Cresselly close the gap to top two thanks to Sutton’s century

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3 years ago

June 7, 2021

WITH other Division 1 games being abandoned, Cresselly took full advantage to close the gap to the top two in the table.

They beat St Ishmaels by 86 runs on Saturday (Jun 5) with Dan Sutton scoring an unbeaten century in Cresselly’s score of 237-7.

However, it was Tish who began brightly with Harry Nicholas running out Phil Williams and Matthew Morgan was then caught by Jack Nicholas off the bowling of Brennan Devonald.

Ieuan Hawkins then trapped Iwan Izzard leg before before bowling Alex Bayley with the very next ball.

Simon Cole survived the hat-trick ball before he and Dan Sutton shared a game changing partnership.

Cresselly had slipped to 57-4 but Cole and Sutton’s fifth wicket stand of 94 put the visitors in control of the game.

Cole hit three fours in his score of 41 but the partnership came to an end when he was trapped leg before by Harry Nicholas.

Dan James added 10 to the score before he also fell to Nicholas as Tish reduced Cresselly to 183-6.

Sutton and Ryan Lewis shared a stand of 37 to take the score past 200.

Lewis hit two fours in a score of 26 from 21 balls but he was then caught by Peter Thomas off the bowling of Jordan Milich.

Sutton had reached 99 and he wasted little time in reaching his century before going on to finish unbeaten on 116 with fifteen fours.

It meant Tish would need 238 to win but they soon found themselves struggling on 46-3.

Ryan Lewis bowled Steven Hartley early on and Tom Arthur then had Harry Nicholas caught by Matthew Morgan.

Brennan Devonald hit four fours in a score of 21 but he was next to go as he caught by Arthur off the bowling of Lewis.

Jordan Milich and Philip Cockburn shared 35 runs for the fourth wicket but Dan James claimed his first wicket of the day when Milich edged the ball to Jamie Goldsworthy.

Jack Nicholas scored 14 but he was then bowled by Simon Cole and James Hall was then run out as Tish wickets began to fall.

That left them on 113-6 and it soon became 120-7 as Cockburn, who had hit six fours and a six in his score of 41, was bowled by Cole.

James then picked up the wicket of Iuean Hawkins before Alex Bayley had Peter Thomas stumped by Goldsworthy.

The game was brought to a close when Arthur had Michael Cockburn caught by Simon Cole.

Andrew Pawlett was left unbeaten on 12 but Tish were bowled out for 151.

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April 25, 2024

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It’s the time of the year again, Saturday see’s Bridge Meadow host the senior cup final. The sun has been shining and both teams will be dying to get on the pitch. This year the final will be contested by Goodwick United and Clarbeston Road.

League champions Goodwick will go into the final as favourites, and most around the county expect a Goodwick win. It has been an outstanding season for Goodwick however cup success has evaded them so far. Clarbeston Road have impressed everyone this season and really deserve their place in this years final.

Neill Crawshaw will referee the game, with Tudor Walters and Stefan Jenkins running the line.

There will be a unique contest on the pitch as brothers Will Haworth and Laurie Haworth come face to face on opposing teams. Adrian their father was a great player in the county, and played in many cup finals himself.

The stage is set, Clarby will feel less pressure than Goodwick and will be a threat with Haworth, John and Davies in attack. Meanwhile Goodwick are also blessed with quality players in every department, there is no weak link in O’Sullivans team. Cup football and finals in particular never go as people predict. On paper Goodwick are firm favourites, Clarbeston Road will be happy the game will be played on grass though and not paper, anything can happen! Hopefully it’ll be a good crowd down at the Meadow for the show piece of Pembrokeshire football.

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SEVENTY Pembrokeshire clubs have been successful in receiving grants from the Be Active Wales Fund over the last financial year.

In total the clubs received more than £407,800 from the grants scheme from Sport Wales in 2023/24.

The fund backed 25 different sports, ranging from archery, basketball and cricket to sailing, short mat bowls and weightlifting and everything in between.

The Be Active Wales Fund is open to applications from not for profit community clubs and groups to help develop and sustain their activities.

Grants range from a minimum of £300 up to a maximum of £50,000.

The scheme will support coach education courses, the purchase of essential items of equipment right up to larger projects such as floodlighting and boats for sailing clubs.

For advice and support with your application contact Alan Jones or Lois Hilling at Pembrokeshire County Council’s Sports Development department, Sport Pembrokeshire on [email protected]

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Clarby stand in the way of Goodwick double

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April 24, 2024

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Goodwick faced Pennar Robins in their semi final who pushed the champions very hard. Carl Vincent will be disappointed but proud of the Robins as they gave a great account of themselves. However in the end Goodwick’s quality and experience just was too much for Vincent’s team.

The other semi was an absolute thriller, and after a nail biting game Matthew Fox’ Clarby progressed to the final. A offside call has sparked a lot of debate around the county. However it seems that linesman Jenkins made an absolute perfect call so credit to him for that.

Both teams would have wanted a nice week of preparation for the final, maybe without any games to play. Unfortunately this hasn’t been possible due to the fixture backlog and both outfits have played already this week.

Goodwick will be favourites of course, however if anyone can upset the apple cart Saturday it’s this Clarbeston Road team. Fox’ outfit have impressed over and over this season. Without too much pressure on them, they are in a good place going into the final.

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