Whitland Under 7s 3 Aberaeron 3
Credit goes to everyone who played for Whitland. Aberaeron did not have a sevens, so rather than have no game they played their eights, with many of the Whitland boys being only six years of age.
Whitland were two-nil down at half-time, but then came a superb effort from the boys, with excellent tagging and determination, and they were rewarded with tries by Max Jones, Tom Williams and man-of-the-match, Jamie Thomas.
Whitland Under 8s 6 Aberaeron 5
Aberaeron were Whitland's strongest opponents to date, but it was Whitland who came out on top in a ding-dong battle.
Whitland were leading at the interval two to one, with tries coming from Tomi Williams and Iwan Morgans. In the second half, William Rees got another try for Whitland, but then it was man-of-the-match Josh Davies with a hat-trick, who won it for them, his last being the final move of the match to clinch victory.
Pembroke UndER 10s 4 Whitland 5
Whitland Under 10s travelled to Pembroke where, on a heavy pitch, they took advantage of the downhill slope first half.
The side, captained by Morgan Short, made an impressive start, with a good break by Jack Richards, which resulted in the first try. This was soon followed by a second Jack Richards try, which was the result of hard work by the front row, Charlie Williams, Sam Davies and Sion Benjamin.
Whitland continued to dominate during the first half, with good pressure being put on the Pembroke backs by Morgan Short and Daniel Evans in the back row. However, Pembroke were quick to relieve the pressure with the benefit of long clearance kicks, which were handled well by Whitland wings, Iestyn Bowen and Steffan Morgan.
Eventually, Pembroke put on sufficient pressure resulting in a well-deserved first try. Whitland returned the score after good work by Antonio Setaro at scrum-half, who provided good service to the backs throughout the game, finding Morgan Short supporting well, who charged over from close quarters to make the half-time score 3-1 to Whitland.
Pembroke came out strong in the second half and began to dominate. They played good rugby, which resulted in a couple of quick tries, with the equalising score from number seven, Osian Davies, who was impressive throughout.
Lewis Jones worked hard in the loose for Whitland, resulting in the ball being passed to Morgan Short, who went over in the corner for his side's fourth try.
Nikita Lewis made an impressive debut during the second half, coming in on the wing and making some crunching tackles and offloading the ball well.
With the referee indicating two minutes left to play, Whitland picked up the tempo, which resulted in an impressive break on the outside by Sam Davies, who showed excellent speed to brush off defenders and put wing Steffan Morgan in to score the winning try tight in the corner.
Man-of-the-match for Whitland: Jack Richards.
Pembroke Under 11s 1 Whitland 8
Whitland had a well deserved win over the home side. They spread the ball well and showed strength within the pack.
The tries where scored by R. Lloyd, G. Jones, A. Ebsworth, R. Thomas and W. Evans, who had a storming come back after injury and received Whitland player-of-the-match.
Whitland Under 11s 3 Aberaeron 5
A hard fought match with plenty of good play on both sides, Aberaeron made a couple of breaks which resulted in well-earned tries.
Whitland fought back from three-nil down with tries from K. Haycocks, G. Jones and R. Thomas, but had a draw taken from them in the final minutes.
Carmarthen Athletic Under 12s 0 Whitland 50
Whitland travelled up to Carmarthen Athletic last Sunday on a cold, but sunny morning. Whitland battered Carmarthen with five tries in the first half and a further three in the second, which resulted in the game ending early, with a 50-0 victory to the young Borderers.
Whitland opened the scoring, with number eight Liam Mainwaring catching the ball in a lineout and driving forward. From the kick-off, number seven Rhys Thomas caught the ball and after some slick movement, left wing Wyn Espie ran in from 50 metres to score his first of two tries, which was converted by Conor Bowen.
With Whitland showing some good touches amongst forwards and backs, further tries were to follow in the first half from wing Ryan Davies and again number 8 Liam Mainwaring, whose try was converted by Conor Bowen, to make the half-time score 29-0.
The second half saw the Athletic make a few changes, but this did not slow down the march forward by Whitland, with further tries being scored by centre Gwion Jones, Ryan Davies and the final one by prop Luke Peters, who ran from the halfway line to score under the posts, resulting in Conor Bower kicking the conversion and bringing the game to an early finish.
Coach John Davies was pleased with the effort of the whole team and was pleased to see the new boys fitting in well within the team.
Whitland try scorers: Liam Mainwaring (2), Wyn Espie (2), Ryan Davies (2), Gwion Jones, Luke Peters.
Conversions: Conor Bowen (3), Ryan Davies, Steffan James.