25 CLUB NEWSLETTER NO 4 2024-2025

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 third competition of the SRC season, on the occasion of the Llandovery v Bridgend game, were Anthony Wathan/Barry Clement who benefitted from a try by prop Jamie Hughes (1) and Derek Jones with a last try from lock Ed Scragg (5)

The next competition will be on Saturday December 7 when Pontypool are the visitors to Church Bank.

 

  • HOSPITALITY

 

On a request from the Board of Directors to change the date of the next hospitality, there will be no pre-match function on December 21 (Llandovery v Carmarthen Quins).

 

In its place, will be hospitality before the Llandovery v Newport SRC game on January 4, 2025. More details nearer the date.

 

A further hospitality day will be announced in the New Year but likely to be a SRC Cup match.

 

The end of season Gala Dinner will take place sometime in May 2025, date not yet fixed.

 

  • 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.

 

  • TICKETS

Orders for two tickets for Six Nations internationals should be placed with Gina as soon as possible.

 

                         
  • MEMBERSHIP BOOKS

A reminder that a number of members have not picked up their membership books; they can be collected at the office at your convenience.

 

  • RESULTS from Week 9 of the SRC league

 

Llandovery 28 Bridgend 12; Newport 31 Carmarthen Quins 20; Cardiff 27 Pontypool 10; Swansea 20 Ebbw Vale 40; Aberavon 34 RGC 18

 

 

 

2024/2025 Super Rygbi Cymru table as at 01/12/2024

TEAM P W D L PF PA PD T TA TB LB PTS
Cardiff 8 7 0 1 273 135 138 42 18 7 5 40
Ebbw Vale 8 7 0 1 259 173 86 33 22 6 4 38
Newport 7 5 0 2 240 142 98 36 18 6 4 30
Llandovery 8 5 0 3 234 194 40 30 23 5 4 29
Pontypool 8 4 0 4 222 220 2 30 28 5 2 23
Carmarthen Quins 9 4 0 5 219 281 -62 27 41 4 2 22
Bridgend Ravens 9 3 0 6 215 276 -61 31 37 5 3 20
RGC 1404 9 4 0 5 238 300 -62 27 42 2 2 20
Aberavon 7 2 0 5 167 192 -25 23 28 2 3 13
Swansea 9 0 0 9 182 336 -154 23 45 2 1 3

 

 

  • LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS (2024-2025) AFTER ROUND 3 (in bold)

 

 

1 ANTHONY BARRY (£50)

2 HUW S THOMAS

3 NIGEL CLARKE

4 GARETH DYLAN

5 DEREK JONES (£50)

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 3rd round: £300

 

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 01/12/2024