# 2000–01 Ystalyfera RFC season

This season progressed without any real level of consistency up until Christmas and the new year. January, February and March however saw eight victories and only two defeats, both against the eventual Champions Cwmavon 5-20 and runners up Pontyberem 0-20. Within this run was a 69-15 home win against Kidwelly, 10 tries were scored, 8 converted by Gareth James, one short of the record 9 held by Leighton Stoneman. This run lifted the side to a creditable 4th place out of 12. Cup performances this year were of no great note. Captain for a second season was Stephen Munkley who also won Players Player of the year. Top points scorer Gareth James with 172 won Supporters Player of the year and Martyn Stoneman scored 7 tries – his last a fine individual effort away at Newcastle Emlyn during injury time. This was the last game of the season, earning a 29 all draw.

## National League Division 4 West

| Pos. | Team. | PL. | W. | D. | L. | F. | A. | Bal. | Try. | Pts. | %. |
| 1 P | Cwmavon | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 494 | 180 | +314 | 69 | 57 | 86.36% |
| 2 | Pontyberem | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 490 | 306 | +184 | 68 | 49 | 75.00% |
| 3 | Mumbles | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 421 | 347 | +74 | 55 | 37 | 56.82% |
| 4 | Ystalyfera | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 448 | 394 | +54 | 55 | 35 | 54.55% |
| 5 | Newcastle Emlyn | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 348 | 332 | +16 | 46 | 35 | 54.55% |
| 6 | Haverfordwest | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 371 | 359 | -12 | 52 | 34 | 52.27% |
| 7 | Tumble | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 364 | 386 | -22 | 47 | 31 | 47.73% |
| 8 | Skewen | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 382 | 418 | -36 | 58 | 28 | 43.18% |
| 9 | Aberystwyth | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 378 | 376 | +2 | 46 | 28 | 43.18% |
| 10 | Bynea | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 272 | 375 | -103 | 27 | 25 | 38.64% |
| 11 | Kidwelly | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 334 | 530 | -196 | 41 | 19 | 29.55% |
| 12 R | Brynamman | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 333 | 631 | -298 | 44 | 12 | 18.18% |

## Ystalyfera 2000/01 Season Results

| No. | Date. | Fixture. | Venue. | Opponents. | Result. | F - A. |
| 1 | 26 Aug. | Friendly | Home | Waunarlwydd | Lost | 24 - 31 |
| | 2 Sep. | W Cup 1stRd | Home | Llanelli Wanderers | | walkover |
| 2 | 9 Sep. | League | Home | Bynea | Won | 26 - 13 |
| 3 | 16 Sept. | League | Home | Cwmavon | Lost | 23 - 32 |
| 4 | 23 Sep. | WCup 2ndRd | Home | Lampeter Town | Won | 24 - 17 |
| 5 | 30 Sep. | League | Away | Tumble | Lost | 15 - 41 |
| 6 | 7 Oct. | League | Away | Brynamman | Won | 34 - 25 |
| 7 | 14 Oct. | WCup 3Rd | Home | Tylorstown | Lost | 11 - 19 |
| 8 | 21 Oct. | League | Home | Aberystwyth | Won | 19 - 15 |
| | 23 Oct. | WWCup 1Rd | Away | Trimsaran | | Scratched |
| 9 | 2 Dec. | League | Home | Pontyberem | Lost | 3 - 9 |
| 10 | 16 Dec. | League | Away | Haverfordwest | Lost | 6 - 27 |
| 11 | 23 Dec. | League | Home | Newcastle Emlyn | Won | 36 - 5 |
| 12 | 6 Jan. | League | Away | Cwmavon | Lost | 5 - 20 |
| 13 | 13 Jan. | League | Home | Tumble | Won | 42 - 12 |
| 14 | 20 Jan. | League | Home | Brynamman | Won | 15 - 12 |
| 15 | 27 Jan. | League | Away | Aberystwyth | Drew | 9 - 9 |
| 16 | 2 feb. | League | Away | Bynea | Won | 35 - 3 |
| 17 | 10 Feb. | League | Home | Skewen | Won | 19 - 5 |
| 18 | 24 Feb. | League | Home | Kidwelly | Won | 69 - 15 |
| 19 | 10 Mar. | League | Away | Kidwelly | Won | 21 - 15 |
| 20 | 24 Mar. | League | Home | Mumbles | Won | 12 - 5 |
| 21 | 31 Mar. | League | Away | Pontyberem | Lost | 0 - 20 |
| 22 | 7 Apr. | League | Away | Skewen | Lost | 13 - 31 |
| 23 | 10 Apr. | SVCup 1stRd | Away | Alltwen | Won | 29 - 7 |
| 24 | 14 Apr. | League | Home | Haverfordwest | Lost | 11 - 29 |
| 25 | 1 May. | SVCup Final | Home | Vardre | Lost | 15 - 41 |
| 26 | 9 May. | League | Away | Mumbles | Lost | 6 - 22 |
| 27 | 21 May. | League | Away | Newcastle Emlyn | Drew | 29 - 29 |
| | | | | | | 551 - 509 |

## Ystalyfera 2000/01 Season Player Stats

| 43. | Player. | PL. | Tries. | Cons. | DGls. | Pens. | Tot Pts. |
| 1 | Gareth James | 27 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 172 |
| 2 | Mike Morgan | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 67 |
| 3 | Martyn Stoneman | 24 | 7 | | | | 35 |
| 4 | Kevin McComas | 18 | 6 | | | | 30 |
| 5 | John Williams | 24 | 6 | | | | 30 |
| 6 | Simon Donovan | 15 | 5 | | | | 25 |
| 7 | Stephen Munkley Captain | 19 | 5 | | | | 25 |
| 8 | Mark McComas | 25 | 5 | | | | 25 |
| 9 | Arwel Williams | 22 | 4 | | | | 20 |
| 10 | Leighton Stoneman | 17 | 3 | | | | 15 |
| 11 | Jason Humphries | 19 | 3 | | | | 15 |
| 12 | Phillip Thomas | 26 | 3 | | | | 15 |
| 13 | Damian James | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | 12 |
| 14 | Kevin Williams | 23 | 2 | | | | 10 |
| 15 | Phillip Stoneman | 24 | 2 | | | | 10 |
| 16 | Nick Mabbutt | 8 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 16 | Mark Rewston | 8 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 18 | Leighton Prosser | 13 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 19 | Jason Donovan | 16 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 20 | Jason Long | 18 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 20 | Peter Abraham | 18 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 22 | Alun Guerrier | 20 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 23 | Neil Brown | 26 | | | | | |
| 24 | Ian Barrett | 17 | | | | | |
| 25 | Craig Lloyd | 13 | | | | | |
| 26 | Simon Willis | 8 | | | | | |
| 27 | Andrew Williams | 7 | | | | | |
| 27 | Stephen Morgan | 7 | | | | | |
| 29 | Alan Williams | 4 | | | | | |
| 29 | Ian Morgan | 4 | | | | | |
| 29 | Martin Jones | 4 | | | | | |
| 32 | Andrew Hiseman | 2 | | | | | |
| 32 | Andrew Key | 2 | | | | | |
| 32 | Christopher Hicks | 2 | | | | | |
| 35 | Gary Guppy | 1 | | | | | |
| 36 | Jason Lewis | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Mark Orford | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Neil Amber | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Geraint Lewis | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Ashley Carter | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Glen Charles | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Lee Morris | 1 | | | | | |
| 35 | Anthony Rees | 1 | | | | | |
| | 'Penalty Tries' | | 2 | | | | 10 |
| | 'Team Total' | 27 | 69 | 37 | 2 | 42 | 551 |