Luke Price has been ruled out of action for the remainder of 2018 after suffering a fractured tibia in Friday night’s win over Edinburgh.

The 22-year-old outside-half exited the action late in the first half of the opening game of the new Guinness PRO14 season.

Although the injury doesn’t require surgery, Price faces a period of rehabilitation and is looking at a best case scenario of four months out of action.

The team @RedkiteLaw have set the date for their next West Wales HR Network meeting, September 27 @Jabajak Topic: Disability Discrimination and Managing Cancer in the Workplace.

https://www.redkitelaw.co.uk/site/events/eventlisting/event460_7242

Sandwich of the Week @JenkinsBakery shops is Salmon and Cucumber, £2.45. More special offers on the website –

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Apparently, today is Wildlife Day. Get out there and enjoy it, folks!

Quote of the day – Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison

Weather forecast for Llanelli-on-sea today is ‘bit of white fluffy stuff and a bit of blue. Daps day’.

This is happening in November in Ffwrnes Theatre ⁦@TheatrauSirGar⁩ – featuring a few of my pals. Please support.

Get well soon wishes were extended to ‘most popular chorister’ (and contender for most popular man in #Llanelli ) John ‘Bach’ Morris at last night’s rehearsal session for @corllanelli

Saundersfoot harbour (a haven operating since 1954) is set to become a major marine destination after opening The National Events Deck, a 20,000 sq ft multi-purpose decking area, with a £400,000 bridging loan from HSBC UK.
https://businessnewswales.com/pembrokeshire-harbour-transformed-into-major-marine-destination/

Carmarthenshire Council officers will be in Ammanford town centre on Wednesday, September 5, raising awareness of littering.
@CarmsCouncil #litter #Ammanford #Carmarthenshire
http://rlloydpr.co.uk/2018/09/04/day-of-action-for-ammanford-town-centre/

The soundtrack to work at Lloyd HQ is being provided by former @llanellistar journo @juderogers Sounds of Lost Summers https://open.spotify.com/user/juderogers/playlist/7AfacHPtTaRbjpfz9ksBax?si=BwzN3-9UQsOnyrb7mmPFXw … #NowPlaying

A view of Gower from Festival Fields #Llanelli – and trains!

Only in Pwll: lady walking dog on Llanelli Millennium Coastal Path with a set of curlers in. (She had the curlers in. Not the dog) Could be worse. Could have been in her pyjamas.

Simply glorious down #Llanelli Beach this morning.

Carmarthenshire has sealed its reputation as a world-class host of major sporting events following its welcome of the Tour of Britain.

Stage One of the UK’s biggest road race took place in the county on Sunday, September 2, bringing 120 of the world’s top cyclists and thousands of spectators out on to the streets.

Cycling stars, including Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome, were among those to star in the race, which started from Pembrey Country Park and travelled north through the county to Llandovery before continuing on the stage finish in Newport.

It is the first time the Tour of Britain has visited Carmarthenshire, and has been the biggest sporting event ever hosted by Carmarthenshire County Council.

With live televised coverage throughout the day, it was a major opportunity to showcase Carmarthenshire’s landscape and facilities which are perfect for a range of sporting events with its special blend of countryside and coast.

The event is also expected to deliver a £4million economic boost to the south Wales economy and add to the county’s growing tourism industry with thousands of today’s visitors likely to return to enjoy what Carmarthenshire has to offer.

The Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council, Cllr Emlyn Dole, said: “This has been a fantastic opportunity for Carmarthenshire to shine on a world stage. I have spent the morning not only enjoying the race but speaking to people who are hugely impressed with what Carmarthenshire can offer as a host of major sporting events. I’ve no doubt that today’s race will mean many more exciting opportunities for us to bring the world’s top athletes to compete here on our doorstep.

“This is fantastic for Carmarthenshire, our growing tourism industry, local businesses and local communities.

“I am so very proud of the welcome Carmarthenshire has given to the Tour of Britain, and I thank organisers for putting their faith and trust in us to deliver a spectacular day of racing.”

Match Report – Carmarthen Town v Cardiff Met (1 September 2018)

Carmarthen Town (2) Cardiff Met (0) 

Carmarthen deservedly secured their first win of the season thanks to a well-balanced display of resolute, stubborn defending coupled with frequent rapid and clinical counter-attacking – not only was this enough to comfortably subdue the  Met’s normally sharp attacking play, but on occasions their defence was made to look unusually fragile.

Yet the visitors began the match in their customary fashion, enjoying the greater share of possession and methodically making progress upfield.  However they were unable to make any serious early impression on the Town defence which, being well marshalled by the towering Lee Surman, remained disciplined and secure.

Despite that initial pressure, it was not until the 9^thminute that the Met managed their first scoring effort when Dan Spencer, on the right flank, crossed the ball into the crowded penalty area where Sam Snaith hit a smart 15 yard volley that ‘keeper Lee Idzi carefully watched fly safely over the bar.

The Old Gold meanwhile were frequently able to break forward from deep positions inside their own half and on 13 minutes they fashioned a decent chance when Luke Cummings surged forward along the right-wing before delivering a searching cross deep into the penalty area where Greg Walters produced a close-range header that ‘keeper Esa Aalto was well-placed to gather safely.

And Town, usually through the craft and determination of Mael Davies, Walters, Ceri Morgan and Cummings, continued to launch penetrating counter-attacks which frontmen Luke Bowen, Liam Thomas and Jordan Vickers eagerly pursued.

While several broke down in the face of some solid Met defending, eventually the Old Gold took the lead in the 35^thminute through a smart piece of goal-poaching by Liam Thomas – from the right-wing Cummings sent another fine cross into the penalty area where Town’s all-time top scorer neatly stole the ball off a hesitant defender then from close-range instantly struck an angled volley past Aalto and into the far corner of the net.

Stung by that setback, the visitors were quick to respond – on 37 minutes Spencer raced forward from midfield then struck a rasping 20 yard drive that Idzi, with an impressive full-length save, turned against the top of the post before the ball bounced safely away.

And in the closing moments of the first-half Spencer again surged upfield to reach the by-line then fired an inviting cross towards the far post but saw Snaith wastefully plant his close-range header wide of the goal.

After the interval the Met immediately pressed forward in search of an early equaliser – but through a combination of weak finishing and, more particularly, determined (occasionally desperate) Old Gold defending the home goal was never under serious threat during this spell.  The only notable effort arose on 64 minutes when Will Evans released a speculative long-range strike that Idzi, at full length, turned aside.

However the visitors’ commitment to scoring left them vulnerable to counter-attacks which Town, primarily through the pace and mobility of strikers Thomas and Bowen, were well equipped to exploit.  And in the 64^thminute they fully capitalised on this in clinical fashion.

With Carmarthen breaking swiftly out of defence, Walters headed the ball forward to Thomas who sprinted determindely into the penalty area then, after shrugging off a defender, he struck a fierce angled drive that Aalto could only manage to force against the bar – as the ball fell loose Davies was the quickest to react and from close-range he gratefully stabbed it into the unguarded net.

The Met once more launched a series of attacks which, as before, the Old Gold defence successfully withstood – and just ahead of them the industrious midfield unit willingly dropped back to provide a further valuable layer of defensive cover whenever necessary.  As a result, only rarely was Idzi seriously tested and on each occasion the experienced ‘keeper, displaying his customary safe and assured handling, confidently resisted any threat to his goal.

While the play in the closing stages was largely confined to Carmarthen’s end of the pitch, they did produce one notable late counter-attack when on 80 minutes the ball reached Walters just outside the penalty area but he saw his smart 20 yard volley fly narrowly outside the post.

However Town’s primary concern was to protect their lead and secure three valuable points which they comfortably managed.  And it has to be hoped that this encouraging performance, against one of the stronger teams in the WPL, can be repeated and ideally improved on in forthcoming fixtures as Neil Smothers’ new-look side further settles and progresses.

Carmarthen’s next fixture is on Saturday September 8^th(k/o 2.30pm) when Newtown visit Richmond Park.

Team:

Lee Idzi;  Luke Cummings;  Lee Surman; Jordan Knott;  Sean Hanbury (sub Dave Vincent 71);  Jordan Vickers (sub Declan Carroll 68);  Greg Walters;  Ceri Morgan; Mael Davies (sub Craig Hanford 87); Luke Bowen;  Liam Thomas;

Unused sub:  Jay Woodford;

Goals:  Liam Thomas (35);  Mael Davies (64);

Cards:  (Y)   Greg Walters (43);  Lee Surman (60).