Newcastle Emlyn
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side and ensure that we keep on being competitive within the
Championship as long as possible.
With fourteen of the current squad having being with
me since our days in Division 3 West it is essential that we
keep at least striving to challenge and motivate those players
from season to season. At present, we have the strongest
and largest squad most probably the club has ever had, but
with that also comes the challenges of keeping everybody
happy and motivated regarding game time.
Moving up the league ladder so much with my own local
side has been a very rewarding factor in itself, without a doubt
it means more than doing it with another club. The satisfaction
that we have climbed the league ladder with a group of
mostly young local players and coaches, while also playing
an attractive brand of rugby has also been a very rewarding
factor.”
Present
“We are very happy indeed with how our season panned
out in the end. To finish 5th in the Championship ensured
that we finished the highest place ever in the clubs forty year
history. With all the injuries we had at one point during the
season and that our aim at the start of the season was to stay
in the Championship for another season – we are simply
delighted with our finish.
Our main focus is to start the season well and stay in the
Championship for another year and hopefully build on our
success. With this in mind, we have added to our coaching set-
up during the close season, we felt for further success getting
some new voices into our coaching set-up would hopefully
help further improve and develop our playing potential. Josh
Turnbull (current Cardiff Blues player), a Newcastle Emlyn
RFC Junior product will be joining us on a part-time basis
to add his knowledge, while we are also hoping to use some
other coaches’ expertise on an ad-hoc basis during the season.”
8 Issue 73
Emyr Jones is a club sponsor of Newcastle
Emlyn RFC with his business Caffi Central
and has been involved in rugby for over
four decades. He recently told Rugby Club
Magazine, “I started in the clubs mini section
in 1976/77 and continued playing through
the ranks to the age of 21 having captained
the youth and senior teams.”
“After playing at the Scarlets for a season
I joined The Quins and took on a semi-
professional position for ten years whilst
working in in the fire service. After moving on
to Felifoel as player coach for two successful
seasons, one completely unbeaten, I returned
into a similar role for Newcastle Emlyn. My
children Cian and Bobi still play for the U13s
and U10s and I am still a junior coach over
there. The club have achieved an incredible
amount in a short 40 years.
My business, Caffi Central, still sponsor the
club and my wife Rhian and I would like to
wish everyone associated with Newcastle
Emlyn the best of continued success in their
40th year!”