league giant Brian Noble, that they can make a splash so far away from their new Wrexham home.
Andy Pearson Publicity was engaged to help publicise this evangelical sporting mission to South Wales and readers of the South Wales Evening Post over the past few days won't have missed three front page ads for the game.
They were one of the publicity options taken by the club's marketing man Richard Jones. Others included special ticket offers into some of the area's biggest employers, including Swansea Council thanks to internal communications manager Debbie Williams.
Those who've not seen pro-rugby league before are encouraged to attend - it's a tremendous sport played by incredible athletes.
Ball-in-play time is huge, the try-count is generous and the collisions are muscular and make the hardest of us wince.
Moreover, Wales' only Engage Super League club have made a styong start to the 2010 campaign and I predict a healthy win over the Quins.
Get there in good time ... the Engage Super League authorities like to see colourful family entertainment before kick-off.
Crusaders prop Mark Bryant told Media Master: "The people down in South Wales were fantastic when we were based there last year - they gave us some amazing support.
"Some of them still travel to Crusaders games, both home and away, which is phenomenal, so it's good to go back down there. We're really looking forward to playing at The Gnoll."
Alfie, by the way, is likely to wear the full-back's No 1 jersey.
Ticket prices for Crusaders v Harlequins start at just £8 (adults) and £4 (kids) - great value. Call 0871 221 9511.
Super League outfit the Crusaders - complete with Gareth "Alfie" Thomas - are set to face London rivals Harlequins RL at Neath RFC citadel The Gnoll from 7.30pm.
It's great news for the area and great for the Crusaders, coached by league giant Brian Noble, that they can make a splash so far away from their new Wrexham home.
Andy Pearson Publicity was engaged to help publicise this evangelical sporting mission to South Wales and readers of the South Wales Evening Post over the past few days won't have missed three front page ads for the game.
They were one of the publicity options taken by the club's marketing man Richard Jones. Others included special ticket offers into some of the area's biggest employers, including Swansea Council thanks to internal communications manager Debbie Williams.
Those who've not seen pro-rugby league before are encouraged to attend - it's a tremendous sport played by incredible athletes.
Ball-in-play time is huge, the try-count is generous and the collisions are muscular and make the hardest of us wince.
Moreover, Wales' only Engage Super League club have made a styong start to the 2010 campaign and I predict a healthy win over the Quins.
Get there in good time ... the Engage Super League authorities like to see colourful family entertainment before kick-off.
Crusaders prop Mark Bryant told Media Master: "The people down in South Wales were fantastic when we were based there last year - they gave us some amazing support.
"Some of them still travel to Crusaders games, both home and away, which is phenomenal, so it's good to go back down there. We're really looking forward to playing at The Gnoll."
Alfie, by the way, is likely to wear the full-back's No 1 jersey.
Ticket prices for Crusaders v Harlequins start at just £8 (adults) and £4 (kids) - great value. Call 0871 221 9511.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Crusaders deserve Swansea Bay media splurge
On April 1 they're due to bring the first ever Super League game to the area as Gareth "Alfie" Thomas and his teammates meet London rivals Harlequins RL.
That makes for an exciting night out in my book, an antidote to the disappointingly one-sided RBS Six Nations.
The Crusaders asked Andy Pearson Publicity to line up some decent visibility in the Swansea Bay media as the build-up progresses.
Our friends at Afan FM, Radio Tircoed and the South Wales Evening Post have all indicated an eagerness to run match ticket competitions.
Other organisations have put their hands up too to help herald a new dawn in Welsh sport. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Trust and Swansea Council are among the organisations keen to run employee ticket offers.
Hosts Neath RFC, meanwhile, have also been quick to show their support.
A press just issued from The Gnoll reads: "We welcome Super League here for the first time when the Crusaders play Harlequins on April 1 at 7.30pm.
"It will be the first time the famous old ground has hosted top-class professional rugby league and, with the Crusaders beginning to make an impression from their new Wrexham HQ, great interest is already being shown in one of only two 2010 fixtures the outfit will play in South Wales."
Supporters have the chance to see both codes with a ticket package embracing the Crusaders’ return to South Wales and Neath’s Principality Premiership clash with Pontypridd on Easter Saturday for £20. For dual tickets click here.
Tickets for the Crusaders-Quins game are £10 adults, £8 concessions, £5 U16s. To buy, click here.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Swansea Bay media duo cuddle up to the Scorpions
Two of Swansea Bay's most youthful media operations have become a key player in a new sports team.
Bay Radio and Nation Radio have linked up with Neath-based rugby league freshmen the South Wales Scorpions.
It could be a stirring combination - a new sporting spectacle for the region and two of the area's most innovative broadcasters. With God's game being a passion of mine, I wish all involved great success in this partnership.
The Scorpions' official radio stations for the 2010 season are part of the Town and Country Broadcasting Group that own six stations including Llanelli's Scarlet FM, Radio Carmarthenshire, Bridgend's Bridge FM and Radio Pembrokeshire.
Bay covers Swansea Bay, Nation a larger tranche of South Wales, including Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.
The two stations are pledging what is believed to be the largest amount of advertising ever for a rugby league club in Wales.
They plan broadcasts the week before each of the Scorpions’ 11 home fixtures, starting with a big-name friendly against Wigan Warriors at The Gnoll on Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm).
The Scorpions are the newest professional RL side in Wales. Following the game against Wigan, they will be playing 20 matches in the Co-operative Championship 1 against the likes of Oldham and Workington Town.
In addition to adverts throughout 2010, Bay and Nation will provide editorial support when needed in the form of interview opportunities plus a link to the Scorpions website on Bay and Nation home pages.
Bay and Nation logos will appear on the Scorpions’ home and away shirts and there will be advertising boards at The Gnoll. Both stations will have ads in match programme and links from the Scorpions website.
Scorpions’ owner Phil Davies told Media Master: “They’ve had us in as studio guests a few times already and Sunday’s Wigan fixture was announced first on Bay Radio. This will be the start of a long and fruitful partnership.”
Andy Griffiths, broadcast director of Town and Country, said: “I'm impressed with the club’s enthusiasm, determination to develop local talent and their already good relationship with the supporters and local community.”
For Scorpions-Wigan tickets click here.
Bay Radio and Nation Radio have linked up with Neath-based rugby league freshmen the South Wales Scorpions.
The Scorpions' official radio stations for the 2010 season are part of the Town and Country Broadcasting Group that own six stations including Llanelli's Scarlet FM, Radio Carmarthenshire, Bridgend's Bridge FM and Radio Pembrokeshire.
Bay covers Swansea Bay, Nation a larger tranche of South Wales, including Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.
The two stations are pledging what is believed to be the largest amount of advertising ever for a rugby league club in Wales.
They plan broadcasts the week before each of the Scorpions’ 11 home fixtures, starting with a big-name friendly against Wigan Warriors at The Gnoll on Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm).
The Scorpions are the newest professional RL side in Wales. Following the game against Wigan, they will be playing 20 matches in the Co-operative Championship 1 against the likes of Oldham and Workington Town.
In addition to adverts throughout 2010, Bay and Nation will provide editorial support when needed in the form of interview opportunities plus a link to the Scorpions website on Bay and Nation home pages.
Bay and Nation logos will appear on the Scorpions’ home and away shirts and there will be advertising boards at The Gnoll. Both stations will have ads in match programme and links from the Scorpions website.
Scorpions’ owner Phil Davies told Media Master: “They’ve had us in as studio guests a few times already and Sunday’s Wigan fixture was announced first on Bay Radio. This will be the start of a long and fruitful partnership.”
Andy Griffiths, broadcast director of Town and Country, said: “I'm impressed with the club’s enthusiasm, determination to develop local talent and their already good relationship with the supporters and local community.”
For Scorpions-Wigan tickets click here.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Swansea Bay media loss mourned by Neath rugby's Deenna
Her town's principal news and events chronicler ended 84 years of publishing in the autumn.
Owners Media Wales - they of the Western Mail and Wales on Sunday - blamed the recession.
It was the Swansea Bay media's highest profile loss of these tough times.
Deenna, the Welsh All Blacks' business development manager, told me at a trade fair hosted by her club: "We were shocked when the Guardian went. It had been a strong supporter of Neath rugby and we miss it greatly."
Which is why a very worthwhile community event in which she's involved needs all the publicity help it can get. Once it could have relied upon the Guardian - now it can't. So please spread the word.
The event is a charity clothes auction at The Gnoll from 6.15pm on Thu Feb 25.
Tickets are only £2 and there'll be great bargains to be had in areas such as bridal, kids, sport and lingerie.
Neath's independent fashion stores are to be applauded for their efforts. They include The Edge, Kitch, Replay, Rascals, Girlie Things and Elegant Occasions. Good lookin' RFC shirts this season by the way, Deenna.
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