Wales(Cymru)

Where is Wales?

• Wales is in the U.K, and is 1 of the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom, including

• ~England

• ~Scotland

• ~Northern Ireland.

What is Wales famous for?

• Beautiful countryside• Nice beaches• Good singers• Cold weather • Rugby

Interesting facts about Wales

• The Capital of Wales is Cardiff, which is situated in the south of Wales.

• Wales has it’s own language called Welsh which is older than the english language

• Only 25% of welsh people speak welsh

• Wales’s patron Saint is called St. David and on March 1st every year welsh people celebrate this day.

Famous Welsh singers

• Tom Jones• The Stereophonics• The Manic Street Preachers• Charlotte Church• Catherine Jenkins• Duffy • Catatonia• Bonnie Tyler• Shirley Bassey

Other famous Welsh people

• Catherine Zeta Jones (The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment, Ocean’s 11, The Terminal)

• Ryan Giggs (Manchester United footballer)

• Joe Calzaghe

Swansea (my city)

• Swansea is situated is South Wales, 1 hour from Cardiff• Swansea has lovely beaches and is good for surfing• Catherine Zeta Jones is originally from Swansea, as is the singer of “Total

eclipse of the heart” called Bonnie Tyler• Swansea has good nightlife and there are lots of Bars and clubs all situated

on 1 street.

Sport in Wales

• Football and Rugby are the main sports in Wales.

• The Welsh rugby team are part of the “Six Nations” tournament along with England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and France.

• The Welsh football team includes some famous footballers such as Ryan Giggs, Robbie Savage and Craig Bellamy.

• In Swansea football and rugby are very popular and we have a new Stadium called The Liberty stadium where the football team “Swansea City” and the rugby team “The Ospreys” play.

Swansea City and their Spanish links

• Jordi Gomez is a footballer who plays for Swansea City but is on loan from RCD Espanol. He was born in Barcelona, and supports Barca football team. On 23 September, Gomez scored the winning goal against rivals Cardiff City in the first derby for seven years.

• Guillem Bauza is another spanish footballer who now plays for Swansea City. He also used to play for Espanol.

• Gorka Pintado is from San Sebastian. He used to play for Granada CF before joining Swansea City.

• Angel Rangel is from Cataluna, and used to play for Catalunian side Terrassa FC.

• Andrea Orlandi is on loan from Barcelona FC. He has played many games for Barcelona B team and appeared in the 1st team 4 times.

• Our Manager Roberto Martinez used to play for Real Zaragoza in La Liga. He was born in 1973 and is 35 years old. In 2003 he joined Swansea City as a player,and on 21st Febuary 2007 he became our manager.

Sport

• The official stadium for all sports in Wales is called The Millennium Stadium which is situated in Cardiff.

• Swansea City football club are managed by a Spanish manager, called Roberto Martinez.