THE WRU Wednesday Under-18 league returns this week with 11 teams hoping to emulate the success of last year's winners Coleg Sir Gar. This year's tournament sees Cowbridge Comprehensive School, Newport High School and Llandrillo College joining
FIREFIGHTERS in Haverfordwest will be among those firing a “warning shot to the government”, as they take part in county-wide strikes on Wednesday (September 25). After a majority vote for industrial action earlier this month, Fire Brigades Union
A PREVIOUSLY unknown self-published author from Pembroke has sealed a deal with publishers in San Francisco for his latest novel, a supernatural thriller entitled The Montague Portrait.Matt Drabble, aged 39, of Lords Meadow View, caught the attention
DAIRY farmers across Wales are welcoming autumn milk price rises from a number of processors.First Milk, Meadow Foods and Glanbia Cheese all announced 1ppl increases in the price they pay for their suppliers’ milk on the same day.First Milk was
A PEMBROKE business has taken a top honour in the first ever Alastair Sawday B&B Awards, which celebrate the best of British hospitality. Former ballet school Penfro won the ‘one of a kind’ category, with its characterful bedrooms catching
PUPILS from Golden Grove School, Pembroke, were given the chance to stretch their legs before class as the walking bus came to town.The initiative, organised by Communities First in collaboration with Golden Grove School, highlighted the benefits of walking
Welsh League, Division OneHaverfordwest County 5 Tata Steel 1 THE Blues blasted in five goals in a blistering first half-hour but couldn't turn their continuing domination into further goals.The form book suggested a clear Blues win
Fishguard produced not just one but five sporting winners in this years series of Go Tri events!The famous five cleaned up at the Go Tri series finale in Haverfordwest on 15th September.All five are regular attenders of the Go Tri fitness sessions run
MEMBERS of Goodwick Brass Band have the right to blow their own trumpet after being crowned UK National Champions at the weekend.The 29-piece band gave a commanding performance of Kenneth Downie’s Purcell Variations at the Racecourse Stadium in
CHILDREN at Pennar Community School were treated to a special visitor last week as Mr Clevver’s puppet company pitched up at the school to perform Nuclear Family - a show focused on the uniqueness of individual personalities and human relationships.The
PEMBROKE Probus Club members and their ladies welcomed their counterparts from the Killay Probus Club, Swansea, to a lunch at the Cleddau Bridge Hotel, Pembroke Dock, last Tuesday (September 17).This is the third time that the two clubs have met and the
GUITARIST, singer/songwriter and record producer Kevin Dempsey is performing at Pennar Hall, Pembroke Dock, on Saturday (September 28), from 7.30pm.His previous collaborations include Dave Swarbrick's Lazarus and some may remember Kevin as a member
PEMBROKE inaugural autumn food festival is to be held at the Town Hall on Saturday, October 12. The event is being organised by Pembroke Farmers’ Market, which is also behind the town’s potato festival held earlier on in the year. The autumn
A FORMER triathlete who underwent exhausting chemotherapy sessions and a bone marrow transplant to beat leukaemia is hitting the road again to raise money for charity. Five years ago, 48-year-old Roger Devonald’s world was turned upside down when
THE Royal Navy left Milford Haven on Sunday having thanked the town, its people and the Port for its ‘first class facilities and generous welcome.’ Reservists from all over the UK took part in a major exercise last week designed to train the Navy
Division five west:Llangadog 19Neyland 8NEYLAND ventured into unknown territory as they travelled to Llangadog, situated neatly between Llandeilo and Llandovery, but despite showing improved form they lost their third league match on the trot whilst the
Division three west:Llanelli Wanderers 29Haverfordwest 24HAVERFORDWEST launched a concerted come-back attempt against Llanelli Wanderers after trailing by 23-3 at half time but although they managed three converted tries in the second spell the Wanderers
A lone sailor whose craft was in danger of washing ashore was rescued by the Tenby lifeboat this (Monday) morning. The lifeboat, the Haydn Miller, was launched at 4.35am after Milford Haven coastguard had received a call from the skipper of the
THE art department at Sir Thomas Picton School will be holding its third annual ‘SixbyFour' exhibition on Friday, September 27.The event is an opportunity for pupils to showcase their artwork alongside some of the world’s most talented
Division three west:Gorseinon 23Tenby United 29TENBY United's excellent start to the new campaign maintained its momentum as they beat an experienced Gorseinon team on its own patch and also pouched a bonus point into the bargain.The Seasiders led
Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for information following the theft of a memorial bench from St David’s Cathedral. The bench was located in the memorial grounds of the Cathedral and taken sometime between midnight on 14/08/2013 and midnight on
SEVERAL wind turbine applications are due to be heard at a meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s Planning and Rights of Way Committee on Tuesday, October 1. They include applications for turbines at Blaencilgoed Farm, Ludchurch; The Paddock
WALES and British Lions rugby legend Robert Jones MBE has pledged his support for the National Botanic Garden of Wales’ legacy campaign through a corporate sponsorship agreement.Since retiring from the game in 2001, the Trebanos-born winner of 54
AFTER a slow start in August things certainly have picked-up this month as the heat-wave has past and anglers have had produced some decent bags at Llysyfran.This period also saw the heaviest fish so far landed on the fly. This was a fish of 9lbs 1oz
Saturday, September 28PremiershipAberavon v CardiffCross Keys v LlandoveryLlanelli v BridgendNeath v BedwasSwansea v BedwasSwansea v Carmarthen QuinsChampionshipBlackwood v RGC 1404Cardiff Met v Ebbw ValesNarberth v BargoedNewbridge v Bridgend AthleticPontypool
A PEMBROKESHIRE bricklaying trainee, Zak Longthorpe, is to build on his success after securing a place at the National Final of SkillBuild 2013 - the UK’s largest multi-trade competition.SkillBuild is an annual event which is managed by CITB - the
