Supporting deaf sports players and participants since 1946.

In 1946, the South Wales Sports Council was created by a group of deaf people who were very interested in playing sports. Mainly the sports were played indoors across South Wales Deaf Clubs. The sports are darts, snooker, billiards, dominoes, swimming and outside for football. There were 7 deaf clubs Bridgend, Cardiff, Llanelli, Pontypridd, Neath, Newport and Swansea.

In the mid-eighties or mid-nineties, the name was changed to Wales Deaf Sports so that it can cater for all the deaf people all over Wales.

In the millennium Wales Deaf Rugby, Wales Deaf Golf and Wales Deaf Football were set up.

We have hosted the International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championship at Llandrindod Wells in 2007. A few years later Wales Deaf Bowling Association and Wales Deaf Clubs Association were set up.

Wales Deaf Sports exists now to provide supports to anyone in sports that need help with training, planning etc. Disability Sport Wales have provided support and grants over the years to help Wales Deaf Sports and is hopefully ongoing.

Wales Deaf Sports now looks to support all Deaf Sportsmen and Sportswomen. UKDS are looking to secure a BLF Wales Grant to have BSL Trained staff at DSW Cardiff, which is a joint work in progress. Nathan Stephens is already part of the UKDS Performance Group and this will ensure Wales has Competitors at the next Deaflympics 2021 Brazil.