Tondu Rugby Football Club is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team from the village of Aberkenfig

Aberkenfig

Aberkenfig Aberkenfig Aberkenfig (Welsh Abercynffig, meaning mouth of the Kenfig (stream) is a village of around 2,000 people located in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales to the north of Bridgend town.-Location:...

, South Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union

Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...

 Division Two West League and is a feeder club for the Ospreys..

During the early 1990s Tondu RFC dominated the Glamorgan County Silver Ball

Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy

The Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy , is a Welsh rugby union competition open to all non-premier Welsh Rugby Union clubs playing in the Glamorganshire area....

 competition, winning it in 1991 and the two years following. Tondu are the leading winners of the competition having now won it on four occasions.

Club badge

The club badge consists of a shield housing three Celtic crosses and a waterwheel symbolising the water mill that once stood on the River Ogmore

River Ogmore

The River Ogmore is a river in South Wales popular with anglers. It runs generally from north to south from the Ogmore Vale and Pentre, past Bridgend and Ogmore...

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Club honours

• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1986-87 Winners
• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1990-91 Winners
• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1991-92 Winners
• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1993-94 Winners

Past players of note

see also :Category:Tondu RFC players Keith Bradshaw

Keith Bradshaw (rugby player)

Keith Bradshaw is a former international rugby union player. He was capped nine times for Wales, and at club level played for Bridgend.-Rugby career:...

 JPR Williams