25 CLUB NEWSLETTER NO 9 2024-2025

Jan 19 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 seventh competition of the SRC season, on the occasion of the Llandovery v Pontypool game, were Gareth Milton Jones who benefitted from a try by No 8 Nathan Hart and Dai Thomas with a try from replacement wing Llien Morgan (22)

The next competition will be on Saturday January 25 when Cardiff are the visitors to Church Bank.

 

  • HOSPITALITY – FOR THE DIARY

 

The next hospitality day will be on Saturday March 1 when Llandovery meet Bridgend in the SRC Cup competition.

 

The end of season Gala Dinner will take place sometime in May 2025, date dependent on Llandovery rugby fortunes..

 

  • 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.

 

  • RESULT from Week 13 of the SRC league

 

Llandovery 38 Pontypool 27

2024/2025 Super Rygbi Cymru

TEAM P W D L PF PA PD T TA TB LB PTS
Llandovery 13 10 0 3 403 292 111 52 36 9 6 55
Ebbw Vale 12 9 0 3 380 260 120 49 33 9 7 52
Cardiff 12 9 0 3 381 246 135 59 32 9 6 51
Newport 11 7 0 4 351 264 87 51 36 8 5 41
Bridgend Ravens 13 5 0 8 336 414 -78 48 55 9 5 34
Pontypool 12 6 0 6 333 333 0 45 44 7 3 34
RGC 1404 13 6 0 7 355 436 -81 42 60 4 2 30
Aberavon 11 4 0 7 252 249 3 35 35 4 6 26
Carmarthen Quins 12 4 0 8 263 367 -104 33 53 4 4 24
Swansea 13 1 0 12 242 435 -193 31 61 3 2 9

 

 

 

  • LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS (2024-2025) AFTER ROUND 7 (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 (£50)

9 JONATHAN DAVIES

10 TONY WILLIAMS

11 PHIL RATCLIFFE (£100)

12 WYN MORGAN

13 PAUL ADAMS (£100)

14 ROB HUNT (£100)

15 KATHRYN DAVIES (£50)

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 6th round: £700

 

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 19/01/2025