January 7 2024
Please note that there is a separate 25 Club page on the Llandovery RFC web site with a drop down menu for newsletters. There is also a separate page for match reports.
- FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION
The two £50 winners of the latest competition on the occasion of the Llandovery v Pontypridd Premiership game were Anthony Barry after prop Jamie Hughes (1) got the first try and Huw S Thomas who benefitted from a second home try by hooker Taylor Davies (2)
- HOSPITALITY
The next hospitality date will be before the Llandovery v Ebbw Vale game on Saturday January 20 – (1 00 pm – 2.25 pm). Buffet and all drinks.
25 Club members will have a priority entry for the 25 Club’s Six Nations Competition which has a £200 prize.
Please let Gina know asap whether you will be coming, alone or with a guest.
- DISCOUNT
On production of their membership card, 25 Club members can take advantage of a 10% discount when eating in at The West End Café.
Ozzy’s have also generously offered a 10% discount on purchases.
- DRAGONBET
Bookmakers Dragonbet (dragonbet.co.uk) offered odds on the Llandovery v Pontypridd Premiership game.
They gave Pontypridd a 13 point handicap start against the Drovers.
Llandovery won by a margin of only one point so a number of 25 Club members who backed the team to win by over 13 points were out of the money.
- SIX NATIONS
Members can now apply for their pair of complimentary tickets for any one of Wales’s home games in the 2024 Six Nations.
Wales v Scotland Saturday Feb 3; Wales v France Sunday March 10; Wales v Italy Saturday March 16.
Please send requests to Gina at the club, the sooner the better.
- WELSH CUP SEMI FINALS (March 2 2024)
The WRU Cup draw is as follows:
Llandovery v Ebbw Vale (at Aberavon); Swansea v Merthyr (at Bridgend)
- PREMIERSHIP RESULTS WEEK ENDING January 6 2024
Llandovery 12 Pontypridd 11; Bridgend 11 Carmarthen Quins 16; Pontypool 21 Aberavon 26; Ebbw Vale 9 Cardiff 23; Neath19 Merthyr 14
UPDATED PREMIERSHIP LEAGUE TABLE (07/01/2024)
| Llandovery | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 433 | 190 | 243 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 61 |
| Ebbw Vale | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 431 | 304 | 127 | 53 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 54 |
| Newport | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 394 | 254 | 140 | 55 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 45 |
| Cardiff | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 391 | 299 | 92 | 47 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 42 |
| Pontypool | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 340 | 306 | 34 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| Aberavon | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 317 | 380 | -63 | 41 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| Pontypridd | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 295 | 346 | -51 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| Merthyr | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 303 | 327 | -24 | 40 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| Bridgend Ravens | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 285 | 359 | -74 | 30 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
| Swansea | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 264 | 339 | -75 | 34 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| RGC 1404 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 230 | 293 | -63 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| Carmarthen Quins | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 246 | 368 | -122 | 28 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Neath | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 362 | -164 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
8) LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS AFTER ROUND 9 (in bold)
Paul Adams 20
John Ashcroft 23
Robin Barlow 10
Anthony Barry 1 (£50)
David Boorer 11
Nigel Clarke 22
Geri Davies 9 (£50)
Jonathan Davies 5 (£100)
Kathryn Davies 8
Margaret Davies 14
Mickey Gough 16
Rob Hunt 6
Brian Jones 4
Dan Jones 18
Derek Jones 24 (£50)
Steve Lock 25
Geraint Morgan 21 (£100)
Wyn Morgan 19
Howard Potter 17 (£150)
Phil Ratcliffe 7 (£50)
Rob Salt 3
Dai Thomas 15 (£50)
Huw S Thomas 2 (£150)
Mark Vince 13 (£150)
Tony Williams 12
Total winnings after the ninth round: £900
Huw S Thomas for the “25” club 06/01/2024