{"id":22756,"date":"2025-12-04T02:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/?p=22756"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:11:13","slug":"how-school-sport-helped-bethan-lewis-get-to-the-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/2025\/12\/04\/how-school-sport-helped-bethan-lewis-get-to-the-rugby-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"How school sport helped Bethan Lewis get to the Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The beauty of Breeze is that no rider gets left behind. A simple bike ride has evolved into communities of women across Wales and the UK who support and understand each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ciliau Aeron, volunteer Breeze Champion, Nia Richards, has led 386 rides over the past decade. In that time, she has welcomed a community of female riders of all ages and abilities, helping them escape from their challenges in life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAll of your thoughtful arrangements worked perfectly and we had a lovely time everywhere we went in your wonderful country.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Anthony Wood &#8211; Traveller<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From strangers to saddle mates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just 57% of women in Wales took part in sport or physical activity in the last four weeks, compared with 64% of men (National Survey for Wales 2022-23.) This gap shows why it&#8217;s important to create more opportunities for women to get active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s exactly what Breeze is doing. Breeze&nbsp;is built for women and led by women. Creating opportunities where women can be with other like-minded women means they can feel safe and comfortable taking part in sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free to access and open to all women, regardless of experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A fun, social and pressure-free way to take part in sport.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Led by trained female volunteers who understand the daily challenges of women<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than sport \u2013 a safe place for women to make friends, build confidence and socialise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karen\u2019s story: Gearing up for wellness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Siara Lloyd is showing no signs of slowing down. She is 66 and discovered the love of cycling around ten years ago. Having joined a local club with her husband, she has since clocked up countless miles of riding across the UK and on holidays in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But recently retiring to New Quay and leaving her much-loved club behind, Siara was keen to meet new friends and explore Ceredigion. That was six months ago, and she now heads out with her \u2018Breeze girls\u2019 once or twice a week, often adding in extra rides and lunch dates with her new circle of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"22070\" src=\"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jon-matthews-Sby4byCcZvE-unsplash-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jon-matthews-Sby4byCcZvE-unsplash-2.jpg 880w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jon-matthews-Sby4byCcZvE-unsplash-2-600x409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jon-matthews-Sby4byCcZvE-unsplash-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jon-matthews-Sby4byCcZvE-unsplash-2-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"20354\" src=\"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aleksander-saks-3k-yNMhYl5k-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aleksander-saks-3k-yNMhYl5k-unsplash.jpg 880w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aleksander-saks-3k-yNMhYl5k-unsplash-600x409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aleksander-saks-3k-yNMhYl5k-unsplash-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/aleksander-saks-3k-yNMhYl5k-unsplash-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we yearn to reconnect with friends, family, and the world at large, I think that what we\u2019ve gone through has also given many of us a chance to reflect on all the things we took for granted: the outdoors, community, neighborhood restaurants, and the arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wales rugby player is currently in New Zealand, part of the squad that will take on the Aussies on Saturday in a bid to make the World Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[24,21],"tags":[129,125],"class_list":["post-22756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-tips","category-player-profiles","tag-funding","tag-inspiration","post_format-post-format-audio","layout-1","product-add-to-cart-ajax"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wptheme.co\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}