With membership confirmed for season 2023-2024, please note that the draw for first/last try competition numbers will take place at the clubhouse on Friday evening August 18 at 6 15 pm. All members are invited to attend the draw which will be made by Llandovery RFC Chairman Peter Rees. These numbers will first come into …
By Huw S Thomas Indigo Premiership champions Llandovery are looking forward to defending their title in the face of a huge challenge from the other 12 clubs that will compete in this year’s campaign. The two promoted clubs from the Championship – Pontypool and Neath – will make the season even more competitive despite the …
By Huw S Thomas, with thanks to Brecon and Radnor Express May 21, 2023, will go down as the greatest day in the 145 year history of Llandovery RFC – the Drovers. At Cardiff Arms Park they won the Indigo Welsh Premiership title with a convincing 24-8 win over high flying Cardiff. The capital club …
Here is Huw S Thomas’s Team of the Year in the Indigo Welsh Premiership followed by his second choice, as published by Rugby Universe Full back: Jack Maynard (Llandovery) – (Dan Fish,Cardiff) Wing: Harri Doel (Llandovery) – (Teri Gee, Merthyr) Centre: Adam Warren (Llandovery) – (Arron Pinches, Cardiff) Centre: Rhodri Jones (Llandovery) – (Joe Thomas …
The Urdd Eisteddfod was the setting for a new partnership agreement between Llandovery RFC, Llandovery College and University of Wales Trinity St David writes Huw S Thomas. The launch was attended by WRU Chairman Ieuan Evans, visiting the Maes in his official capacity as well as being a life-long supporter of Urdd Gobaith Cymru. The …
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Members of the 25 Club wish to send our heart-felt thanks and congratulations to the coaches, back room staff and players of Llandovery RFC on the winning of the Indigo Premiership Play Off on Sunday May 21. The 24-8 win over Cardiff at the Arms Park was a fitting end to a season in which …
RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY SERVICES OF HIGH WYCOMBE HAVE TOPPED UP AN EARLIER DONATION OF £5,000 WITH ANOTHER £5,000 TO LLANDOVERY PLAYERS AND COACHES IN CELEBRATION OF THE CLUB’S STUNNING 24-8 WIN OVER CARDIFF IN THE INDIGO PREMIERSHIP PLAY OFF FINAL. RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY SERVICES WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1976 AND IS STILL PRIVATELY OWNED BY ITS …
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CARDIFF 8 LLANDOVERY 24 By Huw S Thomas. Pic: Ian Williams Ring the bells, sound the trumpets, bang the drums to mark the huge achievement of the smallest and now best of Wales’s semi pro Indigo Premiership clubs. A pulsating game did the famous Cardiff Arms Park justice as the Drovers claimed their first ever …
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25 CLUB NEWSLETTER No 14 –May 14 2023 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 THE FIRST/LAST TRY COMPETITION In the Premiership semi final against Merthyr, Osian Davies (6) got …
LLANDOVERY 16 MERTHYR 13 The Premiership semi final went narrowly the way of the Drovers and it is they who will now meet Cardiff, the winners of the other semi final, at the Arms Park next Sunday evening writes Huw S Thomas. The expected battle between the powerful Merthyr forwards and the inventive Llandovery backs …