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Match report from the latest mini-football match staged at Richmond Park, Carmarthen (at half-time during the Carmarthen 0 Neath 3 Welsh Premier League match). Report by Phil Grice - Ysgol Peniel 4 Model School 0 This children's mini-football match at half-time brought smiles back to the long faces watching the main Town v Neath game. Model started strongly enough with Ryan Pegren breaking through into Peniel's goal-mouth, but Peniel soon took command. A goal early in the first half saw from Ben Jones saw Peniel go one-nil up. The second half was all Peniel. An excellent strike from Caleb Williams followed by another from Jack Green took Peniel up to 3-0. Model organised a mini fightback with Lewis Morgan going close, but when Ben Jones scored his second and made made it 4-0 for Peniel, the match was over. Model's goal-keeeper Caleb Maddock ensured that Peniel only scored four by pulling off some excellent saves. But Peniel won this match because they were an all-round team...

A Carmarthenshire apprentice scheme has been recognised as a leader in its field at a national award ceremony. Despite missing out on the overall award, the Carmarthenshire Shared Apprentice scheme was singled out for praise at the National Training Awards overall winners’ ceremony in London in December. The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme, which offers opportunities for young people to enter the construction sector in Carmarthenshire, had previously won the NTA’s Wales regional award in September. The scheme is run by Carmarthenshire Construction Training Association Ltd (CCTAL), CITB-ConstructionSkills Wales, Coleg Sir Gar and Carmarthenshire County Council. The judges comments read: “The judges concluded that this is an innovative approach to apprenticeships. While the success of the programme is clearly evidenced in the entry, the judges were pleased to see that the CCTAL approach is currently being evaluated as the future model for all apprenticeships in England and Wales. “The pot...

Carmarthenshire County Council has thrown its support behind a school’s bid to fight a deportation order served on one of its pupils. Carmarthen’s Queen Elizabeth High School is working closely with barristers acting on behalf of student Ahmer Rana, who is due to be deported to Pakistan. Mr Rana was smuggled in to the UK aged 14 by his parents who feared that he was in danger of being killed by enemies of his father. He has sinced been cared for by a foster family in Nantycaws, Carmarthen. The UK Border Agency had told Mr Rana that he must leave the UK following his 18th birthday on Christmas Day. An appeal court judge also agreed that he should leave the UK, saying that Mr Rana had failed to prove that he faces persecution. Now, barristers acting on his behalf have now lodged an extension in the High Court so that a further appeal can be made for him to stay in the UK. As part of this legal challenge, the school, and Mr Rana’s barristers, had asked the county council if it would suppo...

The Organic Centre Wales (OCW) will be supporting a high profile three-year campaign to promote organic food in the UK. The £2m campaign, paid for by organic businesses and match-funding from the EU, invites consumers to discover what organic means to them, by challenging their perceptions and discovering their own reason for loving it. In Wales, OCW will be ensuring bilingual press coverage of the campaign, and using its messages to support generic promotion work under its Better Organic Business Links (BOBL) project. Launched in January 2011 under the banner ‘There are lots of reasons to love organic – discover yours’, the campaign consists of press advertising, PR and digital marketing and aims to democratize organic by using everyday people to talk about their reasons for buying and loving organic. Sue Fowler, Director of OCW, says: “We know that people want to eat natural and great tasting food which matches their perception of organic. This campaign will raise the profile of org...

Carmarthen 0 Neath 3 in the Welsh Premier League. But it wasn't as bad as it sounds. Trundle scored two towards the end. Town hit post and had other chances.

Big match tonight - Carmarthen Town v Neath at Richmond Park in the Welsh Premier League. Tomi Morgan to receive his manager of the month (October) award before the match. Ysgol y Peniel v Model school in the half-time mini-football match. Busy night and three points needed for Town!

Cue lights . . . cue action . . . cue a big chance to win a scholarship at a leading Carmarthenshire performing arts school. Stagecoach Theatre Arts Carmarthen is staging its annual scholarship workshops on Saturday, January 22. Scholarships, which run for a year at Stagecoach, are available for two age groups – 4 to 6 and 7 to 18-year-olds. “The scholarships are highly valued and offer a fabulous chance for youngsters who love to sing, dance and act,” said Stagecoach Carmarthen principal Liane Davies. “It’s a great chance for youngsters to win one year’s free tuition with Stagecoach Theatre Arts Carmarthen. “The workshops are very friendly, but there are only limited spaces available, so anyone interested in taking part should get in touch very quickly. All you need to book a free place on the workshops is energy and enthusiasm. “Perhaps you have a child who loves to sing, or loves to dance, or loves to act, or loves to do all three! The workshops offer a great route into taking part ...