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It was an honour to be asked to take the Chair's role of the County Cricket Clubat our AGM in Febuary2026. My aim, with my excellent executive committee is to guide the County to make its foundations stronger and ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate and enjoy the game. I must first of all congratulate Dave Brandon, my predecessor, for all his hard work and dedication. I hope to continue the great work we have seen.
Cricket, like most sports, is an expensive game and we are indebted to our various sponsors whom without their support, costs would have to rise. Long may it continue. We must thank Thomas Carroll, Puffin Produce Ltd, Llewellyn Davies & Co, Mal's Taxis, Morris Family, Family of the late Tony Pidgeon, Lords International, and Hugh Harrison-Allen. Da Iawn All.
Whilst we had a quiet evening of motions at the AGM, it was interesting to listen to peoples' views for change and to this end we will hold an end of season meeting to discuss these and other points. I hope it will be well attended. We do as mentioned, have some very experienced members on the Executive; a big thank you to all of them for their hard work and the commitment shown. We are always on the look out for new members to help us. Any volunteers?
The press and website coverage of Cricket in the County is the envy of all of Welsh cricket and a big thank you to everyone involved in this.
As in any season, we have lost members and so have clubs and we should all take a moment to reflect upon them, they will be missed.
I am looking forward to visiting as many, if not all clubs in my first year of office and hopefully to enjoy your lovely teas!
It's hard to believe with the current weather that the season has started already and congratulations to Neyland and Pembroke on reaching the Welsh Indoor Finals with Neyland going on to represent the County and Wales in Cheltenham in the Quarter Finals on the 8th March. Good luck to Sean and the team. Patrick Hannon must be congratulated with the way he runs the Indoor League with aplomb and it's great to see that we now have two thriving divisions.
The Ladies Indoor League has just finished and congratulations to Sam and Hook Ladies on their achievement.
Our Junior Leagues have also expanded with a new team of organisers - Stefan, Simon and Phil, and it's great to see the new initiatives they have introduced and look forward to seeing how our young girls' competitions get on.
To conclude, congratulations to all last season's winners and to all clubs that supported the County in running the various competitions including all the Semi-finals, Finals and County games.
I finish by wishing you all a successful and enjoyable season with cricket played in the right sprit.
Martin Jones
Chair PCCC |
