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The Captains Speak 2018

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Brad McDermott Jenkins. According to him he'll be batting with MS Doni soon! Name. Ryan Davies What Team are you leading into Battle? Herbrandston Where did you finish last year? 3rd in division three. Any new players? Leigh Marchant (hasn’t been playing for 5 years.) Any players left the club? Not at the moment, but there are rumours. What are your hopes for the coming season? Getting 11 players every week Apart from you, who else could win your division? Carew 2nds What are you most looking forward to this season? Having less rain than the winter What are you least looking forward to this season? Trying to get 11 players to Laugharne in time for an Alan Brown game If the league title was determined by the quality of teas produced, who would win your division? Carew Name. Phil Cockburn  What team are you leading into battle? St ishmaels 1st team   Where did you finish last year? 4th  Any new players? Signed Jack and Harry Nicholas from Herbrandsron, both ha

Gone too soon

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Aled and Tom Davies When Aled Davies took the tenth Kilgetty wicket to fall during a division one league game last season no-one knew it at the time but it would be the last wicket he would ever take in an illustrious career. With the 2018 cricket season almost upon us, few would have bet against the quality all-rounder taking more over the coming months yet instead, the flags are flying half mast in his memory. His illness was known about in Carew circles although his passing has still come ‘as a bolt out of the blue’ according to the Rook’s cricket secretary Nick Scourfield. At 55 there was still cricket in him. He will always be known as a Carew cricketer although his first forays into Pembrokeshire cricket came in Cresselly colours where he joined his brothers Ceri and Gari in making up part of the first team. In 1990, all three defected to Carew a move that caused ripples at the time yet for Aled it was a move that made sense given he was dating Wendy at the time who is