AT14 years of age, Amelia Davies is already a regular member of the Fishguard and Goodwick Ladies hockey team and has been selected as one of only five Gold Hockey Ambassadors with the Welsh Hockey Association who is charged with the responsibility of promoting the game in their area.

To become a Gold Hockey Ambassador, Amelia had to attend a training course in Haverfordwest where she had to show her ability to coach others, and then attended courses in Cardiff as part of the 4689 Scheme which aims to provided children with hockey in different group sizes according to age and ability. She was understandably delighted to be one of only five would-be such ambassadors selected in Wales and has already gained some experience by helping Angela Miles coach youngsters in Haverfordwest during school holidays.

Amelia has also been chosen as a Silver Ambassador with Sport Pembrokeshire at Ysgol y Preseli, where she will be working with 5x60 officers Elgan Vittle in encouraging those students at the school who do not take part in any sporting or active leisure activities to try something new.

"I know some students who are nor taking part in sport, mainly because they don't like traditional sports," said Amelia, "but we are aiming to find sports that will suit them and get everyone in school involved and enjoying something to do that is active."

Not content with that little lot, Amelia also played golf after being coached by Alun Evans at Newport Links, and is also a very good breaststroke swimmer with the Fishguard Fliers squad. She started out as a nipper in the Learn to Swim scheme at her local leisure centre and although she can swim well at all the strokes it is breast-stroke that is her best, performing in the 100 metres but having the 200 metres as her speciality event.

She was competing under the watchful eye of Ann Adams as a six year old and won her first 50- metre breast-stroke race by the time she was nine and received every encouragement from John and Ann Clarke before they emigrated to New Zealand.

 Amelia has won her fair share of swimming medals and has been included in the Skills Squad with Pembrokeshire Swimming, as well as in the Welsh Skills Squad that was coached by former Olympic swimmer Martin Woodruff.

She has a commitment of ten hours a week in the pool at Haverfordwest but at least now it tends to be in the early evenings whereas at one time much of her swimming took place in the county town with sessions from 6am several mornings a week.

"Now that was hard work," admits Amelia with a chuckle!

 But hockey is now her first-choice sport, which she took up from the early age at Ysgol Wdig after watching mum Wendy play for Fishguard Ladies. Sarah Lewis and Jonathan Jones put her on the right road at primary school and she was soon doing very well at Ysgol y Preseli, where she not only captained the school team but also played regularly for Pembrokeshire and led them too, despite being a year younger than most of the other players.

 Amelia is now in the under 16 teams for school and county and continuing her hockey education, not least because all of Fishguard Ladies matches are played on Astroturf whilst some school matches are played on grass, which demands a totally different technique.

 She played her first game for the senior side with Fishguard Ladies last season and is full of praise for the help she has been given there by Angela Miles and the rest of the squad, which includes experienced players like Claire Williams and skipper Natalie Walsh, with the games much more physical and played at greater pace.

 She played in their recent 3-2 win against Llanybydder and showed her ability to play at this senior level, despite being so young.

We asked Angela Miles, who was umpiring that particular match, what she thought of Amelia's progress.

"She is great to have in training sessions," Angela told us, "because she is so enthusiastic and eager to learn.

"She is very fit, skilful and plays with a maturity beyond her age as an excellent team player.

"It is a pleasure having her in our squad and she has been a terrific help to me in encouraging very young players."

 The team includes mum Wendy, who plays in midfield while Amelia plays at left forward, and has to try and remember not to shout Mum when she wants the ball passed to her!

The family connection continues with Amelias aunt, Elaine Richards, also used to play in defence and is still involved at the club. That just leaves dad Stephen, who has always been supportive but focuses his sporting interest in golf, where he plays for the Tigers team at Priskilly.

Her ambition is naturally to achieve the highest level she can and is taking part with the best other young players in Wales in the 360 Club which is held twice monthly at Fishguard, Swansea and Cardiff , where both girls and boys are given the chance to show their skills before the Welsh team for their age group is chosen. It is another commitment to those she already undertakes in hockey and swimming but Amelia Davies is certainly up for the challenge!