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Tigers U10's played in the SWBA U10 Cup Tournament today at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and fought their way to the Final. They recorded wins over Aberystwyth Warriors and a draw with Baglan Blazers in the first pool matches, followed by a loss against Pontyprid Panthers and then facing Baglan Blazers again in the semi Final. That match like the earlier draw with Baglan Blazers was a bruising encounter, but we ran out winners by 19 to 16. In the Final we faced Pontypridd Panthers again, and although we have beaten them in the U10 Finals and won the Cup last season and the previous season....todays Final belonged to Panthers as they beat us convincingly. I and the parents are very proud of all the players because they didn't give up at all, particularly when they fought their way past Baglan in the Semi Final.    

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Three of our U16 squad, James Large, Jordan Williams and Rhys Evans have been selected to represent Wales in an U15 International Tournament in Belfast this weekend. Well done lads, we know you will do us proud...and good luck from everyone in the Club. 

At U16 we recorded a big win over Gladiators at home and had two matches awarded to us against Newbridge Raiders and Vale of Glamorgan Vipers. Unfortunately, these results were not enough to give us a place in the Final Fours Play Off tournament, as we slipped to 6th place in the final league placings. 

At U14, we recorded another big win away at Gladiators, but we were brought down to earth with a bump when we went to the U14 SWBA Cup tournament on 26th April....when all we came away with was 3 hammerings 1 win and 1 draw. Got a lot to do at this age level to bring our team up to scratch. 

At U12, we had two wins over Gladiators and Panthers in our Central Venue tournament, and I hoped we would give a good showing in the U12 SWBA Cup tournament in Cardiff on 03/05....but unfortunately we have had to withdraw because so many of our players are unavailable due to the bank holiday.

At U10 we have had no tournaments during April, but we are at the U10 SWBA Cup tournament on 03/05 at Cardiff Met University, and as Cup Winners the last two seasons I am hopeful we will have another good tournament.

March was another busy month, all the scores are shown on the Fixtures and Results tab.

Our U16's played 3 away league matches, but lost them all, although I am pleased to say that we played really well in all three matches, but we were really beaten by size. At home we played one U16 league matches which we won in a real nail biter.

Our U14's played RCT Gladiators and recorded a big win. They were also awarded a match against Baglan Blazers 0-20.

At U12 age group, all bar two of our players failed to turn up at a tournament at Gladiators so we forfeited both matches 20-0....not our finest moment !

Our U10's participated in two tournaments and were undefeated in 6 games.....well done the little uns.

Full results and scores on the Fixtures and Results page.

We played an U18 friendly at a new team starting up in Merthyr Tydfil. We ran out comfortable winners even though we have only 2 x U18 players and had to make up the numbers with U16's. Merthyr had a few talented players but their knowledge of the rules and the dicipline of some players was poor and they have some work to do on these aspects before they are ready to play in organised competitions.

In the U16 league we had only one fixture during the month.....RCT Gladiators and Newbridge Raiders postponing. We lost quite heavily in that fixture at home to Cougars although we fought well all the way through the game.

We hosted an U14 triangular tournament, but unfortunately couldn't field enough players for a team ourselves, so had to ask Panthers to take our place. Panthers won the tournament and we had two technical 0-20 losses recorded against us. We have some work to do to get our U14 team viable !

Our U12's attended a triangular tournament at Panthers and ran out winners in both matches. 

It's taken a little while but photos of the 2014 awards presentation held at Rhondda Bowl are now available to view. Please visit the Photo Gallery and look under the 2014 Folder.....

The U16's started 2015 with a good away league win at Newbridge Raiders, but we then lost back to back U16 league matches against Cardiff Met Archers, which is in effect a Cardiff U16 area team. I am pleased with the teams progress at U16, particularly our defensive effort, but a bit dissappointed that we didn't take one of the results against Cardiff Met, because we are good enough to beat them. We finished the month with a good away win in a friendly against an RCT Gladiators U17 team. Scores and reports on Fixtures and Results page.

We have also had two friendlies at home vs RCT Gladiators at U10 and U12, and ran out comfortable wins in both ages. Scores and reports on Fixtures and Results page.

No matches yet in 2015 in the U14 age group, but there are some scheduled for February.

The club has held its last training session of 2014, and I hope everyone now has a great Christmas and New Year.

The Under 14 and Under 16 team will train on Friday 2nd January from 8-10pm, ready for an U16 League game at Newbridge Raiders on Sunday 4th January at 10:00 am. 

The the next full "Club" night is on Monday 5th January 2015, normal time.