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The Club held its annual presentation night on 10/07/2019 at the Rhondda Bowl.....photos will be uploaded into the Photo Gallery asap.

The following awards were made to:-

Players of the Year: U10 Ollie Williams, U12 Anya Hicks, U14 Harri Welsh, U16 Dewi Hobbs, U18 James Evans. 

Most Improved Players: U10 Maizie Holland, U12 Logan Williams, U14 Mcauley Jones, U16 Jacob Gibbons, U18 Ifan Summerhil-Davies.

Clubmen of the Year: U10 Charlie Sims, U12 Abigail Clifford, U14 Jack Williams, U16 Jacob Holmes, U18 Evan Morgan.

Certificates were also awarded to everyone who was selected to train / play with Wales squads during the past 12 months, namely Anya Hicks at U13 Girls, Dewi Hobbs and Jacob Gibbons at U15 Boys.

Congratulations to those players and parents who attained their Table Officiating awards, Lee Morgan, Delyth Welsh, Becca Williams and Gary Williams and a massive thank you fotr the time you gave up keeping score and time keeping at our home matches.

Congratulations also to those who attained their Coaching Activators awards:- Gary Williams, Evan Morgan, James Evans, Harri Welsh, and Ifan Summerhill-Davies, and another big thank you for the time you have given up assisting the coaching of the kids. 

Also thanks to those parents who attended First Aid Courses,  June Kingston, Louise Evans and Lee Morgan.   

Finally... A big thank you to Becca Williams for all the support she has provided all season, collecting money and organising events.

Take a look at the Photo Gallery for latest team and individual Pictures. Many Thanks to professional photographer Rob Summerhill for arranging the pictures for the club website. Very grateful Rob and great job, know how hard a task it was making some of these look so good!

If you would like to Purchase any of the photos Rob will be happy to assist. All shots can include the team logo to enhance the look included in the price. Contact details and Order form can be found under the download section of the website. Prices and an example of photo with logo included are in the Gallery under Team & Squad 2018 Folder.

The Clubs annual presentation night was held on 11/07/2018 st the Rhondda Bowl.....photos will be uploaded into the Photo Gallery asap.

Awards were made to:-

Players of the Year: U10 Miller Longhurst, U12 Anya Hicks, U14 Jacob Gibbons, U16 Bobby Matewere. 

Most Improved Players: U10 Harry Webber, U12 Jamaine Matewere, U14 Dewi Hobbs, U16 Euan Williams.

Clubmen of the Year: U10 Logan Williams, U12 Spencer Webber, U14 Dylan Evans, U16 James Evans.

Certificates were also awarded to everyone who was selected to train / play with Wales squads during the past 12 months:-

Miller Longhurst at U12 Boys

Anya Hicks at U13 Girls 

Dewi Hobbs and Jacob Gibbons at U14 Boys

Bobby Matewere and Euan Williams at U15 Boys

Coach Rhys Evans at U20 Men and also U23 Men

Big thanks from all the players to everyone who supported the Club this year and in particular to Rhys Evans for coaching every week , Katie Foale for coaching, collecting money and table officiating every week, and also Lee Morgan for scorekeeping at all our U16 matches. 

Last Monday the club was presented with a further cheque for £727 by Asda following a  succesful grant application to the Asda Foundation. The Club is extremely grateful to  Karen Thomas (Community Engagement Champion) at Asda Tonypandy, and also the Asda Foundation for the support we have received in recent months. The money has already been used to purchase new kits for our U10 and U12 squads and we are in the process of ordering new kit for the U14 squads and also new match balls. 

At training last night the Club were presented with a £500 cheque by Karen Thomas, Community Champion at Asda Tonypandy after winning the January to March Green Token Scheme. Big Thanks to Karen and Asda for organising this and also a big thanks to everyone who collected the tokens on the Clubs behalf.   

On 14/05/17, the USW / Tigers Womens Basketball team won the inaugural South Wales Basketball Associations Womens League with a narrow win 48-45 over second placed Butetown Dragons.

The team comprising current and former students from University of South Wales at Treforest, and coached by Dave, with Katie as an assistant coach and player, went through the season losing only one league match (against Swansea Uni Storm) which set them up with the league decider against Butetown Dragons. Details of the game are under the Fixtures and Results tab and photos are on the Photo Gallery tab.

WELL DONE LADIES.  

Tonyrefail Leisure Cente is undergoing a major refurbishment which results in us losing half the basketball court for the next three months. 

There are no other courts in the Tonyrefail area that we can use instead so please bear with us and continue to turn up to training with the Club.

The three months will soon pass and then we will be back to normal and will be able to train and play on a full court again.

Last night saw our annual 2015/16 awards presentation.. Congratulations to all the players on a fantastic season..

Many thanks to Will Jones kindly attended the evening  to present all the players with their awards and also        inspire the players with some great words of wisdom......

Due to an increase in the younger players now training with the club, Coach Dave Foale decided to introduce an Under 8 category for the first time..... There were 3 categories in each age group... Coaches Player Of Year....  and Most Improved Player.... ... The winners were as follows :-

Under 8 's

CPOY - Ieuan Harding

POY - Miller Longhurst

MIP - Harri Bunston

Under 10's

CPOY - Louis Burnell

POY - Tomas Atkins

MIP - Spencer Webber 

Under 12's

CPOY - Jacob Gibbons, 

POY - Dewi Hobbs,

MIP - Sam Griffiths. 

Under 14's

CPOY - Euan Williams

POY - Ben Evans

MIP - James Hobbs.

Under 16's

CPOY - Calvin Robins

POY - Rhys Evans

MIP -Thomas Rees. 

Under 18's

CPOY - Kieran O'Brien 

POY - James Large

MIP - Craig Hughes. 

Will Jones also presented Rhys Evans with his SWBA U16 MVP award for the season... Mention was also       made of James Large who was away on holidays but had previously been awarded the SWBA U18 MVP for the season....

The evening was rounded off with recognition for those players who have trained or represented Wales at various age groups throughout the season.....

Once again well done to all the players and coaches... Have an enjoyable summer off and see you all next season....