2010 Welsh Cup

Pembroke County Cricket Club

President

Maurice Cole
Cresselly Arms, Cresswell Quay, Kilgetty SA68 0TX

Chairman

Trefor Evans
Glyn Mynach, West Street, Whitland SA34 0AE.
Tel: (01994) 240516

Hon. Treasurer

Mickey Phillips

Hon. Secretary

W.H.V. Marchant
Cherton, Rosemarket, Milford Haven SA73 1JT
Tel: (01646) 600974

Hon. Assistant Secretary

Mickey Phillips
158, Haven Road, Haverfordwest SA61 1DG
Tel: (01437) 768111

Hon. League Secretary

John Harries
3, Cricket Grove, Hundleton, Pembroke SA71 5RW
Tel: (01646) 687556

For the last three years each annual report has complained bitterly about the weather and the 2009 season was no exception. It was again a playing disaster and a nightmare for all administrators whether Club or County.
We again managed to organise three county senior games, two against the South Wales Cricket Association and one against UWIC. In the games against SWCA one game was started and abandoned, whereas the other was cancelled before it even began. Against UWIC we came across a very strong university side and were well beaten in an otherwise interesting afternoon at Whitland.
In Pembrokeshire we have six divisions with ten teams to each division. In effect each team plays a maximum of eighteen league fixtures a season – nine home and nine away. In 2009 we had a number of teams who only played eleven or twelve league fixtures and whilst a slight improvement on 2008 was still a very sad and demoralising season for the clubs concerned.
Unlike the 2008 season our early cup final competitions were relatively unaffected by the weather, however those finals played at the end of August all suffered from the weather and had to be rearranged and again we ended up playing two finals on the same day. Not ideal for players, spectators or the competitions themselves.
Our junior teams both Regional and County had a mixed season. Of the age groups from U10 to U 17 over ninety fixtures had been arranged but thanks to the weather only half of our County and Regional fixtures were completed. Overall we had a relatively successful season with a number of outstanding individual performances.
Ladies cricket continues in the County and six clubs now field a ladies team. Nevertheless with both a league and cup set up there is enough cricket for most of the ladies. In the 2009 season the Ocky White Ladies League was won by Neyland Ladies Cricket Team, and Skelfayre Ladies Cup was won by Hook Ladies Cricket Team.
Before concluding we must refer to the success of two of our clubs namely Whitland and Cresselly.
Whitland C.C. won our Ormond Youth Cup for the sixth successive year, a remarkable achievement and one which is unlikely to be beaten. Their second eleven also won our Division three league.
Cresselly C.C. won our division one championship, the Harrison Allen Bowl and the Alec Colley Cup for second eleven teams. They also reached the semi final of the n.power National Village Competition where they were beaten by Glynde Beddingham who went on to win the final at Lords.
To both clubs we offer our congratulations on a superb season and wish them well for the coming season.
Finally we must make reference to the support given to us by our sponsors without whose generosity we would not be able to organise cricket in the county on such a huge scale. Our thanks and appreciation go to Antur Insurance who sponsor our league programme, Graham Jewsons Ltd and Hugh Harrison Allen who sponsor the Harrison Allen Bowl, Michael Dickman of Fussell, Wright and Co. of Bristol who sponsor our Junior League programme, Dickie Parry who sponsors the Alec Colley Cup, Graham Morris and Family who sponsor the D.R. Morris Cup, Tony Pidgeon who sponsors the Ormond Youth Cup and finally Nic Evans of the Cricket Shop who sponsors the Indoor League. To all our sponsors our grateful thanks. 

Our 2009 League winners were as follows: 

Division One               Cresselly C.C.

Division Two              Herbrandston C.C.

Division Three            Whitland 2nd’s C.C.

Division Four              Johnston 2nds C.C.

Division Five              Llanrhian 2nd’s C.C.

Division Six                Haverfordwest 1Vth’s 

Our 2009 Cup Winners were as follows. 

Harrison Allen Bowl              Cresselly C.C.

D.R. Morris Cup                     Haverfordwest C.C.

Alec Colley Cup                     Cresselly C.C.

Ormond Youth Cup                 Whitland C.C.

Ormond Youth Plate                Fishguard & Goodwick C.C.

Indoor League Cup                  Neyland C.C.

George Cole Cup                    Andrew Miller (Neyland C.C.) 

 Bill Marchant
Hon. Secretary

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