OB Weale has won the 2010 Herefordshire Sport’s Sportsman of the Year award - but he won’t be about to receive his honour next week. The Hereford-born bowls star will be on the other side of the world competing at the Australian Open in Melbourne. It is the third time that Weale has won the county honour having previously clinched it in 1996 and 2000.Weale enjoyed an exceptional 2010 which protected his invite to the southern hemisphere’s largest bowling event.The Presteigne bowler won a men’s singles gold medal for Wales at the Common wealth Games in Delhi.
In doing so, Hereford based Weale became the most victorious bowler in the history of the Games. He also carried the Welsh flag in the Games’ closing ceremony and was runner-up in the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year competition. The Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sport Awards 2010 are taking place next Thursday (February 17) at the Royal National College for the Blind. Great Britain triathlete Nicola Goodwin will be picking up the Sportswoman of the Year accolade.
Goodwin, from Dinedor, will be stepping on to the platform for the second time after first winning the women’s honour in 1997.The 36-year-old broadcast journalist was an England women’s rugby player when she first accepted off the title. Now, however, Goodwin is a committed member of Hereford Triathlon Club and trains up to 30 hours a week during the season. Last summer, she brought home a silver medal at the European Long Course Age Group Championships in Spain.
In doing so, Hereford based Weale became the most victorious bowler in the history of the Games. He also carried the Welsh flag in the Games’ closing ceremony and was runner-up in the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year competition. The Hereford Times sponsored Herefordshire Sport Awards 2010 are taking place next Thursday (February 17) at the Royal National College for the Blind. Great Britain triathlete Nicola Goodwin will be picking up the Sportswoman of the Year accolade.
Goodwin, from Dinedor, will be stepping on to the platform for the second time after first winning the women’s honour in 1997.The 36-year-old broadcast journalist was an England women’s rugby player when she first accepted off the title. Now, however, Goodwin is a committed member of Hereford Triathlon Club and trains up to 30 hours a week during the season. Last summer, she brought home a silver medal at the European Long Course Age Group Championships in Spain.
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