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Goodway: Jenny's a bad sport.

RUSSELL Goodway has launched an attack on Welsh Sports Minister Jenny Randerson Jennifer (Jenny) Randerson (born 26 May 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrats politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for Cardiff Central. Background
Educated at Bedford College and London University.
 accusing her of failing to support sport in Cardiff.

The council leader fired the broadside as he hit out at what, he claimed, was a lack of assembly government support for the long-delayed sports village project. But the Cardiff Central The term Cardiff Central has several meanings:
  • Cardiff Central railway station
  • Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Cardiff Central (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
  • Cardiff central bus station
  • Cardiff city centre
 AM hit back, describing the criticism as ludicrous.

Mr Goodway said: ``If she was serious about Welsh sport and about creating the conditions to develop Welsh sportsmen and women, then the minister for sport could make pounds 10m available without so much as a second thought.

``For her that would be a decision too far. If ever there's a classic example of an assembly politician who is a fully paid up member of the Anywhere But Cardiff campaign then it's he r.'' Mrs Randerson said: ``Russell Goodway's criticism is ludicrous. The assembly provides around pounds 10m for the Sports Council for Wales for the whole of sport in Wales The most popular sports in Wales are football and rugby union. Wales, like other constituent nations of the UK, enjoys independent representation in major world sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, Rugby World Cup and in the Commonwealth Games (however as Great Britain in the . ``Since I became minister the indoor athletics stadium at Cyncoed has been built. That shows we are developing Cardiff but I am also the sports minister for the whole of Wa

es .''
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Publication:South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:Mar 24, 2003
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