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NEWS FLASH !!!

marcus.powell — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:04:32 CDT

NEWS FLASH is where you will find details of forth coming events and team member`s news etc.....

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to KERIN BOWEN for receiving her welsh caps in the Wales veterans over 45`s squad at the veterans internationals at Swansea last June.
All the team are very proud of her and are glad to see her dedication has paid off....

WELL DONE KERIN.....and good luck with your new team....We will all miss you very much.

Also Congratulations to Gail Morgan and Laura Ganesh for their continuous appearances in the Welsh Veterans Squad again .

COMING SOON

PLAYERS PROFILE`S......

So get your pictures into me and i will be asking you personal questions about yourself to show others on here.....SO BEWARE hehehe

TRAINING

Training is on Tuesdays indoor at Rhydycar Leisure Centre at 7-8pm and on Thursdays at Pen-y-Dre High School at 7-8pm.

CONGRATULATIONS

CONTACTS

marcus.powell — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:11:38 CDT

Marcus Powell

E-MAIL: mp36458@hotmail.co.uk

Marcus is the editor of this website and can be contacted at any time on the e-mail address above.Marcus is one of the members of the coaching team at the club and himself has represented his Country at International level during his hockey career. Marcus was taught the game at the very early age of 8 years old by another member of the coaching team, his aunt Linda Treharne. There are several members of the team that are all related including the third and final member of the coaching and development team Linda`s husband and Uncle to Marcus, Clive Treharne.
The coach`s are always looking for new members to join the squad and training sessions are held both indoor and outdoor on 2 nights a week in the Merthyr area, for more information contact Marcus.

SARAH THOMAS` OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN

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WHO`S WHO

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WENDY DALE (GK)
GAIL MORGAN
JANINE THOMAS (captain)
TRUDY DINHAM (vice captain)
JANE ANTONY (tour secretary)
AIMIE PROTHEROE
ZOE KENT
MARY OWEN
LAUREN JENNINGS
CHLOE REYNOLDS
KIRSTY LINK
CARYN PARKER
LAURA GANESH
SUZANNE JONES
LISA PINNEY
KAT BUDD (indoor)
SERIAN GANESH (indoor)
KATE MORGAN
KIRSTI MOORE
SARAH HARRIES
AMY THOMAS

COACHES

LINDA TREHARNE 01685 359331
CLIVE TREHARNE 01685 359331
MARCUS POWELL 07984170122

CAPTAINS PAGE

marcus.powell — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:25:36 CDT

CAPTAIN JANINE THOMAS

Captain Janine Thomas had a fantastic surprise at the start of the 2006/07 Season by hearing that she had won the South Wales League Player`s Player of the Year 2005/2006 beating off stiff competition from all the other divisional winners including Welsh Internationals past and present. Janine is the Captain of Dowlais Ladies Hockey Club this forthcoming season and is an inspirational member of the team who started her hockey career with the club founded by one of the coaching team Linda Treharne. Due to International success Janine transfered to Swansea Ladies Hockey Club at a young age to improve her game with a team in a higher devision and after many years of success for her country has returned to Dowlais her local side based in Merthyr Tydfil.
Last season Dowlais had achieved their best success to date when they won devision 1 of the South Wales Hockey League and were promoted to the Premiership 2 devision.

PLAYER PROFILE

marcus.powell — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:23:42 CDT

NAME: JANE ANTONY-THOMAS

AGE: ANCIENT

POSITION: FORWARD / MID-FIELD

NICKNAME: BUBBLES

BACKGROUND: JANE JOINED THE CLUB TOGETHER WITH A FEW FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER WHILE PLAYING AT COUNTY LEVEL AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST INVOLVED AND INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE TEAM BOTH ON AND OFF THE PITCH, ORGANISING FANTASTIC SOCIAL EVENTS INCLUDING OUR TOUR TO WESTON SUPER MARE. BUT BEING BUBBLES WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND (AGAIN).

JANE IS A TEACHER AND SPORTS FANATIC AND HAS TWO CHILDREN BEN AND WILL WHO REGULARLY COME TO SUPPORT THE TEAM ON THE WEEKEND.

CONTACT: 07727002510

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LEAGUE TABLE 2008/09

marcus.powell — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:24:16 CDT

Team Name	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Difference	Points
Dowlais
Penarth 1sts
Barry
Cardiff Ath 1sts
Howardians 1sts
U C Cardiff 1sts
UWIC 1sts
Swansea 2nds
Penarth 2nds
Haverfordwest

INDOOR LEAGUE 2007/2008

marcus.powell — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:32:39 CDT

name	played	won	drawn	lost	goals for	goals against	+/-	points
dowlais	3	2	1	0	15	4	11	7
howards 2nds	3	2	1	0	10	3	7	7
cardiff uni	3	1	0	2	9	10	-1	3
llan+llan	3	0	0	3	3	16	-13	0

POOL B

POOL A

name	played	won	drawn	lost	goals for	goals against	+/-	points
howardfs 1sts	3	3	0	0	12	4	8	9
penarth	3	2	0	1	11	4	7	7
bridgend	3	1	0	2	5	9	-4	3
cwmbran	3	0	0	3	4	15	-11	0

SOUTH WALES INDOOR LEAGUE 2007/08

January 5th 2008

12.15 Bridgend 4 V 2 Cwmbran
13.00 Llan Llan 2 V 3 Cardiff Uni
13.45 Penarth 3 V 0 Bridgend
14.30 Dowlais 10 V 1 Llan Llan
15.15 Howards 1sts 3 V 2 Penarth
16.00 Howards 2 nds 2 V 2 Dowlais

January 12th 2008

12.15 Penarth 6 V 1 Cwmbran
13.00 Dowlais 3 V 1 Cardiff Uni
13.45 Cwmbran 1 V 5 Howards 1
14.30 Cardiff Uni 1 V 5 Howards 2
15.15 Howards 1 4 V 1 Bridgend
16.00 Howards 2nds 3 V 0 Llan Llan (conceeded)

Whilst Howards have 2 teams in the league the cup is only for clubs therefore if they finish winners or runners up of pool B they will be third placed team in pool B for the matches on January 19th.

January 19th 2008

12.15 Howards 1sts 2 V 1 Cardiff Uni
13.15 Dowlais 3 V 2 Penarth
14.15 Howards 2nds 4 V 1 Bridgend
15.00 Cwmbran 2 V 5 Llan + Llan
15.45 cardiff Uni 0 V 8 Penarth

Therefore HOWARDIANS, DOWLAIS and PENARTH will travel to Wrexham on Saturday 26th January to play in the WHU Indoor Finals to play for a place in the European qualifiers in 2009.

WOMENS WELSH INDOOR CUP FINALS WREXHAM.

January 26th 2008.

11.00 Howardians 9 V 1 Wrexham
12.05 Dowlais 3 V 2 Penarth
13.10 Howardians 3 V 3 Dowlais
14.05 Wrexham 0 V 4 Penarth
15.10 Howardians 4 V 1 Penarth
16.05 Wrexham 1 V 8 Dowlais

1st Howardians
2nd Dowlais
3rd Penarth
4th Wrexham

MATCH REPORTS

marcus.powell — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:27:23 CDT

DOWLAIS` TOP PLAY

Dowlais Ladies put in a stunning performance to beat Llan and Llan 3-0 last Saturday. The local girls opened the scoring 10 minutes into the game.
The ball was worked down the right-hand side by Suzanne Jones, who found Player of the Match Caryn Parker. She cut in sharply and passed the ball to Mary Owen who calmly tucked it away.
The second half saw Dowlais pressing for more goals, and when Jane Antony-Thomas crossed from the left, Laura Ganesh pounced on the ball to score her first goal for Dowlais. By now, Dowlais totally controlled the midfield through captain Janine Thomas, Trudy Dinham and Kirsty Link, and when a Llan and Llan attack was broken up by full-back Kerin Bowen the ball was fed through to striker Suzanne Jones to complete the scoring for Dowlais to run out 3-0 winners.
Squad: Wendy Dale, Gail Morgan, Kerin Bowen, Aimee Protheroe, Kirsty Link, Trudy Dinham, Janine Thomas, Caryn Parker, Jane Antony-Thomas, Suzanne Jones, Laura Ganesh, Mary Owen.

SUPERB WIN FROM DOWLAIS

Dowlais lowered the Saints colours for the first time this season. The game opened at a frantic pace with Dowlais controlling the forward momentum and forcing several penalty corners.
It was from one of these that they took the lead after a goal bound effort from captain Janine Thomas and Trudy Dinham were blocked. The ball fell to Caryn Parker who cleverly flicked in from six yards. Dowlais continued to dominate the first half with mid-fielders Thomas and Kirsty Link and centre forward Suzanne Jones performing really well.
But the second half was more evenly fought, with Saints applying pressure in an effort to get the equaliser. But a number of excellent tackles from Gail Morgan together with interceptions from Aimee Protheroe and saves from keeper Sarah Hanney kept them at bay and secured the three points.

DALE`S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Dowlais ladies welcomed back former keeper Wendy Dale for their visit to Cardiff University- and it proved to be a triumphant return for Dale, who had an outstanding game.
Dowlais pressed for an early advantage and it came from a flowing move involving Jane Antony-Thomas and Caryn Parker. The ball was fed to midfield dynamo Trudy Dinham, whose pinpoint pass was slammed in by Lisa Pinney.
Another goal followed shortly from a penalty corner expertly flicked in by captain Janine Thomas to see the Dowlais girls go in 2-0 up at half time. As expected, the youthful university side applied pressure in the second half but were thwarted by defensive stalwart Gail Morgan and full backs Aimee Protheroe and Laura Garnesh.
With Dale keeping a clean sheet, Dowlais secured a 2-0 win to see them still challenging at the top of the table.

HAT-TRICK PINS DOWN THE GAME

A Hatrick by LISA PINNEY rescued a draw for Dowlais to keep her side`s unbeaten run in the league.
Dowlais were outplayed in the first half so it was no surprise when they went 1-0 down 15 minutes into the game. They equalised, though, when a slide-rule pass from captain Janine Thomas found Mary Owen, who cleverly slipped the ball for Pinney to level from close range.
Howardians stormed back and despite some fine saves by keeper Sarah Hanney, Dowlais went in at half time 2-1 down.
The second half began in the same pattern and it looked as if Dowlais were down and out when they conceded another to go 3-1 down, but the girls had other ideas. Spurred on by man-of-the-match Trudy Dinham, who by now had recovered from a knock to the head, Dowlais showed their never say die attitude.
With only 10 minutes remaining, Caryn Parker crossed for Pinney to grab her second and four minutes later Pinney scored her third to secure a well earned point.

MERTHYR EXPRESS 21/12/06

Dowlais Ladies Hockey Club finished the first half of the season on a high, completing the double over Llan and Llan with an emphatic win.
They opened the scoring with a well taken penalty stroke from captain Janine Thomas after a goal bound shot from Suzanne Jones was blocked illegally on the line.
Thomas scored her second at the end of the first half from a penalty corner following good work from Caryn Parker, Aimee Protheroe and Trudy Dinham, while goalkeeper Amy Thomas, ably assisted by her defensive line of Lauren Jennings, Gail Morgan and Laura Ganesh, easily dealt with the Llan attacks.
As Dowlais dominated the second half, Jane Antony-Thomas slotted home the third goal from close range. The win takes Dowlais to third place in the Premier League Two of the South Wales Hockey League.

MERTHYR EXPRESS 14/12/06

On paper this looked like a close match but in truth Dowlais dominated, having most of the attacking play.
Dowlais came close to scoring in the first half with efforts from Captain Janine Thomas, Caryn Parker and Jane Antony-Thomas but the sides went in level at half time.
Laura Ganesh, the clubs newest player, slotted in well at full-back when replacing the injured Kerin Bowen.
Dowlais began the second half with gritty determination and, spurred on by mid-fielders Kirsty Link and Trudy Dinham, they won a penalty corner that was duly dispatched by Captain Thomas.
Cwmtawe pushed hard for the equaliser but vital tackles by Gail Morgan and Aimee Protheroe plus a goal-line clearance by Lauren Jennings enabled them to run out 1-0 winners.

MERTHYR EXPRESS 26/10/06

Dowlais let slip and four goal lead as Newport equalised in the final minute of an entertaining clash.
Both teams put their unbeaten league record on the line in this top of the table clash, but it was the MERTHYR side that took the early initiative.
Two goals from captain Janine Thomas and a cracker from Suzanne Jones gave them a 3-0 interval lead, before Thomas completed her hat-trick soon after the break after fine work by Caryn Parker and Trudy Dinham.
The points looked in the bag, but Newport had other ideas and rallied strongly scoring two goals in quick succession.
Their third came following a controversial decision by the umpire to let the game play on after what appeared to be foul play on Gail Morgan.
With only one minute on the clock Newport squeezed home a goal from a penalty corner to leave Dowlais wondering just how they had surrendered such a commanding lead.

MERTHYR EXPRESS 19/10/06

Dowlais Ladies Hockey Club have continued their positive start to the new league campaign with two successive victories defeating Cardiff Athletic 3-0 at home and a strong Llan and Llan side 3-0 away.
In both games the local side went on the offensive with the powerful midfield of Janine Thomas, Trudy Treharne, Kirsty Link Caryn Parker and Jane Antony-Thomas dominating. New member Aimie Protheroe making her debut for the club slotted in well when brought into action.
Cardiff were completely over whelmed with the score line flattering them.
Suzanne Jones hit two goals and Jane Antony-Thomas wrapped up the game.
Llan and Llan proved stiffer opposition but with keeper Amy Thomas in good form and the back line of Lauren Jennings , Gail Morgan and Kerin Bowen stifling the attacks, the midfield ably supported by strikers Suzanne Jones and Sara Harries were able to control the game.
Kirsty Link netted twice and a stunning goal from captain Janine Thomas sealed the victory.

LLORET DE MAR TOUR MAY 2008

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DOWLAIS LADIES H C SECURE PROMOTION.

marcus.powell — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:33:36 CDT

DOWLAIS LADIES H C SECURED THEIR PLACE IN THE TOP DEVISION IN WALES BY DRAWING 1-1 WITH CWMBRAN.

THE LOCAL TEAM MANAGED TO FIELD A DETERMINED SQUAD EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD SOME SET BACKS FROM HOLIDAYS AND INJURIES AND WENT OUT ON THEIR CHALLENGE FOR PROMOTION.

THE NERVOUS DOWLAIS SIDE CONTINUOUSLY PRESSURISED THE DEFENSE FROM THE START, BUT THE CWMBRAN KEEPER MADE SEVERAL STERLING SAVES TO KEEP HER TEAM IN THE GAME. CWMBRAN THEN BROKE AWAY FROM A DOWLAIS ATTACK AND DESPITE GREAT DEFENSIVE WORK BY LAURA GANESH, GAIL MORGAN AND AIMIE PROTHEROE, MANAGED TO SLIP A SLOPPY GOAL PAST DOWLAIS KEEPER WENDY DALE, BUT THIS WAS NOT TO FAZE THE TRAILING TEAM AND DOWLAIS CONTINUED TO PRESS HARD FOR THE EQUALISER THROUGH TRUDY DINHAM AND LAUREN JENNINGS.

A RATTLED CWMBRAN SIDE STARTED TO FEEL THE PREASURE WHEN THEIR CENTRAL PIVOT PLAYER WAS YELLOW CARDED AND THEREFORE SENT TO THE BENCH FOR DELIBERATLEY BREAKING DOWN PLAY LEAVING HER TEAM WITH JUST 10 PLAYERS.

DOWLAIS KNEW THEY HAD TO CAPITALISE ON THIS AND FORCED THE ATTACK WHEN CAPTAIN JANINE THOMAS CLEVERLY SLIPPED A SHORT CORNER ROUTINE TO SUZANNE JONES WHO NETTED THE BALL PAST THE DEPLEATED CWMBRAN KEEPER.

SPURRED ON BY THIS DOWLAIS PRESSED HARD FOR A SECOND, BUT DESPITE EFFORTS FROM CARYN PARKER , KIRSTY LINK AND MARY OWEN A DRAW WAS ALL THEY COULD MANAGE BUT THIS IS ENOUGH TO SECURE THEIR PLACE IN NEXT SEASONS PREMIERSHIP 1 DEVISION A FIRST FOR DOWLAIS IN THEIR 30 YEAR HISTORY.

DOWLAIS WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMUNITIES FIRST AND MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT WHICH WILL HELP THE SQUAD IN THEIR PROMOTION NEXT SEASON. DOWLAIS ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR NEW PLAYERS OF ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCES WELCOME CONTACT MARCUS ON 07984170122 OR E-MAIL mp36458@hotmail.co.uk.

LEAGUE TABLE

marcus.powell — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:01:41 CDT

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Difference	Points
Haverfordwest	17	15	0	2	75	20	55	45 (P)
Newport	18	11	3	4	51	33	18	36 (P)
Dowlais	18	11	2	5	46	29	17	35
Barry	18	10	3	5	57	40	17	33
Cwmbran	18	9	2	7	27	30	-3	29
Howardians 2	18	8	2	8	29	36	-7	26
Llan + Llan	18	5	5	8	38	41	-3	20
Cwmtawe	18	6	2	10	26	36	-10	20
UWIC 3	17	2	1	14	14	53	-39	7 (R)
Cardiff Ath 2	18	1	2	15	7	53	-45	5 (R)

PREMIERSHIP 2

LEAGUE TABLE 2007/08

marcus.powell — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:00:48 CDT

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Difference	Points
Barry	18	14	2	2	64	27	37	44 (P)
Dowlais	18	13	4	1	46	19	27	43 (P)
Whitchurch saints	18	11	2	5	35	16	19	35
Howardians 2nds	17	10	3	4	47	25	22	33
UWIC 2nds	18	8	4	6	44	35	9	28
Cwmbran	18	6	4	8	19	36	-17	22
Llan+Llan	18	5	5	8	24	27	-3	20
UC Cardiff	18	4	3	11	24	42	-18	12-2 penalty points = 13
Gwernyfed	17	2	1	14	11	63	-52	7 (R)
Cwmtawe	18	1	2	15	20	44	-24	5 (R)

FIXTURES PREMIERSHIP 2 DIVISION

29th Sept Dowlais v Gwernyfed

6th Oct Cwmtawe v Dowlais

13th Oct Dowlais v Howards 2

20th Oct Barry v Dowlais

27th Oct Dowlais v Whitchurch saints

3rd Nov Cardiff uni 2 v Dowlais

10th Nov Dowlais v Llan/ Llan

17th Nov UWIC 2 V Dowlais

24th Nov Dowlais v Cwmbran

1st Dec Gwernyfed v Dowlais

8th Dec Dowlais v Cwmtawe

16th Feb Howards 2 v Dowlais

1st Mar Dowlais v Barry

8th Mar Whitchurch saints v Dowlais

15th Mar Dowlais v Cardiff uni 2

29th Mar Llan/Llan v Dowlais

12th Apr Dowlais v UWIC 2

19th Apr Cwmbran v Dowlais

MEET THE TEAM

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SUPPORTERS

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INDOOR LEAGUE

marcus.powell — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:58:44 CDT

TEAM PLAYED WON DRAWN LOST goals for goals againts +/- POINTS

HOWARDS 1sts 5 5 0 0 23 14 +9 15

DOWLAIS 5 4 0 1 25 10 +15 12

PENARTH 5 3 0 2 16 14 +2 9

CARDIFF ATH 5 1 1 3 9 13 -4 4

HOWARDS 2nds 5 1 1 3 10 18 -8 4

BRIDGEND 5 0 0 5 7 20 -13 0

SOUTH WALES WOMEN’S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
INDOOR LEAGUE 2006/2007
6 January 2007

12.15 Penarth 8 v 3 Howardian 2
13.15 Howardian 1sts 4 v 3 Bridgend
14.30 Penarth 3 v 7 Howardian 1

13 January 2007

12.30 Bridgend 1 v 3 Cardiff ath
13.30 Howardians 1sts 2 v 1 Howardians 2
14.30 Dowlais 8 v 1 Bridgend

20 January 2007

12.30 Penarth 1 v 4 Dowlais
13.30 Howardian 2nds 3 v 2 Bridgend
14.30 Dowlais 6 v 2 Cardiff Athletic

27 January 2007

12.30 Howardian 1sts 6 v 4 Dowlais
13.30 Bridgend 0 v 2 Penarth
14.30 Cardiff ath 2 v 2 Howardians 2

3 February 2007

12.30 Cardiff ath 0 v 2 Penarth
13.30 Howardian 2 nds 0 v 3 Dowlais
14.30 Cardiff ath 2 v 3 Howardians 1sts

FINALS HELD ON MAT 20th

Howardians 1sts v Cardiff Ath
Dowlais 1 v 3 Penarth

Cardiff Ath 4 v 6 Dowlais
Howardians1sts v Penarth

WINNERS : HOWARDIANS
2ND PLACE : PENARTH
3RD PLACE : DOWLAIS
4TH PLACE : CARDIFF ATHLETIC

TEAM	PLAYED	WON	DRAWN	LOST	goals for	goals againts	+/-	POINTS
HOWARDS 1sts	5	5	0	0	23	14	+9	15
DOWLAIS	5	4	0	1	25	10	+15	12
PENARTH	5	3	0	2	16	14	+2	9
CARDIFF ATH	5	1	1	3	9	13	-4	4
HOWARDS 2nds	5	1	1	3	10	18	-8	4
BRIDGEND	5	0	0	5	7	20	-13	0