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In this episode we talk to the 6 remaining members of the Gowerton Cricket Club Team who made history by being the first welsh club to win the prestigious Haig Village Trophy in 1975.

Those players are:

John Morris

John Richards

Mike Rowlands

Colin Airey

Adrian Daniel and

Edward Bevan

The players talk about the team as a whole, the reasons for their success in the competition and the different games they played along the way to get to the final at Lords as well as the final itself.

We also talk about the 5 players from the side who are sadly no longer alive.  They were:

Graham Young

Teifion Davies

Robert Evans

Wayne Harries and

Bill Thomas

The competition remains to this day.  Those interested in learning a little bit more about it can go here:

https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/

The scorecard for the final can be found here:

https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/1975-village-cup-final-gowerton-v-isleham/

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In this episode we meet and talk to members of Swansea Cricket Club about their memories of playing at the iconic St Helen's ground, their feelings about cricket coming to an end there and their hopes and plans for a new future for the club.

Ex players contributing to the podcats are:

Huw Rees

Andrew Roe

Steve Meredith

John Courtney

Stuart Owen

Paul Jones

We also speak to current club secretary Chris Hamilton Smith, Chair Mike Hayden and Treasurer Steve Davies

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As Glamorgan celebrate gaining promotion to Division One of the County Championship, we talk to fans about their memories of the season and their hopes for next year.

Many of the club’s followers have been attending games since the 1950s and 1960s. They’ve seen the highs and the lows.

To whom do they attribute this season’s red ball success and how well do they think the squad is prepared for the challenges of the top tier?

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In this episode we talk to Nick Evans and Bill Carne about the premier cup competition of the Pembrokeshire area, The Harrison-Allen Bowl.

We talk, first, to Nick Evans who has served on the Prmbrokeshire County Club Committee for over 30 years and has a cricketing history of nearly 75 years in the County.

Then we chat to Bill Carne; reporter, radio show host and driving force behind the website Pembrokeshire sport:

http://www.pembrokeshiresport.co.uk/

We hear about the history of the competition, the trophy itself, famous games and performances and clubs that have competed in the final.

Sadly, thus year's bowl final was rearranged twice and was still defeated by the weather so has been postponed until next season.  We will do our best to bring you that game.

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In this episode we meet and talk to Mike Price, longstanding member of Cimla Cricket Club who has researched the club's history and published it in a small pamphlet.

Tom Roberts, scorer at the club from its inception in 1925, bequeathed a complete collection of scorebooks for the club to Mike who has taken an interest in the history of the club ever since.

He talks a little, first, about the village of Cimla before talking about the history of the club, starting in 1925.

Later in the episode we talk to Stuart and Steve Jones, father and son, who have both given many years service to Cimla.

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In this episode we speak to the sister of Mark Portsmouth, longstanding Chair of Mumbles Cricket Club, about her memories of growing up with him.

She is joined on the recordings by the following:

John Blythe (Secretary of Mumbles Cricket Club)

Jaimie Thomas (Mumbles Cricket Club)

Jerry Steele (President Mumbles Cricket Club)

Clive Henson (Chairman, Langland Bay Golf Club)

Alan Bagnall (Mumbles Cricket Club)

Mike Bagnall (Mumbles Cricket Club)

You can read the obituary notice placed on the Mumbles Cricket Club website at the time of his death here:

https://www.mumblescricket.com/?p=18892

Local Mumbles history project, 'The Story of Mumbles', honoured him in this following article:

https://www.storyofmumbles.org.uk/catalogue_item/tribute-to-mark-pompey-portsmouth-may-1957-10-september-2024

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In this episode we talk to aspiring professional cricketer Henry Hurle about his development and his success playing for the Cardiff UCCE (Universiytes Centre for Cricket Excellence)

In particular, we talk about the team's success this season in winning the British Universities and College Sport Cricket Trophy.

If you are feeling brave, below is the 6 hours 29 minute recording of the final at Wormsley Cricket Club:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYkCgYrvncs

Here is a brief profile of Henry from the Glamorgan website:

https://glamorgancricket.com/squad-profile/henry-hurle

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In this episode we talk to three of the Glamorgan Women's squad about their batting success, scoring a hunderd during the 2025 season.  

The three players are Bethan Gammon, Daisy Jeanes and Eve Jackson.

You can watch the recorded live feed of Bethan's hundred against Gloucestershire here:

https://bit.ly/4cZdl5X

The BBC Wales sport report of Daisy's century against Derbyshire, and the scorecard for the game, can be found here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwywjx2jzp7o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225591

Eve's hundred came in a Glamorgan academy game against Essex at Newport.

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This episode introduces us to three members of the newly formed Glamorgan semi professional women's cricket team.

Lauren Parfitt, Nicole Reid and Georgia Parfitt talk about their early experiences, how they have developed as cricketers and how they became involved in this first year of professional women's cricket for Glamorgan.

The team's arrival was welcomed on the Glamorgan website in the following way:

https://glamorgancricket.com/news/the-first-county-womens-team-for-glamorgan

The bulk of the squad are still employed outside of the game of cricket so their training and playing has had to be fitted in around their day to day lives.  Their commitment to the cause of Glamorgan and Welsh cricket has been outstanding.

Lauren, Nicole and Georgia talk about what has changed for them this season.  The following inspirational video shows the groups' commitment to the wider goals of inspiring future generations of cricketers:

https://youtu.be/YFGiA8zBSBU

For a list of the remaining women's team fixtures you can go here:

https://glamorgancricket.com/news/glamorgan-womens-fixtures-for-2025-out-now

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In this episode we visit Gorseinon Cricket Club for their second women's softball tournament.

We talk to the four participating teams: Gorseinon, Gowerton, Llandarcy and Neath as well as all those at Gorseinon who helped to make it a succesful event.

In hot weather, the teams played through a long day and the Gowerton team ran out the eventual winners.