March 9 2025
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 tenth competition of the SRC season, on the occasion of the Llandovery v Cardiff game, were Phil Ratcliffe who benefitted from a try by wing Harri Doel (11) and Kathryn Davies with a late try from Jac Davies (15)
The next competition will be on Saturday April 5 when Aberavon are the visitors to Church Bank in a league game.
- HOSPITALITY
The end of season Gala Dinner will take place sometime in mid May 2025, exact date dependent on Llandovery rugby fortunes.
John and Menna Davies are the winners of the quiz in the book Blwyddyn Bythgofiadwy – A Chronicle of an Unforgettable Season and their prize is an invitation for four to the all-inclusive 25 Club Gala dinner in May
- DRAGONBET
Bookmakers Dragonbet (dragonbet.co.uk) offered odds on the Llandovery v Cardiff game
They gave Cardiff an 8 points handicap start over the Drovers.
Llandovery fell well shor – losing by 33 points – so a number of 25 Club members who backed the team to win were very much embarrassed and the poorer on Saturday night.
- 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.
- SRC RESULTS
Llandovery 19 Cardiff 52; Pontypool 45 Aberavon 39
- Super Rygbi Cymru table as at March 9 2025
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | T | TA | TB | LB | PTS |
| Cardiff | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 467 | 291 | 176 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 62 |
| Ebbw Vale | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 400 | 265 | 135 | 51 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 57 |
| Llandovery | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 422 | 344 | 78 | 55 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 55 |
| Newport | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 409 | 330 | 79 | 60 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 50 |
| Pontypool | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 378 | 372 | 6 | 52 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 39 |
| Bridgend Ravens | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 350 | 431 | -81 | 50 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
| RGC 1404 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 381 | 470 | -89 | 44 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| Aberavon | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 323 | 330 | -7 | 45 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| Carmarthen Quins | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 285 | 394 | -109 | 37 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| Swansea | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 269 | 457 | -188 | 35 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
- LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS (2024-2025) AFTER ROUND 10 (in bold)
1 ANTHONY BARRY (£50)
2 HUW S THOMAS
3 NIGEL CLARKE (£50)
4 GARETH DYLAN
5 DEREK JONES (£50)
6 ROBIN BARLOW
7 ROY DAVIES
8 GARETH M JONES (£50)
9 JONATHAN DAVIES
10 TONY WILLIAMS
11 PHIL RATCLIFFE (£200)
12 WYN MORGAN
13 PAUL ADAMS (£100)
14 ROB HUNT (£200)
15 KATHRYN DAVIES (£100)
16 HOWARD POTTER (£50)
17 JOHN ASHCROFT
18 MARK VINCE
19 GERI DAVIES (£50)
20 DAN JONES
21 ROB SALT
22 DAI THOMAS (£50)
23 MICKEY GOUGH
24 (PEN TRY) MARGARET DAVIES (£50)
25 (NO TRY OR JUST THE ONE TRY) STEVE LOCK
Total winnings paid out after the 10th round: £1000
The competition will run throughout the season at all home SRC league and cup games.
Competition rules
Automatic entry into a members only prize competition at all home league and cup games.
NB The inclusion of home cup games is an extra benefit for season 2024-2025
Two prizes of £50 per game for a) first Llandovery try scorer b) last Llandovery try scorer.
Members will be allocated a club number between 1 and 25 corresponding to a Llandovery match day shirt, plus a penalty try category (24) and no try category (25).
The no try category will come into force if no try has been scored or if there is just one Llandovery try in the whole game.
Prize awarded immediately post match if member is in attendance at Church Bank. Otherwise payment will be made in the week following the game.
A member will keep the same number throughout that entire season.
Huw S Thomas for the “25” club 09/03/2025