Athletics
Cardiff Athletic Stadium, Leckwith Road (telephone: (029) 2022
5345), is a stadium with a capacity for 5000 spectators. In addition
to the athletics track and sports field, the stadium has an enclosed
skateboard area, a multifunction area for aerobics, 'boxercise',
the 'Strides' gym and floodlit surface playing fields. The stadium
is open to all and is home to the Cardiff Athletic Club.
Cricket
Glamorgan
County Cricket Club
(telephone: (029) 2040 9380; email: glam@ecb.co.uk)
plays some of its games at Sophia Gardens.
Fitness centers
Centres equipped with swimming pools as well as sport and fitness
facilities include Eastern Leisure Centre, Llanrumney Avenue (telephone:
(029) 2079 6616), Fairwater Leisure Centre, Waterhall Road, Fairwater
(telephone: (029) 2055 2210), Llanishen Leisure Centre, Ty Glas
Avenue, Llanishen (telephone: (029) 2076 2411), Pentwyn Leisure
Centre, Bryn Celyn Road, Pentwyn (telephone: (029) 2054 9211),
and Western Leisure Centre, Caerau Lane, Ely (telephone: (029)
2059 3592).
Football
Cardiff
City Football Club, Nationwide League Division 2 (telephone:
(029) 2022 1001), plays at Ninian Park, Sloper Road.
Golf
There are about 12 golf courses in and near the city. Cardiff
Golf Club, Sherbourne Avenue (telephone: (029) 2075 3320), has
18 holes on a parkland course. Visitors are welcome but must be
with a member at weekends. The green fee for visitors is about
£35.
Cottrell
Park (telephone. (01446) 781781; fax: (01446) 781 187; email:
admin@cottrell-park.co.uk),
at St Nicholas, 11km or seven miles from Cardiff city centre,
welcomes visitors and has two 18-hole courses and a floodlit driving
range. Green fees start from £29.95 for two players (including
the buggy). Prices at all clubs vary depending on the time of
week.
Ice Hockey
The Wales National Ice Rink, Hayes Bridge Road, home to Findus
British National Ice Hockey League team, the
Cardiff Devils.
Riding
Cardiff Riding School, Pontcanna Fields, Llandaff (telephone:
(029) 2038 3908), with about 40 horses and ponies and caters for
all ages and abilities. Instructors are approved by the British
Horse Society.
Rugby
There is no better way of understanding Welsh identity than to
go to a rugby match and listen to Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of
my Fathers) ringing around the stadium. Rugby is the national
game, played with huge enthusiasm. The Welsh
Rugby Union is based in Cardiff (telephone: (029) 2078 1700)
and home matches are played at the Millennium
Stadium (telephone: (0870) 558 2582; fax: (029) 2023 2678).
The local club team, Cardiff
RFC (telephone. (029) 2030 2000; fax: (029) 2030 2001) plays
adjacent to the Millennium Stadium. The home team was Welsh League
Champions in 1994-95 and has claimed the Welsh Cup seven times.
However, the Cardiff RFC's main claim is that they have never
lost to Australia. The club is a breeding ground for national
players.
Tickets to sporting events are available from the individual venues
or via their websites.
Tennis
The Welsh National Tennis Centre is located at Ocean Park, Cardiff
Bay (telephone: (029) 2045 2000). |
