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At the start of this season two home victories against Kenfig Hill 39-17 and Kidwelly 31-16, contrasted against big away defeats at Mumbles 26-60, Tumble 3-29, Aberystwyth 5-55 and Blaengarw 6-45. This left Ystalyfera at the lower end of the league table at the end of November, and only great efforts from the players starting with a hard fought win away at Waunarlwydd 14-11, turned things around. Four consecutive victories before the new year plus seven wins in March and April saw Ystalyfera eventually finish 6th out of 16. Cup success was restricted to the Swansea Valley Cup where the ‘Fera lost another final this time at home to Vardre 10-17. Captain this season was Craig Lloyd, top points scorer Damian James with 144 points and top try scorer Phillip Thomas with 15. Phillip won Players Player and Ashley Carter got the Supporters vote.
National League Division 4 West
Pos.
Team.
PL.
W.
D.
L.
F.
A.
Bal.
Try.
Pts.
%.
1 P
Aberystwyth
26
22
0
4
857
373
+484
119
66
84.62%
2 P
Newcastle Emlyn
26
20
0
6
695
312
+383
102
60
76.92%
3 P
Waunarlwydd
26
18
2
6
807
425
+382
114
56
73.09%
4
Pontyberem
26
17
3
6
526
309
+217
75
54
71.15%
5
Skewen
26
13
1
12
587
572
+15
87
40
51.92%
6
Ystalyfera
26
13
1
12
506
601
-95
66
40
51.92%
7
Tumble ..........-3pts
26
14
0
12
439
571
-132
49
39
53.85%
8
Mumbles
26
12
1
13
456
533
-77
53
37
48.08%
9
Blaengarw
26
11
1
14
506
499
+7
62
34
44.23%
10
Haverfordwest
26
9
2
15
406
574
-168
52
29
38.46%
11
Kidwelly
26
9
1
16
440
576
-136
48
28
36.54%
12
Gorseinon
26
8
0
18
521
517
+4
64
24
30.77%
13
Kenfig Hill
26
8
0
18
362
671
-309
42
24
30.77%
14 R
Bynea
26
2
0
24
298
876
-578
37
6
7.69%
[ 1]
No.
Date.
Fixture.
Venue.
Opponents.
Result.
F - A.
1
1 Sep.
WCup PreRd
Home
Penallta
Lost
12 - 31
2
8 Sep.
League
Home
Gorseinon
Lost
18 - 23
3
15 Sep.
League
Away
Mumbles
Lost
26 - 60
4
29 Sept.
League
Home
Kenfig Hill
Won
39 - 17
5
6 Oct.
League
Home
Tumble
Lost
3 - 29
6
20 Oct.
SV Cup PreRd
Home
Pontardawe
Won
32 - 15
7
27 Oct.
League
Away
Aberystwyth
Lost
5 - 55
8
3 Nov.
League
Home
Kidwelly
Won
31 - 16
9
10 Nov.
League
Away
Blaengarw
lost
6 - 45
10
17 Nov.
League
Home
Pontyberem
Lost
17 - 27
11
24 Nov.
League
Away
Waunarlwydd
Won
14 - 11
12
8 Dec.
League
Home
Newcastle Emlyn
Won
11 - 10
13
22 Dec.
Friendly
Home
Brynamman
Won
33 - 19
14
27 Dec.
WWCup 2ndRd
Home
Tycroes
Won
37 - 17
15
29 Dec.
League
Home
Bynea
Won
12 - 5
16
12 Jan.
League
Away
Gorseinon
Won
28 - 18
17
19 Jan.
League
Home
Mumbles
Lost
14 - 26
18
9 feb.
League
Away
Tumble
Lost
10 - 23
19
17 Feb.
WWCup 3rdRd
Home
Trimsaran
Lost
7 - 10
20
1 Mar.
League
Away
Skewen
Won
27 - 10
21
9 Mar.
League
Away
Kidwelly
Lost
22 - 31
22
16 Mar.
League
Home
Blaengarw
Won
26 - 22
23
22 Mar.
League
Away
Kenfig Hill
Won
14 - 12
24
30 Mar.
League
Away
Pontyberem
Drew
16 - 16
10 Apr.
SVCup 1stRd
Home
Glais
walkover
25
13 Apr.
League
Home
Haverfordwest
Won
48 - 17
26
17 Apr.
League
Away
Haverfordwest
Won
12 - 10
27
20 Apr.
League
Away
Newcastle Emlyn
Lost
17 - 33
28
24 Apr.
League
Home
Aberystwyth
Won
31 - 20
29
27 Apr.
League
Home
Skewen
Lost
17 - 24
30
30 Apr.
League
Home
Waunarlwydd
Lost
8 - 20
31
4 May.
League
Away
Bynea
Won
25 - 20
7 May.
SVCup SF
Home
Abercrave
walkover
32
19 May.
SVCup Final
Home
Vardre
Lost
10 - 17
637 - 710
[ 2]
Ystalyfera 2001/02 Season Player Stats
53.
Player.
PL.
Tries.
Cons.
DGls.
Pens.
Tot Pts.
1
Damian James
29
12
18
3
13
144
2
Phillip Thomas
31
15
75
3
Gareth James
13
15
1
10
63
4
Ashley Carter
28
8
40
5
Martyn Stoneman
31
3
6
2
1
36
6
Kevin Williams
26
7
35
7
Simon Donovan
11
6
30
8
Paul Davies
26
6
30
8
Mark McComas
26
6
30
10
Alan Williams
21
4
20
11
Leighton Prosser
20
3
15
12
Leighton Stoneman
24
1
5
15
13
Peter Abraham
18
1
2
11
14
John Daniels
2
2
2
10
15
Jason Humphries
20
2
10
16
Phillip Stoneman
26
2
10
17
John Williams
30
2
10
18
David Hawkins
2
1
5
18
Graham Jones
2
1
5
20
Andrew Hiseman
3
1
5
20
Ian Barrett
3
1
5
22
Jason Donovan
5
1
5
23
Mark Rewston
6
1
5
24
Alun Guerrier
14
1
5
25
Craig Lloyd Captain
26
1
5
26
Ian Morgan
2
1
3
27
Neil brown
24
28
David Thomas
20
29
Jason Long
17
30
Neil Amber
14
31
Paul Williams
11
32
Martin Jones
10
33
Andrew Key
7
34
Neil Lynch
6
35
Kevin McComas
5
36
Arwel Williams
4
37
Jonathan Evans
3
37
Simon Chatham
3
37
Geraint Lewis
3
37
Alan Llewellyn
3
41
Stephen Morgan
2
41
Daniel Andrews
2
41
Mike Morgan
2
41
Joe Roberts
2
45
Anthony Rees
1
45
Christopher Hicks
1
45
Tim Lewis
1
45
Jason Thomas
1
45
Mathew Gill
1
45
Steven Munkley
1
45
Andrew Williams
1
45
Chris Partin
1
45
Hywel Ace
1
'Penalty Tries'
2
10
'Team Total'
32
88
46
8
27
637
[ 3]
References