PAST EVENTS
WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE PREVIOUS EVENTS WE'VE HOSTED THAT WE THOUGHT WE'D SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, JUST ASK!
ENGLAND V WALES @RICHMOND COLLEGE
GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2024
EVENT SUMMARY TO FOLLOW - WATCH THIS SPACE
WALES V SCOTLAND
GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2024
EVENT SUMMARY TO FOLLOW - WATCH THIS SPACE
A LUNCH WITH JASON FOX
GAUCHO - 2023
EVENT SUMMARY TO FOLLOW - WATCH THIS SPACE
WALES V ENGLAND
GUINESS SIX NATIONS 2023
A WALES V ENGLAND RUGBY GAME IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE SEASON’S HIGHLIGHTS AND IS SURE TO DRAW A CROWD IN. THIS MEANT THAT THE LOCKER ROOM GREW IN SIZE YET AGAIN FROM THE PREVIOUS WALES V IRELAND EVENT. AS A RESULT, WE LEANT INTO OUR EVENT EXPERIENCE AND REALISED THAT WE’D NEED MORE TABLE HOSTS AND CATERING STAFF TO ENSURE EVERYONE STILL RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT LEVEL OF SERVICE.ULTIMATELY, OUR AIM WAS TO MAKE SURE THE EVENT LIVED UP TO OUR GUESTS’ HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
WE WERE AT CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT, WITH 480 GUESTS FILLING THE CARDIFF ARMS PARK MARQUEE. THE ATMOSPHERE PRE-GAME WAS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT WITH A GOOD MIX OF ENGLISH FANS AMONGST THE WELSH.
OUR EVENTS ARE FAMED FOR THEIR PANEL Q&A SESSIONS AND THIS EVENT WAS NO EXCEPTION. ONCE AGAIN LED BY WELSH RUGBY HERO, TOM SHANKLIN, HE WAS JOINED ON STAGE BY OTHER RUGBY SUPERSTARS, INCLUDING ENGLISH RUGBY HEROES, BEN KAY AND MATT DAWSON, AND WELSH RUGBY LEGEND, ADAM JONES. OUR GUESTS WERE ENTHRALLED WITH THE STORIES THAT WERE TOLD AND IT WAS CLEAR TO SEE THAT THE PANELLISTS, AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE, WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
FOR ENTERTAINMENT, WE WERE DELIGHTED THAT PIANIST AND SINGER, RICHARD HARRIS, JOINED US AGAIN AS WELL AS IMPRESSIONIST TERRY MYNOTT. TERRY ENTERTAINED GUESTS BRILLIANTLY AND EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM TRYING TO FIND HIM. HE ROUNDED OFF HIS SHOW WITH IMPRESSIONS OF MORGAN FREEMAN, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AND AL PACINO.
AFTER THE POST-MATCH Q&A WITH OUR RUGBY LEGENDS, ALL GUESTS WERE TREATED TO OUR STAR ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE EVENING WHICH CAME FROM FLASH! A TRIBUTE TO QUEEN, WHO REALLY DID RAISE THE ROOF OF THE MARQUEE, WITH OUR GUESTS SINGING AND DANCING ALONG TO ALL THE QUEEN CLASSICS.
WALES V IRELAND
GUINESS SIX NATIONS 2023
FOR THIS EVENT, 430 GUESTS FILLED OUR MARQUEE WITH THE MAJORITY BEING WELSH FANS, BUT WITH A NICE HANDFUL OF IRISH FANS TOO, WHICH ADDED TO THE FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE.
FOR OUR PANEL Q&A, WHICH WAS LED BY TOM SHANKLIN, WE WERE JOINED BY RUGBY LEGENDS COLIN CHARVIS, GEORDAN MURPHY AND GORDON D’ARCY.
WE HAD PIANIST/SINGER, RICHARD HARRIS AS OUR STAR ENTERTAINMENT ON THE DAY, WHO HAD THE CROWD UP SINGING AND DANCING DURING HIS PERFORMANCES. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY A TRADITIONAL IRISH FOLK DUO WHILST THE ENGLAND V SCOTLAND GAME WAS TELEVISED FOR THE GUESTS. AS A NEW ADDITION TO THE LOCKER ROOM ENTERTAINMENT, WE ALSO HAD CLOSE-UP MAGICIAN, ADAM REEVES, CIRCULATING AMONG THE TABLES WOWING THE GUESTS WITH TRICKS.
WITH THIS EVENT ALMOST DOUBLING IN SIZE FROM THE AUTUMN LOCKER ROOMS, WE RELOCATED THE BAR, THE KITCHEN AND THE TECHNICAL TEAM TO MAKE MORE SPACE AND CUSTOM-MADE AREA SIGNS WERE CREATED FOR THE MARQUEE SO THAT AREAS, SUCH AS THE BAR, WERE EASILY SPOTTED FROM WHEREVER GUESTS WERE SEATED.
WALES V NEW ZEALAND / WALES V AUSTRALIA
AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES 2022
FOR THE AUTUMN NATION SERIES LOCKER ROOM EVENTS WE WERE JOINED BY NEARLY 215 GUESTS FOR EACH GAME, EAGER TO CHEER WALES ON AND TO HAVE AN EXCITING DAY OF SPORT, SOCIALISING AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AS WELL AS DEDICATED TABLE HOSTS WE ADDED A BRANDED SCARF FOR EVERY GUEST AND SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES ADDED TO A SILENT AUCTION WHICH GUESTS COULD PARTICIPATE IN. THE CARDIFF RUGBY FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPLIED A COUPLE OF EXPERIENCES AND MEMORABILIA FOR THE SILENT AUCTION TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOUNDATION.
GUESTS WERE DELIGHTED WITH THE PRE- AND POST-GAME Q&A WITH EX-PROFESSIONAL ALL BLACKS SCRUM-HALF, JUSTIN MARSHALL AND FLYHALF, ANDREW MEHRTENS, SHANE WILLIAMS AND DREW MITCHELL, HOSTED BY OUR VERY OWN DIRECTOR AND EX-PROFESSIONAL WALES PLAYER, TOM SHANKLIN. IN THE ROOM FOR THE NEW ZEALAND GAME, WE WERE THRILLED TO WELCOME RUGBY LEGEND SIR GARETH EDWARDS AND HIS FAMILY.
WALES V SCOTLAND
GUINESS SIX NATIONS 2022
FOLLOWING THE LIFTING OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, THE LOCKER ROOM CAME BACK BIGGER THAN EVER, WITH OUR FIRST EVENT BACK BEING COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.
480 GUESTS JOINED US 3 HOURS PRIOR TO KICK-OFF AND ENJOYED LIVE MUSIC AS WELL AS A MEAL OF BEEF BOURGUIGNON, CREAMED MASH POTATO AND HONEY ROASTED CARROTS, FOLLOWED BY SALTED CARAMEL AND HONEYCOMB CHEESECAKE.
FOR OUR PANEL Q&A, LED BY OUR VERY OWN TOM SHANKLIN, WE WERE JOINED BY GAVIN HASTINGS, JOHN BARCLAY, ROB JONES AND IAN EVANS WHO BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN WITH THEIR STORIES AND ANECDOTES.
FOR GUESTS WHO DID NOT HAVE MATCH TICKETS, THEY WATCHED THE GAME ON OUR LARGE TV SCREENS WITHIN THE MARQUEE. THANKS TO THE PRE-GAME BUILD-UP OF THE LOCKER ROOM, THESE GUESTS FELT THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE MATCH AS THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM ITSELF, WITHOUT THE PREMIUM PRICE TAG OF A MATCH TICKET.
AFTER A THRILLING MATCH, WHICH SAW WALES NARROWLY WIN THE GAME, ATTENDEES ENJOYED A POST-MATCH MEAL OF KATSU CURRY AND RICE.
