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Betws
R
ugby has been played in the village of Betws for over 100 years. Located in a predominately Welsh speaking area of
East Carmarthenshire, the village depended on agriculture and the local mining industry until its demise in the latter
part of the 20th century.
The village team played in the Llanelli &
District Leagues for many years and were
a team to be feared with players such as
Eiros Bowen and Colin Elliot of Llanelli
and Gwyn Jones and Gerald Roberts of
Swansea returning to play for the village
at the twilight of their illustrious first
class careers.
The first clubhouse, Y Clwb Bach (The
Small Club) was built in the 50's with the
current imposing two-storey clubhouse
completed in the mid 90's and opened
by the then Welsh coach Graham Henry.
This was also an important time in the
club's playing history with the attainment
of full WRU status and the club's progress
through the newly formed WRU National
Leagues.
The Club were crowned Champions
of Division 5 South West in the 200708 season and currently ply their trade
in Division 3 West C of the SWALEC
League, where they lie in third place. Two
teams are currently run with the Second
VX competing in the local leagues but
a Youth XV introduced last season has
unfortunately been disbanded.
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