The Blue Riband event of Pembrokeshire Cricket takes place at Cresselly on Saturday (with a 12 noon start) as Neyland look to complete their season with yet another piece of silverware against Lawrenny, one of the few teams that can push them all the way and indeed win it!
 
As usual at PembrokeshireSport.co.uk we provided our unrivalled coverage of the big day and this year we have asked well known journalist (and would-be pundit) to give us his view of the way events are likely to unfold.
 
Cheers Fraser!
 
The Pembroke County Cricket Club season concludes this Saturday with its biggest annual occasion. Euphoria, heartbreak, tension, crowd noise, countless pints served - the Harrison-Allen Bowl showcases the game in our county like no other league clash or cup final can, writes Fraser Watson
 
This year we have Neyland and Lawrenny. Both no strangers to this day in Cresselly, and who will be determined to get their hands on the Bowl, albeit for differing reasons.
 
Neyland undoubtedly start favourites. They are now so well vested on occasions like these, and a haul of six Bowl wins - and no final defeats - in the last 12 years is evidence of that. And victory this time around would see a repeat their 2013 feat of a Division 1 title, DR Morris Cup, and Bowl treble.
 
One thing you never get from Sean Hannon and co is complacency. The relentlessness with which they played in their last final outing against Carew in 2021 signified a side now totally at ease with the pressure this day brings.
 
Hannon’s main issue this week may lie with selection. Patrick Bellerby, man of the match two years ago, has been sidelined with injury and yet even without him the batting line-up appears beyond strong. The addition of Dai Davies has supplemented an XI where accomplished batsmen like Andrew Miller and Brad McDermott-Jenkins, and the skipper himself, have often formed the lower order. 
 
And if you needed a reminder of what Nick Koomen and Paul Murray could do, check last Saturday's scorecards.
 
From the openers right the way down to the tail there are potential match winners - complimented by a bowling attack that is varied and proven under pressure. Add in their fielding prowess, and they look a complete side.
 
And yet Saturday is anything but a formality.
 
Lawrenny have not found the consistency they needed to challenge for the title this season, and yet they remain a side also littered with match winners.
 
When on song, Kyle Marsh is a batsman as destructive as any other in Pembrokeshire. And the class of the likes of Harry Thomas, Ryan Morton, Joe Kidney and Tom Cole has come to the fore in earlier Bowl rounds this year.
 
With the ball, skipper Jamie Lewis rarely fails to cause a team problems, and few bowlers in our leagues have been as consistent for as long as Rob Williams. 
 
And for both Lewis and the team, there will be a sense of unfinished business come 12pm this Saturday. In 2018 under Kidney, they gave a good account of themselves in losing to Cresselly. They arrived at the same stage to play Haverfordwest later that little bit more experienced, that little bit more accomplished, and that little bit more favoured to win.
 
For Lewis though, the day was over before the warm-up was complete, going down with a serious knee injury in a blow that was as cruel as it was unfortunate. His teammates then went on to take the ascendancy at tea, only for an Adam James-inspired Town side to battle back and deny them glory.
 
The 2021 league title was also in their hands before losing out to, yes, Neyland, on the final day. This current generation has undoubtedly taken huge strides forward, firstly under Kidney and now Lewis. But a solitary DR Morris Cup win two years ago doesn’t yet do that progress justice.
 
A first Bowl in since 2002 however, arguably would. And players involved in both 2018 and 2019 will be hell bent not to miss out three times in a row. Missing Steve Lewis in such unfortunate circumstances will also be added motivation - a club stalwart and popular figure throughout Pembs, the prospect of doing it for him will be a big driver.
 
My prediction? It probably falls in line with most others. I think Neyland will win for the reasons I’ve already alluded to. But I also believe Lawrenny can pull it off. And their unpredictability, summed up by them beating Carew on the weekend, makes Saturday all the more intriguing.
 
If Lewis and co do upset the odds, their standing among Lawrenny’s best ever sides will be secured.
 
As for Neyland, the current crop has already cemented a place as one of Pembrokeshire’s greatest ever cricket sides.
 
Come Saturday evening, and we could well be talking about the greatest of them all.