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Congratulations to Tigers Craig Hughes and James Large for being selected to represent Wales in a tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland last weekend. Unfortunately James had to drop out of the trip after breaking his leg, and so Craig was our clubs sole representative on the trip. I have seen reports of the three matches of which Wales won one and lost two and Craig did the club proud. 

James has broken his leg playing rugby and will be out of action for the next six weeks. Obviously it's a big blow for James as he missed out on the opportunity to play for Wales U15's in Ireland last weekend and we are also going to miss him in action for Tigers U14 and U16 teams.

Everyone at the club wishes you a speedy recovery James.

The Tigers held their 3rd Annual Presentation night at The Rhondda Bowl on Wednesday 17th July. 

The night started with the annual ten pin bowling competition with Tigers taking over 5 bowling lanes and the 24 players divided in 5 teams. Top scorers in each lane were:- 

Lane 1: Isobel Robins with (111)

Lane 2: Ifan Summerhill-Davies: (106)

Lane 3: Bethan Cutler (104)

Lane 4: Keiran O'Brien (92)

Lane 5: Maddie Colcombe (120) 

The ten pin bowling was followed by "feeding time" and then the presentations were held in the function room.

Every player who had represented the club in any match this season at any age group was presented with a 2013 team medal. 

The Tigers team of the Year was the U10 team, who had won the South Wales U10 Cup Final. 

U14 Player of the Year: Craig Hughes. 

U14 Most Improved Player: James Large. 

U12 Player of the Year: Ifan Summerhill-Davies. 

U12 Most Improved Player: Bethan Cutler. 

U10 Player of the Year: Ben Evans. 

U10 Most Improved Player: Jake Pritchard-Holmes. 

Coaches Award for Most Committed Player: Daniel Williams. 

Photos of the Presentation Night should be on the website shortly.....thanks to Ceri and Rob for all the work they did setting up the movie screen and taking the photos during the presentation and also during the season. 

Thanks also to the parents who have supported the club throughout the the last 12 months. In particular thanks to Ceri and Ceys Summerhill-Davies, Geraint adn Mandy Evans and Rob Williams. Also thanks to Tony Berry for his work as a coach this season and to Katie Foale for her assistance. 

I would also like to thank everyone for the cards and gifts presented to myself and to Tony at the end of the evening.

For the record the tickets sold for the presentation, plus the raffle on the night resulted in an overall profit (after paying for the Rhondda Bowl and the trophies) of £53.80. 

Thank you again everyone. See you next season.

David Foale

The first Final of the day saw Tonyrefail Mini Tigers meet Pontypridd Panthers in the U10 Final. Tigers dominated the first two quarters with great defence and quick breaks that allowed them to lead 32 - 14 at half time. In the third quarter Panthers fought back outscoring Tigers by 4-13, but in the fourth Tigers agan dominated to run out eventual winners by 54 -27. Top scorers for Tigers were Ben Evans (14 pts) Ifan Summerhill-Davies (14 pts) Carwyn Pugh (12 pts) Dan Williams (10 pts) and Jake Pritchard-Holmes (4 pts) with a great effort by the other players, Isobel Robins, Jack Anthony and Thomas Anthony.  Well Done Tigers.     

Following the sucess of last years event, the 2nd tigers presentation evening took place at the Rhondda Bowl.

The Tigers have seen a steady increase in numbers this year throughout all ages, and Coach Dave congratulated everyone on a very sucessful season on the court.

All members of this years squad received medals, followed by the presentation of this years age winners for most improved player and player of the year.

Congratulations goes to :-

Female Most Improved - Bethan Cutler

Female Player Of Year - Maddison Colcombe

U/10's Most Improved - Ben Evans

U/10's Player Of Year - Ifan Summerhill-Davies

U/12's Most Improved - Jordan Williams

U/12's Player Of Year - Rhys Evans

U/14's Most Improved - Calvin Robins

U/14's Player Of Year - Craig Hughes

Coach Dave  also gave special mention to the U/12 players who proudly represented the club in the final of the SWVBA, losing a hard fought game to the Cougars.

To finsh the evening a special presentation was made to coach Dave by a number of the senior players for all the hard work and dedication he has given to the club and the children.

Photos of the evening are now available to view in the photo gallery.

Success At Tigers 1^st presentation evening

Tonyrefail Tigers Basketball Team held their first ever presentation evening at the Rhondda Bowl in Tonyrefail. The evening consisted of a fun game of bowling for the children, followed by a meal and then the awards ceremony.....FOR PHOTOS GO TO PHOTO GALLERY and click on each photo for details.

The squad has slowly grown in numbers over the last 3 years, with as many as 24 children now training on a Monday evening with ages ranging from 6 – 13 years of age. This season the team will be competing at under 8, 10, 12 & 14 age groups.

The awards were presented by Coach Dave Foale. All the children received an award medallion for the hard work and commitment they have shown over the last year. However for some there was the added honour of winning the main awards, which had been chosen by the coach.

Overall Most improved Male Player – Ifan Summerhill-Davies

Overall Most Improved Female Player – Nicole Jones

Female Player of The Year – Madison Colcombe

Under 10’s Player of the Year – Ben Evans

Under 11’s Player Of The Year – Rhys Evans

Under 12’s Player Of The Year – Craig Hughes                                              

A special mention went to Assistant Coach Katie Foale, who this year has not only represented Wales at Under 18 level, but has also achieved her Level 1 Basketball Coaching Certificate.

Congratulations also go to Jordan Williams, Calvin Robins , Craig Hughes & Rhys Evans, who have all progressed to training with the Wales Elite Development Squad at U/14.

A big thank you to all the parents and children for making the evening so special, and we look forward to the next event at the end of the season.

Due to the increased numbers within the club, we are now seeking to purchase some additional kit. However, sadly our current sponsor are now unable to continue supporting the Club so the Tigers are therefore looking for any new potential Sponors, who may be keen in developing local talent for the future.