– Llanelli Scarlets. 24 July – Neath-Swansea Ospreys. Summer – Celtic Warriors (merger of Bridgend and Pontypridd RFCs). October – The Wales team participate in the Rugby World Cup in Australia. In the group stages Wales defeat Canada 41–10, Tonga 27–20, and Italy 41–10, but lose to New Zealand 37–53 to qualify for the knockout stages. The team lose to England 17–28 in the quarter-finals. Snooker 9 February – Mark Williams wins his second Masters title. 5 May – Mark Williams wins the World Snooker Championship for the second time. 30 November – Matthew Stevens beats Stephen Hendry 10–8 to lift the 2003 UK Championship title. Deaths 5 January – Roy Jenkins, politician and Chancellor of Oxford University, 82 6 January – Glyn Davies, economist, 83 17 January – Goronwy Daniel, academic and civil servant, 88 26 January – Kingsley Jones, rugby union prop, 67 3 February – Trevor Morris, football player and manager, 82 26 February – Brian Evans, footballer, 60 14 April – Bob Evans, rugby player, 82 13 May – John Savage, prime minister of Nova Scotia 1993–97, 70 29 May – Trevor Ford, footballer, 79 8 June – Leighton Rees, darts player, 63 10 June – Phil Williams, politician, 64 16 June – Ivor Bennett, rugby player, 90 17 July – Dr David Kelly, government weapons expert, presumed suicide, 59 3 August – Norah Isaac, educationalist 5 August – Benjamin Noel Young Vaughan, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 85 20 September – Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, politician, 62 25 September Dai Davies, Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, 78 David Williams, crime novelist, 77 29 September – Billy Cleaver, Wales international rugby union player and colliery manager, 82 7 October – Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, 64 13 October – Anne Ziegler, soprano, 93 23 November – Paul Grant, bodybuilding champion, 60 27 November – Dai Francis, singer, 73 1 December – Hugh Rees, politician, 75 19 December – Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, 78 date unknown – Brian Morgan Edwards, businessman See also 2003 in Northern Ireland References