LOCAL RUGBY PREVIEW. WRU Championship Newcastle Emlyn face Glynneath tomorrow afternoon at Ddol Wiber and they will be determined to stop the rot and get back to winning. One success from four starts has been a very disappointing return and a gap has already opened up between the top six and the
Month: September 2017
LAMPETER START WITH A WIN
WRU Wales Womens League Division 2 Lampeter Ladies 40 Croesyceiliog 5 Lampeter Ladies kicked off the season in style with a resounding win over Croesyceiliog to keep intact their year-long undefeated home record. There was little to choose between the two teams in the opening quarter with both sides tussling for possession but
MORGAN BAGS WINNER
Len & Julia Newman Memorial Cup Second division side Penparcau moved safely through to the next round of the Len and Julia Newman Memorial Trophy after they accounted for first division outfit Llanilar. The hosts welcomed back Ryan Williams & Dylan Bailey from suspension and started brightly playing against a strong
AERON BOUNCE BACK
Division 3 west A Aberaeron 41 Laugharne 12 Aberaeron bounced back from defeat to secure a well deserved success over Laugharne in a match that was put to bed late on with two tries from Dyfrig Dafis. The seasiders made a number of enforced changes but they soon settled and their expansive game was rewarded
ABERYSTWYTH SNEAK IT
Rugby round up-Aberystwyth edge out Gorseinon but defeat for Llanybydder and Fishguard and Goodwick. Division 1 west Aberystwyth 7 Gorseinon 0 A match winning try by outside half Llyr Thomas in time added on sealed a dramatic victory for Aberystwyth. This game looked like ending in a very rare 0-0 stalemate despite having produced
MISSED CHANCES PROVE COSTLY
Costcutter League round up. Division one. The honours were shared in the top of the table clash between Newcastle Emlyn and Lampeter but the reds must be still wondering why they didn’t kill the game off in the opening half such was their dominance. The hosts created chance after chance but they wasted
EMLYN WELL BEATEN
CARDIGAN CLEAR AT THE TOP
Division 3 west Cardigan 43 St Davids 10 Cardigan once again fielded a very young team for this largely one sided division three affair and some of their new kids acquitted themselves well but these still remain worrying times for the Gwbert Road club. Coaches Colin Davies and Mathew Monighan worked wonders to
CROMPTON RETURNS HOME
RUGBY TOMORROW. Iestyn Crompton will complete the full circle tomorrow afternoon when he pulls on the red and white jersey of Newcastle Emlyn and runs out on to the field at Trebanos. The former Cardigan stand off who was a popular figure at the Gwbert Road club for many years, moved
BOW STREET DOUBLE UP
Spar mid Wales League Division 1. Bow Street followed up their excellent Welsh Cup win over Knighton the previous weekend with an ultimately comfortable 3-1 victory over the same opponents at Cae Piod in a league encounter. Mathew Evans opened the scoring after ten minutes, but Knighton reacted strongly and caused problems for the home