The Beamer

It's usually a given that the team languishing at the foot of a divisional table during the half way point of the season will be one of two to go down. It's especially true in cricket considering it's an individual team sport. Poor performing teams tend to lack the personnel to drag themselves from the mire. As we play the final round of matches before the second half begins, you'd be a brave man to bet against Llangwm, Cresselly 2nds, Whitland 2nds and Haverfordwest 4ths from avoiding the drop while Stackpole 2nds look odds on for winning the most wooden of spoons. All hope is lost then unless you take the St Louis Blues as inspiration. In January, during the regular season of North America's National Hockey League, they were bottom of their division. A talented group on paper, they were playing like a rag bag bunch, unable to string a run of results together to dig their way out of the hole. Things were so bad they considered putting their entire squad...

The Nomads A social team with no ground of their own are being touted as favourites for this year's Ken Morris Cup. The annual competition for our county's third teams,  will have a new team among the usual suspects with  the Nomads making their debut later this week. Formed around eight years ago and made up of a mixture of young and old together with experienced players with a smidgen of non-cricketers, the team have been granted a place in this year's competition and many are predicting they could lift the trophy at their first attempt. Skippered by Richard 'Dickie' Reed, the team will be known to many throughout the county after playing a series of friendlies over the years although in recent seasons, finding fixtures is more difficult. The Ken Morris Cup provides them with the fixtures they crave and adds a bit of competition for what is primarily a knock-about side. "The concept was created by those who couldn't play on weekends but who...

John Ebeneezer Players in division three and below may know him as will patients at Withybush Hospital but the name John Ebeneezer isn't one that is familiar with many within the Pembrokeshire fraternity; yet it's because of him that an e-mail was circulated to all clubs regarding a trend that has crept into the game. Unlike an escalation in unsporting behaviour and ill discipline towards umpires, John's crime, if it can be called that, was to wear a head camera to film last year's Ken Morris final (which was actually played this year). No-one batted an eyelid during the game, some of the opposition even asked for footage of them batting but after spending six hours editing his film to produce just a two minute clip, he was asked to take it down for safeguarding issues. Heartbreaking for his efforts, annoying for the batsmen wanting to see themselves on film and baffling for many social media viewers who are used to seeing cricket on Facebook, Twitter and You...