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President's Message

As I sit down to write this, the last thing I can think of is cricket. The rain is lashing against the windowpane and it is cold outside – on reflection it is as I expect May to be! However, by the time you read this message it will be March, Spring will be with us and the sound of leather on willow will not be far away.

 Last season’s exploits on the field are referred to elsewhere and I think my role here should be to talk about the support and achievements off the field.

 Non playing membership increases year by year and our sincere thanks go to the Vice Presidents and Members, both male and female, for their continued support. Attendance at The President’s Lunch, Lady Members Supper and Annual Dinner continues to increase to the point where soon we may have to ask the Athletic Club to build an extension. However, there is no truth in the rumour that tickets will be sold on E Bay this summer! 

We are very grateful to our advertisers, both old and new, without whose help The Bull would be a financial disaster. 

Straying slightly onto cricket matters I must say how pleasing it was last year to see youngsters progressing through the ranks and into the 1st XI where they made valuable contributions with bat and ball. I am sure more will follow in 2008. 

The immediate future of cricket in Cowbridge looks promising both on and off the field but it can only be achieved by hard work from the players, committee and junior team organisers. Younger thinking is always required to mix with the experience of age. I encourage parents of cricket mad teenagers to support their children by actively taking part in the running of the Club whilst their children are involved. I speak from experience when I say it will all be over far too soon for most – without active parental support soon Cowbridge Cricket Club will weaken with increasing rapidity. Was it not President J F Kennedy who said something like “Ask not what your cricket club can do for you, ask what you ……………”

Enough of the gloom, the sun has just come out. It will soon be time for the rugbyites mournfully to put away their boots and pull down their posts. We can now look forward eagerly to the sharp crack of bat on ball and more days in the sun. The “muddied oafs” make way for the “flannelled fools”. ROLL ON SUMMER.

 Richard Smart

President