CARMARTHEN DISTRICT SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION
CYMDEITHAS BOWLIO MAT BYR ARDAL CAERFYRDDIN
County Team
The county team is selected and organised by our three County Selectors -
Aled Edwards (Pontargothi), Mark Beynon-Evans (Llanboidy) and Richard Palmer (Salem).
​The three dates for the County Team to play are
• Saturday 1st November 2025 - Trial - Possibles v Probables - Bro Myrddin
• Saturday 6th December 2025 - Friendly v Cardigan - Bro Myrddin
• Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th February 2026 - County Championship - Llandrindod Wells
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​​County Championship - Llandrindod Wells
We will be playing over 2 days against Brecon & Radnor, Cardigan, Montgomery, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, West Glamorgan and Wrexham. The format will be 5 rinks with the combined scores across all 5 mats being added to determine the overall shot difference.
The squad selected for the competition can be found below.
Rink 1
Lead: Jill Edwards (Llanpumsaint)
Second: Kieran Thomas (Llanpumsaint)
Third: Rhys Evans (Pontargothi)
Skip: Aled Edwards (Pontargothi)
Rink 2
Lead: Wyn Davies (Pontargothi)
Second: Osian Matthews (Salem)
Third: Ethan Jones (Salem)
Skip: Cennydd Howell (Pontargothi)
Rink 3
Lead: Lynda James (Pontargothi)
Second: Alun Jones (Bronwydd)
Third: Richard Palmer (Salem)
Skip: Mark Beynon-Evans (Llanboidy)
Rink 4
Lead: Debs Matthews (Salem)
Second: Elin Palmer (Salem)
Third: Andrew Williams (Llanpumsaint)
Skip: Gavin Matthews (Salem)
Rink 5
Lead: Alun James (Pontargothi)
Second: Dafydd Rees (Bronwydd)
Third: Gethin Edwards (Pontargothi)
Skip: Dafydd Howell (Pontargothi)
Reserve: Siwan James (Pontargothi)
2025 County Championship Report
The County Team had a very strong weekend at Llandrindod with the 4 new caps intergrating well with the experienced players in the team.
As there were 7 counties entered each county would have a bye round and Carmarthenshire's bye round happend to be the first round.
In the second round we faced Cardigan where 4 out of our 5 rinks won with a shot difference of +43.
In the third round we faced current champions Pembrokeshire, where a number of close games saw us win 2 rinks, draw 1 and loose 2 with a shot difference of +5 which was enough to secure victory.
The fourth and final round on Saturday was against West Glamorgan, where despite winning 4 out of 5 rinks, one heavy loss for one rink saw us lose overall with a final shot difference of -2.
The fifth round (first on Sunday) was against a strong Swansea side on paper, but saw us win 2 rinks, draw 2 rinks and lose 1 rink to have a shot difference of +8.
The sixth round we faced Brecon & Radnor, winning 4 out of 5 rinks with a shot difference of +35.
The final round of the event, had us with a strong chance of winning the event overall with victory over Montgomery enough to clinch the title for the first time.
Unfortunately, winning only 1 rink, drawing 2 and losing 2 rinks saw us fall agonisingly short with a final shot difference of -5 shots.
The final standings were
1st Pembrokeshire - 10 Points - +92 Shots
2nd West Glamorgan - 10 Points - +70 Shots
3rd Carmarthenshire - 8 Points - +84 Shots
The County Team at Llandrindod Wells in their new shirts.
Kindly sponsored by Davies & Davies Furniture and Castell Howell. Supplied by Bowls Kingdom.
