Mixed Ability Rugby:
 
Pembrokeshire Vikings v Llanelli Warriors

(For the Don Noott Memorial Cup)

 
Touch Rugby Match:

 

Match ends all square after an exciting tussle

 

Pembrokeshire Vikings 3 tries - Llanelli Warriors 3 tries

 
Pembrokeshire Vikings welcomed the Llanelli Warriors to the MHRFC Observatory Ground on a hot, sunny afternoon. First of all, The Vikings played the touch game and it was a very hard-fought evenly-matched game.

The result was three tries each, but rugby was the real winner, with lots of smiles at the end of the game.

Vikings Touch Rugby Squad:
1 Ashley Couceiro (C); 2 Benjamin Couceiro; 3 Marcus Greenish; 4 Mason Kerrison; 5 Youseff El Taweb (VC); 6 Dafydd Cowl; 7 Josh Price; 8 Matt Davies; 9 John Joe McDonagh; 10 Kieran Castle; 11 Jack Collins.

 

Full Contact Rugby:

 

Gethin guides Vikings to deserved victory

 

Pembrokeshire Vikings 22 - Llanelli Warriors 15

 
That was an excellent ‘warmer’ for the main game where the teams were competing for the Don Noott Memorial Cup, where The Vikings were winners last year, so the Llanelli Warriors arrived with revenge in their eyes.
 
Again, it was a very hard-fought game, with great skills on show; and everybody played well in the heat. Both teams had new players who had not played before in a competitive game. S and a special mention for Keiran Castle who was playing his first game ever and caught the eye because was all over the park with his  tackling.
 
There were some big hits from Kyran Owens and veteran Gethin Bateman was his usual energetic self, putting in a great shift whilst pocketing a brace of tries. Shaun Treadwell had a successful debut for the Vikings and being voted Man of the Match.
 
Both sides put on a great display of Mixed Ability Rugby, watched by a great crowd of supporters as Rob Sweeney and John Joe McDonagh joined Gethin Bateman on the try sheet alongside a Callum Power conversion - and The Warriors’ try scorers were Matthew Miller, Keith Marshall and Dylan Williams.
 
Vikings’ Game Day Squad:
1 Alex Lloyd; 2 Bleddyn Gibbs (Capt); 3 Kyran Owens; 4 Tom Brown; 5 Sean Mackenzie; 6 Simon Radford; 7 Joe Lewis ; 8 Gethin Bateman; 9 Sean Treadwell; 10 Matt Heeps  (Vice Capt); 11 Jack Elliot ; 12 Callum Power (VC); 13 Jack Colley; 14 Gareth Richards; 15 Rob Sweeney; 16 Sean Phillips; 17 James Tyler; 18 Rhys Skivington; 19 Graeme Elliot; 20 Marc Davies; 21 Dan Shaw; 22 Rhys Power; 23 Alex Osbourne; 24 John Joe McDonagh.

 
Photographs by Mira Angielczyk