Rhodri Owen
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Optimism turns to realism for 'youngest' football coach
When the season ended the club found itself lying 16th out of 16 teams in the division with a return of just four points from one win and one draw in 30 games.
More than just St David's Day
1 March is not the solitary preserve of the patron saint of Wales. Either by tradition, design or political whim the day is celebrated across the world for a variety of other reasons.
Football manager, 19, is 'eternal optimist'
Sir Alex Ferguson was around 34 when he first donned the manager's tracksuit. Sir Matt Busby and Bill Shankly were 36, Brian Clough was 30. When it comes to starting out in senior football management 19-year-old Dave Webber has already eclipsed four of the all time greats.
My Christmas: the Royal Navy sailor
It is one thing to be working over Christmas but quite another to be doing so aboard a ship at sea almost 8,000 miles away from home.
My Christmas: the rugby player
When you're back from the pub and tucking in to a plateful of turkey and trimmings on Christmas Day, washing it down with a nice glass of wine perhaps, spare a thought for Ken Owens.
My Christmas: the turkey farmer
Jennifer and her partner Michael Stevens have run their turkey farm in Llanllwni, near Llanybydder in Carmarthenshire, for the past 20 years.
My Christmas: the toy shop owner
So much for the digital age. When Father Christmas opened his mailbox this year he would have seen no shortage of requests for old fashioned toys like wooden train sets and board games like Ludo.
My Christmas: the tree seller
"We had to start from scratch," he says. "We planted a few acres and had to wait as with Christmas trees it's a quite a long cycle. We sell trees that are around seven to eight years old."
My Christmas: the elf
Nicky, 40, from Glyntawe in the Brecon Beacons, has spent the last five Decembers working alongside Father Christmas in his grotto at the National Showcaves Centre at Dan yr Ogof.
Wilf Wooller: centenary of a Welsh sporting great
No-one compiling a list of the greatest Welsh sportsmen and women could afford to leave out the name of Wilf Wooller, who was born 100 years ago this month in Rhos on Sea, Denbighshire.
"Quest" to build Soundtrack Festival
The relationship between music and the moving image is celebrated this weekend at the Soundtrack International Film and Music Festival.
