Just Champion: How A Holyhead Gym Pulls Its Weight In More Ways Than One

It may not look like it from the outside, but it has become Wales’ House of Champions. A single-story concrete building on the edge of playing fields, it is where the first gold medal of the 2016 Commonwealth Games was mined. The Holyhead and Anglesey Weightlifting & Fitness Centre (HAWFC) has produced a rich seam of medals for the country and celebrated its 50th year in 2018 with Gareth Evans striking that opening gold in Australia.