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WELSH AND HELLENIC LEAGUE GROUNDHOP 24-27 August 2007

The sixth Welsh Groundhop,  held in conjunction with the eighth Hellenic League Groundhop, began on Friday 24 August 2007. As in 2006, the weekend featured no fewer than eleven matches over the August Bank Holiday weekend. This year’s Welsh hop featured five games from both divisions of the Thunder Road Motorcycles South Wales Amateur League, whilst the Hellenic League hop had six matches across all three divisions.

2811DSCF3812c.JPG (7763 bytes)We kicked off on Friday evening with a trip to AFC Porth at 6.30pm. On Saturday, our opening match was at Llangynwyd Rangers (10.15am), followed by Brynna (1.15pm), Gilfach Goch Athletic (4pm), and finally Blaenrhondda at 6.45pm. Sunday saw us head into Gloucestershire for the two-day Hellenic hop to visit Tytherington Rocks (11am), Shortwood United (2.30pm), and Fairford Town (6pm). Monday began at Wantage (11.15am) before we travelled to Henley (2pm) and the hop rounded off at Eton Wick (6pm).

FRIDAY 24TH AUGUST - AFC Porth 3 Caerau FC 0
SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST - Llangynwyd Rangers 1 Llanharry AFC 1; Brynna FC 2 Pencoed Athletic 3; Gilfach Goch Athletic 0 Rhoose FC 4; Blaenrhondda AFC 0 Ton & Gelli BC 2
SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST - Tytherington Rocks 1 Winterbourne United 1 (att 424); Shortwood United 2 Lydney Town 1 (att 251); Fairford Town 2 Highworth Town 1 (att 310)
MONDAY 27TH AUGUST - Wantage Town 0 Hungerford Town 4 (att 259); Henley Town 2 Marlow United 2 (att 204); Eton Wick 0 Binfield 4 (att 220)

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previous hops

Northern League (1992-96)

Devon League (1997-99)

South Western League (2000-02; 2005)

Hellenic League (2000-2007+)

South Wales (2002-2007+)

Central Midlands League (2004-2006+)

Dorset (2005-2007+)