2006 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2006 to Wales and its people.

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Incumbents

Events
  • 8 January - Four members of Rhyl Cycling Club are killed in a road accident near Abergele.
  • February - At its spring conference, Plaid Cymru announces several changes to its public image. It is announced that "Plaid" will be used as the party's name, although "Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales" remains the official title. The party's colours are changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, and the party logo is changed from the 'triban' used since 1933 to a yellow Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica). Ieuan Wyn Jones is designated party leader.[1]
  • 13 February - Gwenno Teifi Ffransis, granddaughter of Gwynfor Evans, becomes the first Welsh language protester to be sent to jail since 1995. She is sentenced to five days imprisonment for refusing to pay damages imposed by a court for damaging Radio Carmarthenshire's Narberth studio in protest over its lack of Welsh broadcasts.[2]
  • 16 February - Julien Macdonald and some of his models are pelted with flour bombs by animal rights campaigners disapproving of the use of fur in his fashion designs.[3]
  • 22 February - As The Prince of Wales's court case against The Mail on Sunday continues in the High Court, revelations include the fact that he considers himself a dissident.[4]
  • 1 March - The Queen opens the new Senedd building in Cardiff.
  • 13 March - Dafydd Wigley announces that he is considering a political comeback.
  • 5 April - Legendary singer Gene Pitney is found dead in his Cardiff hotel room after an outstanding concert performance at St David's Hall.
  • 16 April - The first Welsh International Harp Festival opens at Caernarfon.
  • May - Two Big Brother contestants, Imogen Thomas and Glyn Wise, are told not to use the Welsh language for private conversations. The ruling is reversed after a formal complaint from the Welsh Language Society.[5]
  • 7 May - Russell T Davies wins the Dennis Potter Award at the BAFTA television awards ceremony.[6]
  • 27 - 28 May - The Full Ponty music festival is launched.[7]
  • 29 May - Max Boyce headlines at a concert in Pontypridd to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Welsh national anthem. Also appearing are Rhod Gilbert, Mike Peters, Shân Cothi and Hayley Westenra.
  • 9 June - Rhodri Morgan opens Anglesey Coastal Path.
  • 17 June
  • 29 June - In the Blaenau Gwent by-elections
  • 4 July - Alun Pugh announces that the planned merger of the Welsh Language Board with the Welsh Assembly Government, announced in 2004, will be postponed until after the next Assembly elections in 2007.
  • 5 July - The Prince of Wales is presented with a £150,000 gold leaf harp by Salvi Harps, for use by the Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales.
  • 20 July - The NDA announced that Wylfa power station will be shut down in 2010.
  • 5 August - The 2006 National Eisteddfod of Wales opens in Swansea.
  • 17 August - In the Clydach murders re-trial, David Morris is for a second time found guilty of four murders.
  • 15 September - The Conservative Party in Wales adopts a sessile oak as its new emblem.
  • 26 September - For the first time in a Welsh court, the mother of a murder victim is allowed to make a statement following the conviction of her daughter's killer.
  • 28 September - Health minister Brian Gibbons admits that the NHS Wales is £100 million in debt.
  • 12 October - The Automatic apologise publicly for trashing the GMTV set, excusing themselves on the grounds that they were still drunk from the previous night and had had only a few minutes' notice that they were due to perform on the show.
  • November - It becomes known that the Prince of Wales had purchased a farm in Carmarthenshire for his personal use and would also be letting it to holidaymakers. It is the first house he has ever bought in Wales.
  • 3 November - Jones Jones Jones, an event held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, succeeds in breaking the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname in one place.
  • 24 November - Ferndale Rugby Club welcomes celebrity guests to the grand opening of its "Sir Stanley Baker Lounge".
  • 9 December - Welsh actor Owain Yeoman marries Lucy Davis at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
  • 27 December - Torchwood star John Barrowman and architect Scott Gill become civil partners at a small ceremony in Cardiff.

Arts and literature

Awards

New books

Welsh language

English language

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

English-language television

Sport
  • 1 January – Athlete Timothy Benjamin, currently the UK's top 400m runner, announces that he will not be fully fit for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
  • 13 February – Wales rugby union coach Mike Ruddock announces his shock resignation.
  • 5 March – Joe Calzaghe defeats Jeff Lacy to retain the IBF world super middleweight boxing championship.
  • 10 March – Ian Woosnam is appointed "ambassador" for Welsh golf in the run up to the 2010 Ryder Cup, to be held at the Celtic Manor Resort near Newport.
  • 16 March – Swimmer David Davies wins a bronze medal on the first day's competition in the 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne, Australia.
  • 20 March – Sprinter Christian Malcolm pulls a hamstring in the 100m heats and is forced to withdraw from the Games.
  • 26 March – Team Wales completes the Commonwealth Games having met and surpassed its target of 18 medals. The team won 3 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals in all.
  • 26 March – Mark Williams wins his second China Open title.[8]
  • 13 May – Owing to the late completion of Wembley Stadium, the FA Cup Final is held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium for the sixth year in a row.
  • October – Peter Ridsdale replaces Sam Hammam as chairman of Cardiff City F.C.
  • 4 October – The Football Association of Wales signs two-year sponsorship deal with Welsh drinks and hospitality company Brains.
  • 10 October – It is announced that a bust of the former Wales, Leeds and Juventus football star John Charles is to be put on display at Swansea Liberty Stadium.
  • 11 October – Cardiff Athletics Stadium wins the Club Future Partnership of the Year 2006 Cup from UK Athletics for its continued partnership with other organisations throughout the city and its support of events and athletes.
  • 14 October – Boxing: Joe Calzaghe successfully defends his WBO/IBF World Super-Middleweight title defence against Sakio Bika.
  • 15 October – Cardiff Marathon 2006
  • 29 October – A record 1,500 runners takes part in the 25th National Trust Snowdonia Marathon. The winner for the fifth time is Dennis Walmsley.
  • 2 November – Golf: The team of Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards and Llewellyn Matthews takes Wales to fourth place at the World Amateur Team Championships in Stelle.
  • 4 November – Rugby union: Wales draw with Australia in the first Autumn International Test Match of 2006.
  • 18 to 19 November – Cycling: International Sprint Omnium takes place at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport.

Births
  • 28 December - Ana Gwen, daughter of Catrin Finch and Hywel Wigley

Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Plaid image change 'a new start'". BBC News. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Language campaigner jailed for second time". Daily Post. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  3. "Paris pelted with flour". Evening Standard. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. James Sturcke (22 February 2006). "Charles, the dissident". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. "Big Brother's warning over Welsh". BBC News Wales. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. Hugh Davies (8 May 2006). "BBC cleans up at the Baftas". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  7. "Full Ponty Festival details". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. "Mark Williams beats Ding Junhui to win China Open title". BBC Sport. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  9. "Ivor Barry dies". WalesOnline. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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