Daniel is a great ambassador for sport!

At the moment Daniel is heavily involved in cricket with Burton, a real bonus that he and his friends, or younger brother Ioan, can stroll down the road to Oatfield Park and use the nets for practise - and the evidence for improvement can be found in the fact that he plays for the club from under 15 through to the under 19s team just starting out in the new T20 competition, and as a regular in the club's second team for Saturday afternoon senior cricket on pitches well prepared by Brian Griffiths.
 
In fact, he recently celebrated his first half century with the second team skippered by Graham Morris or Ian Battersley, scoring 55 in a win over Carew.
 
Daniel has previously scored 30s and 40s with the Burton junior sides and was thrilled when he was chosen as the 'Player of the Year' in 2014 and received his trophy at the presentation dinner at the Beggar's Reach Hotel.
 

. . . And for the county juniors too

 
In the junior section of the club he is coached by Neville Davies and Richard Hayman and plays alongside the likes of James Davies, Curtis Hicks and Matthew Roach, who also play in the county under 15 team
 
They remain unbeaten so far this season and are coached by Andrew Williams (Narberth) and Lyn Rees (Neyland), whose son Geraint is another good player in the county squad.
 
He is also already looking forward to the County Under 15s tour later in the season.
"We all have the same playing, travelling and training kit so we look really smart and it helps us play as a team," Daniel told us, "and it is not only great to test ourselves against some very good teams but in a way it helps us prepare for other things because we have to know how to make sure we don't let our county down."
 

Committed to Camrose and family support

 
Daniel is similarly committed to his football at Camrose, having played there since he was a real nipper after his father Simon, who played there and was also in the Welsh Schools’ athletics squad as a youngster, took him along.
 
"I have had amazing family support from my dad, mother Diane Roberts, who always takes me where I need to go without any grumbles, and my step-father John Roberts, who is a very good golfer.
 
"My brother Ioan (12) likes sport as much as I do and our sister Ffion (10) attends the Elements Gymnastic Club and has been in the Welsh Gymnastics squad already - and my grandfather, Derek Llewellyn used to play in goal for Haverfordwest County many years ago."
 

Football silverware galore

 
In football at Camrose, Daniel quickly settled in at the heart of the defence in a talented team coached by Phil Jones.

"Phil has been brilliant to me and the rest of the squad until he stepped down last season and Jamie Gilderdale and Mike Williams stepped in.
 
"Under Phil we won the league title four years on the trot and in three of them we didn't lose a game as we also won our age-group cup for three of those years in an amazing run.
 
"We also won the West Wales Cup for our age-group two years on the trot, winning 2-0 and 4-2 at Stebonheath Park in Llanelli.
 
“We had great players in Nick Jones, Curtis Hicks, Garin Gardner, Travis O'Connor and Morgan Thomas and they were amazing evenings in front of big crowds and afterwards we went back to the Camrose Club and had food, organised by another great club man in Dave Haworth.
 

New team, new coaches and new challenges

 
"I would like to mention Dave because he really is the top man at Camrose, where he looks after the pitches and gets everything ready so we just have to turn up and play.
 
Last season saw the team being restructured and they came fourth in the table but Daniel says he enjoyed it just as much as the 'silverware seasons' enjoyed previously.
 
"We were still playing football and had great fun, which is more important sometimes than trophies, and a real big moment for me came when I received the 'Player of the Year' trophy."
 

County football a real plus for Daniel

 
Daniel's county football involvement includes two seasons with Angie Nicholas, one of them when they won the Tom Yeoman Shield and beat Rhyl on penalties in the Welsh FA Trophy Cup final.
 
The rest of the time saw the squad coached by Phil Jones as they took on, and often beat, the likes of Swansea, Llanelli, Carmarthen - and the rest of the Welsh counties.
 
Back on the cricket front, something else that Daniel and Co at Burton are looking forward to is the new T20 competition and who can blame them because there is understandably excitement around the wearing of their new pyjama-style kit and the chance of some big hitting against other teams in the competition.
 
"Richard Hayman has been brilliant in sorting out our smart kit for us and because the competition allows under 19s to be involved we have Jack Davies and Toby Hayman involved alongside James Davies from our first team, with Jack and Toby always ready to give advice if we ask for it."
 

Terrific Young Ambassador work

 
At Ysgol y Preseli he is also busy in his role as a Silver Ambassador for a second year,  where he gives talks in junior assemblies to try and encourage boys and girls who are not really interested in sport to try and find something they can enjoy besides rugby, football and hockey.
 
"I help Elgan Vittle, our 5x60 Officer, and others to hold lunch-time clubs in basketball, table tennis, dodge ball, basketball and netball, five a side football and anything else we can set up.
 
"I would like to be a qualified sports coach one day and I also help my stepfather, John Roberts, to coach Camrose under 12s in football.
 
Chatting to Daniel Llewellyn was like a breath of fresh air because it is rare to find someone of his age who not only wants to play sport but is quick to recognise the contribution of others, especially adults.
 
He clearly enjoys taking part in sport for the enjoyment it brings - and long may he continue to put so much back in because he is already a true young gentleman of sport!