TENBY RFC U11s 28 pts

LLANDOVERY RFC U11s 0

A good day for ducks - but this did not dampen the spirits of both teams who entertained the crowd at the Clicketts ground. Lewis Hodgson took to the field as captain and from start to finish played his heart out. Fearless tackles, good takes of the high ball and brave powerful runs were his favourite moves of the day.

This inspired his team mates to do the same and lay the foundations for a good game. Tenby's forwards Sam Fletcher, Andrew Cooke, Alex Thomas and Lewis Davies were under instructions to win the battle up front as Llandovery always field a strong pack. Today was no exception, but nevertheless the Seasiders' boilerhouse buddies carried out their task well and gained good momentum.

This saw front row expert Daniel Gosnold crash over for a well-earned try which Lloyd Thomas converted.

As the first-half unfolded, more of the same came from the forwards, which enabled Ianto Griffiths to exploit his brilliant scrum-half passes to his outside-half team-mate Lloyd Thomas to burst through the middle with several of his entertaining runs.

Llandovery were tasked at this stage to defend, which they did manfully. Then their forwards adopted good stealing tactics by winning the loose ball to bombard the Seasiders' defensive line with several well-worked counter attacks. It was only the pure grit and determination from the likes of Michael Robins, Ross Gray and Tom Baker with their bone crunching tackles which kept the visitors off the score sheet.

Tenby, seeing the half-time break approaching, took the bull by the horns and unleashed a co-ordinated front five onslaught which cleared the way for Ianto Griffiths to dart through with a mini break, which in turn saw Lloyd Thomas double the try count with a deserved touchdown, which he converted.

After the water break, Daniel Thomas and Matthew Dick took to the field and were in the thick of it straight away. Matthew, a tall strong lad, soon made his presence known with some strong second row work, which found the ball flying across the back line via slick hands and quick passing to see Daniel Thomas try his luck on the wing. This such attack was found to be short after good defensive work by the visitors.

This could not continue and with more of the same from Tenby, pouring down on the visitors, a small crack in the armour appeared which was just large enough for powerhouse Lewis Davies to exploit and score a lovely try - converted by Ianto Griffiths.

With only minutes left, Tenby hit the scoreboard for the final time with another classic from young Lloyd Thomas which captain Lewis Hodgson converted.

Happy days gentlemen. Your commitment during training is now starting to pay off. Well done one and all. P.S. Classic refereeing - yet again.

TENBY U15s 43 pts.

LLANDOVERY U15s 15

Tenby Under 15s eagerly awaited this visit from Llandovery after last week's cancellation against Furnace due to bad weather. With some of the Tenby squad away on county duty, it gave a chance for some of the Under 14s to step up, which they did to their credit.

Tenby kicked off determined to get a good start, and the boys were certainly up for it. After five minutes second row forward Adam Hughes gathered a loose ball on halfway and, using his speed, outpaced the defence to score an excellent opener between the posts, which was converted.

Five minutes later, Tenby winger Richard Williams outstripped the defence with devastating pace after some lovely back play to score an excellent try which was also converted.

Tenby eased and Llandovery monopolised by hitting back, powering over from a five- metre lineout to bring the score to 14-5.

Tenby stormed back with the try of the match. From play inside their own half, nearly every forward touched the ball, with backs and forwards mixing well, before Nick Drewitt took the ball into the 22 and popped it up for Adam Ball to score a classic try between the posts, which he also converted.

Never-say-die Llandovery hit back, scoring another converted try to make it 21-10.

With half-time approaching, Tenby were determined to finish on a high. Centres Ben Field-Thomas and Lloyd Wilson were having a field day in defence and attack and it was Lloyd Wilson who scored the try, bringing the score to 28-10.

Changes were made at half-time and the boys slotted in well, with Scott Kerrison, playing his first home game for the Swifts, showing excellent promise.

Credit also to Rob Tuttle and Robert Clark who were playing up a year and made their presence known in the pack.

The first try of the second half again involved Richard Williams. Now playing at fullback, he took the ball on halfway at pace and raced up the touchline to score a cracker in the corner to bring the score to 33-10.

Tenby became complacent and Llandovery came back to score another try, the score now being 33-15.

Midway through the second half, Tenby forwards were again on top of the game. In the loose, Drewitt, Ball and Tuttle were immense and Ball burst through to grab his second try of the morning.

The backs, not to be outdone, also showed some lovely running rugby, with Barry John Scott Kerrison and Johnsy Lewis all making a valuable contribution. Mention must go also to Field-Thomas, who has improved with every game and scored the last try when he took the ball at pace and broke two tackles before rounding the winger to score a cracking try in the corner, to make the final score 43-15.

Thanks to families and friends for excellent support and to Gethin for refereeing.

Squad: Paul Woods, Johnathon Walker, Robert Clarke, Robbie Tuttle, Adam Hughes, Scott Kerrison, Nick Drewitt, Adam Ball, Andrew Lawrence, Steve Handicott, Ben Field-Thomas, Lloyd Wilson, Barry John, Richard Williams, Daniel Colley, Gareth Merriman, Jonsy Lewis, James Davies.

TENBY U13s v

WHITLAND

It was always going to be a tough match against a very big strong Whitland team full of county players. A 'Llandovery' performance was needed, but Tenby had to spend too much time in defence and continuous assaults by the large opposition forwards took their toll.

Four tries, all converted, was the damage at half-time.

To their credit, Tenby never gave up and stuck to their guns in the second half, conceding only a couple of scores.

The match gave the boys plenty of tackling practice, but they never really had any possession to show their attacking qualities. Against weaker sides, this Whitland team is capable of running up large a number of points, so Tenby did well to hold them back.