SWIMMING Five swimmers from Fishguard Flyers returned from this year’s Tiger Bay Open gala with six medals, two speeding tickets and lots of personal best times. The gala, at Cardiff International Pool on March 18th and 19th, has become a firm favourite with the club’s younger swimmers, who were desperate to
Month: March 2017
TITLE ON THE LINE
JONES SENDS SWALLOWS THROUGH
J.Emrys Morgan Cup semi final Waterloo Rovers 2 Llandysul 2 (aet) Llandysul won 4-2 on penalties. Llandysul produced a battling performance to defeat Waterloo Rovers but it took extra time and then penalties before the Swallows finally came through for what will be a second bite at the cherry on Good Friday. Twice Chris
WINNING RETURN FOR REDS
WRU Championship. Newcastle Emlyn 32 Bedlinog 12 Newcastle Emlyn returned to league action at Ddol Wiber after a very long absence but they soon found their rhythm and were outstanding in the first half. The reds played with a great deal of authority and skill under the blue skies and dominated a Bedlinog
CRYMYCH CLIMBING HIGH
Division 1 West Crymych 21 Llangennech 17 Crymych made the perfect start against Llangennech with a try straight from the kick off but they nearly gave the game away in the closing stages as the visitors made them pay for some sloppy defending. The Preselimen though managed to soak up the pressure and
CARDIGAN BOW OUT
WRU BOWL semi final Cardigan 3 Amman United 29 Cardigan needed to produce the performance of the season against Amman to have any chance of reaching the final and that was exactly what they did for the opening seventeen minutes and they should have been at least twelve points ahead. Outside half Llyr
CARDIGAN CUP FEVER SPREADS
REES-DAVIES ON GLORY PATH
Cardigan boxer Ben Rees-Davies will take the first steps on what he hopes will be the pathway to the 2018 Commonwealth Games when he enters the ring this Saturday night. Rees-Davies takes on Connor Mcintosh from Port Talbot in the preliminaries of the 2017 Welsh Senior Championships at the Rhondda Fach Sports Centre,
PODIUM FOR SPENCER SPORT
A podium finish on the opening round of the 2017 Prestone MSA British Rally Championship - Brick & Steel Border Counties Rally was the start to the season that the Llandysul based Spencer Sport Rally Team was looking for, when Osian Pryce and his co-driver Dale Furniss battled their way to
CLIVE IS AN INSPIRATION
Tough as teak Cardigan builder Clive Evans completed a 39.1 mile marathon run from Aberystwyth RFC to Cardigan RFC yesterday afternoon and he was welcomed in by an enthusiastic crowd, full of admiration for the efforts of this modest but very determined man. Evans, a former Cardigan RFC second team captain