Get those thinking caps on for our big quiz of North Wales sport from 2024

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2. North Wales Crusaders’ head coach Carl Forster brought the curtain down on his playing career with a try-scoring display against which club?

3. Northop’s Romano Franco took how many wickets during his Wales National County debut against Hertfordshire in the NCCA One Day Trophy?

4. Wrexham ended their first season back in rugby union’s Division One North in which position?

5. Name the two clubs promoted to the Cymru Premier League last season.

6. Which colour medal did Llay ABC’s Milwyn Duncan Lloyd (pictured below) win at the World U19s’ boxing championships?

7. Which Deeside AAC member scooped shot put gold at the Paris Paralympic Games?

8. Which country ended Wales’ hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup?

9. Who grabbed Connah’s Quay Nomads’ goals as they stunned The New Saints 2-1 in the Welsh Cup final?

10. What was the aggregate score as Deeside Dragons beat Cardiff Fire to win the Welsh Cup?

11. In which position did North Wales Crusaders end their League One season?

12. Who did Billy Paynter replace as manager of Connah’s Quay Nomads?

13. Who does international cricketer Seren Smale represent in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup?

14. How many Cymru North goals did Elliott Reeves and Josh Jones net for Flint last season?

15. Who did Wrexham defeat 31-26 in the first round of the Welsh Division One Cup?

16. Which four clubs have represented Wales in European competition this season?

17. Chester’s last home match in November saw them beat Oxford City 3-1. Who netted a hat-trick?

18. Name the two clubs promoted from the North East Wales Premier Division last season.

19. From which club did Garry Simpson make the switch to Deeside Dragons from?

20. Which former top flight club has returned to competitive action this season in the North East Wales League’s Championship?

21. Who did Cheshire Phoenix beat in the final of the BBL Trophy?

22. Airbus’ first Cymru North defeat this season came versus Colwyn Bay. What was the score?

23. Wrexham’s first win of the Division One North campaign came against which side?

24. Who replaced Steve Evans as Colwyn Bay manager in the summer?

25. Chirk finished in which position in Division One of the Shropshire Cricket League?

26. Who did Flint Town United defeat in early September to gain their first Cymru Premier League win of the season?

27. Which three sides occupied the top-three positions in the North Wales Cricket League?

28. Who this season replaced Phil Hudson as the manager of Cymru North Llay Welfare?

29. How many Olympic gold medals does Jade Jones possess?

30. Who knocked Chester out of this season’s FA Cup?

31. Marchwiel and Wrexham gained promotion after finishing in which position in Division Two of the North Wales Cricket League?

32. Which two players grabbed over 40 goals in the North East Wales Championship last season?

33. Mold opened the Division One North season with victory at Wrexham. What was the score?

34. Who was Holywell Town’s top scorer in Cymru North last season?

35. Which side knocked Mold out of this season’s Welsh Division One Cup?

36. Who is the manager of Ardal North West League Connah’s Quay Town?

37. Which former competition winners ended North Wales Crusaders’ run in this year’s Challenge Cup?

38. Name the two Buckley Town players who picked up 10 yellow cards in Cymru North last season.

39. Which team won this year’s North Wales Cricket League Division One title?

40. Who scored Chester’s first National League North goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Radcliffe?

41. Where did Northop Hall finish in Division Two of the Liverpool Competition cricket league?

42. Four Cymru North matches played on October 25 produced how many goals?

43. Who lifted rugby union’s Division One North title last season?

44. Which club won last season’s North East Wales FA Cup?

45. Who stepped down as RGC head coach at the end of last season?

46. Name the three players who topped 20 goals in last season’s North East Wales League Premier Division.

47. Which player has returned to North Wales Crusaders after a season at Swinton Lions?

48. Name the only two players with more than 10 assists in Cymru North last season.

49. How many wickets did Chirk’s Andrew Swarbrick take in his first over against Lilleshall in August?

50. Who were last season’s champions in the North East Wales League Championship?

51: In January, teenager Luke Littler saw his fairytale run at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship ended with defeat against which player in the final at Alexandra Palace?

52: Name the cyclist who became the first British woman to be crowned European 500m time trial champion at the UEC Track Elite European Championships in the Netherlands.

53: In February, the Kansas City Chiefs beat which team after a dramatic comeback to win Super Bowl LVIII in overtime in Las Vegas?

54: England claimed another Women’s Six Nations crown in 2024, making it how many successive titles?

55: Name the winner of the 2024 Grand National at Aintree.

56: In May, who was inmate number 00654436?

57: Kyren Wilson beat which Welsh player to win the World Snooker Championship at The Crucible in Sheffield?

58: At which 2024 Grand Prix did British driver Lando Norris claim the maiden victory of his F1 career?

59: Following the departure of long-serving Chelsea boss Emma Hayes at the end of the season, who was appointed as the new manager of the Women’s Super League champions?

60: England bowler Jimmy Anderson finished with how many Test wickets when calling time on his record-breaking career against the West Indies in July – 701, 704 or 706?

61: Who won the 2024 women’s singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini in the final?

62: Who scored a late winner as Spain beat England 2-1 in the final of Euro 2024, which proved to be Gareth Southgate’s last match as manager?

63: Name the American golfer who held off the challenge of England’s Justin Rose to win the 2024 Open at Royal Troon.

64: Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Paris Olympics with a bronze in which event?

65: Who then secured a first gold medal for TeamGB on day three in Paris?

66: Julien Alfred claimed gold in the women’s 100 metres, giving which country a first ever Olympic medal?

67: In August, which team won a first women’s Hundred title with victory over Welsh Fire in front of a record crowd of 22,008 at Lord’s?

68: Dame Sarah Storey claimed another Paralympic title with victory in the C4-5 women’s road race at Paris 2024, taking her personal tally to how many gold medals – 18, 19 or 21?

69: Who skippered Ineos Britannia into the final of the America’s Cup for the first time in 60 years, but then saw his boat beaten 7-2 by holders Emirates Team New Zealand?

70: Great Britain’s hopes of reaching a first Billie Jean King Cup final since 1981 were ended by defeat against which nation?

71: How many caps has Manchester City’s Rodri won for Spain?

72: Where did Liverpool sign Mo Salah from?

73: Who scored Manchester United’s second goal in this year’s FA Cup Final?

74: Who replaced Rob Page as Welsh manager?

75: Joe Rodon, Dan James and Ethan Ampadu play for which Championship club?

76: What’s the name of Everton’s new ground?

77: Who were last rugby team to lose to Wales?

78: Which team plays at the Arms Park?

79: Glamorgan won which cricket trophy this summer?

80: Who became Wales’ most celebrated female Olympian this year?

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