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CARMARTHEN FOOTBALL TABLES & FIXTURES


Welsh League Division 2 P W D L GD Pts 12 9 3 0 +31 30 13 8 3 2 +8 27 10 8 1 1 +22 25 12 6 4 2 +10 22 12 5 3 4 +7 18 18


Llanelli Town


Briton Ferry Llanl AFC Porth


Pontypridd Town Aberdare Town


Pontardawe Town 13 5 3 5 -1


Abergavenny Town 11 5 1 5 0 AFC Llwydcoed Garden Village Dinas Powys


Newport City


Cwmamman Utd 10 5 2 3 +10 17 Ammanford


12 5 2 5 +2 17 16


13 5 1 7 -11 16 12 4 1 7 0


Aberbargoed Buds 10 3 2 5 -4 Croesyceiliog West End


12 4 0 8 -11 12 11


14 3 2 9 -12 11 11 3 1 7 -13 7 3 2 1 10 -38 4


Carmarthenshire League Premier Division P W D L GD Pts


Evans & Williams 10 9 0 1 +31 27 Loughor Seaside Bwlch


Trostre Sports Dafen


Carmarthen Stars 9 4 1 4 +4 13 Penllergaer


Tumble United Pontlliw


Gorseinon Llandeilo 10 3 3 4 -2


Pengelli United Pwll Athletic Penyfan


10 2 3 5 -16 9 12 2 2 8 -16 8 8 1 4 3 -4 6 1 2 3 -4


10 1 2 7 -15 5 11 1 1 9 -34 4


Carmarthenshire League - Division 1 P W D L GD Pts 11 8 2 1 +22 26 11 8 1 2 +14 25


Ammanford


Loughor Rovers Rs.10 6 1 3 +4 19 Trallwm Killay


Garden Village


Pontarddulais Twn 10 4 2 4 +3 14 Johnstown United 9 4 2 3 +1 14 Burry Port Ponthenri Felinfoel Abergwili Caerbryn


12 4 1 7 +11 13 7 4 1 2 +2 13 10 3 2 5 -7


Camford Sports C K Swiss Valley


10 3 0 7 -17 9 10 2 0 8 -23 6 12 1 1 10 -30 1


11


Carmarthenshire League - Division 2 P W D L GD Pts 11 11 0 0 +56 32


Seaside Reserves 15 10 2 3 +44 32 Pontlliw Reserves 13 7 3 3 +8 24 Pengelli United Res 12 6 2 4 +8 20 Drefach Kidwelly


Johnstown Pwll Reserves Llangennech


Johnstown United 13 5 2 6 -8 Llandovery Pembrey


Bwlch Reserves Llansteffan


13 5 4 4 +8 19 11 5 2 4 +15 17 13 5 2 6 +6 17 11 5 2 4 +4 17 17


11 5 1 5 +2 16 11 4 2 5 +4 14 11 3 2 6 -16 11 13 2 0 11 -46 6 14 1 0 13 -85 3


Fixtures for Saturday, January 7


Welsh League - Division 2 Ammanford v Pontardawe Town Llanelli Town v Aberdare Town Newport City v Cwmamman United


Carmarthenshire League - Premier Division


Bwlch v Evans & Williams Carmarthen Stars v Tumble United Dafen v Trostre Sports Gorseinon v Pengelli United Penllergaer v Loughor Pontlliw v Penyfan


Carmarthenshire League - Division 1 Abergwili v Felinfoel


Camford Sports v Johnstown United Garden Village v Llandeilo Pontarddulais Town v Killay Trallwm v Burry Port


Carmarthenshire League - Division 2 C K Swiss Valley v Kidwelly


Johnstown United Res v Bwlch Reserves


Llansteffan v Drefach Pembrey v Pwll Reserves Pengelli United Res v Llangennech Seaside Reserves v Johnstown


Carmarthenshire League - Senior Cup Round 2 Ponthenri v Seaside Round 3


Pwll Athletic v Llandovery


Carmarthenshire League - Challenge Cup Round 2 Loughor Rovers Res v Ammanford


8 5 1 2 +21 16 9 5 0 4 +1 15 9 5 0 4 -2


15


7 5


16 12


7 7 0 0 +28 21 10 6 3 1 +17 21 10 6 2 2 +17 20 9 6 0 3 +1 18 10 5 1 4 -7


13


Newcastle Emlyn Beddau


15 20


WRU Championship NEWCASTLE EMLYN suffered


last gasp defeat at the hands of Beddau last Saturday (Jan 7) in a pulsating game of rugby. Beddau had been behind for the


whole game until the 86th minute with Emlyn down to 13 men, Beddau centre Tyler Wells crossed under the posts to give the visitors the lead. Hywel Chatham added the extra


points and the final whistle was blown by referee Peter Evans to bring to an end to the game. The first half belonged to the Red


and Whites, who dominated proceedings and led by 15 points to nil at the interval and on another day, it could have been a lot more. To their credit, the visitors clawed their way back into the game and ended up placing the home forwards under a great deal of pressure. Mindful of the hammering they


had had up in Beddau at the start of the season, for once Emlyn came out of the blocks firing on all cylinders. It was initially from a scrum that


Emlyn opened the scoring, when number eight Brynmor Jones picked up from the base on Beddau’s 10 metre line, and some nice inter-passing between himself, flanker Gethin Davies and scrum half Dafydd Evans saw the scrum half cross in the corner for the first try of the match. After a number of rucks, Beddau


flanker Jordan Goodwin was yellow carded for stamping all over the legs of an Emlyn player. Davies declined the


three points opting for another scrum. Beddau managed to wheel the scrum and disrupt the Emlyn drive and, from the resultant play, Emlyn knocked on and Beddau were able to clear their lines. They did extend their lead in the


35th minute when Jones stole a ball from a line out on Beddau’s 10 metre line. Brought down some 10 metres short of the line, Beddau managed to steal the ball and attempted to clear their line. The clearance kick fell into the arms of winger Dan Davies. He fed full back Shaun Leonard who spotted a gap in the defence and glided through it, drew the full back and passed back to Davies for the winger to score a try which he also converted. Almost from the restart, another


dropped pass by Beddau was pounced on by Emlyn hooker Elworthy, who stormed through some would-be tacklers, linked with hard-working flanker Gethin Davies, who had an excellent match until he dislocated his shoulder. He, in turn, tried to pass to Joel James but the pass was low and the flanker knocked on. From the resultant scrum, scrum


half Dafydd Evans harried his opposite number into making a poor pass. Centre Richard Hope was quickly up on Beddau and forced them to concede a penalty for not releasing the ball after a tackle. This time, Davies did opt for the kick at goal and Dan Davies converted the penalty kick to give Emlyn a deserved half time lead.


The second half followed a similar


pattern to the first, with the difference being it was the visitors who dominated proceedings. As per the first half, Emlyn, led by


Joel James, managed to stop the catch and drive but the visitors' prop, Stephens, decided to take the law into his own hands and went for James, causing a massive punch up. When things calmed down, referee Evans yellow-carded the prop and James and awarded Beddau a penalty, which Hywel Chatham converted to open their scoring. Beddau’s first try of the game came


after some 15 minutes and was nothing if not controversial. Their excellent full back, Callum Wheeler, made a lovely break from a line out move and scythed through the Emlyn defence to feed winger Joe Casella. Desperate Emlyn defence got across and looked to have tackled the winger into touch just before he grounded the ball, and the touch judge raised his flag. Referee Evans, from at least 10 metres away, ruled that Casella was not in touch and awarded Beddau a try.


Approaching the half hour mark, it


was Beddau who fell foul of the referee when, from a seemingly innocuous ruck on the halfway line, he decided that the Beddau full back had entered from the wrong side and yellow carded Wheeler. With Beddau trying everything they


could to add to their score, the tension was palpable in the stands as the Red and Whites defended bravely. When they did manage to get into


the Beddau half, they found Evans quick to penalise, so that Chatham could send them back into their own half. There was even the almost farcical


situation when, from just outside his twenty two, Chatham kicked over the heads of the advancing Emlyn line, slipped and fell while chasing his kick.


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Last gasp defeat for Emlyn


Evans ruled that an Emlyn player must have tripped him, although there wasn’t an Emlyn player near him, and awarded a kick from where the ball landed, allowing the outside half to drive play deep into the Emlyn half again. Approaching full time, Beddau were


awarded another penalty on the Emlyn 10 metre line. Replacement scrum half David Francis cleverly ran into Emlyn flanker Gareth Patterson and Evans ruled the flanker had prevented him going the 10 metres and yellow carded him. With Emlyn down to 14 men,


Beddau kicked for the corner and finally manged to get a drive going in, which the backs joined in and eventually were awarded the try scored by winger Cody Baker. Surprisingly, Chatham missed the conversion. With time running out, the Emlyn


faithful were hoping against hope that their side would be able to hold out for a win. However, when another Beddau


attack floundered against some determined Emlyn defence, referee Evans ruled that Llyr Jones had strayed off side at a ruck and yellow carded him. Against a side of Beddau’s quality, to


defend such a small lead was a big ask for any side and, despite the injuries, Emlyn had suffered. The players concerned had left the field almost immediately, thus the addition of six minutes to the half was mystifying. However, that was what happened and centre Tyler Wells scythed through to get the winning score for Beddau. This was a much improved Emlyn


performance and they can take a number of positives from the game.


Welsh footballers look to the future WALES international footballers


joined the Welsh coaches of the future at a Swansea Primary School recently to take part in the groundbreaking ‘Lidl Play More Football’ programme, launched by Lidl, The Football Association of Wales and the Welsh Football Trust. Cardiff City defender Jazz Richards


and Wales women’s international Nadia Lawrence joined junior ‘Directors of Football’ from Olchfa High School who were passing on skills to children from Parkland Primary School. Lidl Play More Football is a unique


football coaching scheme delivered by young people for young people. This peer-led approach will see 1,000 young people become ‘Directors of Football’, giving them the chance to become the next generation of Wales football coaches and get more kids active in Wales. The scheme provides them with


the skills to plan, organise and deliver inclusive, fun and easy-to-play football activities to engage their peers who do not currently play the game. Lidl Play More Football will enable 30,000 children to play football, the most popular sport in Wales, across the country over the next three years. It has been rolled out successfully


in secondary schools across Wales but is now expanding to primary schools, where the upskilled secondary school


participants will be helping to coach the younger children. A strong focus is also placed on encouraging more young girls to participate in the sport, which has gained popularity. Lidl’s investment in the programme


helps provide the Directors of Football with the facilities, equipment and training to enable them to lead and run football activities. Supported by teacher mentors and The FAW coaches, the Directors of Football will be able to develop their leadership skills, grow in confidence and apply learnings to other areas of their lives.


After taking part in the youth-led


coaching session, Richards was delighted with the high level of coaching and said he was confident that the future of Welsh football coaching looked bright. Richards said: “I loved getting


involved in the Lidl Play More Football coaching – the Directors of Football were brilliant and really engaged the primary school children. I wanted to come down because the Lidl Play More Football sounded like such a good idea. “I don’t remember us having anything


like this when I was coming through as a young player. It was nice to see their faces when we arrived. Nadia and I saw a lot of potential today – there were definitely some good young players; you never know, maybe for the next generation of the Welsh team!”


Lidl Play More


Football will get more kids playing football whilst also developing the next generation of coaches and leaders. The peer-led weekly secondary school sessions will introduce 10,000 young people to football, whilst the weekly primary school activity sessions will engage a further 20,000 children to get active, learn new skills and enjoy the game. Jamie Clewer, Head of Growth at


The Welsh Football Trust, added: “The young people we’ve worked with love taking part in the Lidl Play More Football programme. The initiative isn’t just about playing football - it’s about leadership, communication and the young Directors of Football finding out what their peers want from sessions. It’s been a great start to the scheme and we’ve been delighted with the reaction so far. Already, we’ve got around 5,800 children playing football off the back of the scheme, and that number is only going to rise with the introduction of Lidl Play More Football to Primary schools across Wales.” Ryan McDonnell, Lidl UK


Purchasing Director, said: “This unique initiative allows Lidl to play a direct role


in giving more boys and girls a chance to get playing and fall in love with football. We’re absolutely delighted to support this approach which will allow young people in Wales to coach younger children and shape the future of the game. Through our stores across Wales and this partnership, we want to build a real relationship with local communities and give something back.” As well as partnering with The FA of


Wales, Lidl is also providing a platform to communicate the benefits of football to more boys, girls and their families, creating lasting and positive change. Lidl is committed to supporting families in achieving a balanced lifestyle, helping children get active through football and offering fresh produce for nutritious meals to suit any budget. For information on how to register for


Play More Football, please visit: www. welshfootballtrust.org.uk/LidlPlayMore.


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