Community
Sport awards nominations announced
THE WAITING is over and the nominations for the 2021 Sport Pembrokeshire Awards have been revealed!
A total of 80 nominations have been received in 12 categories for individuals and teams involved in a variety of different sports across the County.
The three finalists in each category will be announced on 17th November. The overall winners will be unveiled at the ceremony at Folly Farm on 26 th November, organised by Sport Pembrokeshire.
The awards are sponsored by Valero, the Western Telegraph, Folly Farm, and Radio Pembrokeshire.
Cllr Paul Miller, Cabinet Member for Economy, Tourism, Leisure and Culture, thanked all those who had submitted a nomination and said the standard of entries was once again very high.
“We’re really pleased that so many people have taken the time to nominate individuals and teams from our sporting community to be recognised in the Sport Pembrokeshire awards,” he said.
“The awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the hard work and achievements of local sportspeople, coaches and volunteers and we’re looking forward to a great evening.”
The nominations are as follows:
(some individuals/teams received more than one nomination)
Young Volunteer of the Year
1. Carys Ribbon & Jess Raymond
2. Leila Egelstaff
3. Ffion Williams (Haverfordwest Seals)
4. Olivia Probert
5. Adele Bevan
Club Organiser
1. Trevor & Becki Badham and Colin Evans (Cricket)
2. Brian Millard (Disability Sport)
3. Sean Hannon (Cricket)
4. Gareth Bennett (Swimming)
5. Naomi Dalton (Boxing)
Senior Team
1. Cresselly Ladies Cricket Team
2. Neyland Cricket Club 1 st Team
3. Saundersfoot Bowls Club over 55’s Fours team
Junior Team
1. Haverfordwest Artistic Gymnastics
2. Pembrokeshire Harriers SIAB Team
3. St. Ishmael’s Cricket Club U11’s
4. Haverfordwest RFC U9’s
Unsung Hero
1. Jamie Phelps (Cricket)
2. Lauren Watts (Tumbling)
3. Nick Daley (Cricket)
4. Stuart Tyrie (Ju Jitsu)
5. Lukas Gamble (Football)
6. Fee Shiels (Gymnastics)
7. Richard Arthur (Cricket)
8. Martin & Celt Edwards
9. Jenny Harries and Kelly Griffiths (Athletics)
10. Brian Milllard (Disability Sport)
11. Gareth Bennett (Haverfordwest Seals)
12. Ian Duncan (Boxing)
13. Simon Gardiner (Rugby)
14. Sarah Keogh (Tennis)
15. Dorian Howells (Rugby)
16. Simon Morgan (Football)
Disability Sport Award
1. Sian Jones (Boccia)
2. Leon Davies (Cricket)
3. Libi Phillips (Wheelchair Basketball)
4. Michael Jenkins (Shot and Discus)
Girls U16’s
1. Jessica Shiels (Gymnastics)
2. Gracie Griffiths (Athletics)
3. Josie Hawke (Surfing)
4. Lucy Wintle (Athletics)
Boys U16’s
1. Alistair Dyer (Hockey)
2. Dafydd Pawlett (Shot)
3. TJ Edwards
4. Owen Rickard (Rugby)
5. Joe Phillips (Cricket)
Male Achievement
1. Euan Dyer (Hockey)
2. Stephen Varney (Rugby)
3. Joe Phillips (Cricket)
Female Achievement
1. Sanna Duthie (Running)
2. Lisa Neumann (Rugby)
3. Valerie Coleman (Rowing)
Club of the Year
1. Pembroke Dock Cricket Club
2. Saundersfoot Runners
3. Haverfordwest Gymnastics Club
4. Pembrokeshire Triathlon Club
5. Neyland Cricket Club
6. Pembrokeshire Harriers
7. Cresselly Cricket Club
8. Fishguard & Goodwick Rowing Club
9. Haverfordwest Tennis Club
10. Pembroke & Pembroke Dock Boxing Club
11. Pembrokeshire Vikings
Coach of the Year
1. Chris McEwen (Boxing)
2. Jonathan Lewis (Cricket)
3. Simon Morgan (Football)
4. Ryan Thomas (Swimming)
5. Daisy Griffiths (Gymnastics)
6. Cresselly Cricket Junior Coaches
7. Graham Brockway (Boxing)
8. Andrew Jones (Gymnastics)
9. Nadine Tyrell (H’west Gymnastics)
10. Wayne Griffiths (Harriers)
11. Lowri Jones (Dance)
12. Jane Calveley (H’west Gymnastics)
13. Finola Findlay (Dance)
14. Simon Lewis (Harriers)
15. Simon Roach (Weightlifting)
16. Simon Gardiner (Rugby)
17. Sam Feneck (Crossfit Pembrokeshire)
Community
Social housing plans for Cleddau Bridge Hotel site backed
A SCHEME to build 38 affordable and social housing units on the site of a fire-ravaged former Pembrokeshire hotel has been backed by senior Pembrokeshire councillors.
Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet, meeting on April 22, supported a contract with developer Castell Group Ltd for the mix of affordable homes and social housing units at the Cleddau Bridge Hotel site, Pembroke Dock.
Members, in a report presented by Cabinet Member for Planning & Housing Delivery Cllr Jon Harvey, heard Castell had approached the council’s housing service to determine whether there is an interest in working with them to bring forward the development as a social/affordable housing site.
Castell Construction Ltd specialises in the construction of affordable / social housing, typically for registered social landlords across south Wales, and hopes to build 12 one-bedroom flats, 15 two-bed houses, five three-bed, two four-bed, and four two-bed bungalows.
The development package would be part-funded from the housing revenue account, the remainder from the Social Housing Grant and/or second homes premium for affordable housing if it becomes available for the Housing Service to use in this manner.
Cllr Harvey – who moved approval – said the scheme was expected to provide £230,000 a year in rentals income, describing it as “an excellent opportunity to work with a proven developer for extra social housing in an area of proven need.”
Deputy Leader Cllr Paul Miller said he was supportive of the scheme, as was local member Cllr Joshua Beynon, saying: “It’s a bit of an eyesore at the moment, if we can bring this site back into meaningful use, and in an area where there is a need, I’m all in support of this.”
Members backed senior officers be delegated powers to enter into the works contract, and to have powers to proceed with the land acquisition.
If a subsequent planning permission is secured for the site, the homes could be built by autumn 2026.
In a prime location at one of the entrances to Pembroke Dock, the former Cleddau Bridge Hotel has been derelict since a fire in March 2019, which brought emergency services from as far afield as Ammanford, Aberystwyth and Swansea.
Community
County Hall to offer space for community banking
A CALL for Pembrokeshire County Council to potentially change its banking arrangement with Barclays, after it closed its Haverfordwest branch has been turned down, but County Hall is to offer space for community banking.
Barclays Bank, on the town’s High Street, is to close on May 10.
The council has had a banking services contract with Barclays since 2013.
Councillor Huw Murphy, in a notice of motion heard by Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet meeting of April 22, asked the council to review its banking arrangements with Barclays following the announced closure.
e said the loss of a branch “not only impacts upon town centres and businesses but also disproportionately impacts the elderly who are less likely to embrace on-line banking options”.
A report for Cabinet members said, in terms of the impact on Pembrokeshire residents, Barclays has said that it is “not leaving Haverfordwest and [will] continue to provide face-to-face support for those who need it” via community locations.
Two options were presented to Cabinet: to retender the banking services contract, and, the favoured, to work with Barclays to ensure a community location is set up in Haverfordwest.
Members heard the costs associated with moving to a new banking service provider could be in excess of £50,000.
For the second, favoured option, members heard Barclays was in discussions with the council about a location for potential community banking.
Cabinet Member for Corporate Finance Cllr Alec Cormack, after outlining the risks in the report for members, and moving the notice be not adopted, said he had “considerable sympathy” with Cllr Murphy’s notice.
He told councillors there was a glimmer of light for banking arrangements in the county, with an agreement now signed for two ground floor rooms at County Hall, Haverfordwest, to be used for community banking.
From April 25, the rooms will be available on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, members heard.
Cabinet Member for Planning & Housing Delivery Cllr Jon Harvey also said he had “a lot of sympathy” for the motion, adding: “It’s excellent news a deal has been struck to occupy the ground floor rooms three days a week; hopefully this will mitigate, to a certain amount, the closure.
“If we can work with the respective banks to get a community-type approach let’s move forward.”
Community
Little and Broad Haven RNLI to feature in Saving Lives at Sea
As the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marks 200 years of lifesaving, the volunteer lifeboat crew of Little and Broad Haven are set to take to the nation’s television screens on Tuesday 30 April as they feature in the ninth series of Saving Lives at Sea on BBC Two and iPlayer.
The new series comes in the wake of an incredible milestone for the RNLI, as the charity marked two centuries of lifesaving on 4 March 2024.
After a special first episode which took a closer look at RNLI crews’ involvement in the Second World War, nine further episodes in the series focus on the lifesaving work of today’s lifeboat crews and lifeguards, featuring footage captured on helmet and lifeboat cameras including Little and Broad Haven RNLI.
Viewers will be able to watch dramatic rescues as they unfold through the eyes of RNLI lifesavers, as well as meeting the people behind the pagers and hearing from the rescuees and their families who, thanks to the RNLI, are here to tell the tale.
This forthcoming episode, on Tuesday 30 April sees Little and Broad Haven RNLI tasked alongside St. Davids lifeboat to a mayday call for a capsized dinghy with three people in the water near Newgale Beach. The episode will also show rescue stories from fellow lifeboat crew volunteers at other stations and beaches around our coasts.
Andrew Thomas, Helm of the Little and Broad Haven lifeboat crew featured in the forthcoming episode, says: ‘The shout out to Pointz Castle is a great opportunity for the public to witness how our small community lifeboat station in Pembrokeshire operates.
‘It’s unusual to have the opportunity to work alongside so many other rescue services, including a local fishing boat who responded to the mayday call. A successful outcome to any shout is always a positive one. The sea can catch anybody out.’
Michael Bool, one of the volunteer crew on that rescue says: ‘The shout was an opportunity to put many aspects of our training into practice, alongside other RNLI assets. As volunteer crew we put the time and effort into training to be on call to assist others when in difficulty at sea, and this shout was a good example of why we do it.
‘Saving Lives at Sea gives an insight into why the RNLI is such an important service for coastal communities and visitors, both in terms of education and rescue when required. It was great to be invited to show some of what we do in Little and Broad Haven’.
Another volunteer crew member on that day, Gareth Light, says: ‘This was a great example of why the RNLI is such a valuable service and even better that everyone got to go home safely. Filming with Saving Lives at Sea was a great opportunity to give the general public a look at our lives and experiences as volunteer crew for the RNLI.’
Filming took place over the past year, with lifeboat crews and lifeguards carrying special cameras and welcoming film-makers into their day-to-day lives on the coast. Rescues from the RNLI archives are also revisited, and we get a glimpse into the everyday lives of the thousands of men and women who give up their time to save lives at sea.
Saving Lives at Sea is broadcast at 8pm on Tuesdays on BBC Two and iPlayer.
RNLI media contacts
For more information please contact Denys Bassett-Jones, RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on Denys[email protected].
Alternatively you can contact Claire Fitzpatrick-Smith, Regional Communications Manager on [email protected] or 07977 728315, or contact the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI – public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.
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