Pontardawe rfc history book

There is a similar photograph in the book a century of welsh rugby players, 18801980 by. List of welsh rugby union clubs by division project. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11pm. In 1928, proposed by pontardawe rfc and seconded by pontardulais rfc, the club applied for membership of the welsh rugby union and at a meeting of the. Maesteg pupils show llynfi valleys history wales online. The book includes individual colour plates of all pontypools internationals and british lions, a well illustrated and well narrated story, a classic rare history of this great club and one of the best welsh club histories ever published. Upper dulais and swansea valleys series of books by w. But their progress in the west wales rugby union has not matched up to expectations and the last ten years have produced most disappointing displays with more games being lost than won. The player with the cap on the right of the front row may be either jack cumberland or syd edwards, both of whom represented the glamorgan county rugby club. The book includes individual colour plates of all pontypools internationals and british lions, a well illustrated and well narrated story, a classic rare history of this great club. Find great deals on ebay for pontardawe and clydach. The ecclesiastical parish of llangyfelach was at one time the second largest in glamorgan and comprised four administrative districts clase, penderry, mawr and rhyndwyglydach.

This is a milestone birthday celebration, but it would be undiplomatic of us to mention a ladys age, so we wont. These welcoming song and rhyme sessions are aimed at. Compere for the evening was alun wyn bevan and the special guest speaker none other than former wales and british lions legend phil bennett. Cowbridge pipped in the gloom last saturday cowbridge headed up the a470 to abercynon. History of pontardawe and district by john henry davies 1967. Swansea valley history society pontardawe and district. Rugby player who shattered opponents jaw in game found. Millennium stadium cardiff arms park london welsh rfc history judgement day.

Research your family history, browse reference collections of. Rugby historian gwyn prescott the history of rugby football. Rugby player who shattered opponents jaw in game found guilty of gbh assault. Title, price low to high, price high to low, recently added, date oldest first, date recent first. They both started their recording careers at cambrian records of pontardawe. This illustrated talk was based on the speakers recent published book on this theme and was held at pontardawe rfcs clubhouse. Tagged as 38th welsh division, barbarians fc, fermeolivier cemetery, first world war, london welsh rfc, pontardawe rfc, royal field artillery, swansea grammar school, swansea rfc, wales, welsh rugby, wru, ww1, ww1 and rugby, ypres salient. The second selection which has a feature on john henry davies, who was brought up in cwmgors where his father william was a cobbler. The manor of caegurwen, a description, from the history of pontardawe and district by john henry davies. Group photographs may have a list of names in the book, the principle followed is not to extract names of people possibly still living. Everyone at the club sends love and best wishes to life long member liz jones for a very happy birthday today. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Pontardawe rugby football club is a rugby union club based in pontardawe, a small town in.

The club published their centenary book in october 2003, it is called the centenary history of amman united rugby football club, 19032003 ammanford rfc recreation ground, ammanford. The playing fields adjoining the pontardawe leisure centre at parc ynysderw are one of the uks 471 king george fields established as a memorial to king george v. Crynant is home to crynant rfc a rugby union club with over a hundred years of history. The place and its people, by stanley cadogan lodwig published posthumously by eileen and deborah lodwig in 2008 pictures of crynant through the ages can be found in the now and then. West glamorgan archive service the national archives. Thank you all for the get well card and all your good wishes.

A new section for the clubs history now added nov 2005. As the united kingdoms first area of outstanding natural beauty, this coastal area boasts golden stretches of sandy beaches, cliff top views, and plenty of ancient monuments and sights including the dylan thomas centre, swansea bay, weobley castle, and more. In196970 they only managed 41 points in18 championship games which itself was a. Swansea valley history society membership form 2020 iwe wish to joinrenew membership of the swansea valley history society. Neath project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Brynaman rfc annual presentation night 2019 this seasons well attended event took place at the clubhouse on saturday 11th may. Doors open 12pm kids entertainment tonna v pontardawe, k.

An historic exhibition looking back at the story of the llynfi valley will be held at maesteg comprehensive school on june 3. A new book, roath, splott and adamsdown, one thousand years of history, was published in august, and roathcardiff interviewed its author, jeff childs, about the book, his background and his connection with our lovely part of cardiff. Tand now, in the centenary year of world war i, the brave rugby stars who lost their lives during the conict have been remembered in a new book. All neath port talbot libraries will close at the end of today 17032020 until further notice.

Fred croster recalls several great milestones in the history of cardiff rfc, photo of cardiff rfc captains, a tribute to cardiff youth by graham evans. Places, mountains, rivers, groups, companies, events, things. Another part is a local history of pontardawe 191418 bangor mss 4562 in case any munitions works were there. Pontardawe has a cricket team, a rugby club pontardawe rfc and a football soccer club. A hundred and twenty five years is a long time in rugby and cardiff can be especially proud of this cup competition, because apart from the war years it has been held every year since 1894 and is therefore the oldest still being contested in wales. David and i are in social isolation as i am sure are most of you. Lewis was also part of the swansea team that beat the touring south africa team in 1912. Howell lewis 24 may 1888 29 may 1971 was a welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for swansea rugby football club and was capped for wales on four occasions.

Pontadawe arts centre swansea 2020 all you need to. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground lavazza coffee. Cavalry of the clouds published in 1917 as an airmans outing, english ace alan bott describes the daily life of a british flying officer in france claims documentation frank olynyk digs out microfilm copies of some world war i records to explain what documentation exists on the german, british, french and american victory claims and losses. Taken eleven years after the official formation of the club in 1881, the side was largely composed of workers from gilbertsons works in pontardawe. The red lionthe red lion inn is a wetherspoon pub in swansea, swansea. Sion jones of pontardawe rfc attacked christopher rogers. Pontypool rfc, wales pontypools pride by e donovan. Joseph joe jones 15 march 1899 27 january 1960 was a welsh dualcode international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

The most vivid, enjoyable pageturner of a rugby book issued this year or, to be absolutely accurate, reissued this year is so completely wholesome that it stands out from. An overview of the history of crynant can be found the book the village of crynant. This book covers the formation of the club and the early days including championship years. This is part one in a series of posts from that interview.

Books welsh rugby histories wales, welsh clubs etc. Offical twitter page of pontardawe rfc, swalec division 3 central c rugby in the heart of. An important game for both sides as abercynon were two places above cowbridge with just three points separating the sides. Search our online catalogue and reserve the item you want. At the arms park on saturday 11 th may 2019, rumney defeated rhiwbina 2017 in the final of this seasons mallett cup. Rugby history a great selection of rugby books rugby relics. Originally consisting of five teams, there are currently four regional sides in the rabodirect pro12, after the celtic warriors were wound up in 2004. The room itself had one of the comfiest beds ive used in my whole trip to wales and the whole house had so many thoughtful decorations that i cannot begin to describe them all.

Join facebook to connect with paul jones and others you may know. There is a name index by gareth hicks which includes section headings. The gradon, on the main road slightly north of creunant business park, is the last remaining pub in the village. Cardi author gwyn prescotts call em to remembrance is the product of more than a decade of research and study. Bryntawe 6th formers would like to thank pontardawe rugby club for facilitating their halloween part. Mountain ash rugby football club, known as the old firm, was formed. He played representative level rugby union ru for wales, and at club level for ystradgynlais rfc and swansea rfc, as a centre, i.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Caroline is an exemplary host and this place should be in the rule book of what airbnb stands for. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone. Historically, neath was the crossing place of the river neath and has existed as a settlement since the romans established the fort of nido or nidum in the ad 70s. Gareth owen edwards born 12 july 1947 in pontardawe is a rugby union player who played for cardiff rfc and represented both wales and the british and irish lions at international level. Lounge bar holds up to 60, plenty of parking and it was free to book. The club published their centenary book in october 2003, it is called the centenary history of amman united rugby football club, 19032003. Originally from pontardawe in the swansea valley, jeff has lived in cardiff for more than 36 years.

An extensive large format official history of pontypool rfc. Munitionettes in wales women and the great war great. Nantgaredig made a solid start to their fixtures in the division 2 west by scoring 3 tries to 1 against visiting tenby united. Rugby union in wales is governed by the welsh rugby union. Cowbridge kicked off into the wind on a wet,slippery pitch and with sheets of rain drifting across the home side were soon in the lead as cowbridge were. Tempus, images of sport series, the first of two well illustrated books on the history of neath rfc by mike price. There is also a summary of part of this book on a history of caegurwen. They were officially transferred to their present site in 2003 and occupy land which.