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 second competition of the SRC season, on the occasion of the Llandovery v Swansea game, were Phil Ratcliffe who benefitted from a try by wing Aaron Warren (11) and Paul Adams with a last try from centre Ilan Phillips (13)
The next competition will be on Saturday November 23 when Cardiff are the visitors to Church Bank.
- 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.
- DRAGONBET
Bookmakers Dragonbet (dragonbet.co.uk) offered odds on the Llandovery v Swansea game.
They gave the All Whites a 21 point handicap start over the Drovers.
Llandovery won by 29 points (42-13) so a number of 25 Club members who backed the team to win were in the money.
- TICKETS
Orders for two tickets for the Autumn series or Six Nations internationals should be placed with Gina as soon as possible.
- MEMBERSHIP BOOKS
These are now available. If you did not pick them up last Saturday, they can be collected at the office at your convenience.
- HOSPITALITY
The first hospitality day of the year is scheduled for Saturday November 23 (Llandovery v Cardiff). An all inclusive buffet will be served from 12 45 onwards.
The book Blwddyn Bythgoviadwy, A Chronicle Of An Unforgetable Season will be available for sale to Club members.
- RESULTS from Week 6 SRC
Llandovery 42 Swansea 13; Pontypool 17 Newport 14; Cardiff 31 Aberavon 14; Bridgend 18 Ebbw Vale 34; RGC 29 Carmarthen Quins 24
2024/2025 Super Rygbi Cymru as at 20/10/2024
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | T | TA | TB | LB | PTS |
| Cardiff | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 111 | 88 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| Ebbw Vale | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 180 | 142 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Newport | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 115 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| Bridgend Ravens | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 166 | -6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Llandovery | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 156 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Pontypool | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 183 | -14 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| Carmarthen Quins | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 182 | -29 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| RGC 1404 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 179 | 184 | -5 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Aberavon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 141 | -34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Swansea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 132 | 219 | -87 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS (2024-2025) AFTER ROUND 2 (in bold)
1 ANTHONY BARRY
2 HUW S THOMAS
3 NIGEL CLARKE
4 GARETH DYLAN
5 DEREK JONES
6 ROBIN BARLOW
7 ROY DAVIES
8 GARETH M JONES
9 JONATHAN DAVIES
10 TONY WILLIAMS
11 PHIL RATCLIFFE (£50)
12 WYN MORGAN
13 PAUL ADAMS (£50)
14 ROB HUNT
15 KATHRYN DAVIES (£50)
16 HOWARD POTTER (£50)
17 JOHN ASHCROFT
18 MARK VINCE
19 GERI DAVIES
20 DAN JONES
21 ROB SALT
22 DAI THOMAS
23 MICKEY GOUGH
24 (PEN TRY) MARGARET DAVIES
25 (NO TRY OR JUST THE ONE TRY) STEVE LOCK
Total winnings paid out after the 2nd round: £200
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 20/10/2024