The Winners of the Q150 Club draw are:
April 2019
£150 – No 60 – Mr E Jenkins
£100 – No 75 – Mr RH Thomas
£75 – No 1 – Mr DR Lloyd
£50 – No 68 – Mr W Thomas
£25 – No 55 – Mr GR Vaughan
Q150 Winners April 2019
Derwent Norton – Club’s First Captain
Derwent Norton – the club’s first captain in our first full season 1875/76
I received an unexpected email from Mr David Connelly on the 13th December 2018. He lives with his family in New South Wales, Australia.
David explained that he was the great/great grandson of Derwent Norton. Having seen our captain’s board on our web site, he was keen to alert me to his link with such a special person in our club’s 145 years of rugby history.
David has researched his family history both in Australia and Wales. I am pleased that he has already shared a great deal of that information with me. I intend to include in our “History” section on our web site a detailed account of my own and David’s knowledge of the Nortons who, in the middle and late 1800’s, were a very influential family in Carmarthen. Derwent also had other brothers who both played and took part in the organisation of the then Carmarthen Wanderers Football Club.
Just one of the facts I will mention here is that I was told by David that Derwent Norton emigrated to Australia in 1878. The reasons for his move to Australia is intriguing and I will mention more of that in the feature I hope to complete soon.
The fact that Derwent emigrated to Australia in 1879 confirmed my suspicions that not all the entries on our Captains Board completed in 1974/75 were in fact very accurate. In the list compiled then, Derwent was included as the team’s captain in the 1881/82 season (he did captain the team in the 1875/76; 1876/77 & 1877/78 seasons and it looks as if he left for Australia in his final season as captain). He therefore, could not have been the captain for the 1881/82 season.
Derwent’s brother Talbot had by the 1881/82 season become a key member of the team and I intend to change the Captain’s Board to show that it was Talbot who was the captain for 1881/82 and not Derwent. (I have yet to come across a newspaper report that can verify any of this as very few reports can be found for that season).
The photograph shown here sent to me by David shows from left to right:- his father Gordon; brother Lawrie; nephew James and David himself.
The tie James is displaying in the photograph is one of the club’s 100 + appearances ties which I sent to David as a mark of appreciation for getting in touch with us and as a small gesture in regards to his relationship with Derwent Norton.
Many thanks David and I am sure we will keep in touch.
Percy Jones
Club Historian
Q150 Winner March 2019
March 2019
£150 – No 4 – Mr DR Evans
£100 – No 24 – Mr JT Harries
£75 – No 8 – Mr HI Jones
£50 – No 2 – Mrs AJ Beynon
£25 – No 46 – Mrs B Griffiths
Quins Narrow Loss
Bridgend 19 Quins 17
In a week where events off the field stunned and amazed most Welsh Rugby people, the game must go on.
On a wet and windy Brewery Field, both sides had reasons to gain a victory. The home side to ease any relegation threats and the Quins to consolidate their League place. The match turned out to a far from spectacular affair, and when each side took the lead, their tactic was to keep the game tight, which did little to enthuse the decent crowd.
An uneventful opening 15 minutes lead up to a home penalty taking play to near the Quins line. From the possession gained by the Ravens, Ben Jones was credited with the touch down. Owen Howe added the conversion. From the restart a well judged kick off by Jac Wilson was caught by a Quins player, enabling the Quins pack to surge up to the home 22, and a quick heel led to Jac Wilson in space to glide through for a brilliant try. He converted his try to level matters. The teams defences were kept busy and were on top for the next 15 minutes before Owen Howe broke the deadlock with a penalty. The remainder of the half was dominated by the forwards with little to get excited about.
Three points behind with the elements behind them promised a change of fortune for the Quins, and they opened strongly leading to play going from left to right at pace. After 48 minutes a controlled period of play led to the Quins moving the ball from the right touch line to the middle and Osian Knott was put clear, he neatly chipped over the covering tacklers and caught his own kick, he raced into the Ravens 22 and an inch perfect kick ahead saw Aron Hemmings use his tremendous pace to win the race to touch down for the games best score. Jac Wilson put the Quins ahead with the conversion.
The Quins set piece was more than holding its own but very uncharacteristically their line out was letting them down and after three misguided throw ins they put themselves under pressure and what should have been additions to their scoreline failed to materialise. This led to the home crown urging their favourites to greater things and sure enough with some dubious penalty decisions, this led to Howe adding three penalties to their total and a somewhat lucky victory.
The effort was always there but unfortunate mistakes and the weather conditions took their toll. The final minutes kept the Quins on the Ravens line, but the greater experience of the home side kept them out and the left with just a losing bonus point. This keeps the Quins 18 points above the fifth from bottom side with games running out , just six matches remaining.
An interesting few weeks ahead as most of the bottom Clubs have to play each other, so the dog fight goes on. Derek King the Ravens chairman explained many interesting facts in his programme address.
We now have a break from the league next weekend as we all get behind the National for their game against Ireland at the Principality Stadium where the Triple Crown, Grand Slam and Championship are all at stake.
Join us in the Clubhouse on Saturday 16th March for a day full of International Rugby:
Italy v France – 12.30pm
Wales v Ireland – 2.30pm
England v Scotland – 5.00pm
WALES SUMMER INTERNATIONALS
CLUB MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE
WALES HOME SUMMER INTERNATIONALS 2019
This year as it is a RWC year there will be summer Internationals rather than then normal Autumn fixtures. The Summer Internationals are :-
Saturday 17th August v England -Kick Off – TBC
Saturday 31st August v Ireland – Kick Off – TBC
Would any member requiring tickets for these Internationals please contact Dorian Taylor on 01267 231865 or 07789 051510 before 18th March 2019.
Please kindly note that once tickets are ordered they have to be paid for and taken.
Thank You.
Q150 WINNERS
Here are your winners of the Q150 Club Draw
February 2019
£150 – No 107 – Mr KN Olausen
£100 – No 59 – Mr IR Williams
£75 – No 20 – Mr E Thomas
£50 – No 105 – Mr M Stevens
£25 – No 88 – Mr W Edwards
Winner of the 2 International Tickets Wales v Ireland – No34 – Mr NJ Stephens
Q150 WINNERS
Here are your winners of the Q150 Club Draw
January 2019
£150 – No 117 – Mrs WM Edwards
£100 – No 119 – Mr E Morris
£75 – No 36 – Mr P Clarke
£50 – No 73 – Mr N Roberts
£25 – No 109 – Mr BE Light
QUINS XMAS RAFFLE
CARMARTHEN QUINS RFC
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE WINNERS 2018
| Prize No. | Prize | Number | Winner |
| 1st | £50.00 | 315 | JOHN MASELLA |
| 2nd | £20.00 | 327 | ALISON WATKINS |
| 3rd | Bottle Speyside Whisky | 328 | SION THOMAS |
| 4th | Bottle Blossom Hill Sparkling Zinfandel | 394 | SION THOMAS |
| 5th | Bottle Los Condes Cabernet Sauvignon | 306 | JOHN THOMAS |
| 6th | Bottle Sparkling Shiraz | 240 | CHRIS CHAPS |
| 7th | Bottle Cordoniu Brut | 3 | KEITH BACH |
| 8th | Bottle Cava Gran | 393 | DAI LLOYD |
| 9th | Box Belgian Biscuits | 361 | DAI LLOYD |
| 10th | ¼ Bottle Famous Grouse Whisky | 352 | ROGER AYERS |
| 11th | Tin Roses Chocolates | 5 | S. POCKNELL |
| 12th | Bayliss & Harding Men’s Grooming Kit | 94 | BOB & SHARON |
| 13th | Bottle Rose Zinfandel | 201 | RICH (DOWN TO EARTH) |
| 14th | Visor Organiser | 358 | T.K. BOND |
| 15th | Bottle Faustini Spumante | 325 | ROB HOWELLS |
| 16th | Bottle Rose Wine | 323 | ALAN BOWEN |
| 17th | Bottle Rose Wine | 337 | DAI LLOYD |
| 18th | Bottle Blackcherry Wine | 367 | NATHAN LEWIS (DOWN TO EARTH) |
| 19th | Bottle Christkindl Gluhwein | 2 | KEITH BACH |
| 20th | Bottlegreen Sparkling Presse | 354 | T.K.BOND |
Quins 150 draw winners
Winners of the December 2018 Draw are:
- £150 – No 34 – Mr NJ Stephens
- £100 – No 43 – Mrs MK Thorley
- £75 – No 2 – Mrs AJ Beynon
- £50 – No 68 – Mr W Thomas
- £25 – No 112 – Mr S Summers
Thank you to our sponsors and partners
Here at Carmarthen Quins RFC we would like to extend our appreciation to our sponsors and partners for their continued support and commitment.
Your generosity contributes to the vital success of the club and we hope that we give them the recognition they deserve. We are all volunteers that run the rugby within the Quins and we do it for our love and support of our national game.
There is however a cost for being in the Premiership which comes with being semi-professional and the associated costs that entails.
Thank you again for your support and it is your generosity that allows the Quins to represent Carmarthen in the division that directly underpins the Scarlets.