Bando is a team sport – related to field hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy – which was first recorded in Wales in the eighteenth century. [1] A bando game is played on a large level field between teams of up to thirty players each of them equipped with a bando: a curve-ended stick resembling that used in field hockey. [1]

Feb 8, 2010 · Bando stick from around 1845, belonging to Thomas Thomas, a member of the Margam Bando Boys. Popular across Wales, especially in Glamorgan, up until the late nineteenth century, the boisterous game of Bando was the cause of much local rivalry and violence.

Perhaps you know someone who actually played this traditional old Welsh sport? Considering its popularity, particularly in South-West Wales over such a long period it’s surprising how few people know about it today (although you may remember the character Dai Bando in ‘How Green Was My Valley’, who famously expressed his displeasure with ...

Hyd ddiwedd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg bu bando yn gêm tîm boblogaidd trwy Gymru, ac yn arbennig felly yn Sir Forgannwg. Yn wir ym 1797 fe nododd un teithiwr rhwng y Bont-faen a’r Pîl mor brin oedd coed ynn a choed llwyfen yno, a hynny oherwydd eu bod yn cael eu defnyddio i wneud ffyn bando.

Bando is a hockey sport played in Wales since the end of the 18th century at the latest, thought to be a cousin of the game of bandy. In this game, players use sticks, called bandos, to strike a wooden ball, attempting to pass it through the goal of the opposing team.

Apr 6, 2025 · Campau Celtaidd Cymru (CCC) is a newly formed cultural and sporting organisation with a bold mission—to restore and promote the ancient native games of Wales, weaving them back into the fabric of Welsh identity.

Perhaps you know someone who actually played this traditional old Welsh sport? Considering its popularity, particularly in South-West Wales over such a long period it's surprising how few people know about it today. This article explores the history of the sport, and ongoing work to showcase bando in the future.

Bando stick, about 1845. A stick used by Thomas Thomas who played for Margam Bando Boys. Popular across Wales, especially in Glamorgan, up until the late nineteenth century, the boisterous game of Bando was the cause of much local rivalry and violence.

Roedd bando yn debyg i ryw ffurf gynnar ar hoci, gan mai nod y gêm oedd taro pêl gyda ffon grom o’r enw ‘bando’ ar draws maes y chwarae cyn ceisio ei gyrru i gôl y gwrthwynebwyr. Daw’r term ‘bando’ o’r gair Ffrangeg bande, sy’n golygu ‘ffon gam’.

Bando is a hockey sport played in Wales since the end of the 18th century at the latest, thought to be a cousin of the game of bandy. In this game, players use sticks, called bandos, to strike a wooden ball, attempting to pass it through the goal of the opposing team.