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 CONTENTS
* RADIO CARDIFF NEWS
* MEET YOUR FAVOURITE RADIO CARDIFF PRESENTERS
*MEET THE STARS
*HIDDEN GEMS OF CARDIFF TALENT
*WHATS HOT IN CARDIFF
*COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
*RADIO CARDIFF EVENT GUIDE
*SPORT
*COMPETITIONS & GIVEAWAYS
* MEMBERS SECTION
Welcome back to our second issue of R’CORD, I would
like to start by saying a HUGE thank you to everyone
that helped to make the first issue a success and also
thank you for all your lovely messages of support.
Hopefully we did not set the bar to high for ourselves
and we can keep providing you with interesting
features for years to come.

We have a new addition to our team Ms Francesca

Peets, i’m confident that you will enjoy hearing about
her escapades as R’CORD reporter!
On her first week she interviewed chart-topping RnB
singer Mclean!

We threw her in the deep end and she came out

swimming, well done madam!
We also have a very passionate Cardiff City fan
Channel 4 are looking for a
sharing his views on the teams amazing run to the family from Cardiff to take
premiership.
Here at R’CORD we are happy to give the public a part in the next installment of
medium to express their views, if you enjoy reading
Steve’s article why not give it a try yourself next time?
their hit reality series
I have been busy interviewing some very interesting
people from the music world. THE FAMILY
Now that the sun is shinning and the snow has
disappeared you will see us out and about. If you feel your own family is
Wether it’s Radio Cardiff or R’CORD that you see
please come and say hello, we love to see you! interesting enough to take
Best Wishes part please email
Rachel Price - Editor
rachel.price@radiocardiff.org

for more information!

Francesca Peets
 RADIO CARDIFF NEWS
New presenter of The Breakfast Show
Miss cardiff Galaxy
ASWAD
On May 30th the Millennium Music Hall will
play host to our next reggae offering
Aswad plus special guests!
After the success of John Holt, we are hoping
that you all enjoy the show as much as last
time.
The venue has been changed due to the very
high demand but we are positive that the
atmosphere will be electric.
Tickets are on sale at Ticket Line, Spillers
Records, Catapult Records and Masons
Stores.
You can also purchase your tickets online at
www.radiocardiff.org
Look out for us at the venue, as always we
will be talking to the crowd and taking some
photograph’s. We always take snaps of the
people that are enjoying themselves the most
so dust off your dancing shoes......
Miss Cardiff Galaxy
The lovely Miss Nyomi Lenny called into the
studio recently for a quick chat she looked
stunning and had fashioned a very special
t-shirt for her interview.
The Poets Corner
AMY
Greene King
Every Sunday you will find Radio Cardiff
broadcasting LIVE from a Greene King pub
near you!
The first in a series of Summer Sundays
will be held at The Corporation, in Canton,
from 1-5pm Sunday May 16th.
Paddy, Donna Z & Gulley will then also Visit
The Poets Corner, and The Clive before
returning back to The Corporation.
There will be plenty of fun and games for
all the family, with some fabulous prize’s!
They have a fantastic menu available with
price’s starting from as little as £2.99!
So why not join Paddy and the Radio
Cardiff Crew for a relaxing Summer
Sunday!!
The Breakfast Show
Over the years many people have tried to
mark on the Breakfast show, but they
could never contend with the early
mornings and guaranteed cold starts.
The one consistent DJ, Mr John Lenney jnr
now has two brand new co-host’s to help
start your day.
Tune in to The Breakfast Show weekdays
from 7-9am with John, Jake & Amy!
Hidden Gems Of Cardiff Talent
Its a cold, damp thursday morning in Cardiff, i’m
sat at the Radio Cardiff office and we are all
praying for the weather to change, when in walks
a breath of fresh air.
With no ego or diva-ness Dretonio just sits
quietly and waits for me to notice him, something
very unusual in my line of business.
When we eventually do get to talk, after he has
been mobbed by everyone at the office, I got to
meet one of the nicest young artist’s i’ve ever
interviewed!
Dretonio found his voice as a young teenager
performing for friends from the age of thirteen,
his father is RnB vocalist Sinclair, is who he
credits as his inspiration. Even at that very young
age he recognized that diversity was the key and
began to master the art of singing as-well as MC-
ing.
“I want to do it all” he says with a smile “I just
love performing, I would like to try acting one day
and even modeling”
I then find out that he actually is ‘doing it all’.
Today he is wearing a very nice red t-shirt with a
logo that say’s ‘I AM ME’ I enquired about the
purchase, was this a positive message he was
trying to send to young fans?
“ The M E stands for Musical Ego, the name of
my record company. We have a studio, Clothing
line were gonna do it all”
When he say’s My record company he means
exactly that, Dretonio has recently started a
music/media production company with a group of
associates based in London. Musical Ego already
has artist’s on their books that are proving to be
equally as talented as Dretonio, after listening to
a few tracks from their newest release, female
vocalist Sarah Topping, I was pleasantly
surprised.
By Rachel Price
In two days he will support Tinie Tempah,
currently number 1 in the uk charts, at Cardiff’s
Millennium Music Hall. “ I can’t wait, I love being
on stage doing my thing” again with that
trademark infectious smile.
Dretoino’s new track Lose Control is superb but is
a bit different to that what i expected, after the
hype surrounding his last offering Swagger On
Point I, naturally thought he would stick to the
same format. Obviously not one to conform to
public perception he assure’s me that he has
much more to give than being an MC “ Do you
not know who my father is” he jokes.
All jokes aside his singing voice is astonishing!
I’m not going to offend him by making the
obvious comparisons to the likes of Usher or any
other male american RnB artist, i’m just going to
say that this ‘Media Mogul’ in the making has a
lot to offer and we are sure that it will not be
long before his day as the support act are well
and truly over.
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 Meet your favourite DJʼs & Presenters

Jake Goddard
The Breakfast Show

I would like to introduce you to Mr Jake Goddard, one

of our new presenters of The Breakfast show.
Born and lived most of his life in Penarth, music has
played a huge role in Jake’s life from a very early age.
His father played Bass Guitar in a band called The
Sunset’s and at one time supported Shaking Stevens.
Jake can fondly remember times on the road with his
fathers band, Happy memories of being a child at
various festivals bring a smile to his face.
It was these memories that inspired Jake to form his
own band as a teenager, a HipHop collective?
Unfortunately but not surprisingly Ripshift, as they
were called, did not make it into the mainstream.
Undeterred Jake did not give up on music, switching
his focus to the production side of the studio.
Since the young age of fifteen he has been working
hard at mastering the art of production and states his
ideal job as a sound engineer.

We caught up with the man himself at the RC studio

and asked him a few questions........

So Jake you are part of the exciting new
line-up John, Jake & Amy, how are you
finding the Breakfast show?
I’m loving it!
It’s great because you get to set the
pace for the day ahead and your work is
done by nine, which is cool.
Amy is a really nice girl and what better
mentor could you ask for than John
Lenney? The guy is a legend and i’m
privileged to work with him.
You said you want to be a sound
engineer, what made you want to get
into production?
When i was younger my sisters boyfriend
was into it and he showed me how to
edit tracks, put together beats that sort
of thing. For some reason it came
naturally to me, I fell in love with it there
and then. Plus there was not much call
for a Hiphop group in Penarth at that
time (smiles) so I decided to concentrate
on something that could take me places.
I hear on the grapevine that you are quite the
musician, What do you play?
Well (laughs) I started playing the drums as a kid
and then moved on to the trumpet, The problem
with that was the trumpet is’nt really that cool.
I finally settled on rhythm guitar, which is a very
cool instrument to play.
My parents were always supportive of me
musically and let me try loads of different things.
Whats your favourite genre of music?
I’m a huge fan of UK Hiphop, there is some
amazing talent out there and its only recently that
they are being recognized as Hiphop artists.
Its been a long time coming for most but i’m glad
the time has come.
Whats your Hot Tip for 2010?
Anything by Associated Minds and Tru Thoughts
record label are always worth keeping an ear out
for.
You can catch Jake weekdays from 7-9am
on The Breakfast show with
John, Jake & Amy!
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 When Rachel Met Tinie Tempah!
Recently I was fortunate enough to interview Tinie Tempah backstage at his gig at
The Millennium Music Hall. There were hundreds of screaming girls... and boys,
waiting for the number 1 selling Grime artist to take to the stage.
Tinie very kindly gave up twenty minutes of his time before the show have a chat
with us.........

Hey Tinie, is this your first time performing in
Cardiff and what do you think of our city so far?
Its actually my third, I performed here twice in
2009.
I love Cardiff, the fans here are always up for a
good time. I haven’t really seen to much of the city
yet but hopefully one day I will get some time to
explore. You have some good shop’s though and
the nightlife is cool.
Your latest single Pass Out was at number 1 in the
UK charts for two weeks, what was that like?
It was crazy, you always kind of know when there is
something special about a track. I got that feeling
when we were making it but I never anticipated
how big it would become. The support from the fans
has been phenomenal.
You have been all over the country over the last
week or so performing to sold out audiences,how
has the response been from the fans?
My fans have always been amazing but now there
are lots of new one’s too. The difference is now
everyone knows the words to the songs and
everyone turns up to the gigs, which is a blessing.
Excuse me for stealing some of your lyrics but are
you more famous than your mum ever thought
you would be?
No way, She set the benchmark at Michael
Jackson!
I always knew i was going to be a performer or
writer, music was always going to play a big part
in my life.
Michael Jackson, no pressure then! Can you
Moonwalk?
I wish, every time i see a slippery floor I do try
but i’m not there yet. Hopefully I will learn by the
next time I come to Cardiff then I can show you.
This is a personal question for me and all the
ladies out there. Men always say they don’t watch
The Hill’s but there’s a line in Pass Out that refers
to the characters Heidi and Audrina. Do you watch
it?
Actually no my sister watches it (laughs). Sorry to
disappoint you but it’s not really a man’s show is
it!

You were in Blackpool last night what did you think

of their beach?
I woke up really early and I was very tempted to
run down there, it was my first time in Blackpool
and it looked lovely before the sun came up. I
changed my mind though once I got a proper view.

Have you ever been to Barry? Its the Welsh version

of Blackpool?
The Gavin and Stacey place, no I haven't but i have
heard of it though. Apparently they have some nice
houses there, maybe next time if its sunny I will
check it out.
Tinie Tempah At The Millennium
Music Hall

Here a few pictures of

Tinie Tempah along with
support acts The Famaly
and R’CORD’s featured
artist of this issue
Dretonio.
 When Francesca Met Mclean.
By Francesca Peets

Having checked out Mclean on YouTube before

the interview, comments on his video mostly
claimed he looked like 50 cent, and I wasn’t
entirely disagreeing. I wondered if, when I
spoke to him, if I should ask him if he knew
that he was being compared to fiddy (looks
wise, at least) and if he had the bullet holes to
match? As it happened, there was no need.
With his relaxed and friendly demeanour and
sharp wit and earnest attitude, he reminded
me more of a better looking Chris Rock.

Mclean, known since childhood as Digga, is

the son of 60s Lovers Rock star John Mclean,
and credits his father with inspiring his chosen
career. “Seeing my father perform really had
an effect on me, I wanted to do the same. He
had another job as a train driver just in case,
and encouraged me to do the same. But I
refused, all I want to do is sing. It’s all or
nothing”.
His style is R&B with an old school ‘Keith
sweat’ type vibe, and sites Mary J Blige as his
all time hero. “I want to be the male Mary J,”
he tells me with a grin, then actually giggled a
bit. Favourite album? “The Miseducation of
Lauren Hill. Quality all the way through.”
At the time of interview, his new offering My
Name was number 12 in the charts,at the
time of writing this he had moved up to
number 10. Mclean is doing all he can to
ensure his star continues to rise. His tour
schedule is relentless, I’m talking to him after
a 4 hour cross country journey. He took to
the stage and filled it with his big voice and
personality and was more than happy to stick
around and talk to his fans. “After all,” he
says, “I like to thank them for the
screaming!”

I can’t help but like Mclean, who insists he’s

just an average guy doing what he loves. So I
ask him about his fans – any crazy moments
he can tell us about? Trademark grin ‘n’ giggle
follows, and then admits “yeah, there have
been some crazy moments. You women know
how to scream! But I consider myself lucky to
be in this position. When I released Broken, I
was getting emails from all over the world.
Fan made videos were appearing online daily.
I was really well received and it was the
encouragement I needed to continue. I want
to produce work my 6 year old daughter can
be proud of.”
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 Community Celebrations

Raynetteʼs Oasis In The City

What do you think of when you hear the phrase
“asylum seeker”? Modern media has given this
phrase a negative connotation and our own
media has given us the idea of an invading
foreign horde, stealing our jobs, homes and
overtaxing our health care and benefits system.
But, regardless of our own thoughts and feelings,
asylum seekers, are at the end of each and
every day, people.
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather not leave
my home, family, friends and culture unless I
really had to, for example if my life were in
danger. In Britain, this may seem an unlikely
turn of events. But across the world, there are
people living in war zones, or such extreme
poverty that a move to another country is the
only way to even begin to preserve your own
existence, never mind planning for a productive
future. So you leave. Everything. And go to the
‘promised land’, wherever that may be. Most go
alone, some are lucky enough to be with family,
or meet up with family at the chosen destination.
But what do you do when you get there?
The Centre is the brainchild of Reynette Roberts,
and has been running for approximately 18 months.
Reynette is a qualified nurse and also has a diploma
in counselling, a skill which has come in handy over
the past months.
I popped into the centre around 2 pm on a
Tuesday. There is fresh bread baking in the oven, a
huge pot of soup on the stove, and a warm and
friendly atmosphere. Before I could even introduce
myself, I was being offered food, drinks, and to be
shown around. There were displaced people there
from all corners of the globe, and as I chatted to
Reynette she pointed to a table that had at least 6
different nationalities sitting around it. So why start
a centre like this?
“It evolved”, says Reynette, “from visits I made to
the homes of asylum seekers. It seemed that there
were too many to visit, too many people isolated
from society, so I floated the idea of the centre. It
seemed better for people to have somewhere to go
at their own convenience, and I knew that there
would be enough visitors to support the plan.”

Most asylum seekers don’t have the luxury of

taking a language course and nipping to the cash
point before fleeing for their lives. So you arrive in
a new country, with only a few words of the
language, scared, alone and most likely
traumatised. How do you begin to assimilate into a
society that sees you as a resource draining enemy
the moment you arrive?

As you may have guessed, I’m writing this to tell

you about a place that can help. Situated on East
Grove (corner of Newport road and City Road), is
the Oasis Café and drop-in centre. Its mission
statement is to provide refugees and asylum
seekers a means to integrate into their local
community of Cardiff. In reality, it’s much more
than that.
Community Celebrations
The first day was not the nerve wracking
experience most new ventures face. Aside from
her original core, new faces began appearing
on the first day and now they attracts over 100
people per week.
Being there feels like sitting in someone’s living
room. There are computer facilities, cookery
sessions, craft sessions and even a neck
massage for those who really want to relax!
The centre also provides English lessons for
those who want to participate. And although
the centre is based in a Baptist church, there
are no religious agendas being pushed.
So, with everyone free to come and go as they
please, is there ever any trouble?
“Never!” Reynette answers emphatically.
“Everyone gets on brilliantly. In fact most times
its quite the opposite, some people have come
here so traumatised by their backgrounds that
they can barely talk about it. Talking to others
who have been through something similar can
help. We have great links with the wider
community, and the police have been
wonderful. They run a police ESOL (English as
a second or other language) that teaches
people the basics of how to call for help, and
why they ask for the information that they do.
We also run a food co-op, and supply fruit and
veg to local businesses. We also run self
esteem workshops to build confidence.”
Reynette assures me that anyone can volunteer,
and that you don’t have to be well versed in asylum
seeker procedure to be of help. And it’s not a
crusade either, to change pre-existing prejudices.
“It’s simply a place people can come to feel like part
of something, and to get help if they want it. Most
of the people here are in limbo, they can’t go home
and they have no legal status here. I actually feel
sorry for the people working in the Home Office,
having to try to work out who’s genuine and who
isn’t and then make a decision that may send
someone back. This isn’t a pressure group, we just
want to help the people who are here, while they
are here.”
Speaking to some of the regulars at the centre
makes it clear how valuable an oasis the Oasis has
become. I spoke to Saman, a 33 year old dentist
from Northern Iraq. He explained “I qualified as a
dentist in 2001, but less than 2 years later I had to
leave my country as Saddam was in power and the
situation was intolerable. I got here in March 2003,
but by May he was deposed. The Home office
refused my request to stay, as they said that Iraq
was now safe. But I still can’t go home, we all know
how ‘safe’ Iraq is at the moment and the Home
Office agrees. They have a backlog of over 50,000
cases and I won’t find out what’s going to happen to
me until summer 2011, until then I have no status.
I can’t study, earn money or work. Not even doing
the job I was already trained for. I, like many
others, survive on £35 per week food vouchers and
between 4 and 5 of us share a house. I come to the
centre as everything is free and I meet good people
who understand me”.
Reynette policy is that everyone is welcome, and all
help is appreciated. If you would like to attend, or
get involved on the volunteer side of things, please
feel free to email
raynette@oasiscardiff.org
By Francesca Peets
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 When Kelly met Pritchard
Congrats on the marathon Matthew!!! What was
your final time after?
my final time was 4.21 which i’m really happy
about. i think i can do it under 4 hours but i keep
getting a dodgy left knee. Its a bit worrying really
when i’m about to run 900 miles but it'll take a
lot to get me down.
I did the cardiff half marathon when I was 15 but
then decided to do it again 3 years ago and found
that i really loved to run. i love the freedom you
have when your running, it's just you and the
road and i just go into a nice daydream till I
finish.
Your a Cardiff boy so how many time have you
run the Cardiff Marathon?
I have done four Cardiff half marathons. i think
it's something i’m gonna do every year from now
on. I'll keep trying to beat my best time every
year.
So tell us about your next running adventure?
Well, my friend Matthew Ryan said he was
running from John O'groats to Lands End for a
little girl called Elodie who has cerebral palsy. He
asked me if i would like to join him on the run to
which I obliged and we went from there. We've
been training for 6 months putting in over 60 +
miles a week and its been really tough. We've
had blisters, sores, muscle pain and even a
dodgy knee but were still in one piece. Were
leaving John O'groats on May 7th and hoping to
be at Lands End for June 5th.
We'll be averaging 30 miles a day and sleeping in
a motor home throughout the whole journey. I
cant wait.
Thats a huge thing to do....so how have you
trained for something that massive?
It is a huge thing to do but i've always been one
for setting myself challenges. Obviously when i
heard about this one i could not wait to start
training, as far as training goes it's simple. Open
your door and just keep running till you cant go
anymore, thats what we did day in day out. Our
bodies are more prepared now than they were 6
months ago.
And its all for a good cause......tell us about that?
Yes it is. Its for a girl called Elodie who's from
Penarth and suffers with cerebral palsy. There is a
£40,000 operation in the U.S which she can have
to help her walk normally and thats what were
doing this run for.
WOW! well tell us how readers can donate to you?
www.elodieappeal.co.uk
Ok well the best of luck.....what else is on the
agenda for you? Will we be seeing you on the TV
anymore?
Thank you. Yes im sure you'll be seeing my ugly
mug on tv at some point. I have a few pilots
circulating at the moment so fingers crossed. Also
myself and Daint have just got an agent in
america pushing for shows out there.
We have a pritchard vs Dainton documentry
coming out this year called 'The Rise & Falls' which
is basically our story from youngsters,
skateboarding, tv, live shows, the excess etc.
I've also just started my own clothing company
called SWYD (sleep when your dead) for
skateboarders and party heads. Check it all out via
www.swyd.co.uk
Thanks for talking to R'Cord!!!
 My Beloved Cardiff City FC
by life-long fan Steven Price 28/4/10
So Cardiff City have reached the Championship
play-offs and could soon be joining the prawn
sandwich brigades of the Premiership. As a life long
City fan and an old one at that, I can remember City
playing in the top division, the old Division 1.
They last played in the top league in for 2 seasons
1960-61 and 1961-62 before dropping into Division
2. I saw my first game down Ninian in April 1959
when City beat the Villa 1-0 to clinch promotion to
Division 1 .
Since then we have been on the great roller coaster
of ups and downs that all City fans have become
used to. We have had the great European nights and
the near miss promotions when Jimmy Schoular was
manager and the many promotions from the
divisions down in the dungeons of the football
league. We have saw some great players over the
years such as John Charles and City favourites like
Joe Dwyer And many others. We have seen some
terrible owners down at the old Ninian Park I
sometimes wonder how we still manage to exist after
what some of these people done to our great club.
Last season we saw the end of that great old rusted
and busted but much loved Ninian Park.
Although we have moved to a tidy, modern stadium
I and I expect many others still miss the old girl
even if she was wrinkled and old. My mind is full of
so many happy, exciting memories that I will never
forget and I will also never forget the fantastic
atmosphere that the place generated on those
“special” days and nights. I have been to about 60
grounds up and down the country and not one of
them come close to it for sheer drama and spine
tingling excitement.
Back to this season and once again we have City at
its best on the playing field and if a bit of money was
spent in the last transfer window we might now be
going up in second place behind Newcastle. But as
usual for City off the field matters are not always as
good as those on it.Once more City are in deep
trouble and next week we must again meet the
taxman in court over the threatened winding up
order, whether we have the money to pay nobody is
saying. It could only happen down the City all us City
fans must be mad to put up with all this torture.
Back to the play-offs it looks like our little
brothers down West Wales - as Sam Hammam
used to call Swansea - have blown their
chances so we probably wont be meeting
them.They play great football, in their own half,
where they can’t hurt anybody. I believe Forest
will be playing Blackpool and we’ll be playing
Leicester. Dave Jones is planning to rest most of
the first team for the play-offs I hope that it
does not blow up in his face as City need to be
playing our home leg second so we need to
finish in fourth place. If a weakened side get
hammered in Derby, remember last seasons 6-0
drubbing at Preston, and Leicester win big then
we could end up in fifth place and therefore lose
the advantage of playing the second leg at
home, knowing whats needed at our place to
get to Wembley and the play-off final.
On their day City can beat all of the teams that
are left in the shake up so we have a really
good chance of reaching the promised land of
the Premiership. Imagine all those great days
ahead next season at our new stadium, the
place will be rocking as much as old Ninian. I
expect that the other teams wont know what hit
them if City make it back there. Anyway we are
very close, lets hope City’s roller coaster
remains on the high bits and not the lows and
once again we get kicked in the teeth. So we
must hope that City do the business on the field
and the Malaysians do their business at the
bank and pay off the taxman if these things
happen then its happy days at Cardiff City
Stadium.
Steven Price with Grandson
Elijah at his beloved
Ninian Park
 Whatʼs Hot In Cardiff

The Poetʼs Corner

If you have not recently been along to a Greene King pub then
you really need to get yourself down to your local asap!

There are many in Cardiff, The Poet’s Corner, The Corporation,

The Griffin, The Clive and The Claude.
With five to choose from i’m always spoilt for choice, I must admit
though my personal favourite is The Poet’s Corner, City Road.

It has that lovely laid back atmosphere that most public houses
lost during the late nineties early naughties, once binge drinking
came into play. Even on a Saturday night you will find a wonderful
mix of generations, all in attendance for the same reason, to relax
and laugh their troubles away.
It has the feeling of being ‘your local’ even if it’s your first time
there, plus £5.99 for a bottle of wine always goes down well!

I recently (very naughty) decided to pop in for a spot of launch, to

my amazement both myself and my launch date eat for well under
£10!
Now usually for that price you expect a small portion of something
that ultimately could be anything, due to lack of flavour and size.
That certainly was not the case. I throughly enjoyed a well
presented Yorkie Wrap (thin slice beef in a yorkshire pudding
wrap) with chips, a gravy boat and horse radish for dipping. My
launch date had a huge burger and chips that looked so good that
I wanted that also, that always happens to me, devastating!

Both meals were fantastic, well presented, well cooked, well

served, what more can you ask for on a boring wednesday
afternoon to break up your week.

The £8-ish bill was also something 2 smile about, after that
shocker my first thought was that a bottle of £5.99 blossom hill
was needed......

(All Greene King public houses have the same menu and price’s!)
 Health & Fitness Advice
From Premiere Trainers
A few people emailed us wanting advice on how to lose weight and keep fit after giving birth.
We asked our highly qualified Personal Trainers Gemma & Ollie to give you some helpful hints!

It’s quite natural to want to regain your pre-
pregnancy shape as soon as possible, however
don't be too impatient! Though you may be
eager to jump into a workout program or diet,
having a baby affects every part of your body
and it can take up to a year for your body to
make a full recovery, therefore easing into light
exercise is crucial for keeping your body safe
and injury-free. The following are some tips and
guidelines on how to gradually lose weight in a
safe and effective manner:
Breastfeeding
One of the reasons your body stores fat during
pregnancy is to help store energy taken up
by breastfeeding, on average your baby
consumes 200 to 500 calories daily. Take
full advantage of burning calories at the
same time bonding with your baby the way
nature intended.
Nutrition
Focus on foods high in fibre - such as fruits,
vegetables and whole grains which provide you
with many important nutrients while helping you
feel full longer. Other nutrient-rich choices
include low-fat dairy products, such as skimmed
milk, yoghurt and low-fat cheeses. White meat
poultry, most fish, beans, and lean cuts of beef
and pork are good sources of protein, as well as
zinc, iron and B vitamins. Finally try to eat
smaller portions and only eat when you're
hungry.
Exercise guidelines post child birth
Guidelines state that a mother should only return
back to exercise after a minimum of 6 weeks
following a normal birth and 12 weeks following a
caesarean. During pregnancy your stomach
muscles stretch and weaken and during the second
trimester your body releases a chemical called
relaxin which softens ligaments, cartilage and
the cervix. This leaves your joints potentially
vulnerable to injury. Therefore it is essential that
prior to resuming to exercise you consult your doctor
or a fitness professional to confirm that it is safe for
you to do so.
Exercise tips
The best form of exercise is aerobic, such as brisk
walking or swimming, however here are a few other
simple ways this can be achieved:
*Go for a walk with the baby in the pushchair, or
join a buggy fit class where mums can meet and
socialise together
*Buy a workout dvd and exercise whilst the
babies in bed
*Play some music and dance with your baby
*Do some high tempo cleaning

We understand that it’s often difficult to find the time to exercise after having a baby, or some
mums may find it difficult to motivate themselves. Hiring a personal trainer to come and give you a
specially designed workout tailored to your specific needs will ensure speedy results to help you
achieve your yummy mummy status.

Please e-mail Premier Trainers www.premieretrainers.co.uk for further advice or to book a personal
training session.
 
 COMPETITIONS &
GIVEAWAYS
ASWAD TICKETS! Win a K.A Courtesy of
Tune in to Radio Cardiff from Monday May Cardiff Trade Sales!
24th to find out how you can win a pair of
tickets to see the mighty Aswad LIVE in The lovely people at Cardiff Trade Sales have kindly
concert at The Millennium Music Hall provided us with a K.A to giveaway to one of lucky
Sunday May 30th! listeners or readers.
So if you fancy a new car get yourselves down to Radio
Cardiff, where you can purchase a raffle ticket.
Tickets cost just £2, with all proceeds being donated to
the Marie Curie Cancer Trust.
The winner will be announced at 5pm Saturday July 3rd
at the Cardiff Trade Sales Fun Day, Swan Garages,
Penarth Road.

Win A Signed Futuretown CD

All you have to do to win a signed copy of the new
Futuretown CD is come along to their gig at The Poets
Creative Writing
Corner on Saturday May 8th and say
ʻI LOVE RʼCORD MAGʼ to a member of the band!
Competition!
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magazine. Send them to us at
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 Members Section
This area of the magazine is dedicated to you our members,
Thank you to everyone that sent their photographs.
We hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as we did!

Rubie Harford backstage meeting Molly Jemmet, Ruby & Peter Scott
Tinie Tempah on holiday in Jamaica.

I’ve been at Radio Cardiff

For nearly four months now,
I was welcomed with open arms
I feel like family now.
It’s not just a radio station
It’s more like a home,
Leigh-ann & Felix Everyone helps you along the way
Having fun at The Brunel Arms You never feel alone.
I record my very own show now
I love it so much,
Its amazing what you can do
With every single touch.
So now when someone new comes down
I’ll help them along their way,
Just as my Radio Cardiff family
helped me along my way!

Keiran, RC producer

R’CORD Editor Rachel Price &

Freddie Gittens with Tinie Tempah