Latest 'View from Richmond Park' column from the Journal

The latest 'View from Richmond Park' Carmarthen Town AFC column from the Carmarthen Journal -
More than 60 young people attended a ‘Show Racism The Red Card’ event staged at Richmond Park.
The pupils came from Laugharne VCP and Burry Port Community Junior School.
The event started with an anti-racism workshop delivered by ex-professional footballer Christian Roberts and Welsh education coordinator Simon Richards.
The young people learned about what forms of racism exist and took part in interactive games exploring key messages. The main event consisted of the young people watching the campaign DVD while continuing to think of questions to ask the panel of guests for the Q and A session.
Carmarthen player Geraint Passmore said: “As a teacher I'm well aware of the importance of educating young people on racism and its effects. Using football enables those pupils who attend the workshops to identify the realities and therefore fully understand the issues.”
Prize winners for the best asked questions won some Carmarthen Town AFC merchandise and ‘SRTRC’ goodies.
Carmarthen Town AFC manager Tomi Morgan spoke about the club.s support of the campaign and said: “Once again it's a privilege to support Show Racism The Red Card. As we are developing into a much more multicultural society, we have to educate our young people to respect everyone, irrespective of colour or culture. I believe that using football is a unique way of doing this.”
SRTRC will continue to work with the club towards anti racism over the coming months.
The event came to an end with a Q & A session. Carmarthen Town Football Club was represented by Academy goalkeeping coach Shane Earp. With his experience of having coached in the USA he was able to bring a different perspective to the occasion. He also showed great maturity in answering the perceptive questions of the pupils from both schools.
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Another public meeting to discuss the way forward for Carmarthen Town AFC has been called for Monday, December 5, at the clubhouse, starting at 7pm.
Club chair Gareth Jones said that there was an excellent response to the first public meeting called at the Richmond Park Community Centre and Clubhouse to discuss the future structure of Carmarthen Town AFC.
He said: “I am proposing a new management structure. I want the supporters and people of the town to come forward and be part of a vision for the future.
“There was a good response to the first meeting. Now we want to build on that to make sure we recruit new volunteers and discuss new ideas for raising money.”
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Fixtures from now until the end of the year are as follows -
Welsh Cup Round 3
Friday evening 2nd December
Bridgend Town
KO 7:45pm
Saturday 10 December 2011
Airbus UK Broughton v Carmarthen Town
Saturday 17 December 2011
Carmarthen Town v The New Saints
Monday 26 December 2011
Aberystwyth Town v Carmarthen Town
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Tote draw – November 22 draw, winning numbers 08 and 46. The winner of the prize of £200 was Terry Griffiths. The draw for a prize of £200 was being made on Tuesday night.