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Balconiers’ Annual ‘End-of-Season’ Glamorgan Players Awards Dinner 2024

The Towers Hotel, Jersey Marine, Swansea on Monday, 30th September at 6:45pm for 7:30pm

2023 Awards Dinner

After 52 years the Awards Dinner this year will be the 51st and last arranged by the St. Helen’s Balconiers in support of Glamorgan CCC.

For details on how to attend please read the letter below and note that bookings need to be made by the 23rd September 2024.

Last year’s main awards were awarded as follows:

2nd XI Player of the Year: Asa Tribe

Gerry Munday Award for the most improved young, uncapped player: Zain ul Hassan

David Evans Award – this is a special award in grateful appreciation and recognition of unstinting and wholehearted commitment during a playing career and for the past 10 years as Chief Executive of Glamorgan CCC – Hugh Morris MBE

Balconiers Player of the Year: Kiran Carlson

The very first Balconiers’ Glamorgan Player of the Year was Arthur Francis in 1973.

Metro Bank One Day Cup Final – Glamorgan v Somerset: “Daffodil Tours”

Arrangements are in hand for a “Daffodil Tours” trip to Nottingham for the final Glamorgan v Somerset on Sunday 22nd September with a two night stay in Nottingham – please read on.

Update 7th September 2024: The initial quota of hotel rooms have been allocated (sold). There are still seats on the coach if interested, availability of hotel rooms would need to be confirmed against an expression of interest.

Saturday 21st September

Departure to Nottingham pm Saturday 21st September (Guide departure times for example pick-up points 12:30 Swansea, 14:00 Sophia Gardens, Cardiff then 14:45 Holiday Inn, Coldra, Newport).

Arrival Nottingham around 18:30.

Overnight Mercure Sherwood Hotel

Sunday 22nd September

Transfer to Trent Bridge Cricket Ground for the Final. [See note below regarding tickets which are not included in this package.]

Glamorgan v Somerset

On conclusion transfer back to the hotel.

Monday 23rd September

After breakfast return coach to South Wales.

Cost

Including coach travel and two nights B&B accommodation

Single room occupancy £195.00

Double/Twin occupancy £145.00 per person

Booking & Payment

Cheques payable to “Daffodil Cricket Tours” to John Williams (07973 479613) by Thursday 12th September. Address John Williams, c/o St Helen’s Balconiers, 41 Sketty Park Road, Sketty, Swansea SA2 9AS.

Please note

Tickets to the game are not included these can be obtained from Trent Bridge. You can book yours by clicking on the link below or by calling the Nottinghamshire Cricket Ticket Office on 0115 899 0300.

https://tickets.trentbridge.co.uk/selection/event/date?productId=10228678526835&gtmStepTracking=true&utm_campaign=14620932_Final%20Metro%20Bank%20One%20Day%20Cup&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Glamorgan%20CCC&dm_i=1AFC,8PDL0,JVNH4J,105QZL,1

Adult ticket prices start from £26, Under 16s are £5 and there are £10 tickets for under 21s in the Family Area. Tickets can be purchased anywhere in the ground but Radcliffe Road Lower West is where a number of Glamorgan supporters are already purchasing.

Press release for National County Cricket Day June 30th (Note: Glamorgan 23rd June)

County Cricket Day…. is a fan driven campaign to celebrate County Cricket inspired originally by Non League Day, which has successfully engaged football fans to attend lower league games and helped revitalise the sport at that level. This initiative aims to bring the same enthusiasm and support to county cricket.

The full Press Release can be read below but please note Glamorgan will be using the initiative on the 23rd June. “As Glamorgan are away from home on this date, they were invited by the National County Cricket Members Group (CCMG) to use the previous week’s game against Northamptonshire, June 23rd, as their involvement in the venture. Glamorgan through its CEO Dan Cherry have been very supportive of the idea. They are offering reduced price (£7) tickets if bought in advance and children to be admitted free of charge.

Daffodil Cricket Tours – Update 2nd April 2024

The tours to Leicestershire, Gloucestershire and Derbyshire are still open to booking, as a guide the cut off is one month ahead of departure.

For fuller details on booking please refer to the post below “February 8, 2024” which has the details.

All supporters of the Glamorgan team are most welcome to join these trips including those supporters that live away from South Wales or wish to travel independently; they have the option to join us on a hotel only basis.

Pickup points are along the M4 corridor from Swansea to Newport.

Daffodil Cricket Tours 2024

Details of the Balconiers cricket supporters trips for the 2024 County Cricket Season are published below.

All supporters of the Glamorgan team are most welcome to join these trips including those supporters that live away from South Wales or wish to travel independently; they have the option to join us on a hotel only basis.

Pickup points are along the M4 corridor from Swansea to Newport.

Please note the date for signing up to an excursion is no later than 29th February 2024.

Three documents follow: a cover letter, details of the itineraries and a booking form. Please retain a copy of the booking form.

CC4 MUSEUM OF WELSH CRICKET TALK VIA ZOOM “An Evening with Ottis Gibson” on 30th October 2023

Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohquJeJ_RCQ

“An Evening with Ottis Gibson” on October 30 will see the fast bowler reflect on his playing career in domestic cricket in the West Indies as well as in county cricket with Glamorgan, Leicestershire and Durham, plus his time in international cricket with the West Indies. Ottis will also talk about his coaching career, within the England set-up as well as with other international teams plus, in more recent times, with Yorkshire.

Picture credit: Glamorgan Cricket Archives

As always, attendance at the virtual meeting will be free of charge with those wishing to attend being asked to send an email to this email address (museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk)  by noon on Sunday 29 October. A confirmation reply will be sent out, whilst joining details for the meeting via ZOOM will be sent by email at approx. 1800 on Monday 30 October.

Once again, the talk will be recorded and a copy placed in due course on the Museum website. Many thanks for your ongoing support.

Should you wish to refresh your memory of Ottis’s statistics https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/ottis-gibson/

Future schedule:

November 9 – Colin Ingram

December 8 – Hugh Morris

January (Date TBC) – Chris Cooke

February (Date TBC) – Timm van der Gugten

March (Date TBC) – Mark Rhydderch-Roberts

Presentation Awards Dinner – 4 October 2023 – Towers Hotel, Jersey Marine, Swansea

The Balconiers and Glamorgan combined Players Annual Awards Dinner 2023. The Balconiers are proud that this season we will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of having organised this Presentation event.

03 October 2022 – Glamorgan / St Helen’s Balconiers Cricket End of Season Awards

Details on how to book are contained in the letter below:

Lawrence Williams (20 November 1946 – 26 May 2023)

It is with sadness that the St. Helen’s Balconiers record the passing of Lawrence Williams a member of Glamorgan’s county Championship squad of 1969.

Tributes have been written and expressed by many, below are just a few plus an article from the 2022 St. Helen’s Balconiers Newsletter written by Dr Richard Bentley.

https://glamorgancricket.com/news/lawrence-williams-a-tribute

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65738732

https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/lawrence-williams/

Williams Works Wonders – Dr Richard Bentley from 2022 SHB Newsletter (use rotate option … to right of 2 or DOWNLOAD)

Daffodil Tours 2023

The Balconiers have been arranging stay-away trips since 1975 i.e. over 48 years!! This year’s offerings are as follows:

27/04/2023 Leicestershire (3 nights)

18/05/2023 Sussex (4 nights)

20/07/2023 Gloucestershire (3 nights)

25/07/2023 Derbyshire (3 nights)

3/09/2023 Worcestershire (3 nights)

Should Glamorgan be successful in the one-day competitions, and be drawn away, we will be arranging stay-away overnight trips for the quarter, semi- and final games.

Please see the documents below for full details: