The Beamer

May is still not over yet the Harrison-Allen quarter finals have already been decided. Reg Owen There're been no real shocks although some might argue that Neyland's loss to Haverfordwest could be classed as one meaning the teams that have progressed were expected to do so. Of all the teams in the quarters Herbrandston are the lowest ranked team in terms of the division they play in. Cresselly, Carew, Lawrenny, Narberth, Haverfordwest, Whitland, Herbie and Saundersfoot are the remaining eight teams; six of which play in the first division, with Narberth a rung below and Herbie flying the flag for division three teams. Whoever Herbie face, they'll have to produce a shock to move on to the semis but they won't be fazed by anyone, not if history is anything to go by. A big crowd descended on Herbie that night to witness a near full strength Haverfordwest pay a visit. Most had probably come to see Henderson Springer, the charismatic and hard hitting Barbad...

Aficionados of the story of Wyatt Earp will know about Doc Holliday. He was a skilled gunslinger and gambler and best friend of the famous lawman in Tombstone, an unforgiving place that was home to many a cowboy, saloon, gambling joint and lady of the night. It was not a place for the weak-willed. Holliday was a dentist, a skilled one at that although he was drawn more to the green baize of the gambling tables where he used his intelligence to outwit opponents to supplement his earnings from treating people's teeth. By all accounts he was a decent man, a loyal man, especially to Earp. His loyalty in gun battles all the more remarkable given he was dying from Tuberculosis; or Consumption as it was then known. He contracted it from looking after his mother who died of the disease when he was just 15-years-old. Pembrokeshire cricketers will be more familiar with a different Doc' Holliday (this one is a child psychiatrist, his first name is Simon) and he t...