England's Jones and ECB Chairman help St Fagans

11 April 2006

England bowler Simon Jones and ECB chairman David Morgan visited St Fagans CC in Cardiff to add a gloss to their NatWest CricketForce 2006 weekend.

Simon Jones and Darren Thomas having fun with their painting

Also on hand to help were a healthy contingent of Glamorgan players including Darren Thomas, Mark Wallace, David Harrison, Adam Harrison, William Bragg and Huw Waters, who joined team-mate Jones in helping with the painting at the ground plus coaching the St Fagans youngsters.

On Sunday, David Morgan paid a visit to the club to present them with their commemorative NatWest CricketForce 2006 plaque.

David Morgan being interviewed by BBC Radio Wales

In return the club presented the ECB chairman with a framed landscape photograph of the Club.

Overall the St Fagans event was a huge success, attracting over 100 volunteers to take part. Projects completed included:

refurbishing the Bar Area
painting the sightscreens
rebuilding the covers
painting the picket fence around the pavilion
refurbishing the scorebox ready for installation of a new electronic scoreboard, plus many other jobs.