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Six Nations Rugby 2024

The club is hoping to promote the six nations this year, for full details click on the link here.

Season 2023

Expectation was lower this year after several very experienced players decided to leave the club this season.  With a few more following this year it is a time for those stalwarts that are left to stick together and do our very best to rebuild our team as best we can.  The club itself is still in a very good shape and I am confident we can soon get the team back to where we would like to be too.

PG1

It is fair to say that after winning division 1 last year it was a very disappointing season and finishing bottom with just the one victory was difficult.  The good news is that we will now compete this year in the 2nd division which is now a very good league with a lot of good teams involved.  I am hopeful we can apply ourselves to this task and at least hold our own at this level and maybe push for a return to division one next year.

MBA 3

A mixed bag in this league with a few important wins when the team were strengthened when PG games didn’t clash.  Valuable experience has been gained by our squad and hopefully we can build on this and again hold our own and maybe push for a return to division 2.

GBL3

A new venture for the club in the two rink GBL league which proved a good success giving some of our members some much needed games and experience.

WML

Slightly lower in the league than our club has become accustomed but a mixture of experienced and newer members taking part in this league will prove invaluable going forward as there are quite a few promising players in there just needing some more experience and knowledge.

Ladies

A fantastic season for our ladies who competed in both the Pen Y Glyn leagues this year, they won the evening league, their first win ever, and finished mid table in the afternoon league.  It is great to see our ladies improving and I look forward to see how they go this year.

Mixed League

This has proved to be a very enjoyable league for all those who take part.  After winning this competition last year it was going to be a tough ask to do it again, but we did.  Well done to all concerned.

Competitions

Despite our disappointing team results this year we still managed some success on the competition front.

MBA County finals day was littered with our brick shirts with Aaron Rees a finalist in the champion of champion singles, Mike Perkins and Darren O’Callaghan were finalists in the O’60 pairs and Nigel Harris, Paul Hayden and Darren O’Callaghan were finalists in the O60 triples.

Roger Jones and Daniel Davies Jnr. are county pairs champions and Clive Williams, Paul Hayden, Peter Williams and Steve Batten are county O’55 rink champions.

Most of these guys went on to represent the county at the national finals and it was great to see so many of our shirts at Llandrindod Wells.

With Darren O’Callaghan on holiday they had to play a reserve in both the O60 pairs and triples.

O60 Pairs. Mike Perkins and Tony Musgrave played very well but lost their first game to the eventual champions from Harlequins.

O60 Triples. Tom Moodie, Nigel Harris and Paul Hayden had a tough first game against a strong Whitchurch outfit and also lost their first game.

Pairs. Roger Jones and Daniel Davies Jnr. had a great win in their first game against one of our former members Ryan Davies in their first match before losing the quarter final against Llanbradach.

O55 Rinks. Clive Williams, Paul Hayden, Peter Williams and Steve Batten started well with a win over Llantrsant before beating Barry Romilly in the quarter final.  They had a narrow win in the semi final against Gilfach Goch to make the final against a much-fancied Ferndale rink. It was another tight match as expected but our guys held their nerve to record a very narrow victory and are the new Welsh champions, a great achievement for our club.  They carry our best wishes as they will represent Wales in the British Championships in Leamington Spa in June.

Not to be outdone our ladies also featured well in the Penyglyn county competitions with the semi final greens littered with beaufort shirts.  The triple of Paula Denby, Cheryl Prosser and Alison Hayden progressed to be finalists and are to be congratulated.  Another indication that our ladies are continuing to improve.

 

What a Season 2022

A great first season in  the private greens division one doing better than anyone could have imagined and lifting the title.  A little disappointing to suffer a narrow defeat at Harlequins in the Carruthers last sixteen but another decent effort.  The MBA team were disappointed to suffer relegation but will soon find a level and enjoy their bowls.  The West Mon team were a little lower than usual but a good grounding for many of our players.

In competitions we have new Welsh champions in Ryan Davies the Welsh U25 singles champion and Daniel Davies Jnr, & Chris Klefenz the Welsh Pairs champions.  In the county we had many finalists which meant there were a lot of representation at Llandrindod, Daniel and Chris did the double winning the county pairs beating Ryan Davies and Roger Jones in the final.  Clive Williams and Peter Williams won the O60 pairs while Clive and Ryan had to settle for runner up in their O60 and U25 singles final.

An added bonus for Daniel Davies Jnr. was picking up the coveted Tenby Gold Cup, a great achievement.

An unusually low representation for us in the West Mon finals but congratulations to Lewys Thomas who won the U25 singles and then teamed up with Jon Norris as finalists in the pairs.

With that success came representative honours with Chris Klefenz representing Wales in the European championships in Scotland and Ryan Davies representing Wales in the junior championships in Ireland, which Wales won, fantastic season.

We also had a number of players in the county team who won the Welsh county championship and also in the senior county team who also won the Welsh senior county championship.  While there were a number of our players in the West Mon Association team who narrowly lost out on shot difference in the inter association championship.

All in all I would say a very good season for our club, well done everyone.


National Finals 2022

It was great to see the bricks at Llandrindod for the national finals, congratulations to all concerned.  Our fours never got into their stride and lost their first game but can still be proud of themselves for qualifying.

Paul Hayden, Anthony Batten, Joe Mower and Steve Batten.

In the over 60 pairs, the guys did manage to win their first game before coming unstuck in the second game against the eventual Welsh Champions from Brecon.

Clive Williams and Peter Williams.

In the open pairs we did exceptionally well getting both pairs through to the semi finals where Roger Jones and Ryan Davies narrowly lost to the Tenby pair.  Daniel Davies Jnr. and Chris Klefenz went on to take the title and are now the Welsh pairs champions and will represent Wales at the BIBC next year, fantastic result guys.

In the U25 singles, Ryan Davies continued to excel and has reached the semi final, although very disappointingly this has now been postponed until September.  We wish Ryan all the best for this event and hope he can go on and join the guys in the BIBC next year.

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B.I.B.C. Championships 2022

Due to some nations not having national competitions last year, Wales have to have a playoff between the 2019 champions and last years champions to see who will represent us at the B.I.B.C. in June.  This means that Aaron Rees our 2021 U25 WBA Champion will play R. Atkins of Llandrindod Wells for a place in the BIBC.  The full program can be found here.

17 March 2022

Congratulations to Lewys Thomas who has been selected for the WBA academy squad session to be held at Llandrindod Wells on Sunday 8th May.  Good luck mate.  The full squad can be found here.

 AGM 2020

Considering the circumstances, a very successful AGM was held via zoom last week and many thanks to Adam for arranging it.  The main points for members to be aware of is that both the secretary and fixture secretary have decided to stand down which is a great shame for us because they are both young capable and enthusiastic members of the management team.  I would like to thank Adam KIng and Danny Davies for their services over the last few years and hope they will rejoin the team at some point in the future.  In true Beaufort tradition though, other members have stood up to help the cause and I am sure you will all join me in congratulating and welcoming our new secretary MIke Perkins and our new fixture secretary Chris Melia.  Most of the team otherwise remains pretty much the same giving us stability going forward and there are also two new committee men standing up and I would also welcome Tom Moodie and Mike Wilcox to the team, I am sure they will both be great assets to us.

CLUB FINALS 2020

10:00.    A minutes silence in tribute to Terry Bunny O’Brien

10:02.     Pairs Final, Adam King & Peter Williams v Chris Denby & Daniel Davies Jnr.

12:00.     Handicap Final, Adam King v Lewys Thomas

12:30.     Memorial Final, Danny Davies v Daniel Davies Jnr.

12:30.   2 Wood Final, Peter Williams v Chris Denby

13:00.   Nigel Harris, Lewys Thomas & Jon Norris v Devi Chhetri, Mike Wilcox & Mike Perkins.

14:30.     Championship Final, Adam King v Craig Jones.

A good days bowling with the bar open so everyone welcome, please support as the matches run smoother with markers.  Good luck to all the players & congratulations to Danny & Chris for getting us to a finals day in a particularly difficult season.

 

Details of the tri-series on Saturday can be found here.

 

2023 season well and truly underway guys and delighted with a few recent additions to the club for both men and ladies, it would appear we are building again and but for a late postponement by Whiteheads today, we would be fielding three teams for the very first time. Great also to see our ladies team becoming more competitive and they have had a great start to the season. Onwards and upwards guys.

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It was great to see the bricks at Llandrindod for the national finals, congratulations to all concerned.  Our fours never got into their stride and lost their first game but can still be proud of themselves for qualifying.

Paul Hayden, Anthony Batten, Joe Mower and Steve Batten.

In the over 60 pairs, the guys did manage to win their first game before coming unstuck in the second game against the eventual Welsh Champions from Brecon. Clive and Peter Williams.

In the open pairs we did exceptionally well getting both pairs through to the semi finals where Roger Jones and Ryan Davies narrowly lost to the Tenby pair.  Daniel Davies Jnr. and Chris Klefenz went on to take the title and are now the Welsh pairs champions and will represent Wales at the BIBC next year, fantastic result guys.

In the U25 singles, Ryan Davies continued to excel and has reached the semi final, although very disappointingly this has now been postponed until September.  We wish Ryan all the best for this event and hope he can go on and join the guys in the BIBC next year.

Glad to add that Ryan went on to win this event beating fellow Monmouthshire player Ashley Naylor in the final.

A great day enjoyed by all who attended with a mixed bag of results.  Irrespective of your result here guys, we wish you all well in Llandod in the Nationals.

u18, Lewis Thomas gave a very good account of himself and narrowly lost out to Ollie Witchell 21-19.

u25, Aaron Rees also had a tussle with Ollie and also got beat 21-15.

Singles, Roger Jones beat Aaron Rees 21-15 in an all Beaufort final.

Pairs, Probably the game of the day with four great players on the green and Chris Klefenz and Daniel Davies Jnr. were just pipped 20-24.

Triples, Chris and Daniel made up for the earlier disappointment by winning the triples with Ryan Davies 20-14.

congratulations to you all.