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Bleddyn Bowen

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Cymro. Husband & full time Dad-cu. Ex sports man. Business leader.

Joined May 2020
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
Great day yesterday catching up with some rugby friends from the 80 ‘s with some great stories tales being told 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
It was down to Soho for the night to the girls with the shiny beeds and funny men with lipsticks on with evil minds and deeds , one said to Will from a doorway dark damn she didn’t have much on but Will knew what he wanted his photo of Barry John 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cwsg mewn hedd y brenin 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
Magical day yesterday having the honour of giving my daughter lowri away to the man josh howard ❤️💃happy new year everyone and all best for 2023🍾
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
Good to catch up with Rob Ackerman at Christ College Brecon who was my first Wales centre partner in early 80’s…
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
Great to catch up with the boys from the 1987 rugby world cup squad to support the Phil Bennett foundation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Nothing better than an early morning stroll with Archie at the Theatre of Dreams ... Trebanos RFC rugby field where the journey began for us all and let’s hope many more youngsters from this incredible village 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
So sorry to hear of the sad news of the passing of a great Trebanos man Keri Evans and the wonderful tributes paid to him by his ex pupils...My fondest memories are of him playing for Wales under 15’s and our time together playing for the Cwmtawe 1st team ... Cysga’n dawel ffrind
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
10 months
Found this photo and would have been around 1989 probably in a school presentation ..any guesses on whose the youngster who went on to represent his country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
When’s the temperatures are 30 plus only one place to go ☀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
Having fun with daughter no 2 swimming off the boat in the Med 🌊
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
Welsh Youth Rugby week in Aberystwyth 1979/80 … top memories 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda I chi gyd am 2021 a Duw ro ‘l fendith ar y teulu 🍾
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
Finally got to play her and she didn’t disappoint 🏌️‍♀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
Great to catch up and a round of golf at RPGC with ex England fast bowler Greg Thomas a fellow Trebanos boy 🏌️‍♀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Great meal from @Thecrispycod 🦞 Delicious meal to celebrate my wife’s 60th (and Wales winning of course 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿)
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
What a treat to play this course today 🏌️‍♀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
What fathers do ... looking after their daughters pup when they are working for the NHS #StaySafe #NHSheroes
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
Good day had by all at RPGC yesterday celebrating Gwynfor Higgins’s birthday...Some senior rugby players and ex international in the photo
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
A friendly starling joining us for a beer in porthcawl today 🍺
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@jpstafford @KevHahn16 Yes played in this game as curtain raiser for 1980 lions 1st test and we were the 1st rugby team to represent Wales and beat SA on their own soil … wonderful memories 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
@ITVRugby Surely has to be in Farrells coaching set up for lions v Australia
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@simonrug Loved playing with him and need to know what tablets he’s on as he never ages
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@BowenBBC @bowelcanceruk Excellent post Jeremy and 3 years ago this month the same happened with myself having a bowel resection to remove the tumour with wonderful treatment from the surgeon’s and nhs staff … early diagnosis is the difference between life and death 👍Keep up your great work 🚙
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
10 months
@jasonmohammad @thomas_trefor @BBCArchive Having been a policeman in Cwmafan / Pontrhydeyfen in the 80’s i always hoped he would visit his home during this era as i would have loved to have chatted to him in the native tongue but never had the opportunity unfortunately 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@simonrug Didn’t sleep for much of the week after this result as i felt we were the better team on the day and grand slam opportunities don’t gome your way often 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@ApsmRugby Witnessed some of his stella performances first hand and he was the best 🏉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@BoreRugby @dbish09 @glennwebbe Great programme that with Glen Webbe ,Ray Giles , Malcolm Dacey Tim Fauvell , Alan Edmunds , David Bishop and Gary Pearce going on to full international caps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@MilesHarrisonTV Great news that your on the road to recovery Miles and I had a colorectal resection in November 2019 due to a malignant tumour and I am now fully recovered and healthy again ... if you need to have a chat please contact 💪
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @LlanelliRFC @scarlets_rugby Great pics of Carwyn at St Helens Swansea and looks like a Scarlet victory 😪Remember playing a game for an international side in Llangadog for him v the locals ... great night and miss him loads. Cysg yn Dawel frind.
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@CWMTWRCHRFC @PAULREES10 Cwsg mewn hedd clive 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@LeeJarvis10 Thought he was going to kick for touch when he first walked up to the spot 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@millsjim44 @WelshRugbyUnion @WidnesRL @WalesRugbyL Had the pleasure of watching him first hand as his centre partner for Wales a complete athlete 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@ApsmRugby The Ringmaster ... what a treat to play alongside him ... mercurial talent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Royal_Porthcawl When will I see you again 😪
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@millsjim44 @WelshRugbyUnion @Cardiff_RFC @neathrfc @scarlets_rugby @WalesRugbyL Imagine if they were all of the same era and your a selector🤔Dai Watkins 9 .. Barry 10 … Benny 12 … Cliff 13 … Johnathan 15 ???
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @LlanelliRFC @SWPRFC Wonderful sportsman Martin @and glad I didn’t play that game 😂
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
@BoreRugby @fijirugby @WelshRugbyUnion @JiffyRugby Malcolm Dacey looks like he’s wanted from Crimewatch days 😂
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@CarmAthletic Would grace any World XV in any era 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@scarlets_rugby Oedd yn pleser i abnabod , chwarae yn i erbyn a gyda Phil yr Arwr o Felinfoel … cwsg yn dawel frind a meddwlam am ei deulu i gyd.
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@cencabo_rugby @ApsmRugby @RugbyWal Carlos Hello … It’s Bleddyn Bowen and i played 12 in that game in 1983 for Wales B .. what no jersey is that ? Hope your well 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
I will bring along the other Trebanos cricket terror Greg Thomas and we can have a 4 ball at Porthcawl 👍
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Robert Croft
4 years
@BowenBleddyn @ukhot Sounds like a great plan boys 👌👍👍
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@simonrug Well done again Simon on getting the message out there for early cancer diagnosis and so glad Lyn’s out the other side … huge relief 🙏
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Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@millsjim44 @WalesRugbyL @WelshRugbyUnion @WidnesRL Great pic and the three look so young ... rugby league gain and union loss 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@simonrug Great present for Xmas rugby lovers and will definitely be on my list 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@GarethWRoberts Those were the days as Mary Hopkin once sang 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@DevereuxJohn13 @StDavidsPress @andyhowellsport Looking forward to reading John and a must for rugby lovers of both codes 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Great photo ... hope Carl well👍
@ResolvenRFC
Resolven RFC
4 years
An old photo from Glyn Davies of @Resolvenrfc legend Carl Gnojek. With some other Guy. In our centenary season 1985. Great Days. ⁦ @JiffyRugby
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@glennwebbe Da iawn bois 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@ApsmRugby Jean Pierre 🇫🇷
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @ClydachCC @llangennechcc Great photo of the boys of Clydach Cricket in the 80’s with my great schoolfriend front row bottom right Colin Williams ( Dougal) RIP 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
10 months
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@BoreRugby @WelshRugbyUnion @FranceRugby This was a narrow French victory when people on the bench never got on unless an injury occurred 😪
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@WalesRugby Absolutely brilliant article ... what a player and person one of my 🏉 heroes ..and doesn’t he look dapper 😂
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@PeteCurnow @TrebanosRugby Haven’t you boys got anything better to do...there’s a good John Wayne film on .
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@PAULREES10 Life’s not fair and what a great cricketer and person RIP Mel.
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@ApsmRugby Codor 🏉 the master passer 👏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@VOC2016 Awful news RIP Keeron Jones 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@Cymruportraits @neathrfc Wonderful portrait of Keeron in his pomp .. that’s how I remember him on the Welsh Tour to South Africa in 1980 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @AlltwenRFC @RobNJones9 @phildaviesrugby @VOC2016 Good night after as some of the Alltwen boys had some good voices
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
7 months
@S4Cchwaraeon @S4C What a player my hero 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿That song also wonderful and who sings it ?
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @yrhendy2 @LoughorRFC Game being officiated by a World Cup referee from Vardre ..
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@willcarling So sorry to hear this ..RIP Paul Rendall 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@YthTrebanos @ospreys Well done Trebanos Youth ... 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@rfc_kidwelly @WalesOnline @TumbleRFC Thank you for the message much appreciated and best wishes to you all in deepest West Wales 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
RIP Wally 🙏
@WalesRugby
WalesOnline Rugby
4 years
Rest in peace Wally
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@millsjim44 Wonderful photo of an all round sportsman 🏉 🏏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@PAULREES10 @SWPRFC @phil3028 @Dinlle Colin would have been 37 then ..Lovely guy and as you mentioned gone to early 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@philsteele1 @VOC2016 Super article Hugh ... great guy and top player.
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@DavidOwen10 @scarlets_rugby True Legend 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@DavidOwen10 @FAWales Whose that with Dai Rich 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @yrhendy2 @MaestegCeltsCC JD what a talent … on his day the master blaster 🏏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
11 months
@LeeJarvis10 @AbercynonRFC Played with him when i was 18 for Neath and one top player please pass on my wishes 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
8 months
@Dinlle @VOC2016 Brilliant pic that with some top players and saddly some not with us anymore 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@LeeJarvis10 Top socks 👍
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@justinj1092 @CwmtaweSchool @TrebanosRugby Nuneaton 7’s probably 1978 ... Gary Slug Cooke, Hywel Davies , Keith Beef Jones ,Philip Tip Thomas , Huw Perry,Keri Evans, Jeremy Cooper, Myself and Richard Probert brilliant days ... on tour from there to Rosslyn Park , Solihull , Hereford etc to take on the best .
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
8 months
@TrebanosRugby Wonderful memories with Dai Post starting Trebanos youth in late 70’s and supporting me through my career 🙏Diolch
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@DevereuxJohn13 @JiffyRugby Penblwydd Hapus Jonathan ... great pics and that’s Sunningdale Golf Club ?Must have been a freebie 😂🏌️‍♀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
10 months
@BBCScrumV Great try brilliant sportsman and top man 👏🏻
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @LlanelliCricket @NeathCC Yes John Bevan dual international in cricket and rugby... not possible now?
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@Essex_Welsh_Ref @TrebanosRugby @TrebanosRFC @Llandybie_RFC Some great pics Andrew ... Anthony Jones , Keith Beef Jones , Kev and Andy MAC , Andrew Borris Thomas playing for Trebanos .. and the one and only rub a dub man in the background Glan Richards ... Keep the coming 😂
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@kevthom10 Ie cysg yn dawel Phil 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@JiffyRugby Press ups and sit ups it is then 😪See you in the new year 🏌️‍♀️
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@Nigelrefowens @JiffyRugby @Velindre Good god is that a ffergi bach as my grandfather had a tractor similar on his farm 😂Penblwydd Hapus jiffmister 🍾
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@BoreRugby Wonderful front row that with Welsh Police 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
@BoreRugby @lionsofficial @Springboks @RugbyWal @AllWalesSport Fantastic memories with the first victory recorded for a welsh rugby international side against the Springboks in 1980 👍
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
1 year
@BBCScrumV @BBCSportWales Brilliantly to see him back in wales 🏉Top appointment 👍
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Penblwydd Hapus Alan ... Cofion Gorau
@kevthom10
Kevin Thomas
4 years
@GlamCricket Happy Birthday Alan #Gentleman 👏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
4 years
Another excellent fish platter to celebrate Easter 🐟
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@DevereuxJohn13 The Darlek hand off and JD was probably the stand out player for Wales during that world cup 🏉 Billy James was your uncle thst unfortunately got injured and went home 😉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@WillGreenwood Smashing pic .. i think those trousers would still fit you
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@rfc_kidwelly I’m devastated to hear this awful news . Condolences to all his family🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
3 years
@GowertonCricket Sorry to hear this and enjoyed chatting to him always ..RIP Graham Young
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
@cjenks8 @BoreRugby @fijirugby @WelshRugbyUnion @JiffyRugby Malcolm played for the British Lions v Rest of World in Cardiff mid 80 ‘s as South Africa tour cancelled due to apartheid
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@Andrewm9258 Yes Andrew wonderful memories RIP Eddie 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
10 months
@UkWayneb @bridgendravens @DevereuxJohn13 @Big_Tige Sorry to hear this news Wayne as i also saw him at John’s book launch recently 🙏
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@ApsmRugby Brilliant player 🏉
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
9 months
@PeteCurnow Good memories those fixtures were 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@BowenBleddyn
Bleddyn Bowen
2 years
@fredfertang @BeefyBotham Played cricket with him for Pontardawe in the local cricket league in mid 90’s one summer when he was at Cardiff rugby and very talented all round sportsman and top guy Liam 👍
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