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Sports & Pastimes
The Kenfig and surrounding areas has a strong sporting tradition that spans many centuries. The area is unique
in its many diverse sports ranging from that of traditional Rugby, Football and Cricket to that of a once popular and
somewhat crude form of hockey known as 'Bando' that was played on Kenfig Sands during the 18th & 19th
Centuries.
The Sports & Pastimes section outlines the history behind local sports clubs, organisations and compares the
pastimes of individuals of yesteryear with that of the 21st century - Are we still a true sporting nation or have
we become a nation of sports viewers? Were sports people fitter and healthier when they took part in sports for the
passion and love of the game (in addition to working long hours in mines and factories) or can the reverse be said
of todays sporting stars who look to the financial rewards in addition to living a much more relaxed and less arduous
lifestyle.
Rugby Football Clubs
There has always been a passion for the game of Rugby in the Kenfig and surrounding neighbourhood. It is also
not uncommon for inter-club passions to explode both on and off the pitch where ever opposing teams meet.
Learn the histories of local Rugby Football Clubs
Bando or Bandy
During the 18th and 19th century the game of bando was played with curved ash sticks and balls of stuffed leather
on the Kenfig Sands between the river mouth and Sker rocks.
Bando was particularly popular in Glamorgan and was similar to the modern game of hockey
where the teams used clubs to strike the ball towards a goal.
In 1817, some 3,000 people turned out to watch a match between Margam and Newton Nottage. Learn of
'The Margam Bando Boys' and the Margam Volunteer Rifle Corps.
Pyle Marlins Octopush ClubCommunity / Sports & Pastimes / Pyle Octopush Club
OctopushUnderwater Hockey in a nut shell, Octopush is an English invention started in 1954.
Learn about Octopush in general and the Pyle Marlins Octopush Club who are based at Pyle Swimming Pool every
wednesday evenings from 9-10pm.
The Pyle Ocotopush Club started playing in Pyle Pool when the pool first opened in January 1982 and have
been Welsh Champions for almost 12 years in this unique underwater sport.
Information: Supplied courtesy Pyle Marlins Octopush Club
Local Sports People Hall of Fame... documented through the Ages [ Sporting Hall of Fame ]
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| Content: Pyle Marlins Octopush Information | Pyle Marlins Octopush Club | Pyle Marlins Octopush Club | Pyle |
