Ashleigh Crowter is a sports reporter and presenter for BBC ‘Wales Today’, Wales’ flagship television news programme. He is an accomplished broadcaster and witty speaker and an ideal host for conferences and events.
Ashleigh’s working brief is to cover the best stories in Welsh sport – from Grand Slam champions to grassroots heroes. Over the last 13 years, Ashleigh has been close to the biggest sporting events in Wales and overseas.
He was on the finishing line at the Great Wall of China when Nicole Cooke set Welsh athletes on the way to a record-breaking medal haul at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He’s also reported from the historic Cardiff Ashes test, two Six Nations Grand Slams and also covered the nine year build-up to the 2010 Ryder Cup.
Ashleigh is proud of his support for minority sports too, providing welcome coverage to little-known Welsh athletes whose achievements deserve a wider recognition.
Ashleigh is an accomplished broadcaster, who started his career as a trainee before working as a reporter and presenter for BBC Radio Wales and BBC Wales Today. Ashleigh worked in the newsroom for four years before switching to the sports department where he launched a nightly sports news bulletin for BBC 2W.
In 2007, he helped launch magazine show Sport Wales on BBC Two before taking up his current role on Wales Today, succeeding the late and much-missed Welsh broadcasting legend Bob Humphrys.
Ashleigh has also presented rugby programmes and commentated on cricket for BBC Radio Wales. He was also part of BBC Wales’ team covering the last General and Assembly elections.
Ashleigh presented the Welsh Open Snooker on BBC One and Two Wales this year.
Ashleigh is a genial and professional host for events and conferences, with stories to suit every occasion. He is a regular host of sports dinners and conferences and has also chaired political debates and election hustings.
In his spare time, Ashleigh plays cricket and tennis, although rugby will always be his first love, having played and watched the game in Wales, England and France.