Sport

Swifts knocked for six

Published

9 years ago

November 24, 2014

MILFORD UNITED are through to the next round of the West Wales Cup after they beat Pembrokeshire League Division One side Monkton Swifts 6-0. However the Swifts could not get a full team out and they were forced to play the game with ten men. Despite the numerical advantage Monkton started well as Ryan Griffi ths and Liam Butland both saw early shots saved.

Milford United then took the lead against the run of play when William Goodall powered home a header from Chris Thompson’s corner. After some brief treatment for the referee Milford continued where they had left off as Chris Thompson played a lovely through-ball for Liam Power who slotted the ball under the keeper and into the net.

Jordan Kilby had a chance to half the deficit shortly before half time but after beating the defender to the ball his shot was saved by United’s keeper Reece Crowther. Ten minutes into the second half Milford had a third goal when Liam Parr broke free of the defenders before fi ring in his second of the game.

Milford were dominating possession and they could have had a fourth on the hour mark but Goodall’s header hit the post with the rebound put wide. The fourth goal fi nally arrived with twenty minutes to go when Tom Llewellyn exchanged passes with Liam Davies who ran into the area before beating the keeper at his near post.

The fifth goal came shortly after as Macaulay Mackay beat the offside trap and the keeper to the ball before tapping in. The sixth goal came just two minutes later when a cross was only cleared as far as Thompson on the edge of the box and he had time to compose himself before shooting low into the corner. That goal prompted a change of keeper as Michael Canton swapped shirts with George James. No further goals were scored as Milford saw out the game and they can now look forward to the next round of the competition.

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70 Pembrokeshire clubs benefit from Sport Wales funding

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9 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Tom Sinclair

SEVENTY Pembrokeshire clubs have been successful in receiving grants from the Be Active Wales Fund over the last financial year.

In total the clubs received more than £407,800 from the grants scheme from Sport Wales in 2023/24.

The fund backed 25 different sports, ranging from archery, basketball and cricket to sailing, short mat bowls and weightlifting and everything in between.

The Be Active Wales Fund is open to applications from not for profit community clubs and groups to help develop and sustain their activities.

Grants range from a minimum of £300 up to a maximum of £50,000.

The scheme will support coach education courses, the purchase of essential items of equipment right up to larger projects such as floodlighting and boats for sailing clubs.

For advice and support with your application contact Alan Jones or Lois Hilling at Pembrokeshire County Council’s Sports Development department, Sport Pembrokeshire on [email protected]

The Be Active Wales Fund is always open for applications.

More information is available on the Sport Wales website.

Sport

Clarby stand in the way of Goodwick double

Published

24 hours ago

April 24, 2024

Herald Sport

Two thrilling semi finals last weekend has meant Goodwick United and Clarbeston Road will meet in the senior cup final this coming Saturday.

Goodwick faced Pennar Robins in their semi final who pushed the champions very hard. Carl Vincent will be disappointed but proud of the Robins as they gave a great account of themselves. However in the end Goodwick’s quality and experience just was too much for Vincent’s team.

The other semi was an absolute thriller, and after a nail biting game Matthew Fox’ Clarby progressed to the final. A offside call has sparked a lot of debate around the county. However it seems that linesman Jenkins made an absolute perfect call so credit to him for that.

Both teams would have wanted a nice week of preparation for the final, maybe without any games to play. Unfortunately this hasn’t been possible due to the fixture backlog and both outfits have played already this week.

Goodwick will be favourites of course, however if anyone can upset the apple cart Saturday it’s this Clarbeston Road team. Fox’ outfit have impressed over and over this season. Without too much pressure on them, they are in a good place going into the final.

The double at one staged looked like the minimum Goodwick would be aiming for this season. However losses in other cup competitions, means its Senior Cup success or just the league title for the outstanding team of the season. Oddly becoming champions with no cup success maybe seen as a huge disappointment considering their dominance this season. A unique pressure. However if anyone can handle that pressure it’s O’Sullivans outfit.

Sport

Swifts eyes on double.

Published

3 days ago

April 22, 2024

Herald Sport

Monkton Swifts reserves have blown away the second division this season and now have the double in their sights. They face Merlins Bridge reserves in the semi final of the second division cup and lived up to their favourites tag.

Swifts won comfortably with key player Butland getting three assists and Josh Sture grabbing a brace. Waterman and Rhys Sture added the other goals as outstanding Monkton won 4-0.

Herbrandston and Johnston played in the other semi final and this was a much harder fixture to call. The promoted Herbie a younger and perhaps less physical outfit in comparison to the Tigers. Johnston quickly took control of the game when they found themselves two up after just 29 minutes.

However when Scott Murray was shown a red card just eight minutes later, Herbie would have been confident of staging a comeback. Despite being a man light, Johnston held Herbie until the final minute of the 90, when Alex Ouzman gave Herbie late hope. The Tigers held firm however and progress to the final where they will be underdogs. A tag that I’m sure the players and manager Steven Allen won’t mind too much.