The Beamer

Artists impression of approach to new facility - credit: Acanthus This year’s County AGM was timid affair compared to years gone by. There was little to stir the emotions in terms of changes to the league rule, very few rumours of player movements to set tongues wagging and no interesting bits and bobs popping up under the any other business section at the end, until it was revealed that Neyland have asked the Pembroke County Cricket Club for £35,000. This request came to light when County Chairman Tony Scourfield stood up to gauge members’ opinion of an ambitious plan for the White Fern club to build a state of the art indoor facility on the grounds of the Athletic Club as it undergoes a major facelift. Since the closure of the Blackbridge indoor facility over ten years ago, Pembrokeshire’s indoor practice facilities for the sport are poor. Officially there is the Haverfordwest indoor tennis and cricket centre on the site of Tasker Milward school but just because the faci