Sat 6th Febuary
Match versus Baglan has been postponed.
Sat 30th January
Blaengraw 0 Sports 90 Sports 2nds 7 Taibach 5
The Sports scored on average a point every 54 seconds in this league game on Saturday against an under-strength Garw side.
The Garw were struggling for players and to their credit put a team out on the field which was a mixture of young and old. Their tactics were quite clear
from the start and were to try to disrupt any ball that the Sports won at the breakdown, with the midfield coming up very quickly to cut down the space
for the Sports high quality backs.
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Match abandoned after 25mins due to serious injury to Sports prop forward Greg Thomas, who suffered double fracture to leg. More details to follow..........
Edgar Lewis - Bridgend Sports "through and through"
It is with much sympathy and regret that I must inform you all that Edgar Lewis passed away last night.
Edgar leaves behind a much loved son Geraint, daughter Rachel and daughter-in-law Rachel. Geraint, Edgar’s son,
still plays for the Club. Edgar’s wife, Mary, passed away a few years ago. I am sure you will join with the Sports
Club to pass on your condolences to Edgar’s family and close friends.
Edgar had been a wonderful servant to Bridgend Sports having been our Treasurer for over 50 years, and was our
Treasurer up until a few seasons ago. Edgar was also our “rubber dub” man for a number of seasons in his younger days.
Unfortunately, Edgar has not been in the best of health in the final years of his life, but it is still a huge blow
to everybody who knew Edgar. I am sure everybody has memories about Edgar and perhaps this is the time to recall
some of those memories. It is characters like Edgar who give of their time willingly and without complaint that
ensure Community Rugby thrives.
Sat 23rd January
Sports 11 Porth 5 - Swalec Bowl.
Sports 2nds 25 Brackla 15 - District League.
Scott Narbeth's try was enough as the Sports battle through to the next round of the competition.
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Steve Hearne and Keith Ellingham tries help the Sports complete the league double over their local rivals.
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2nds into District Cup Semi Finals !
Our appeal of the result of the quarter final of the Mid District Cup Competition (2nd XV and Junior 1st XV Cup
Competition) versus Pencoed has been successful. Pencoed have been excluded from the competition for fielding two
ineligible players. We will now progress to the semi final of the Cup Competition where we will play Bridgend Athletic
2nd XV, home, either on the 27th February or 6th March, date to be mutually agreed.
Re-arranged fixture dates
Fixtures that have either been postponed because of inclement weather or re-arranged because of a clash with a SWALEC Bowl Game:-
27th Feb – Rhigos (A) 14:30 Kick Off
17th April – Bryncethin (H) 14:30 Kick Off
1st May – Ogmore Vale (H) 14:30 Kick Off
Calendars
We have a Bridgend Sports 2010 Calendar on sale which has pictures/action shots of the senior XVs and our mini and juniors. £6.50 each, all proceeds go to Bridgend Sports RFC.
Please contact Gary Punter on 07967 342750 or email info@bridgendsportsrfc.com
Sat 12th December
Cefn Coed 0 Sports 48
Match report to follow.......
Sports 2nd XV 10 Pencoed 11 - District Cup
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Sat 14th November
Sports 31 SW Police 8
In quite bad windy, wet conditions, the Sports elected to play against these elements at the Bandstand field. Sporting their new ‘Pink’ strip, the Police flagged their support of Marie Curie cancer trust. It was obvious that the wind would not drop, but could easily strengthen. Which it did. There was a lots of early Sports pressure, well defended by the visitors, who had performed so well last week against Wattstown. The Sports kept the ball in hand for most of the initial encounters, with the wind making kicking difficult.
Sully 10 Sports 2nds 21
Tries from Ian John, Phil John and Nathan townley secure win in atrocious conditions on the coast.
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Sat 31st October
Rhigos 10 Sports 20 - Swalec Bowl Sports 2nds 20 Tondu 2nds 24
On a heavy pitch, the Sports had the majority of early possession but in an effort to secure field position, kicked away this possession and did it rather badly. When the foraging efforts of Keith Burke and Rhys Dowling turned over Rhigos ruck ball in the Sports half it was Jamie Lorrimer who burst through the Rhigos initial line of defence and rounded the cover to score a fine individual try under the posts that Matthew Murphy converted.
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Sat 24th October
Cefn Cribbwr 0 Sports 40 Maesteg Celtic 0 Sports 2nds 34
On a windy afternoon in Cefn, the Sports elected to play with the elements and soon forced Cefn into mistakes which were rewarded when Matthew Murphy popped over an easy penalty. Murphy was picking up where he left off last week and following continued Sports pressure his next penalty for Cefn ‘handling in the ruck’ was far from easy but he used the wind well kicking it from the halfway line. A further infringement from Cefn allowed Murphy to push the score to 0-9 after 20 minutes. The new second row pairing of Will Slade and Justin Davies performing well with Gary Punter making his mark on the game very early. Cefn did not seem to have an answer to the driving game of the Sports and with scrum half, Chris Morgan always at their heels and ready to quickly widen the attack and it was Ian Boobyer who linked well to drive over for the first try again converted by Murphy.
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Another comfortable league victory for the 2nds with returning Phil John scoring two tries. Other try scorers were Gareth Taylor, Keith Ellingham and man of the match Simon Partridge.
Sat 17th October
Sports 59 Cwmgwrach 15 Brackla 6 Sports 2nds 16
Cwmgwrach came to the Bandstand field, unbeaten this season and knowing they had finished last season second in the division and the Sports third. However, this was to be no close encounter. The Sports ran in nine tries with Matthew Murphy converting seven. The first try came after five minutes when Roddy Boobyer switched the play and widened the attack to find second row, Jamie Lorrimer in support which Murphy converted from the touchline. From the re-start the Sports continued to attack the visitors and Michael, Mitch John saw an opening and simply ran through the centres. With the kick just failing the score was 12-0 in as many minutes.
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Tries from Pete Roberts & Ian Hearne seal tense local derby.
Current League Table
Teams
P
W
D
L
Pts
Bryncethin
10
9
0
1
41
Wattstown
10
9
0
1
41
Bridgend Sports
9
7
0
2
37
Cwmgwrach
8
7
0
1
32
Rhigos
10
5
0
5
23
South Wales Police
10
4
0
6
17
Baglan
7
3
0
4
15
Hirwaun
8
3
0
5
15
Ogmore Vale
12
2
0
10
11
Cefn Cribbwr
10
2
0
8
11
Blaengarw
10
1
0
9
1
Banwen
0
0
0
0
0
