Say hello to another rising star of Welsh snooker – a sport in which we have a fine record. Liam Davies of Merthyr, a SACW grantee, is consistently beating older rivals and looks set for a bright future at the baize tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liam finished the season as Welsh no.1 and Welsh Champion at u-14, u-16 and u-18! He finished third in the u-21 group and lost in the final of the Welsh u-21 Championship, a magnificent run of form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Incredibly, Liam has just turned 14. He practices at least five hours a day, every day at Scala Snooker Club,Merthyr<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His proud family say \u201cLiam has lots still to learn, but we\u2019re sure with his dedication and talent, one day his dream will come true!\u201d Sounds like it is already, Liam!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Liam finished the season as Welsh no.1 and Welsh Champion at u-14, u-16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[32,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive","category-beneficiaries","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdh4sx-aJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3102,"url":"https:\/\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/?p=3102","url_meta":{"origin":665,"position":0},"title":"Liam Goodwin Scores","author":"SportsAidCymruWales","date":"September 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Liam is one of our grant recipients and he received his International Welsh Cap for basketball u15 this month.\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Athletes & Awards"","block_context":{"text":"Athletes & Awards","link":"https:\/\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/?cat=28"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liam-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liam-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liam-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Liam-3.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2297,"url":"https:\/\/sportsaidwales.cymru\/?p=2297","url_meta":{"origin":665,"position":1},"title":"Jay Vokes Welsh Snooker Talent","author":"SportsAidCymruWales","date":"May 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\"We would like to take this opportunity to thank SportsAid Cymru Wales for awarding Jay with a grant.\u00a0The grant has been a great help towards Jay's entry fees to the Welsh Snooker tournaments which he finished top 4, qualifying to represent Wales in U16s Snooker at the Celtic challenge. 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