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Joe begins by introducing himself, talking about his early life in Bangor and Llandudno where his parents ran a little bed and breakfast business. He describes his early sporting experiences, including his memories of the 1970 football World Cup.  He 'stumbled' upon the Llandudno Oval, the club's cricket ground and was hooked by the idea of playing the game. He was a mischievous child and got into a little trouble with other members of the club but fell in love with cricket and that love has stayed with him.  He remembers the 1976 Test Series with the great West Indies side and how practicing in the back lane forced him to play straight. Joe outlines the sporting traditions of Llandudno including rugby, hockey and football as well as cricket and recalls some of his memories of playing at the club. He talks passionately about his work as a coach and cricket development officer with Cricket Wales in and around Llandudno with some powerful stories of connecting with young people and promoting the game in North Wales. Joe has used his lifelong intoxication with the game of cricket to enthuse countless youngsters, some of whom will form the bedrock of the recreational game in the years to come.  He is a fabulous ambassador and advocate for the game of cricket. Everyone at the Museum of Welsh Cricket wishes him well with his ongoing work. Thanks Joe !!

By way of a trailer for our episodes interviewing Matt about his cricket and sporting life, this mini episode features him talking about his latest charity fundraising walk from John O Groats to Lands End. Matt is walking in aid of the Professional Cricketers' Trust and Help for Heroes  and is hoping to raise £10,000 for each charity. To read about the challenge and to donate you can visit Matt's Just Giving Page here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/mattwellymanwalk The episodes featuring Matt will begin on Friday March 8th

In this episode we interview three stalwarts of the Pirates cricket team, Port Talbot Town Cricket Club.  They are, in no particular order: Mark Jones Ian Rees  Ray Cox We talk about their early years, discovering cricket and joining the club as well as a little bit of the history of the club which dates from around 1963.  We hear about some of their exploits as players including Ray playing First Division cricket with both his sons. The gents then answered a series of questions aimed at getting them to talk about their cricketing pasts.  The questions, again, in no particular order, were: Your most memorable match you were involved in. Best individual performance. Favourite ground. Favourite players to play with. Favourite players to play against. A favourite cricketing story We talked about the honour that the club had bestowed upon the three of them last year when they were given caps commemmorating their 50 years or more service to the club as players and administrators. We finish the gent's hopes for the future of the club.  There are some great, funny stories in here.  We hope you enjoyed the listen.

In this episode we look back at some of the podcasts from last year. The episodes covered are: Three Englishmen of Wales Special Episode: Walking in the Valleys for Young Cricketers St. Helen's: A Tribute (Part 1) Heroes and Headlines: St Helen's: A Tribute (Part 2) Special Episode: Walking in the Valleys for Young Cricketers Lucy Norman - Taking the Game Forward in North Wales Wales National County (North): An Interview with Russell Penrhyn Jones The Welsh Cup 100th Episode: The Appliance of Science: An Interview with Rob Ahmun First-Class Batting: Glamorgan and Northamptonshire Neath Cricket Club - 175th Anniversary Hook Cricket Club: Happy 100th Year Paul Rees: Our man with the MCC Last Man Bowling: An Interview with Ron Walton

This weeks episode is an interview with two cricketers who have turned their love of the game into a fledgling business. Rich describes how his pastime of making things with wood turned to repairing bats for friends and other club members and persuaded him to set up a business to deliver bat refurbishment to the wider cricketing community. The boys describe how the business has grown organically, turning first to providing new bats and then to offer a small selection of cricket gear. Anyone interested in contacting Rich or Hedd to discuss what they can offer, their mobile numbers are as follows: Rich 07970 498350  Hedd 07950200211 You can follow them on X and instagram here: X  -  @bats_bear Intagram  -  @bear_bats

Jean Silvan Evans had a successful career as a journalist and lecturer.  Her husband, also a journalist, was a keen supporter of Glamorgan County Cricket Club.  To keep him company, Jean would sometimes attend a day at the cricket with no intention of watching and little interest in what happened the other side of that boundary rope. Slowly, with the help of Glamorgan's travelling supporters group the St Helen's Balconiers, Jean began not only to watch more of the play but also fell in love with what she calls 'the slow drama of county cricket'. When Jean's husband  Dennis passed away, her trips away with the Balconiers became not only a way of remembering him but also a source of comfort and friendship for her. She talks about her growing interest in and affection for the game of cricket as well as commenting on the future for Glamorgan and the importance of county cricket to the future of Test cricket. For those interested in the work of the St Helen's Balconiers, in particular their regular trips to other county grounds, you can go here: http://www.thebalconiers.co.uk/

In this episode we look at two County Championship match second innings' separated by 25 years. The first took place during the 1998 season between Northants and Glamorgan at Wantage Road.  In their second innings, Mal Loye hit an incredible 322 not out as Northants saved the game with a second innings 712.  For the details of the game, you can go here: http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998/ENG_LOCAL/CC/R04/NORTHANTS_GLAM_CC_21-24MAY1998.html The second took place in May 2023 at Hove where Sussex hosted Glamorgan.  After conceding a huge lead in their first innings Glamorgan amassed 737 runs in their second, breaking several records on the way to securing a draw.  For Wisden's record of the match you can go here: https://wisden.com/matches/live/214135/sussex-v-glamorgan-at-hove-lv=-insurance-county-championship-18-21-may-2023 Northants had held the record for the highest second innings in a first class match before Glamorgan came along and snatched it from them. On this podcast we talk to Mal Loye and Tony Cottee, the Glamorgan captain in that game in 1998 as well as club archivists and historians of Northamptonshire and Glamorgan, Andrew Radd and Andrew Hignell about that game at Wantage Road.  We also catch up with Glamorgan batter Kiran Carlson and talk to him about his career best to date of 192 in the match at Hove as well as the other Glamorgan players who contributed to the record breaking innings. For a full list of all the records achieved at Hove you can go here: https://glamorgancricket.com/news/stat-attack-glamorgan-set-a-new-world-record-at-hove Take a look at this list, compiled by Andrew Radd, of the top ten first class innings for Northants: https://nccc.co.uk/news/northamptonshires-10-best-first-class-innings/ And finally, for more Glamorgan batting records you can go here: https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/batting-records/

This week’s episode is a chat with members of the Hook Cricket Club that, this year has celebrated its centenary.  We talk to:   Dave Petrie who outlines the history of the village as well as charting the history of the cricket club. Jamie Phelps shares with us the state of the club today and how they have gone about their centenary celebrations. President Evan Martin shares his memories and his love of the game of cricket as well as his beloved Hook Cricket Club.   You can read a little bit about one of the events they held over the summer here:   https://www.herald.wales/west-wales/pembrokeshire/special-match-to-mark-hook-cricket-clubs-centenary-year/ http://www.pembrokeshiresport.co.uk/cricket/former-england-players-to-celebrate-hook-centenary You can follow the club’s exploits on X at @HookCricketClub and on Facebook

This week's episode is an interview with the Head of Performance Science and Medicine at the ECB, Rob Ahmun. Originally from Cardiff Rob was a strength and conditioning coach with Glamorgan before his move to the England Team in 2014.  He talks to us about his sporting journey and career to date. Here is a page from the ECB website detailing the work of Rob's Department: https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2104536/scie Here is an article from the University of Essex detailing some of the research that Rob mentions in his interview: https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2022/07/12/england-cricket-team-is-fitter-than-ever

In this episode we talk to those involved in the 51st Final of this competition.  They are, in order that they appear in the episode: Steve Davies, workforce administrator, South West Wales  Zack Gidlow , Chair of cricket at Colwyn Bay Cricket Club and first team player Mike Haydn, Chair of Swansea Cricket Club Neil Perrett, Chair, Usk Cricket Club Brad Wadlan, Captain, Swansea Cricket Club Sion Morris, Colwyn Bay Cricket Club You can find a written report on the final here: https://cricketwales.org.uk/news/senior-open-welsh-cup-final-2023-colwyn-bay-cc-v-swansea-cc You can find some great stats about the Welsh Cup here: https://nwsport.co.uk/2023/09/03/all-hail-colwyn-bay-2023-cricket-welsh-cup-winners/ We would like to add our congratulations to the Colwyn Bay Cricket Club 2023 Welsh Cup Winners !

In this episode we remember long time treasurer with the St Helen's Balconiers Clive Hemp. We talk to his children, David, Tim and Charlotte as well as his colleagues from the Balconiers Committee Allan Gray and Roger Skyrme, Swansea solicitor and main sponsor of the Swansea and West Wales cricket Festival Peter Lynne. Our final guest who remembers Clive is Balconiers President Alan Jones.  Ex-Glamorgan cricketer and coach Alan has been President of Glamorgan County Cricket Club as well as the St Helen's Balconiers. They talk about his time as a cricketer and the support he gave his two cricketing sons.  His personal qualities; a generosity of spirit, an egalitarian outlook and a people centered approach influenced not only his career as a cricketer but also his business life as a successful accountant. Encouraged by his contact with Balconiers Chairman John Williams, Clive became an integral part of the organisation, using his business contacts to build sponsorship for the annual Swansea and West Wales Cricket Festival which was the jewel in the Balconiers crown. All our guests paint a picture of a man who loved his sport, loved Glamorgan and made a great many friends through the world of cricket. 

Paul Rees is a popular club cricketer who has played most of his cricket in and around Swansea as well as a number of representative teams at age group and league level. He talks to us about his early cricketing experiences and how he developed as a cricketer.  In passing we talk about his rugby career and how that impacted on his cricket. Paul explains how he developed his strengths as a batsman but also how his bowling was what he was noted for early on in his career. He is rightly very proud of his involvement with the MCC, first as a player member and latterly as the organisation's representative for Wales.  He has played over 100 times for them and explains his pride at being able to attend Test Matches at Lords and be present in the Long Room getting close to cricket's world superstars. Here are the details of how to become a member of the MCC: https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-club/how-to-join Here are the MCC's results for their fixtures played so far this season: https://www.lords.org/mcc/mcc-cricket/mcc-fixtures?region=Wales&display=results If you are part of a club that may be interested in having a fixture against MCC you can contact Paul via his Twitter feed @PaulRees10 OR send us an email here at the podcast and we will ensure it gets to Paul Our email is mwcpod1921@gmail.com