Latest 'View from Richmond Park' column


The latest 'View from Richmond Park' Carmarthen Town AFC column from the Carmarthen Journal  newspaper -
There was a great welcome for the new Welsh football team manager Chris Coleman at the Richmond Park clubhouse and community centre last week.
Fans were able to meet and question Coleman and women’s team manager Jarmo Matikainen.
The event was one of a series of FAW roadshows travelling around Wales.
This Carmarthen roadshow focussed on the UEFA Under 19 Women’s Finals that will be hosted in Wales in August 2013. Some of those matches will be played at Richmond Park Carmarthen.
It will be the first time that Wales has ever hosted such a tournament and seven other sides will join us for a festival of female football.
Other matches will be held in Swansea and Llanelli. Visitors will come to South West Wales from all over Europe for the two weeks, so it will be a considerable boost to the tourist numbers for the area.
Carmarthen AFC club chairman Gareth Jones said he was delighted with the success of the roadshow. “It was a delight to welcome Chris Coleman and the FAW team to Richmond Park,” he said. “The evening was a great success.”
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Carmarthen Town supporters and friends of the club are reminded that donations are still being collected in memory of club stalwart Nigel Williams.
Mr Williams was a former treasurer of the club and a director of the Carmarthen Town AFC company.
Donations in memory of Mr Williams are going towards the Carmarthen Town Community Programme. If you would like to contribute, please send donations c/o Jeff Thomas 55 Bronwydd Road, Carmarthen, SA31 2AP.
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Carmarthen Town fixtures - February 2012
February 1 (Wednesday) 7:30pm, away at Port Talbot Town in the second leg of the League Cup tie.
February 4, 2:30pm away at Newtown AFC in the Welsh Premier League.
February 11, 3:45pm away at Aberystwyth Town in the Welsh Premier League.
February 18, 2:30pm, home against Airbus UK Broughton in the Welsh Premier League.
February 25, 2:30pm, away at Airbus UK Broughton in the quarter-final of the Welsh Cup.
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Tote: January 24 – Winner numbers, 2 and 40. The prize of £500 went to Alan Davies. Tote 17 January- Prize £400. Nos 34/54, no winner. The draw for a prize of £200 was being made on Tuesday night.

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