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2002 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2002 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • First Minister – Rhodri Morgan
  • Secretary of State for Wales
  • Paul Murphy (until 24 October)
  • Peter Hain
  • Archbishop of Wales – Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth (translated)
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Meirion Evans (outgoing)
  • Robyn Llŷn (incoming)

    • Events

  • In the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll, those with a Welsh connection who finished in the top 100 were:
  • Diana, Princess of Wales - 3
  • Elizabeth I of England - 7
  • Owain Glyndŵr - 23
  • Henry VIII of England - 40
  • Aneurin Bevan - 45
  • Henry V of England - 72
  • Richard Burton - 96
  • March 13 - Ferry MS Stena Europe introduced on Fishguard–Rosslare route.
  • April - Welsh Assembly Government concessionary travel scheme (‘Cerdyn Cymru’) entitles over-60s and registered disabled people to uniform free off-peak travel on all stage carriage bus services.
  • May - H & Claire release their debut single.
  • May 25 - Jessica Garlick represents the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Estonia.
  • June
  • Archaeologists discover the Newport ship.
  • DNA from the exhumed body of Joe Kappen proves beyond reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the murders of three teenage girls in 1973.
  • Donald Wales sets a UK electric land speed record of 220 km/h at Pendine Sands in Bluebird Electric 2.
  • June 18 - Cowbridge businessman Peter Shaw is kidnapped while working in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is held in brutal conditions until he escapes in November.
  • June 28 - David Morris receives four life sentences for the Clydach murders of June 1999. Despite his having been a suspect days after the murder was committed, it had taken police 21 months to arrest and charge him.
  • July
  • Research reveals that Wales has the highest figures for company failures of any region of the UK.
  • Ebbw Vale Steelworks shut down.
  • August - "Barney" saves his owners' lives by warning them of a fire at their home in Wrexham.
  • August 5 - Rowan Williams is admitted to the Gorsedd of bards.
  • October - Archaeological excavations on a Bronze Age site recover the Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc, one of the earliest gold objects found in Wales.
  • October 24 - Paul Murphy is appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

    • Arts and literature

  • Teenage actor Gethin Rhys Williams is killed in an accident in Spain.
  • Connie Fisher wins the Wilbert Lloyd Roberts Scholarship in the National Eisteddfod "Songs from the Shows" competition.
  • Menna Elfyn is named Poet Laureate for the Children of Wales.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Myrddin ap Dafydd
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Aled Jones Lewis
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - O! Tyn y Gorchudd - Hunangofiant Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price
  • Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Stevie Davies, The Element of Water
  • Welsh language:
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Eurig Wyn
  • John Tripp Prize for Spoken Poetry - Cliff Forshaw

    • English language

  • Richard J. Evans - Telling Lies About Hitler
  • Ken Follett - Hornet Flight
  • Steve Jones - The Descent of Men
  • Jo Mazelis - Diving Girls
  • Jan Morris - A Writer's House in Wales
  • Steve Strange - Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange
  • Rachel Trezise - In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl
  • Rowan Williams - Arius - Heresy and Tradition

    • Welsh language

  • Grahame Davies - Cadwyni Rhyddid
  • Angharad Price - O! Tyn y Gorchudd
  • Eirug Wyn - Bitsh

    • Drama

  • Dic Edwards - Franco's Bastard

    • Film

  • Christian Bale stars in Laurel Canyon.
  • Craig Handley writes On All Floors.
  • Anthony Hopkins plays Hannibal Lecter for the third time, in Red Dragon.

    • Welsh-language films

  • Gwyfyn.
  • Oedd yr Addewid

    • Music

  • 3SL - "Take it Easy" (single)
  • Carreg Lafar - Profiad (album)
  • Feeder - Comfort In Sound (album)
  • Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
  • Bonnie Tyler - Heart & Soul/Heart Strings (album)

    • English-language television

  • Cable TV (chat show with Stuart Cable)

    • Welsh-language television

  • Gwyfyn

    • 2002 Commonwealth Games

  • 25 July-4 August - At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the Wales team wins a total of 31 medals: 6 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze.

    • Cycling

  • Andrew Windsor wins the Welsh National Road Race Championships.

    • Football

  • John Fashanu becomes Chairman of Barry Town.
  • Barry Town are Welsh Cup winners after beating Bangor City 4-1, and win a sixth League of Wales title.
  • Winners of the three divisions in the Welsh Football League are: Ton Pentre (Division 1), Garden Village (Division 2) & Newport YMCA (Division 3).
  • Welshpool Town are champions of the Cymru Alliance.

    • Horse racing

  • 27 December - The Welsh National is won by Mini Sensation, ridden by Jonjo O'Neill.

    • Rugby union

  • December - Brynmawr RFC and Abertillery RFC withdraw from the Principality Cup, after the Welsh Rugby Union makes an error during the live radio draw for the fifth round.

    • Snooker

  • 27 January - Paul Hunter wins the 2002 Welsh Open.

    • Deaths

  • 2 January
  • Ian Grist, politician, 63
  • Arthur Joseph, cricketer, 82
  • 7 January - Jon Lee, rock musician, 33
  • 12 January - Moss Evans, trade union leader, 76
  • 3 February - Edward Thomas Chapman, Victoria Cross recipient, 82
  • 22 February - David James, cricketer, 80
  • March - Geoff Charles, photojournalist, 93
  • 2 March - Mary Grant Price, costume designer, 85
  • 3 March - Bill Hopkin, rugby player, 87
  • 6 March - David Jenkins, Librarian of the National Library of Wales 1969-79, 89
  • 12 March - Cyril P. Cule, author, 99
  • 7 May - Ewart Jones, organic chemist and academic administrator, 91
  • 26 September - Willie Davies, Wales international rugby union and league player, 86
  • 6 October - Nick Whitehead, athlete, 69
  • November - Ernie Jones, footballer, 81/82
  • 3 November - Sir John Habakkuk, economic historian, 87
  • 20 November - George Guest, organist and choirmaster of St John's College, Cambridge, 78
  • December - Brian Morgan Edwards, businessman, 68
  • 10 December - Steve Llewellyn, rugby league player, 78
  • 24 December - Jake Thackray, singer-songwriter, 64
  • 31 December - Billy Morris, footballer, 84

    • References

    2002 in Wales Wikipedia
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