Gary Pritchard

Gary Pritchard (Born 1970 in Bangor, Wales) is a professional broadcaster and journalist. He currently reports on sport, especially football, in the Welsh language for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

Pritchard lived in Liverpool during his very early years until moving back to North Wales when his father, a Policeman, took up a position on Anglesey. Pritchard was educated at Ysgol Gymraeg Morswyn primary school in Holyhead, and Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern secondary school in Bodedern, both on Anglesey. After leaving school he studied to be an optician, a career he later pursued for seven years.

Becoming a regular panelist on the football show "Ar Y Marc" on BBC Radio Cymru in 1997, Pritchard later joined the station as a researcher in 1999. He is currently based at the BBC offices in Bangor but travels around the world to report on sport, mainly for "Radio Cymru" and"BBC Cymru'r Byd", the BBC's Welsh Language website. He contributes a column on football to the current affairs magazine "Barn". Pritchard is married and the father of two young children. Pritchard is a fan of Wrexham A.F.C.

He is also a contributor to the Welsh Football Data Archive, specialising in the Anglesey League.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/radiocymru/safle/cyflwynwyr/pages/gary_pritchard.shtml Gary Pritchard profile] on the "Radio Cymru"'s website Languageicon|cy|Welsh
* [http://blogdroed.net/ Blogdroed] , Gary Pritchard's personal blog Languageicon|cy|Welsh
* [http://www.wfda.co.uk/ Welsh Football Data Archive]