15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in R
Friday 10th March 2017 ko 19.45
Welsh League Division One
RISCA UNITED 1 (Williams 46)
MONMOUTH TOWN 3 (Lewis 38 43 Kareem 56)
Att 147
Entry £5
Programme £1.50
Our coach left Castell’s depot at Caerphilly, and took the best part of an hour to reach Sophia Gardens in Cardiff where most of its occupants where waiting our arrival at a pub. I did find myself question the wisdom of scheduling of a rugby match at the Millennium Stadium to clash with Friday night rush hour in Cardiff. Continue reading
29 Sunday Nov 2015
Posted in A
Tags
Aberbargoed, Buds, Centre for Sporting Excellence, CSE, Risca, United, Wales, welsh football, Ystrad Mynach
Friday 27th November 2015 ko 19.30
Welsh League Division One
ABERBARGOED BUDS 4 (Haggett 21 Shaw 37 Meacham 48 K Thomas 82) K Thomas missed penalty 37
RISCA UNITED 3 (Williams 16 32 Thomas 68)
Att 113 at Centre for Sporting Excellence, Caerphilly Road, Ystrad Mynach
Entry £5
Programme £1
Badge £3
It’s all change in the footballing world of Caerphilly for this season, with the opening of the Centre for Sporting Excellence in nearby Ystrad Mynach. The facility was built in 2014 by the local county council on the site of the former hospital and close to Penallta RUFC’s Ystrad Fawr ground. It’s an unusual, but highly impressive facility with two international-grade artificial pitches each with a 500-seat stand. One is for rugby, and one for football. It’s hardly surprising with a facility this good, that two sides have moved in, and since those two sides, Aberbargoed and Risca were playing each other, it was the obvious time to visit. Continue reading
