Scarlets ask supporters to share treasured memories

The Scarlets will launch a new initiative later in the year which will allow supporters and visitors alike to travel back in time and relive some of Llanelli and Scarlets’ most treasured moments.

As part of the Scarlets Heritage Trail, which will open in the autumn, at Parc y Scarlets we will take a walk down memory lane and share some of the club and region’s most iconic moments.

The 9-3 victory over the All Blacks in 1972 will go down in rugby legend as the stuff of dreams and has even been immortalised in Max Boyce’s song declaring “I was there”!

The trail was given the go-ahead just over a week before the celebration of the Scarlets 40th anniversary of the famous 9-3 victory. The fantastic new heritage project has been given funding from Heritage Lottery Fund and will inspire new generations in rugby and local history.

We would like to know your “magic moments” from supporting Llanelli and Scarlets throughout their 140 year history.

What’s your favourite memory?

The one moment that makes the hairs on your neck stand on end when you think back on it?

The focus of the new heritage trail project based at Parc Y Scarlets is to inspire, safeguard and promote the great heritage and history of Scarlets rugby and its intrinsic links with Llanelli and people across the county. The trail will promote awareness of the link between local history and Llanelli Rugby Club in the form of a timeline spanning 140 years of rugby, industrial, local and national history.

Interactive educational exhibitions will include videos of famous matches, behind the scenes footage, audio including match commentary, stories, team-talks, interactive games for the younger generation, sports education including training and diets of a modern day player and the way the Academy works.

The centre will be a base for education, with the ability and space to deliver lesson plans and themed school projects linked to history, culture and heritage.

Whatever your story, we want to hear it! As our loyal supporters help us build the story of the Scarlets.

Supporters are being asked to send their stories, memories and any pictures they’d like to share of supporting the Scarlets over the years to heritage@scarlets.co.uk

The Scarlets have been supported in their plans and bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in a joint collaboration with Llanelli RFC, the former players association and Crys16, the Scarlets’ Supporters Trust along with support from stadium partners, Carmarthenshire County Council.