25 CLUB NEWSLETTER No 12 –April 9 2023

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.

1)  TWO WINNERS OF THE FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION

The eleventh round of the 2022-23 competition – Llandovery v Swansea – saw two winners. Callum Dodd (14) scored the first try, so earning Nigel Clarke £50.

 The last try was scored by Jack Jones (4), earning Rob Hunt £50

 

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2)      10% DISCOUNT

 West End Cafe continues to offer all 25 Club members a discount of 10% on food and beverage purchased at the cafe. Claim your 10% on production of your new 25 Club membership card.

The Three Horse Shoes offer a 10% discount on all restaurant meals and in house drinks – again on production of the 25 Club card.

Ozzy’s Kebab & Pizza offers 10% discount on production of the card.

 

3) Members will be interested to know that betting continues on both the Welsh Premiership and Championship with bookmakers DragonBet.

For the Swansea game , the handicap was Llandovery – 20.5  so those who supported the Drovers to win by over 20 points were in pocket

Details can be found on dragonbet.co.uk

 

4)  The date of end of season dinner has had to be changed from Friday May 5 to Friday April 28 because there is a strong possibility that Llandovery will be playing in a Premiership play off the week-end May 5/6/7.

 On April 28, 25 Club members and partners/guests will enjoy a three course meal with all beer and wines included. Any member may invite an extra person at an all inclusive cost of £60.

The club coaching team will do a Q and A session on the night and there will be a prize quiz for everyone.

*** Please note that the dinner is a black tie affair, 7 pm for 7 30 pm

PLEASE LET GINA KNOW ASAP

  1. YOUR INTENTION TO ATTEND
  2. WHETHER YOU WILL BE BRINGING A GUEST
  3. IF YOU ARE BRINGING AN EXTRA PAYING GUEST

 

5) INDIGO PREMIERSHIP RESULTS April  6/8 2023

Llandovery 52 Swansea 24; Cardiff  32 Aberavon 15; Newport 33 Merthyr 27; Llanelli 12 Bridgend 47; Carmarthen Quins 32 RGC31; Ebbw Vale 32 Pontypridd 10

Table as at April 9 2023

 

2022/2023 Indigo Premiership

TEAM P W D L PF PA PD T TA TB LB PTS
Llandovery 20 17 0 3 595 324 271 74 37 9 1 78
Cardiff 19 16 0 3 653 348 305 87 40 11 2 77
Merthyr 19 14 0 5 564 368 196 81 41 13 3 72
Ebbw Vale 19 13 0 6 461 348 113 55 40 6 4 62
Aberavon 20 12 0 8 548 457 91 77 56 9 3 60
Newport 18 11 0 7 494 372 122 66 46 9 6 59
RGC 1404 20 9 0 11 517 434 83 66 55 7 5 48
Bridgend Ravens 19 8 0 11 391 491 -100 46 63 4 3 39
Carmarthen Quins 21 6 0 15 342 651 -309 43 88 4 3 31
Swansea 18 4 0 14 348 576 -228 44 85 5 2 23
Pontypridd 19 3 0 16 329 507 -178 33 65 3 5 20
Llanelli 18 2 0 16 376 742 -366 51 107 5 2 15

 

WRU regulations state:

National League placings will be decided on the basis of League points gained during the season. Where teams have gained equal numbers of League points, the team with the most wins shall be given preference. If the number of wins is equal, the team with the fewest losses shall be given preference. If the number of losses is equal then the Club having recorded the most tries in the Season shall be given preference. If the number of tries is equal the points ‘for’ shall be divided by the points ‘against’ and the team with the highest factor shall be declared to have the better rec

 

 

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6) 25 CLUB MEMBERSHIP ROLL FOR 2022-2023 with winnings after Round 11

1 TONY WILLIAMS

2 KATHRYN DAVIES (£200)

3 DAN JONES

4 ROB HUNT (£100)

5 PHIL RATCLIFFE (£50)

6 GERI DAVIES

7 BRIAN JONES

8 ANTHONY BARRY

9 GERAINT MORGAN (£100)

10 STEVE LOCK (£50)

11 HOWARD POTTER (£100)

12 ROBIN BARLOW (£100)

13 PAUL ADAMS (£50)

14 NIGEL CLARKE (£100)

15 DAI THOMAS

16 DAVID BOORER (£50)

17 MICKEY GOUGH

18 JONATHAN DAVIES (£50)

19 DEREK JONES

20 ROB SALT

21 MARK VINCE

22 ISMAEL OZDEMIR

23 MARGARET DAVIES

24 HUW S THOMAS (£50)

25 WYN MORGAN (£100)

For the 25 Club Huw S Thomas 09/04/2023