Galbally U17 squad and mentors, left Galbally Saturday 4th May at 5.30am and travelled via bus to Rosslare, 9am ferry to Fishguard, arriving 12.30pm. we then travelled onto Lampeter RFC to play a friendly match with a 3pm KO. This was a very enjoyable game, that ebbed and flowed. However the early morning start, and long journey told, and Lampeter stole a few scores against the run of play.
Lampeter Town Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Lampeter, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. Lampeter is believed to be the first town in Wales to field a rugby union team when in 1850 the Reverend Professor Rowland Williams brought the game with him from Cambridge to St. David's College, Lampeter. Following the match the Lampeter club officials entertained us in the clubhouse, which we discovered was to be demolished the following day, to make way for a new development. After a few hours, we exchanged contact details, and agreed to organize a return trip, loaded onto the bus, and headed for Cardiff, where we stayed in the Park Inn Hotel. This was an excellent location 4.5Km outside Cardiff, where we got the finest of breakfast and dinner for the next 2 days. On the Sunday we travelled to Oakwood, where an enjoyable day was had by all, with most of the rides tested out a number of times by the group. Back to the Hotel for dinner Sunday night, and a relaxing night in, before heading back to ferry Monday morning. we travelled on 2.30 feery Fishguard to Rosslare, arriving in at 6pm, and back by bus to Galbally for 9pm
Travelling Group. Liam Finnan, Eric Russell, Paudie Herbert, Timmy Tobin, Patrick O Donoghue, Mark Sweeney, William Ryan, Billy O Donoghue, Oisin Walsh (Captain), Jeremy Bourke, Jack o Mullane, John Kearns, Robert Casey, Tommie Childs, Cian Henegan, Michael O Donovan, Adrian Bourke, Ian O Flynn, Gary McCarthy, Sean Sampson, David Casey, Andrew Walsh, Tony Heelan, and Michael Sweeney
