Author Archives: Oscar Cayo-Evans

I spoke to Steve Hall, natural competitive bodybuilder on his views on where the sport is at currently and what can be done in future to help draw more people to the sport. “I think the sport would be in a better place in terms of the public eye if bodybuilding shows were tested andContinue reading “Quality over quantity, what is the current state of bodybuilding in 2022 doing for the sports long term growth in popularity?”

My time with Steve Hall, both filming bits and bobs for the documentary and during the in depth interview I can confidently state that it was one of the most invigorating and professional developmentally experiences I’ve had on the sports journalism course to date. Here’s what I learned through my interactions with Steve Hall. Steve Hall isContinue reading “My experience interviewing and spending time with a competitive natural bodybuilder”

My personal experience March rolled along after my first month or so of working with prost, and I was starting to get a lot busier managing assessments and my dissertation around work. The prost international USW group chat began to fade and was no longer as active on a regular basis. I thought I shouldContinue reading “My experience of my ongoing 10+ week online placement with Prostinternational”

My personal experience After completing my last 8-week internship with the FAW Trust before Christmas, I returned for my second term eager to get more work experience hours. After sending out a few emails, I was chosen along with a few other of my fellow sports journalism USW course mates. To begin, I was askedContinue reading “My first few weeks with Prostinternational placement”

My final weeks on placement After writing my first few pieces for Gareth Rogers and the FAW trust, I was getting back up to speed with my writing skills, which I had believed I needed to brush up on before returning to university for my final year. In my last weeks of placement, my mostContinue reading “FAW Placement blog 2”

My personal experience of what I did  Back in September, when I returned to university for my third year, I was made aware in my lectures for the module Sports portfolio 2 that 120 hours of work would need to be completed by May 9, whether in person at the workplace or online in theContinue reading “My first few weeks of FAW Trust placement”

The football commentator best known for his four years in 1998-2002 as the voice of Scottish football believes the continuous stories made from the opinions of certain pundits shouldn’t be looked into too much as ‘this is just the way of the world these days.’ With 30 years of experience in commentary, working in theContinue reading “Sky Sports commentator Ian Crocker embracing the changes in sports media, weighing up the positives and negatives of both the era’s he’s experienced.”

The football tv presenter based in Singapore and best known for hosting “The John Dykes show” currently available on Disney plus is particularly disappointed with the current state the online media is in. Dykes who built his career working out in Asia working with ESPN between 1997 and 2010 believes “so much news is madeContinue reading ““Cynicism and scepticism” John Dykes views on the current state of sports media industry news.”

The former Ton Pentre AFC striker now turned manager has recently turned his attention to refereeing part time on Sunday’s after taking part in the South Wales Treforest based refereeing course and is loving every minute of it.  The full time P.E. teacher at Cardiff West CHS high school said: “I’m going as far asContinue reading “Treharris Athletic Western manager now turned referee Nana Baah calls for more people of diversity to get involved with refereeing”

The talented full-back, who played in the Premier League for Aston Villa and Swansea City, has completed a bespoke version of the course, in a group of his international teammates, which included Ashley Williams, Joe Allen, Joe Ledley, James Chester and Sam Vokes.  Amid the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 43-times capped international completedContinue reading “Neil Taylor has become the first of a group of Wales’ Euro 2016 stars to showcase his coaching talent by passing the FAW UEFA A Licence course. “