A young woman's teaching career could be over after she was convicted of assaulting two women outside a Newcastle Emlyn nightclub.

"There is absolutely no doubt this conviction will very seriously jeopardise her teaching career," said solicitor David Williams.

During a two-day hearing, Crown prosecutor Craig Jones said the assaults occurred after 23-year-old Teleri Davies, a member of Newcastle Emlyn ladies rugby team, went out of Chunky's Nightclub during the early hours of the morning. According to Rhian Christina Mason and Amy Stephenson they were punched full in the face by Davies, giving them black eyes.

But Davies alleged that Miss Stephenson's boyfriend Mathew Terry hit her with the palm of his hand, and she ran to get help.

Davies, of Swn y Nant, Waungilwen, Drefach Felindre, denied two counts of common assault.

Prosecutor Craig Jones said Miss Mason and Miss Stephenson drank at a local public house and a restaurant before going to a disco in Chunky's.

When they left, Miss Mason and Mr Terry went to her home in nearby Teifi Terrace, and returned to the vicinity of the club where Miss Mason heard Miss Stephenson apologise to someone.

She then heard Davies say: "You will be sorry. You should be sorry."

In evidence, Miss Mason said Davies shouted: "Come on, rugby girls, there's a fight." A few other women arrived, but there was no further violence.

Davies told police she'd attended Llandysul Agricultural Show, later visited Chunky's with a man and went out of the club "for a kiss and cuddle". Strenuously denying assault, she claimed Miss Stephenson called her a slag or a slut and told her to get off the man she was with.

The bench found the defendant guilty and gave her a conditional discharge for a year, and ordered her to pay £100 compensation to Miss Stephenson and £150 court costs.