Wales at the Commonwealth Games the Welsh national flag, Y Ddraig Goch, at the Commonwealth Games. This flag is common for all sporting teams that represent Wales as an entity distinct from the United Kingdom. The Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ("Land of My Fathers") is used as the Welsh victory anthem at the Commonwealth games. The team goes by the abbreviation "WAL". Wales at the Commonwealth Games Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland. The Commonwealth Games is the only major sporting event where
Ynysangharad Park home venue of Pontypridd Cricket Club. The park, created in 1923, offers a number of facilities, such as a pitch and putt golf course, bowling greens, football, cricket pitches and tennis courts, bandstand and refreshment kiosks. The lido is being renovated. Within the park are a pair of memorial statues by Goscombe John, erected in 1930 to commemorate Evan and James James, the father and son composers of the Welsh National Anthem "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" (Land of my Fathers). The grave slab of Evan James was also moved here from Carmel Chapel when that chapel was demolished. The memorial