CROESO - WELCOME

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North Wales is a land of mystery and culture, history and outstanding natural beauty. If you want castles, they are here (see below). The Roman Empire reached these shores, and yet the Celtic spirit was left undiminished.

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Recent changes to the Play-Cricket website have made it more difficult to locate the 3 key areas that are popular with visitors. The following 'buttons' may make life easier until the new means of navigation is fully understood.

Fixtures 2010Latest ResultsLeague Tables

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FIXTURES 2010
Current status of the individual Division fixtures

PREMIER DIVISION........APPROVED & PUBLISHED
DIVISION 1.......................APPROVED & PUBLISHED
DIVISION 2.......................APPROVED & PUBLISHED
DIVISION 3.......................APPROVED & PUBLISHED

DIVISION 4.......................PUBLISHED but remain as DRAFT - 1 query awaiting resolution - dates affected 17 & 24 July only involving Carmel CC.
DIVISION 5.......................PUBLISHED but remain as DRAFT - 1 query awaiting resolution - date affected 12th September only involving Mochdre CC.

DIVISION 6.......................APPROVED & PUBLISHED

SUNDAY 3rd XI...............PUBLISHED but remain as DRAFT until 31st January.
STOP PRESS - Pwllheli have reluctantly had to pull out of this Competition leaving just 8 teams with 14 games (16 played in 2009)Views are being canvassed on whether this is sufficient or whether some alternative format can be devised.

SADLY, THE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION NO LONGER HAS SUFFICIENT TEAMS REMAINING TO ENABLE IT TO CONTINUE. ITS SUCCESS OVER THE PAST FEW SEASONS CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED AND IS IN NO SMALL PART RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURGEONING SUCCESS OF THE 3rd XI COMPETITION.

The fixture lists for the forthcoming season (with the exception of two dates in Division 4 and one date in Division 5 and the Sunday 3rd XI Division, have now been APPROVED. They can be now be viewed via the Club play-cricket website or by clicking on the button above.

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CRICKET: Wrexham coaches up for Sports Council awards.

Cricket coach, John Bell, and hockey coach, Pam Richards, both emerged as award winners at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff last November.

CLUB COACH
Sponsored by sports coach UK

Congratulations to JOHN BELL, CRICKET Wrexham

* John has coached cricket for more than 25 years and is currently the Head Coach at Gresford Cricket Club and a coach to the North East Wales Under 14s.
* John’s passion for the sport has helped expand a small youth section into four youth teams with around 120 players.
* An active member of the Gresford Cricket Club for 40 years, John not only coaches but he also coordinates youth teams, plays in various leagues and is even the groundsman, club secretary, transport coordinator and first aid officer.
* 2009 has seen many of his players be selected for national and regional squads and a number of players from the U13s and U15s have progressed into the senior second team, helping the team secure promotion from the fifth division to the fourth.

His dedication to Gresford Cricket Club is second to none, and his passion for the sport has meant that what was a small youth section has grown to four youth teams and consists of around 120 players.

When the group of boys first turned up at the cricket ground, most had no idea how to play cricket; they could not run between the wickets; had little idea how to hold a bat properly and could not catch the ball. With John's technical excellence, leadership in coaching and dedication he has turned the team into North Wales Champions.

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ROLL OF HONOUR - 2009

Congratulations to the following teams who have topped their respective Divisions to find themselves in the Promotion positions. Movement into the higher division is of course still subject to the meeting of a number of criteria.

PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONS - LLANDUDNO; RUNNERS UP - MOCHDRE
An exceptional performance to win the league, in a very close fought finish, for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in the past six years.



DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS - St. ASAPH; RUNNERS UP - LLAY

DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS - CONWY; RUNNERS UP - HALKYN

DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONS - PONTBLYDDYN II; RUNNERS UP - GWERSYLLT PARK

DIVISION 4 CHAMPIONS - MOLD II; RUNNERS UP - LLAY II

DIVISION 5 CHAMPIONS - GRESFORD II; RUNNERS UP: BERSHAM II

DIVISION 6 CHAMPIONS - MENAI BRIDGE / FIRST HYDRO III; RUNNERS UP - LLANGOLLEN II

SUNDAY 3rd XI COMPETITION WINNERS - HAWARDEN PARK III; RUNNERS UP - PONTBLYDDYN III

DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WINNERS - BERSHAM (subject to final verification - missing result sheet); RUNNERS UP - LLANDUDNO 4th XI

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Division 1 Champions - St Asaph - making a rapid return to the Premier Division after relegation in 2008.




The champagne flows as Conwy finish the 2009 season as worthy Division 2 Champions.





Halkyn 1st XI Players; Umpire; Scorer and Supporters pictured after their last day victory at Ruthin to clinch a promotion spot in Division 2




The young Pontblyddyn 2nd XI side pictured at Brymbo after securing the 8 points needed to clinch the Division 3 Championship.




Jubilant Mold 2nd XI players after their maximum points victory on the final day to give them the Division 4 Championship





The Menai Bridge / First Hydro 3rd XI after clinching the Division 6 title on the last day of the 2009 season




Other winners and runners up team team photographs are welcome - please forward them to webmaster@northwalescricket.co.uk.
Other photographs of interest also welcome. Please submit these via the COMMUNITY then PHOTOS section of this site.

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ACTION PHOTOGRAPHS

In Keith Parry, Pwllheli CC have a very keen photographer, who has his own web site with pictorial records of all of Pwllheli 1st Games going back over the past few seasons. If you have played there recently I'm sure that you'll find yourself featured.
Keith welcomes anyone to view his site which as well as Cricket contains shots of Rugby, Hockey and Football games and various other activities at the Club.

Visit them here ....Cricket Photos from Pwllheli

Enjoy

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North Wales Premier League have an existing site at www.northwalescricket.co.uk