Gary Pritchard
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Gary Pritchard is a professional broadcaster and journalist. He currently reports on sport, especially football
, in the Welsh language
for the BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation).
Pritchard lived in Liverpool
during his very early years until moving back to North Wales
when his father, a Policeman, took up a position on Anglesey
. Pritchard was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Morswyn primary school in Holyhead
, and Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern
secondary school in Bodedern
, both on Anglesey
. After leaving school he studied to be an optician
, a career he later pursued for seven years.
Becoming a regular panelist on the football show Ar Y Marc on BBC Radio Cymru
in 1997, Pritchard later joined the station as a researcher in 1999. He is currently based at the BBC
offices in Bangor but travels around the world to report on sport, mainly for Radio Cymru andBBC Cymru'r Byd, the BBC's Welsh Language website. He contributes a column on football to the current affairs magazine Barn
. Pritchard is married and the father of two young children. Pritchard is a fan of Wrexham A.F.C.
He is also a contributor to the Welsh Football Data Archive, specialising in the Anglesey League
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, in the Welsh language
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
(British Broadcasting Corporation).
Pritchard lived in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
during his very early years until moving back to North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
when his father, a Policeman, took up a position on Anglesey
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
. Pritchard was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Morswyn primary school in Holyhead
Holyhead
Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
, and Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern
Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern
Bodedern High School is a co-educational secondary school in Bodedern, Anglesey, Wales first opened in 1977. It is a bilingual school with pupils taught mostly in Welsh, but some through the medium of English. The current Headteacher is Annwen Morgan, appointed April 2007.-History:The school was...
secondary school in Bodedern
Bodedern
Bodedern is a village in the west of Anglesey, North Wales, at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL65. The population was 1,017 in 1991.The village has a fully bilingual secondary school, Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern and a football team, Bodedern Athletic F.C. who play in the Welsh Alliance League...
, both on Anglesey
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
. After leaving school he studied to be an optician
Optician
An optician is a person who is trained to fill prescriptions for eye correction in the field of medicine, also known as a dispensing optician or optician, dispensing...
, a career he later pursued for seven years.
Becoming a regular panelist on the football show Ar Y Marc on BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Cymru's Welsh-language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales from studios in Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth on FM since 1977. At the time of its launch it was one of the few FM-only radio services in the UK...
in 1997, Pritchard later joined the station as a researcher in 1999. He is currently based at the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
offices in Bangor but travels around the world to report on sport, mainly for Radio Cymru andBBC Cymru'r Byd, the BBC's Welsh Language website. He contributes a column on football to the current affairs magazine Barn
Barn (Welsh magazine)
Barn is a monthly Welsh language current affairs magazine. It was established in 1962 and over 500 issues have been published. Its first editor was Emlyn Evans and it was published by Llyfrau'r Dryw, Llandybie...
. Pritchard is married and the father of two young children. Pritchard is a fan of Wrexham A.F.C.
Wrexham A.F.C.
Wrexham Football Club are a professional football team based in Wrexham, north-east Wales, who play in the English football pyramid.Founded in 1872, they are one of the oldest surviving football clubs in Britain and the oldest professional club in Wales...
He is also a contributor to the Welsh Football Data Archive, specialising in the Anglesey League
Anglesey League
The Anglesey Football League is a football league on Anglesey, Wales, and is equivalent to the fifth level of the Welsh football league system in North Wales...
.
External links
- Gary Pritchard profile on the Radio Cymrus website
- Blogdroed, Gary Pritchard's personal blogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
- Welsh Football Data Archive