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Haverfordwest Ladies named dirtiest UK team

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9 years ago

December 23, 2016

A must needed clean up: Haverfordwest Ladies’ post-match photo

A LADIES rugby team in Pembrokeshire has been named the dirtiest sporting team in the UK.

Haverfordwest Ladies received the accolade courtesy of laundry appliance brand Belling; however, not for their tackles or amount of time players spend in the Sin Bin, but, rather, for the state of their kits after each match.

As part of their latest promotion, Belling asked squads playing on waterlogged and muddy pitches to send in their pictures for the chance to win a team sponsorship and a Belling Sensicare washing machine.

Haverfordwest Ladies, a Division One team of all ages an d walks of life – from police to teachers and vets to hospital workers, to name but a few – beat off stiff competition to be named the dirtiest team in the UK after submitting a photograph of a mud-soaked team post-match.

The group regularly battles muddy and waterlogged conditions, also hindered by the fact that the ladies team plays on a Sunday, after the men’s team uses the pitch on a Saturday, meaning the pitch is often already badly-churned by the time they take to the field.

Having won the sponsorship deal, Belling has since provided the team with brand new kits, as well a much needed Sensicare washing machine.

Alongside their research to find the dirtiest team, Belling also sought to find the muddiest pitches in the UK, which once again turned out to be in Wales as Cardiff claimed the top spot.

The latter study combined Met Office weather data with research amongst grassroots sports clubs across the UK, looking at the number of games rained-off or affected by water-logged pitches.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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3 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Crime

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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3 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Crime

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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4 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.