Community Sport

Wednesday 21 October is set to be a celebration of Cardiff Met Sport, as Maroon Wednesday brings students, staff and supporters together for a day of sport, campus pride and prizes. With Archers competing across a range of sports, we're inviting the Cardiff Met community to wear maroon, get behind our teams and discover everything that university sport has to offer. Whether you're a regular on the sidelines or have never watched a Cardiff Met fixture before, Maroon Wednesday

Cardiff Met FC have made Welsh football history, becoming the first club from Wales to reach the second round of the UEFA Youth League following a 4–1 aggregate victory over Luxembourg side FC UNA Strassen. Photo from Sam Jones The Young Archers secured their place in the next stage of Europe's prestigious youth club competition on Wednesday 14 October, progressing despite a 1–0 defeat in the second leg in Luxembourg. Jack Lyons' side travelled to the Stade An de Millewisen w

For Cardiff Met student Evie Kreeger, studying performance analysis has opened the door to seeing sport from an entirely different perspective, and taken her from the classroom into the heart of an international high-performance environment. A Sport Performance Analysis student at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Evie is currently undertaking a placement with the Welsh Feathers, combining her academic studies with hands-on experience supporting Wales’ international netball pr

New evaluation data from Cardiff Met Sport’s Active Tots programme has highlighted a significant increase in practitioner knowledge and confidence following its largest training delivery to date. The findings follow July’s Active Tots training, which brought together 108 members of staff from approximately 18 early years settings across Cardiff. While around a quarter of those attending already rated their knowledge and confidence as good or excellent before the session, end-

Jazmine Airey, a swimmer within the Cardiff Met Aquatics Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Learn to Swim Programme, successfully attended the Summer Swimming Camp in a mainstream group setting. This was a significant achievement for both Jazmine and Cardiff Met Aquatics, as it marked the first time Cardiff Met Aquatics has been able to support a swimmer from the ALN programme to participate in this way. With the dedication, planning and support of swimming teacher Jeremy King,

On 7 July, the Active Young People team at Cardiff Met Community hosted a landmark Active Tots training event in partnership with Flying Start, bringing together over 100 nursery practitioners from Darling Buds and Little Angels for a dedicated workforce development day. The event marked the first time Active Tots has been delivered as a whole-staff INSET Day, reflecting the growing demand and popularity of the programme. Active Tots is a physical literacy programme designed

We are delighted to announce the successful completion of the latest School Sport Survey, with an incredible 9,249 pupil responses received from across the local authority. Most significantly, this is the first time in eight years that the survey has achieved the minimum response threshold required to produce a local authority report, ensuring that the voices of thousands of young people can help shape the future of sport and physical activity. The survey generated 9,249 pupi

Cardiff's Young Ambassador of the Month for July is Adrianha from Ysgol Glan Morfa. Adrianha has made history as the first Bronze Young Ambassador to receive this award, a fantastic achievement that reflects her dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to supporting physical activity within her school community. Mrs Jenkins praised Adrianha's development throughout the year, saying: "Adrianha is the quieter of the group but has shown a lot of personal growth and has developed a

Cardiff Metropolitan University welcomed Swim Wales and the Black Swimming Association (BSA) to Cyncoed Campus as the Cardiff Met swimming pool hosted a special water safety event marking World Drowning Prevention Day. The Swim Safe Cymru Pwll sessions brought families together to learn vital water safety knowledge and practical skills designed to help prevent drowning and increase confidence in and around water. Cardiff Met Aquatics supported the event, with swimming teacher

The summer holidays continue at Cardiff Met from Monday 10 August, with another packed programme of junior sport camps offering young people the opportunity to stay active, develop their skills and enjoy sport. BOOK NOW Football, swimming, tennis, basketball and hockey sessions are all taking place over the coming weeks, with options available for different ages, experience levels and interests. Places remain available across a number of the camps, although families are encou

Our team was proud to join Cardiff Children's Services at Cardiff's Play Day event last week, celebrating the power of play and helping families discover new ways to stay active outdoors throughout the summer. The event provided a fantastic opportunity to launch and promote our new Explore the Outdoors resource, designed to give families simple, accessible ideas for enjoying outdoor spaces together. To support this, we prepared 150 activity bags containing free equipment, a p

Established in January 2026, the Archer Leadership Programme (ALP) was created as the Cardiff Met Sport | Chwaraeon Met Caerdydd response to the Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassadors initiative. Since then, it has already demonstrated the incredible power of student leadership as a vehicle for maximising engagement in and through sport. By recruiting five undergraduate students with diverse experiences, skills and perspectives, the programme has built the foundations of a team

Llandaff Fields was buzzing with activity on Sunday afternoon as 92 people took part in a free Barclays Big Tennis Weekend event, delivered by Cardiff Met Tennis. The event formed part of the national Barclays Big Tennis Weekends campaign, an LTA initiative designed to encourage people of all ages and abilities to pick up a racket and experience tennis for free at local venues across Great Britain. The programme aims to introduce new players to the sport in a fun, welcoming e

At the special event marking the arrival of the King’s Baton Relay and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Welsh squad announcement, Cardiff Met celebrated another structural milestone: their evolution into “Wales’ Sporting University”. By connecting academic research, elite athletic performance, student-led leadership, and community relationships, the university has built an unmatched ecosystem. To explore what this identity means for the future of the nation, a diverse pane

Cardiff Met Sport will welcome young players to Archers Arena this August for a series of basketball summer camps, offering children the chance to stay active, build confidence and develop their skills during the school holidays. Book Now The camps are open to children from Reception to Year 6, with sessions running from 09:30 to 12:30 on Tuesday 4 August, Wednesday 5 August and Thursday 6 August. Each day costs £15, with all three sessions available for £45. Wheelchair Baske

My role within Open Campus was to deliver inclusive and inspiring multi-sport experiences. These sessions included basketball, hockey, athletics, badminton, netball and gymnastics, and were aimed at children aged 5–17 within the Cardiff region. Group sizes typically ranged from 15 to 30 participants. The programme was designed to cater for a wide range of needs and abilities, ensuring all participants could engage meaningfully. If I had to summarise the most important lesson

Cardiff Met Sport and Met Community are proud to support Drowning Prevention Week (13–20 June 2026), a national campaign dedicated to raising awareness of water safety and helping to prevent avoidable accidents. Delivered by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), Drowning Prevention Week is the UK’s largest annual water safety campaign. It focuses on equipping children and young people with essential knowledge and skills ahead of the summer holidays, when time spent arou

Cardiff Met Tennis will deliver a series of summer tennis camps across Cyncoed Campus and Llandaff Fields this summer, offering junior players the chance to learn, improve and enjoy the game in a fun and supportive environment. BOOK NOW The camps are open to players of all ages and abilities, from those picking up a racket for the first time to more experienced juniors looking to develop their skills and gain more match-play experience. Led by qualified and experienced coache

Following our recent update on progress towards a Cardiff Local Authority School Sport Survey report, we are pleased to share further positive developments, with more schools completing the survey and prize winners now being announced. The continued engagement from schools across Cardiff is helping to strengthen the overall dataset, ensuring the city moves closer to producing a robust and representative Local Authority report on young people’s experiences of sport and physica

Sporting Libraries are a warm, welcoming way to help children and families discover the joy of being active. Built on a simple idea, the initiative removes common barriers to physical activity by letting families borrow sports and play equipment free of charge from familiar community spaces such as libraries, community centres and family hubs. By taking away the cost of buying equipment, Sporting Libraries make being active feel possible, inviting and stress free for everyone