The Pembroke County Cricket Junior Leagues have kicked off with a bang. 

St Ishmaels Under 11s cricket team secured a resounding victory over rivals Cresselly Development.

They won the game with an impressive score of 336-4 compared to 233-9.

Young cricketer Maddox Bradshaw stood out for St Ishmaels, scoring a remarkable 25 and taking one for six, alongside other promising performers such as Ellie Mathias (12) and Amelia Cole (12).

Equally commendable were Slade Trimby (7 & 1-5) and Jack Welsh and Bella Devonald, both recording 2-13 and 2-5 respectively.

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Meanwhile, Cresselly Under 11s gave a formidable performance securing 320-4 win against Laugharne (215-8).

The under 11's teams kept the spirit of competition alive again with Cresselly Development taking home a win against Pembroke Dock (344-2 vs 319-4) and Cresselly Under 10s managing a close win against Haverfordwest (290-0 vs 287-0).

In the Under 13s division, St Ishmael’s gave a gripping performance, narrowly beating Llanrhian 46-4 to 45-4.

Standout players included Maddox Bradshaw and Luca Orton, both scoring 9, and Beltz Griffiths (6).

Promising bowling results were given by Leon Hood (2-8) and Mason Hammond (1-5).

For Llanrhian, notable performances were put in by Callum Robinson (7 & 2-2), Oscar Williams (6 & 1-6), and Noah Southwell (5 & 1-3).

Post-match, Llechryd U13s coach, Tom Harris, who's team celebrated a tight win against Lamphey (101-1 vs 98-7), praised his team’s efforts.

Mr Harris said: "Da Iawn pawb -a successful start to the season in many ways on Wednesday with our 1st game of the season.

"We bowled and fielded well to restrict Lamphey to 96, with wickets being shared between Flo (2), Isobel, Lily, cerith and llion (sorry if I missed someone!).

"Alex then got us off to a flyer, knocking 25 off 4 overs before retiring. Flo followed on with a classy 25 before cerith rounded things off with the winning boundary.

"Celebrations were noisy on the bus home - with an eclectic mix of songs ranging from Adele to Bon jovi ! (Need to work on performance though!)

"We had 2 champagne moments to start the season - one was cerith’s one handed catch, Jonty Rhodes would have been proud (for those that remember 90’s cricket!).

"The other was Llion’s first wicket with only his 2nd ball in competitive cricket.

"Think the rest of the team were more excited about it than he was!"

In other under 13's games, Hook snatched a win over Neyland (152-5 vs 126-7), and Cresselly came out victorious against Pembroke Dock (137-3 vs 48-10).