getting the club into the Heineken League structure in 1990. Llandovery clinched promotion from Section A of the West Wales Leaguein 1990 by defeating Felinfoel 16–7 with a team that was almost all home grown. In those defining years of the late 1980s and early 1990s the likes of Hywel Jones, Arwel Rowlands, Geraint and Carwyn Williams, Chris and Adrian Davies, Huw Morgans, Wyn and Alan Morgan, Arwel Evans, Wyn Williams, Alun Thomas, Emyr James, Eirian Jones, Carwyn Davies, Dai Giles and Elfyn Jenkins – to mention just a few- were all former Pantycelyn pupils and former Llandovery Youth products. And they were supplemented by a scattering of Old Llandoverians such as Huw Thomas and Nigel Clake and others who were employed locally such as that pair of celebrated props- local bobby Dai “Book” Thomas and surveyor Phil “The Beast” Davies. For over a decade A mixture of local men with players from further afield such as John Westgarth, Herman Bosman and Neil Clapham, along with on loan Scarlets players, kept the Drovers in position to qualify for the newly formed semi-pro Welsh Premier Division in 2003. Llandovery had frequent struggles to keep in the top division and in 2007 they were only saved from relegation because of the technicalities of league criteria eligibility Amazingly that was the year in which was ex-London Welsh and Harlequins hooker Thomas coached the Drovers to beat Cardiff 20–18 in the 2017 WRU Cup Final thanks to a last gasp try from prop Endaf Howells. Thomas, himself an Old Llandoverian, had two spells coaching at Llandovery College 1990-1998 and 2008-2018 and from that time a score of players were to follow him to Church Bank between 2000 and 2008 Not long out of school, the likes of Gareth Thomas, Jeremy Griffiths, Wayne Beynon, Jamie Roberts, Dan Williams, Simon Emms, Cerith Rees, Simon Jenkins, Rhodri Davies and Gethin Watts played full seasons under Thomas. Tom Walker and Ioan Davies, too, were in the side that won the 2007 Cup and Andy Powell was another who played 18 games for the Drovers 2000-2001before going on to greater things with Wales and the Lions. If Thomas's contribution was considerable, then that of Euros Evans has been outstanding. Director of Sport at Coleg Sir Gar, Euros Evans, built his college side up to be one of the strongest in Wales facing the very best of Welsh and English