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 latest competition on the occasion of the Llandovery v Ebbw Vale Premiership game were Huw S Thomas who benefitted from a try by hooker Craig Thomas (2) and Derek Jones with a penalty try (24)

 

• HOSPITALITY

The end of season 25 Club Dinner 25 had been pencilled in for Friday April 26 but it is Bikers’ weekend at the club so the date will have to be changed. We will let you have the dates asap

Dress will be formal.

More details to follow in the coming weeks.

 

• SIX NATIONS COMPETITION

Please note that entries into the 25 Club Six Nations competition close at 7 30 pm on Friday February 2.

Entry forms, from Gina or Huw S, must be returned with £5 entry fee. Competition forms for those unable to pick them from the club are attached. Please print off and return by 02/02/2024.

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 ENTRY FORM: £5

25 CLUB SIX NATIONS COMPETITION 2024

*1^st prize £200 (guaranteed by the 25 Club)

Answer the 5 simple questions below – plus a tie breaker if needed – on this year’s Six Nations.

Maximum possible score is 10. No limit to the number of entries into the competition.

 

Entry is cash or cheque only (payable to Llandovery RFC)

All entries to be handed in – with entry fee – either to Huw S Thomas or to Gina Deering at the club by 7 30 pm Friday February 2 2024.

 

1 Which country will win the 2024 Six Nations? (3 points) —

2 In what position will Wales finish? (2 points)  —

3 Who will be Wales’s top try scorer out of these five possibilities? (2 points) 

1. i) L Rees-Zammit ii) J Adams, iii) G North, iv) R Dyer v) any other player —

 

4 How many red cards will there be in the 15 matches? (2 points)  —

5 How many appearances (including replacement) will prop Wyn Jones make for Wales? (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) (1 point)  —

Highest total wins £200. In the case of a points tie, a tie “breaker” will operate

TIE BREAKER:  What will be the total number of match points scored by Wales over their five matches? (last year Wales scored 84 points in their five matches) —

 

Friday, 2 February

France v Ireland (8 pm)

Saturday, 3 February

Italy v England (2 15 pm); Wales v Scotland (4 45 pm)

Saturday, 10 February

Scotland v France (2 15 pm); England v Wales (4 45 pm)

Sunday, 11 February

Ireland v Italy (3 pm)

Saturday, 24 February

Ireland v Wales (2 15 pm); Scotland v England (4 45 pm)

Sunday, 25 February

France v Italy (3 pm)

Saturday, 9 March

Italy v Scotland (2 15 pm); England v Ireland (4 45 pm)

Sunday, 10 March

Wales v France (3 pm)

Saturday, 16 March

Wales v Italy (2 15 pm); Ireland v Scotland (4 45 pm); France v England (8 pm)

 

 

NAME and CONTACT NUMBER:

 

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• 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 Ebbw Vale Premiership game.

They gave Ebbw Vale a 12 point handicap start against the Drovers.

Llandovery won by a margin of only two points so a number of 25 Club members who backed the team to win by over 12 points were out of luck.

 

• 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 Saturday Feb 3; Wales v France Sunday March 10; Wales v Italy Saturday March 16.

Please send requests to Gina at the club, the sooner the better.

 

• WELSH CUP SEMI FINALS (March 2 2024)

The WRU Cup draw is as follows:

Llandovery v Ebbw Vale (at Aberavon); Swansea v Merthyr (at Bridgend)

 

• PREMIERSHIP RESULTS WEEK ENDING January 20 2024

Llandovery 17 Ebbw Vale 15; Bridgend 15 Pontypridd 13; Neath 17 Cardiff 35; Newport 27 Aberavon 10

 

UPDATED PREMIERSHIP LEAGUE TABLE (20/01/2024)

Teams		P	W	D	L
	Llandovery	15	14	0	1	65
	Ebbw Vale	17	12	0	5	60
	Newport	14	11	0	3	55
	Cardiff	15	9	1	5	47
*	Pontypool	15	9	0	6	39
	Pontypridd	16	7	1	8	37
	Merthyr	14	7	0	7	35
	Aberavon	15	6	0	9	35
	Bridgend	16	6	0	10	32
	Swansea	14	4	0	10	24
	RGC	12	4	0	8	21
	Carmarthen Quins	13	3	0	10	18
	Neath	14	2	0	12	12
* – Denotes points deducted

 

8)  LIST OF FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION WINNERS AFTER ROUND 10 (in bold)

 

Paul Adams 20

John Ashcroft 23

Robin Barlow 10

Anthony Barry 1 (£50)

David Boorer 11

Nigel Clarke 22

Geri Davies 9 (£50)

Jonathan Davies 5 (£100)

Kathryn Davies 8

Margaret Davies 14

Mickey Gough 16

Rob Hunt 6

Brian Jones 4

Dan Jones 18

Derek Jones 24 (£100)

Steve Lock 25

Geraint Morgan 21 (£100)

Wyn Morgan 19

Howard Potter 17 (£150)

Phil Ratcliffe 7 (£50)

Rob Salt 3

Dai Thomas 15 (£50)

Huw S Thomas 2 (£200)

Mark Vince 13 (£150)

Tony Williams 12

 

Total winnings after the ninth round: £1,000

 

Huw S Thomas for the “25” club 20/01/2024