The official Twitter profile of Bedwas RFC. 1st XV in the Championship, 2nd XV (Barbarians) in Dragons Athletic league and a thriving M&J section.
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An amazing response from the community here at Bedwas RFC as we cheer on
@WelshRugbyUnion
v France! 🏉 Our makeshift bar is at full capacity with a queue out to the lobby as people turn out to support the club getting back on its feet. Diolch yn fawr i chi gyd - g’wan Cymru!! 🏴
What a transformation...👀
Our new-look lounge is complete and it looks incredible! Hundreds of volunteer hours, support from
@WelshRugbyUnion
and donations to our flooding fundraiser made this possible! 👏
Diolch to EVERYONE who has supported us on our journey! 🙏
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📢 Update from Bedwas RFC...
We have learned that our insurance will NOT cover flood damage and so we are launching a fundraising campaign to help rebuild the club which has been at the heart of the community since 1889.
Learn more and donate ⤵️
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Sorry we hadn’t posted before now, but. what a day we had yesterday!
First of all we want to wish
@TrebanosRugby
a heartfelt congratulations on their win in the Plate. Like us, they’re a village club with loads of passion and genuinely great rugby people. 1/5
Bedwas RFC response to BBC Wales investigation into the Welsh Rugby Union:
“The allegations of misogyny and discrimination at the Welsh Rugby Union are shocking and have no place in rugby or wider society. 1/3
Bedwas RFC held a minutes silence in memory of former player and sponsor Peter Thomas who passed away earlier this week. We extend our profound sympathy to his family and friends at this sad time.
@thepaulwilliams
We went with all the proposed reforms.
Worth noting over 65% went for the independent chair, just not the 75% super-majority required which was frustrating.
WRU Board and Exec trying to move things forward and we’re with them, but many others distrustful. Difficult. 🤔
Overwhelmed by the messages of support from across the rugby community today. Diolch yn fawr to you all for your kind words.
We’re also thinking of our friends at
@crosskeysrfc
who look to have been hit badly, as well as numerous other clubs whose facilities have been impacted.
REACTION: “Bedwas RFC is extremely grateful for the package of support announced by the WRU today.
“The Union has been in close communication with the club since Sunday and we were grateful to meet senior WRU officials at the club last night.”
Action plan to support rugby clubs around the country affected by ‘Storm Dennis’, to include:
- £100k club flood fund
- Bucket collection at
@SixNationsRugby
Wales v
@FranceRugby
on Sat
- Specialist pitch expertise
- Equipment, staff & other resources
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On behalf of everyone at Bedwas RFC we extend our deepest sympathy to our friends
@crosskeysrfc
on their sudden, unexpected loss of team manager Mark Prangell. May he R.I.P.
FT: Neath 14 Bedwas 16
Incredible scenes as Bedwas score a late try with a touch line conversion from Hallett to seal the W!! 👏
Job done - on to the next one 😅
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Messages of support still coming in + a great response at the club for the clean-up!
Our crowdfunder has had a brilliant initial response. This has really lifted our spirits so thank you all🙏
Much more to be done and all donations gratefully received!
Beautiful singing from the gentlemen of Caerphilly Male Voice and Aber Valley choir as we all say good bye to Mike Partridge this afternoon. His legacy to these choirs and Bedwas RFC will live long. Rest in Peace Mike x
We are pleased to announce that
@Jonnyarm07
will be taking on the captaincy for the 2019/20 season.
Jonathan spoke at the club dinner about the team’s unfinished business and the desire of the squad to bounce back.
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Following today’s
@PrincipalityPRM
results, Bedwas RFC has been relegated from the Premiership and will participate in the
@WRUChampionship
next season.
We would like to thank all our hardworking players, staff and volunteers as well as our fans and sponsors for their... 1/3
⚠️ Update from Bedwas RFC...
Following assessment of the club’s interior, we can confirm that our lounge, function room, bar, cellar and rugby facilities have taken extensive and serious damage due to the flooding from Storm Dennis. 1/2
Bedwas U14 have joined forces with
@saintsrugby_
U14 for the season 🏉
Any sponsors interesting in getting behind “Snegwas” U14 get in touch with
@kellywhitefoot
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A motion which would have allowed the WRU board to appoint an independent chair failed to secure the required 75 per cent approval from the member clubs at today’s WRU AGM at the Parkgate Hotel. It received 65.6% of the 221 votes.
FT: Pontypool 15 Bedwas 12
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Great game of rugby in some difficult conditions and a never say die attitude from the boys to secure the losing bonus point.
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It is with great sadness that our club has lost another great character.
Sadly Alwyn Thomas has lost his battle with cancer. A former player, ex committee man and great supporter of the club he will be hugely missed by us all.
Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
With the lockdown leaving us all a bit miserable at the moment, here’s the latest on how the lounge had been progressing after the flooding. New floor, walls plastered, loads of old rubbish stripped out and materials standing by for when we can progress with the refurbishment! 👍
⚠️ GAME ON! ⚠️
Our home game scheduled for this Saturday against
@NeathRugby
will go ahead as planned at 1pm. We will be playing at
@CSEYstradMynach
as our pitch is still very much waterlogged.
More information to follow as we look to make Saturday a special occasion.
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We’re excited to share the news that tomorrow we will be hosting
@Newport_RFC
v
@RGC1404
in the Premiership for a 2:30pm kick off.
Newport RFC needed an alternative venue for their game and as we had no home game scheduled, we were happy to help our friends from the ‘Port.
Our latest re-signing is
@CraigHudd1
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@sanky100
“We felt it was absolutely crucial to retain one of our best players and leaders in Craig.
“He is very popular both on and off the field and had a fantastic season last year and we’re expecting more of the same this year.”
Big shift by everyone so far this morning
@bedwasrfc
looks so much better than it did yesterday, still a long way to go yet! Head over to the go fund me page If you can anything would be really appreciated ⚪️⚫️
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It is with immense sadness that Bedwas RFC must share the news that long serving member and club volunteer, Mike Partridge has passed away. Mike tragically lost his life yesterday afternoon following the incident on Pandy Road... 1/4
Another busy day cleaning up from Storm Dennis at Bedwas RFC. Again, still loads of amazing help from the community. 👏
Do check out our fundraiser here and we’ll post an update later tonight. ⤵️
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⚠️ Latest update from Bedwas RFC...
With flood waters receding, we are now in a position to begin a clean-up or the site and facilities.
Tomorrow (Mon 17 Feb) from 10am any volunteers able to come to the club to assist in the clean up would be very welcome.
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A massive congratulations to Dafydd Jenkins for his selection in the Wales squad to face Georgia this weekend. We know just how proud Daf’s family are, not least Hywel and Steve. Daf, we’ll be cheering you on from the club! 🏴
📣 Diweddariad Carfan👇
🏴 Dafydd Jenkins (
@ExeterChiefs
) and Rhys Davies (
@ospreys
) join up with the Cymru squad as Dan Lydiate and Will Rowlands withdraw.
💪 Pob lwc with the recovery Dan and Will!
#WelshRugby
Our latest re-signing is
@owainkeane
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“As a proud club with community values it is important we have players local to the club. We look forward to seeing Owain battle it out in a highly competitive position. His energy and game understanding will be crucial to us.” -
@sanky100
FT:
@Bargoedrfc
26 Bedwas 28
A first win in the 18/19 season and we’re back in business! Many thanks to the travelling fans and a few well earned 🍺s tonight
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⚪️⚫️ Signings Update ⚫️⚪️
We’re pleased to confirm that the following players have committed to Bedwas RFC for the 2019/20 season 🏉
Jonny Armitage (C)
James Richards
Rhys Hutcherson
Gareth Allen
Lewis Bowden
Jacob Chilcott
Dale Rogers
Rory Harries
Deon McIntosh
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FT: Bedwas 31 Trebanos 0 (Friendly)
A really entertaining match this afternoon with lots of running rugby played by both teams.
@TrebanosRugby
unlucky not to get a couple of scores, but great to see a big contingent of away and home fans for a cracking afternoon of rugby! 🏉
Just took delivery of this.Huge thanks to the legend
@Nigelrefowens
for kindly donating a signed shirt to raise funds to reinstate
@bedwasrfc
. Very grateful mate.
The clean-up begins this morning at 10am...
Dress for the weather, it’s a rainy start to the day.
If you can bring any cleaning equipment (bags, buckets, mops etc) it would be appreciated.
Thanks for the offers of support and hopefully a team effort will make it lighter work!
Bedwas RFC would like to thank the
@Narberth_RFC
Committee, Players and Coaches for staying after the game and fully enjoying the hospitality at our club. You were all fantastic ambassadors for your club and the sport as whole. Until we meet again we wish you a good season.
What a group of little legends! 🙌
Players from Bedwas RFC’s Mini & Juniors have been giving up their time in half-term to help our fundraising efforts over at Tesco. Amazing work from you all! 👏
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@BarrieJones
@thepaulwilliams
Can’t really speak for others, but from the comments/debate beforehand it seemed to be fear of losing control/influence. Of course, that’s the point…
Hopefully hearts and minds can be won over and this can be revisited because it’s so important to drive the organisation fwds
After a day of blood, sweat and tears heres an update from our clean-up operation💪
We go again tomorrow from 11am so any help remains very much appreciated🧹
Amazing response to our fundraiser so far- thank you all! You can donate on the link below ⤵️
Our latest re-signing is
@jameshal9
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@sanky100
“We are delighted he has chosen to stay with us and he adds both tactical awareness and a fantastic attacking skill set. A real boost to our backline, our squad and just as important a boost to our off-field climate.”
and community will be behind us all the way.
Best wishes to next year’s Premiership clubs - and watch out our Championship rivals!
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It’s a special day for one of our loyal servants of
@bedwasrfc
Happy Birthday
@KipperBedwas
! 🎉
We have pulled out a golden oldie for you, we can see you have not changed a bit! ☺️
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Unfortunately, we have been informed by Brynmawr RFC that they are unable to raise a side for tomorrow’s Ben Francis Cup semi-final tie. Therefore, Bedwas qualify for final and will face Newbridge RFC at Blackwood RFC on Saturday 14th May 2022.
Many thanks to
@dragonsrugby
for hosting some of our club volunteers at the game last night. 👏
These guys did a great job helping down the club after Storm Dennis and we’re really grateful for the support of our region! 👍 Congrats on the win!! 🏉
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📢 We’re very pleased to announce the first of our re-signings this evening
@dalerogers26
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💬 Head coach Stefan Sankala said: “Dale is a an experienced senior player who sets high standards amongst the squad and we look forward to his valuable contribution again this season.”
Our latest re-signing is Matt Bancroft 🏉
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@sanky100
“Matty has a very good rugby brain and brings tempo and structure onto the park. He’s another young man with potential in the squad and we’re excited to see him back in action fighting out for that number 9 shirt.”
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**Announcement** | **New Player Signing**
We are pleased to welcome to the team this season James Hallett. James is coming to us from Senghenydd RFC, and has played a few positions in his career but will mostly be playing 15 while at Bedwas.
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#wassfamily
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Our next confirmed re-signing is...
@lewisbowden6
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“We are delighted Lewis chose to stay with us this season and look forward to him reaching his potential with club and laying a marker down in the coming year.” - Head coach Stefan Sankala.
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