WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Where Are They Now : Snowy's still going strong at Cardiff . .
read more. 25th October 2011

Where Are They Now? : Nigel Bevan was a rampaging rugby flanker with Narberth, fought back from a serious illness, cycles many miles a year to keep fit now – and has just returned to quad bike racing with some distinction. .
Read more 17th June 2011

Where are they now? : Jonathan Madden’s just delighted to be home on holiday! . .
read more. 11th April 2011

Where are they now? :This week we are delighted to take a walk down ‘Memory Lane’ with Lloyd George, who is now 90 years young but can vividly recall his sporting days . . read more. 17th November 2010

Where are they Now? : John Broderick played his cricket as a fiery fast bowler with Llechryd but now lives in Scotland, where we were delighted to catch up with him . . .
read more. 31st October 2010

Emrys Inker originally hails from Neyland but has made a name for himself as one of the top corporate public relations practitioners in Scotland – and we were delighted to catch up with him . . . read more. 28th August 2010

Lyndon Howells has recently returned to St Ishmaels from his home in Hobart, Australia, and we were delighted to catch up with the former Tish centre half when he was watching his old team win the second division cup final. read more. 30th June 2010

Lee Kendall played in goal for several seasons at Haverfordwest County and now this larger than life character is still showing why he is regarded as one of the best keepers in the Welsh Premier with excellent displays at Port Talbot. read more. 31st March 2010

John Mayhew was a Welsh short mat bowls champion and was well known in Pembrokeshire Snooker and Neyland football – and is now domiciled in Cambridge, New Zealand. read more. 28th February 2010

Dan Chesmer played rugby for Llangwm and cricket for both Burton and Llangwm before his work took him out of Pembrokeshire – and he is now domiciled, and playing sport, in Sterling, Scotland. read more. 31st January 2010

Gary Price was a well-known prop and coach with a number of Pembrokeshire rugby clubs and now resides in Carmarthenshire and coaches at Newcastle Emlyn. read more. 30th November 2009

Johnny Griffiths was a very good footballer and cricketer with Carew and he also played the summer sport for Cresselly – and we caught up with Johnny at a Carew cricket match during a recent holiday back home. read more. 30th October 2009

Aaron Reilly now lives in Manitoba, Canada, but is still very much a Pembrokeshire lad with his family still in Johnston – and he tells us about his footballing days here and in Canada. read more. 28th September 2009

Jeff Powell played rugby and cricket for Pembroke but is now domiciled in Australia – and would like to say hello to all his old friends back in Pembrokeshire. read more. 13th August 2009

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Adam Raymond sends season’s greetings

A welcome returnee to Pembrokeshire over the Christmas and New Year period was Adam Raymond, taking a deserved rest from his work as a teacher of Year Six children at Llantwit Vardre Primary School, near Pontypridd in the Rhondda Cynon Taf district.

Adam was able to resume his acquaintance with his sporting pals in the Fishguard and Haverfordwest areas – and we at PembrokeshireSport.co.uk were delighted to collar him and find out a little more about how his footballing season at Taffs Well AFC is going.

Travel cut down immensely

Adam had joined the club situated neatly on the A470 between Pontypridd and Cardiff at the start of the season so that he could play near his home, which nestles in the shadow of Castell Coch, and is very close to Taffs Well’s ground at Rhiwdda. It provides him with easy travel to training sessions and to home matches, unlike his two previous seasons where he played for Newcastle Emlyn, whose manager, Wayne ‘Wolvesy’ Jones is a good friend of his and is now very much part of the coaching set-up at Haverfordwest County, where Adam also played in the past.

“I loved playing at Newcastle Emlyn,” admits Adam, “but the travel was proving too much. I contacted Taffs Well before the start of the season and I have been made very welcome by manager Lee Bridgeman and the squad. There are loads of very good young players there and at 24 I am one of the older players in the squad!”

Regular involvement

So far this season he has played 15 matches, three of them on the bench (including a 4-3 win at Haverfordwest where he had hoped to play against his old team-mates!), mainly in the centre of midfield but with two games up front when the manager wanted to play a lone striker to hold the ball up. He has scored five goals, including good shots against AFC Porth and Cwmaman Athletic, and has helped Taffs Well to eighth place in the table but with as many as five games in hand over some of the teams above them. Their last match was a 1-1 draw with table topping Cambrian & Clydach and he is looking forward to playing at home against Haverfordwest County on the 14th January!

“It will be great to see Micky Ellis, ‘Wolvesy’ and the Haverfordwest players at Rhiwdda,” said Adam, “and we will be looking to complete the double over them.”

Cricket decision for next year

When the football season is over he has another sporting decision to make because he has played cricket as a very hard-hitting batsman for Haverfordwest in previous years and really enjoyed himself there.

“Some of our parents in school are involved with cricket in Llantwit Vardre and have asked if I fancy a regular game there,” Adam told us, “but I will probably have another season at The Racecourse with Huw Scriven, Karl Rhead and the boys before seeing how it goes. I love Pembrokeshire Cricket, where I have made good pals in a lot of clubs so it would be difficult to leave it now.”

Festive wishes

Over the festive period he has been enjoying himself with old Bluebirds’ mate Chris O’Sullivan and footballers from Goodwick United and Merlins Bridge.

Adam playing for Merlins Bridge against Herbrandston. “It has been great to be back home but now it’s almost time to return to my teaching at Llantwit Vardre CP, which is a great school, so I would like to wish everyone I know in local sport a very happy New Year.”

We at PembrokeshireSport.co.uk are very happy to convey that message and we hope that, the Bluebirds’ game apart next week, Adam Raymond continues to do really well at Taffs Well AFC!