Lampeter faced their toughest test to date when they travelled down to Ammanford Last Saturday.
The home side on the back of two victories already this season, one of which was an emphatic victory away to Pembroke Dock Quins, would surely go in to the game high in confidence and with the knowledge that a good win at home would see them top the league after three weeks of the season.
From the off, the home side played with purpose and power with the backs interlinking cleverly with the forwards.Lampeter did well to control the onslaught but the deadlock was broken more out of fortune than skill.
A misjudgement in defence by winger Tim Evans allowed Centre Alan Rees to get the final touch and record his sides first points which was converted by Craig Maloney.
Lampeter came back strongly with the forwards under the guidance of captain Gary Davies very much holding their own against a pack strengthened by the return of ex Pontypridd front rower Aled Griffiths.
They were awarded for their endeavours when Huw Thomas slotted over a penalty but this was soon cancelled out by two well taken kicks by Maloney for the home side.
Thomas kept his side within touching distance with his second kick of the game but
with the game fast approaching the interval, another piece of uncertainty in the Lampeter defence saw the ball being overturned by the home side and released to their dangerous back line with flying winger Gary Stephens crossing in the corner.
This was closely followed by a burst of pace by full back Mathew Fisher which left the Lampeter defence standing and ensured the hosts went in with a comfortable lead of 27-6 at the interval.
The game was settled as a contest with fifteen minutes of the restart with Ammanford scoring two further well taken tries.Their strong straight running and the ability to offload in the tackle enabled scrum half Ioan Jones and hooker Jason Rosser to get the touchdowns.
With almost twenty minutes of the game remaining, Lampeter were now playing for pride and whilst most sides would have given up the ghost, to their credit they held firm.
There were some impressive performances in both defence and attack from the back row of Aled Thomas, Llion Russell and Geraint Thomas and fly half Huw Thomas was kept busy on the back foot defending heroically from a rampant set of home forwards.
Lampeter did finally get their just reward when they controlled a five yard scrum and youngster Gareth Evans making his debut in the first fifteen managing to get the final touchdown which Thomas converted.
The visiting pack had shown they could certainly compete with the home eight, but they could not match the speed, handling and support play of an Ammanford side who after this convincing win of 39-13 now sit proudly on top of Div 3 West after the first three fixtures of the season.
Whilst the result would have been disappointing for the visitors, they can feel proud of their efforts especially in the last twenty minutes of play when they not only stopped the flow of points against them but managed to put some sort of respectability to the final score.