Whitland Youth bid for Welsh Cup glory

Thursday 16th April 2009 10:00 pm

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Picture of the 2009 squad taken by Howard Pickersgill in front of the Whitland stand shows: Back row, from left- Richard Jones (coach), Roy Newton (head coach), John Griffiths (team manager), Owain John, Dafydd Williams, Mathew Thomas, Ben Kirk, James Davies, Carl Smith, Brynley Toms, Iestyn Scourfield, Rhys Thomas, Shane Webster, Dan McDermott, Andrew Hawkins, Paul Kirk (coach), Duncan Evans, Dafydd Evans and Dan Newton. Front row - Thomas Rees, Scott Newton, James Stephenson. Danny Evans, Michael Jones (capt.), Arwyn Thomas (chairman), Alex Pickersgill, Aled Rees, Jonathan Thomas, Lewis Thomas and Andrew Howells. Another squad member, Lewis Owen, was missing when the photograph was taken.

Whitland will be a ghost town tomorrow (Saturday) as there will be a mass exodus of rugby fans to watch the Whitland Youth team take on a strong Bridgend Athletic side at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, in the final of the Webb Ellis Welsh Youth Cup.

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Unbeaten to date this season, if Whitland win, they will become only the second Whitland team to win the Welsh Youth Cup, as Whitland beat Cardiff at Ammanford in March 1983 by a narrow 10-9 scoreline in the final.

The Whitland supporters on Saturday will include many of the 1983 heroes and the club's two senior sides, as the first and second team league fixtures against Bonymaen have been postponed to Saturday, May 2.

A picture of the 2009 squad is shown, together with a picture of the 1983 squad.

Whitland Youth bid for Welsh Cup glory

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