Mynd i wmolch yn y 'Regatta'! / Going for a dip at the 'Regatta'!

Tom Furlong a nofwyr glew Abergwaun / Tom Furlong with bathing belles.

Cambrian Daily Leader 26-8-1919 Fishguard Regatta

South Wales Daily News, 25-8-1900, Fishguard Regatta

Pembroke County Guardian, 20-8-1909, Fishguard Regatta

Clwb Nofio Tom Furlong Swimmimg Club

Llythyr o ddiolch o bapur y County Echo 1938 A letter of thanks published in the County Echo 1938

The County Echo 5-6-1947 - N Pembs Regatta G Penfro

1902 The County Echo

The County Echo 14-7-1910

Pencampwyr nofio cynnar yn Abergwaun, gyda eu hyfforddwr, Tom Furlong. Roedd rasys nofio yn boblogaidd ar ddiwrnod y ‘Regatta’ yn flynyddol. Yn 1919, enwir George Furlong, tad Tom, fel enillydd y gystadleuaeth hela hwyaid! Hefyd, ceir sawl toriad papur newydd yn adrodd hanesion sawl haf o hwyl ar y dŵr. Enwau’r bobl yn y llun ydy -Mattie Brown, Eileen George, Tom Furlong, Annie Garnon, Nancy Underwood. Roedd Eileen George yn adnabyddus am ei gallu i nofio o’r Cwm i Bwllgwaelod.

Early swimming champions at Fishguard, with their instructor, Tom Furlong. Swimming races were a popular feature of the annual ‘Regatta’.  In 1919, George Furlong, Tom’s father is named as the winner of the duck hunt! Here are also several newspaper cuttings which tell of many eventful regattas at ‘Cwm’. The names of the people pictured are -Mattie Brown, Eileen George, Tom Furlong, Annie Garnon, Nancy Underwood. Eileen George was known for her ability to swim from the Cwm to Pwllgwaelod.