Nov 25
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.
- CHANGE OF DATE
Apologies for the late change but the next hospitality day for the 25 Club will be on Saturday December 9 on the occasion of the Welsh Cup quarter final between Llandovery and Aberavon.
Please let Gina know if you will be attending with or without a guest.
NB This will replace the advertised hospitality day on December 23.
- FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION
In the sixth of the first/last try competitions of the season (Llandovery v Newport), the winners were Huw S Thomas and Howard Potter
Taylor Davies (2) scored the first try to the £50 benefit of Huw S and Craig Thomas (17) crossed for the last Llandovery try to earn Howard the other £50.
The seventh round of the competition will be on December 16 on the occasion of the Llandovery v Aberavon league game.
- 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 Newport They gave Newport a 12 point start against the Drovers.
Llandovery won by a margin of 22 (29-7) so a number of 25 Club members who backed the team to win by over 12 points were in 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 Feb 3; Wales v France March 12; Wales v Italy March 16.
Please send requests to Gina at the club, the sooner the better.
- PREMIERSHIP RESULTS Nov 23-25 2023
Pontypridd 29 Carmarthen Quins 20; Llandovery 29 Newport 7; Bridgend 27 Pontypool 23; Cardiff 64 Aberavon 26; Ebbw Vale 36 Swansea 7; RGC 13 Merthyr
League table at 25/11/2023
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | T | TA | TB | LB | PTS |
| Llandovery | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 354 | 159 | 195 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 44 |
| Ebbw Vale | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 279 | 177 | 102 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 39 |
| Pontypool | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 276 | 241 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
| Newport | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 301 | 208 | 93 | 41 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 35 |
| Merthyr | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 193 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Cardiff | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 282 | 243 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Bridgend Ravens | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 209 | 234 | -25 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| Pontypridd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 217 | 259 | -42 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Aberavon | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 206 | 269 | -63 | 27 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| RGC 1404 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 199 | 255 | -56 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Swansea | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 214 | 281 | -67 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Carmarthen Quins | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 206 | 283 | -77 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Neath | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 133 | 302 | -169 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7) LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS AFTER ROUND 6 (in bold)
Paul Adams 20
John Ashcroft 23
Robin Barlow 10
Anthony Barry 1
David Boorer 11
Nigel Clarke 22
Geri Davies 9 (£50)
Jonathan Davies 5 (£50)
Kathryn Davies 8
Margaret Davies 14
Mickey Gough 16
Rob Hunt 6
Brian Jones 4
Dan Jones 18
Derek Jones 24
Steve Lock 25
Geraint Morgan 21 (£100)
Wyn Morgan 19
Howard Potter 17 (£100)
Phil Ratcliffe 7 (£50)
Rob Salt 3
Dai Thomas 15 (£50)
Huw S Thomas 2 (£50)
Mark Vince 13 (£150)
Tony Williams 12
Total winnings after the sixth round: £600
Huw S Thomas for the “25” club 25/11/2023