What a difference a week makes, from witnessing one of the worst games last week against visiting Amman Utd, to watching a real cut a thrust Local Derby which had been eagerly awaited by both clubs and sets of supporters.
The crowd which turned up at OJ Park, Llanybydder would have been welcomed by many of the Premier Clubs in Wales, such was the interest and anticipation in this first league encounter between these two local sides for many years, and to quote the late Ray Gravelle, who sadly passed away recently, West was Certainly Best last Saturday.
The game, as one would have expected, was a very tight and tense affair and played in excellent spirit but it was evident from early on that the visitors from North Road seemed to want the victory more than their hosts who were defending an excellent home record.
Fly Half Huw Thomas had a chance to give his side an excellent start with a penalty kick from the halfway line in the first couple of minutes, but his kick hit the upright and was cleared.
Then the normally reliable Barry Thomas from in front of the posts, pulled his kick which would have given his side the first points.
The nearest both sides came to getting the first try came after half an hour of play. Llanybydder were awarded a five yard scrum on the Lampeter line and having dominated the scrums in the first half, they were favourites to get the first score.
Unfortunately for them, the scrum was not controlled well and the ball was kicked loose by scrum half Llyr Jones and then cleared to safety by flanker Geraint Thomas who despite being spoken to several times by the referee, had an effective and impressive display all afternoon.
As the game approached the interval, Lampeter were awarded a further penalty in the Llanybydder twenty two and surprisingly, Captain Gary Davies chose to kick down the line rather than the posts.
This decision however, backfired with indiscipline costing the visitors enabling the home side to clear their lines and with Huw Thomas failing again with the last kick of the half, the teams turned around pointless at the interval.
The second half could not have started better for the visitors. Within five minutes of the restart, some excellent recycling and driving by the Lampeter forwards enabled the ball to spread out wide.
Centre Heulyn Williams did well to release the ball whilst in contact to find young winger Carwyn Gregson who despite being held by two defenders crossed for the first try and points of the game much to the delight of the visiting crowd.
They then extended their lead when Thomas slotted over a penalty, although had the advantage rule been played they could have scored their second try.
As the game approached the final quarter, Llanybydder were down to fourteen men with a yellow card being shown to flanker Meredith Thomas, but this did not deter them as Barry Thomas finally found his kicking boots by converting a penalty to reduce the deficit to just five points.
Lampeters tactics of playing the rushed defence certainly paid dividends, with the normally effective Llanybydder backs being nullified by not being allowed the room to show their effectiveness and running skills.
Huw Thomas restored Lampeters eight point lead following some indiscipline this time from the home side but this was again cancelled out by Barry Thomas, ensuring a tense and thrilling finale.
Despite trying to the run the ball from all parts of the field in the dying minutes, Lampeter held on and recorded a hard earned victory by 11 -6.
Both sides were applauded at then end of the game for an excellent contest played in good spirit with Rugby on the day being the winner.