{"id":23436,"date":"2021-03-25T09:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa.wales\/?p=23436"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:47:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:47:17","slug":"magnificent-seven-come-together-to-launch-the-welsh-sports-association-countmein-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa.wales\/cy\/magnificent-seven-come-together-to-launch-the-welsh-sports-association-countmein-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificent seven come together to launch the Welsh Sports Association #COUNTMEIN campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnificent seven come together to launch the Welsh Sports Association #COUNTMEIN campaign<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seven stars from the world of Welsh sport and business \u2013 Jamie Baulch, Tesni Evans, Dan Lydiate, Ieuan Evans MBE, Jazz Carlin, Kieran Hardy and Ty Francis MBE \u2013 came together online to launch the Welsh Sports Association\u2019s (WSA) exciting #COUNTMEIN campaign \u2013 an incentive aimed at encouraging professionals to donate their time and expertise into a knowledge bank<\/a> which can then be used to enable Welsh sport to build back better after the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme was very much about Wales being a proud nation that always punches above its weight. It was about never forgetting your roots. It was about being passionate and loyal towards your homeland. And in this age of online meetings and laptop get-togethers, it was about the ability to contribute virtually to grassroots sport, regardless of where you live in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst the elite sport stars have represented Wales (and indeed the UK) in rugby, athletics, swimming and squash, they were quick to acknowledge that it was all down to their coaches and the volunteers who inspired and encouraged them at an early age that brought their dreams of representing their country to life. And why now they dedicate much of their time to giving something back to the next generation of sports stars, and why everyone with a skill can join them in the development of Welsh sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic silver medallist and double world champion athlete Jamie Baulch, who now devotes a lot of his energy into charity fundraising, said the time his foster parents invested in him, taking him to train at Newport Harriers, set him on the path to enable him to ultimately achieve his sporting dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI call it the Christmas tree effect,\u201d said Jamie. \u201cWhen you become an icon in whatever you do, you have to give it your best \u2013 you\u2019re the star at the top of the tree getting the medals, but I wouldn\u2019t have been there if it wasn\u2019t for my mum and dad, my coach and people like Colin Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been defined as just a runner, but it\u2019s given me the opportunity to go on and do so much more in life. I enjoy being able to give something back and I\u2019ve managed to raise a lot of money around the world for good causes via my BidAid and uWin fundraising activities. I sometimes pinch myself because of the social reach I now have and the people I know, and if I can utilise that to raise money and give back then it\u2019s a great thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double Olympic silver medal winning swimmer Jazz Carlin remembers races against her headmaster in primary school and beating him twice! Her mother and father encouraged her to try different sports, just to see if she liked them, although it was clear from a very early age that she was a naturally gifted swimmer. However, it was the support network of volunteers that brought that raw talent to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always remember the coaches and volunteers who believed in me,\u201d said Jazz. \u201cThey didn\u2019t just try and shape me to be good in sport, they supported and encouraged me to be the best person I could be. People like that help you develop and grow in different ways. For me it was the coaches who gave me the confidence to make me believe that I could progress and achieve in sport. I also wouldn\u2019t be here without my family, and their support was a huge factor for me. Diving into the water at 05.15 in the morning isn\u2019t for everyone, and when I look back I don\u2019t know how I did that and then went to school all day as well \u2013 but I couldn\u2019t have done it without all the people who gave up their time to support me. They made a very big difference \u2013 not just getting me to competitions, but giving me the belief that I could do it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tesni Evans, the world number nine female squash player, agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my career to date, my most special moments are playing for Wales,\u201d said the five-time Welsh national squash champion. \u201cI do compete in an individual sport, but it\u2019s still a team effort \u2013 and I\u2019ve had so much support from everyone in Wales in terms of the governing body, Sport Wales and everyone. My best career moments have been, and will continue to be, when I\u2019m wearing a Welsh shirt and I\u2019m proud to travel around the world and tell people that I\u2019m from Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ieuan Evans MBE, the former Wales and British and Irish Lions star, says he feels a strong \u201csense of duty\u201d to give back to the sport. And helping to develop community rugby is a key reason why he has become a National Council Member of the Welsh Rugby Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery sport relies on the participants, but the volunteers are the ones that bring that resource and raw material to life,\u201d said Ieuan. \u201cFor all the talk about elite sport, playing in World Cups, taking part in Commonwealth Games and at the Olympics, that\u2019s the roof of the sport and you can\u2019t do it without the foundations holding it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me now, it\u2019s about giving back. You feel an obligation and a sense of duty to contribute and help sustain the game and move it forward. We know how important sport is to the psyche of Wales. We\u2019re a small country and in many cases, with 3.2 million people, we over achieve, and sport is a way to project ourselves across the globe. Giving something back is a responsibility that I gladly carry, but I\u2019m very mindful of where it started \u2013 and that was playing rugby on College Fields in Carmarthen, in front of four people and a dog. My friends from back then are still my friends today, because the benefits from playing sport are not just physical, but they are life lessons and they are invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kieran Hardy has fond memories playing rugby in school and going on to play for Pontyberem RFC and then the Scarlets, before making an international winning debut for Wales against Georgia in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was always a dream when I started playing rugby at the age of six that one day I would go on to play for Wales,\u201d said Kieran. \u201cBack then it was all about having fun of course, but it\u2019s all thanks to the volunteers and then the coaches who gave me the confidence to finally go on to play for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And even when the chips are down, there is much to give back to the sport. Take Dan Lydiate. He spent two years recovering from injury and working his way back into the Welsh rugby team, and then just 10 minutes into his first International match back he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament knee injury. He grew up on a farm near Llandrindod Wells and much of his early training was in what he calls a \u201cgreen gym\u201d \u2013 running after animals and throwing bales of hay. And even through he\u2019s back recuperating on the same farm, he\u2019s proud that he has always tried his best and achieved great things at the very highest level of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy brother and I are fifth generation working on the same farm, it\u2019s not a big farm but it\u2019s my passion outside rugby,\u201d said Dan. \u201cSeeing how hard my parents worked, and still work, instilled a good work ethic in me and it\u2019s what I\u2019ve taken into my professional career as a rugby player. It\u2019s taught me a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPromoting grass roots sport, especially if you\u2019ve made it as a professional, is certainly something myself and a lot of others want to do. Obviously growing up on a farm meant that I didn\u2019t have a gym, but I got my fitness from running around the fields. Fitness is good for your mental was well as physical health, so it\u2019s something we should all help to promote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And it\u2019s not just sportsmen and women who can make a difference to Welsh sport and the WSA\u2019s #COUNTMEIN campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ty Francis MBE was born in Cardiff and educated in Pembrokeshire before work (and marriage) took him to the US. The entrepreneur has worked at the New York Stock Exchange, and is the Chief Advisory Officer at LRN Corporation, a global corporate governance and ethics consultancy, and the founder of New York Welsh, which has over 2,000 members. He has also created a sponsorship network to raise money to support grassroots junior, female and mixed ability sports\u2019 teams in Wales \u2013 with 200 community players benefitting from his passion and goodwill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt all started when I was back from the States and down in Tenby watching my friend\u2019s son play in the under 18 Tenby Swifts, and they had beautiful shirts with sponsor logos on,\u201d recalls Ty. \u201cAfterwards the girl\u2019s team came out, and they were wearing these really bland blue t-shirts, and I found out that it was because girl\u2019s teams rarely get sponsored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ty returned to New York and set about changing that. It not only resulted in nice new shirts, but a change in mind set as the girl\u2019s team felt equal and their confidence was boosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have now supported two hundred players in Wales. It\u2019s wonderful to give something back, things that a lot of people take for granted, and to see youngsters so happy because of it. I was at a game watching the Dragons play, and Mike Sage, who was their community manager, walked up to me and said that he\u2019d seen what I\u2019d done with the girl\u2019s teams and wondered if I\u2019d do the same with mixed ability teams. So I took the idea back to the network and now we support three mixed ability teams in Newport, with physical and mental disabilities, and there are two girls\u2019 teams there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s grown to the point where I see teams with no sponsorship on their shirts and I phone them up and ask if they want help. People outside sport can volunteer. Give their time \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have to be money. And when people find out how little some of these clubs need to make a massive impact, it\u2019s really quite simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victoria Ward, Chief Executive of the Welsh Sports Association, is delighted with the launch of the #COUNTMEIN campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCovid-19 has hit sport hard in Wales, as it has across the UK and around the world, and there are so many buzz words like \u2018unprecedented\u2019 and \u2018build back better\u2019 \u2013 and that really is what we are trying to do,\u201d said Victoria. \u201cBecause of the pandemic we are all now communicating online, so it doesn\u2019t matter where on the planet you live, if you\u2019re a proud Welsh person and you want to get involved with sport back at home you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are indebted to the volunteers and coaches who inspire our young sportspeople, but the business and governance of sport can come from experience gained in different sectors, and that\u2019s who #COUNTMEIN is reaching out to connect with. Someone like, for example, a graphic designer, who can donate two or three working days this year into our knowledge bank<\/a>, which can be used by a grassroots sports team who need, but could not otherwise enlist, the help of a graphic designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWales is a small and very proud nation, and wherever you are in the world we want to harness that passion and enthusiasm that people have got for sport in Wales and get more and more people involved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please contact the team on: 029 2033 4972 or admin@wsa.wales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the WSA \u2018Knowledge Bank\u2019 here:https:\/\/wsa.wales\/knowledge-bank\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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