 
Monmouthshire Building Society Youth Cricket
League
31st October 2011
The League Presentation
Evening brought this year's season to a
fitting end. Despite its last-minute
enforced rearrangement, it was well
attended. The presentations were made by
Huw Waters, John Glover and Harry Powell who
have figured prominently in recent reports
below.
Peter Hybart, Director of
Cricket for Cricket Wales, also attended and
presented trophies to the Gwent Girls U13
Squad who have become the inaugural Wales
U13 National Champions.
29 September 2011
Mark Wallace
Will Bragg
It's been a great season for two Gwent Young
Cricketers - Mark Wallace and Will Bragg. They both topped the
1,000-run mark in the Championship and Mark has been given the
accolade of captaining his county for the coming season. He
has given great service to Glamorgan over the last twelve years and
during that time scored 10,634 runs, including 42 fifties and 11
centuries and taken 742 dismissals. Will, meanwhile, has been
rewarded with a two-year contract after scoring one century and
eight fifties in his first full season in the first team.
Huw Waters
It has not been such a happy time for some
other players, though. Huw Waters had a good start to the
season, bowling well and scoring his first first-class fifty, but
was sidelined with injury for the rest of the season after just
three games. He has spent his time being a great ambassador
for his county and, in particular, with the encouragement of young
cricketers, and his now raring to go for next season.
David Harrison
Mike Powell
Unfortunately, things have not gone well for
David Harrison, who has been forced to retire from the game through
injury. In a career that spanned twelve years he took a total
of 378 wickets, including ten five-wicket hauls, and also made seven
fifties and played for England U19s. Mike Powell, meanwhile,
has left Glamorgan after fourteen years during which he scored
17,970 runs in all forms of cricket, including 26 centuries and 94
fifties. We wish them both well for the future.
John Glover
We finish on a bright note, however, with a
Gwent Cricketer making his Glamorgan debut. John Glover played
in the last three Championship matches of the season taking a
four-wicket haul in the first innings of the match against Kent.
During this match John had the distinction of becoming the first
bowler to take a wicket in the Championship under lights!
Harry Powell
Finally, we would like to congratulate
16-year-old Harry Powell who has played for Glamorgan 2ndXI, Wales
Minor Counties and Wales U17s this season. To cap it all he was
named the Glamorgan Academy's Most Promising Player of the Year at
the county's recent end-of-season awards ceremony.
15 September 2011
Congratulations to Dewi Thomas of Machen
CC who has been selected as the mascot for this Friday's One Day
international between England and India at Cardiff. Dewi is
also a member of the Gwent Young Cricketers Under 10 Squad.
He follows in the footsteps of Newport's Izzy
Berry, a member of the Gwent Girls U13 Squad, who had the honour
last year at the England v Australia One Day International.
13th September 2011
The season was brought to an end with the
rearranged Building Society Youth Cricket Shield Under 15 Final on
Sunday; Newport emerged as the 2011 champions. For full
details and photos of all three of this year's Finals press
here.
11th September 2011
Congratulations to two Gwent Young Cricketers
this week. John Glover made his debut for the Glamorgan 1st XI
in the County Championship and Mark Wallace was announced as the
Glamorgan captain for next year. This week, he also became the
highest scoring wicket-keeper for a season in first-class
cricket for his county.
10th September 2011
This season's Monmouthshire Building
Society Youth Cricket League has now been completed. For full details
press here.
6th September 2011
Congratulations to the winners of the Monmouthshire
Building Society Youth Cricket Shield Finals. This year's
Champions are Newport (at Under 11) and Croesyceiliog (at Under13).
Unfortunately, the U15 Final was abandoned and will be replayed this
Sunday at Newport CC at 10am. For full details press
here.
1st September 2011
The League season has now finished and the
Organiser is completing the Final Tables which should be published
next week. However, there is one major event left - The Finals Day which takes place
this Sunday at Rogerstone CC. Why not come along for a feast
of youth cricket?
The details of the Finals
are as follows:- Under11 – 10am – Chepstow v Newport, Under13 –
1.15pm – Croesyceiliog v Newport, Under 15 - 4pm - Chepstow v
Newport. (Please
note, the last two finals may start later depending on weather etc).
27th August 2011
Congratulations to the Under 14 Boys who
became Welsh National Champions in their match against Cardiff
yesterday. For full details press
here.
The U10s also had a very good Festival in
Aberystwyth. Press
here for full
details.
Unfortunately, the Under 13 Girls Final was
unable to be played.
22nd August 2011
Congratulations to our Under 14 Boys and Under
13 Girls County Squads which have reached the Finals of the Wales
National Championships. They both had comfortable wins in
their Semi-Finals and will play for the ultimate prize later this
week.
20th August 2011
Congratulations to Gwent Young Cricketer Will
Bragg who scored his maiden first-class century for Glamorgan today.
In his first season as a regular in the Championship side, he
is closing in on 1,000 runs for the season with an average of 35
runs per innings.
15th August 2011
Congratulations to our Under 14 Boys and Under
13 Girls County Squads which have both reached the Semi-Finals of
the Wales National Championships; both have been unbeaten throughout
their group matches. The Girls play at Sudbrook CC this
Wednesday (1pm start) against Carmarthen and the Boys are at Ebbw Vale on Sunday
(11.30am start) versus West Glamorgan. Why not come along and give them some support!
5th August 2011
Congratulations to John Davies who is being recognised for his contribution to youth cricket as part of the Sky
Recognition and Reward Scheme. In addition to being a member
of the Gwent Young Cricketers U10 and U11 management teams he
is always willing to help out at other age groups when required.
On top of that, he also serves as the Youth Organiser for Ebbw Vale
CC. He will receive his award on Sunday, 14th August at the
Glamorgan CB40 game at the SWALEC stadium so hopefully you will see
him on TV or, even better, go along and give him a cheer!
31st July 2011
The Finalists in the Monmouthshire
Building Society Youth Cricket Shield have now been decided.
Newport and Chepstow are set to contest both the Under 11 and Under
15 Finals while Newport are also in the U13 Final but, this time,
against Croesyceiliog. Finals Day will be on Sunday, 4th
September at Rogerstone C C.
30th June 2011
Congratulations to the 26 boys and 16
girls from Gwent who have been selected as members of this year's
Wales squads; we hope they all have an enjoyable and successful time
playing for their country. For full details see the 'Talented
Players' section on the 'About Us' page.
13th June 2011
There have been some exciting performances in
the Monmouthshire Building Society Youth Cricket League this
week. These include two centuries, from
Jake Watkins
(Newbridge) and Mike Hodson (Rogerstone), and no less than three
hat-tricks from Jack
Fitzgerald (Fugitives), Dan
Jones (Croesyceiliog) and
Jamie Thomas (Pentwyn). For full details of these and other
best performances, plus the results of the early rounds in the
Shield competition, click on the buttons at the top left of this
page.
30th May 2011
Most of us will be pleased to see the back of
May and look forward to a 'Flaming June'! However, quite a
number of matches have been played in the League and Shield and
eight
games have been played by our county sides. The most notable
of these was the U14 Welsh Championship match against North East
Wales. In it both Jack Thorpe Yon and Matt Jones scored
centuries. Jack's 172 was the highest in Gwent Young
Cricketers' history as was their opening partnership of 250.
In fact, this was Jack's third consecutive century for his county!
16th May 2011
The Monmouthshire Building Society Youth
Cricket League is now well underway. Weekly updates of the
League Tables and details of the best playing performances can be
found by pressing the League button above left.
5th May 2011
The season got off to a great start this
Sunday with our U13 County team putting up a confident performance
in defeating Wiltshire. To find out more about this match, and
all our county matches through the season, press the County Boys and
County Girls at the top left of the page. Meanwhile, the
League and Shield season is now in full swing and the first Tables
should appear within the next two weeks and then be updated weekly.
13th April 2011
We are now less than three weeks to the start
of our 2011 Youth Cricket season and I'm sure you are all -
players, parents, coaches, umpires, scorers, grounds and catering
staff, spectators etc - looking forward to it. The sound of
leather on willow, the smell of newly-mown grass, a tasty tea, the
patter of raindrops ...!
As many of you know there has been a
fundamental change in the way recreational cricket is being
organised in Wales with the formation of Cricket Wales to oversee
the whole process. Ted Tipper has been invited to serve as an
inaugural Director of the Board of this august body and is looking
forward to helping shape the future development of the game in the
Principality.
As far as Gwent is concerned, the League and
Shield competitions are going ahead as normal. However, there
have been some changes for our Gwent Young Cricketers county sides
as a result in the withdrawal of grant funding,
The website is now up and running. We
hope you all have an enjoyable summer playing, organising and
watching cricket. |
