A committed all round display gave Kilgetty a comfortable 57 runs win over Carew in the final of the Tony Pidgeon Ormond Youth Cup to claim the cherished cup for the first time in 52 years.

The match was won and lost in the first innings of this 20 overs per side final, played at Carew.

Kilgetty scored 106-3 in the first innings. Opener Kurtis Marsh led the way with an excellent innings of 61no, which included seven fours, and received support from Harry Phillips with 29.

Rhys Grigg was the pick of the Carew bowlers with a return of 2-34.

Carew were held to a total of 62-8 in reply as the Kilgetty bowlers got on top to such an extent that no Carew batsman reached double figures.

This superb all round bowling and fielding display gave Kilgetty a commanding first innings lead of 44.

Jac Waters tied the batsmen down in a penetrative spell of 2-5, backed up by wrist-spinner Kurtis Marsh with a 2-8 stint.

An opening partnership of 106 between skipper Kurtis Marsh with 50 and Tom Lewis with 53no set up a Kilgetty second innings total of 115-3 as Harry Cook took 2-21 for Carew.

Chasing a daunting winning target of 160, Carew batted much better in the second innings to score 102-7.

Early order batsman Harry Cook cemented things together with a fighting and undefeated innings of 48, supported by Iori Hicks with 20.

Cook’s efforts would have been worth at least 50 at the Carew ground normally, but the outfield was slower than usual, following heavy bursts of rain the previous day and overnight before the final.

Jac Waters took 2-14, spinner Kurtis Marsh 2-18 and Ollie Gamble gave little away in a 1-12 spell.

Kilgetty all-rounder Kurtis Marsh was named man-of-the-match by adjudicators Ken Davies and Jonathan Twigg for his all-round performance which stamped an indelible mark on the match.

The award was presented by John Donache.

After being runners-up last season, success at last for the first time in over 50 years put the icing on the cake for the Kilgetty club, as the development of young cricketers has been a priority over the last five or more years.

Kilgetty club president Colin Williams was delighted with the win. Commenting, he said: “It was a great moment for the players and the club when the win was achieved. I would like to congratulate every member of the winning team, the players who had played in the earlier rounds and club coach, Ian Poole.

“Ian has worked tirelessly since returning to the club from Saundersfoot to develop young cricketers and has done a great job. There are also more promising players coming through the system, which augurs well for the club in the future.

“When you think that players of the calibre of Liam Cullen, Jack Parkinson and Toby Poole were missing from the line-up for various reasons, it was a tremendous achievement for a team with so many young players to have the better of a quality team like Carew in the final.”

Club secretary Rose Jenkins said: “Unfortunately, due to late changes, the full Kilgetty team was not included in the match programme.

As it was the first time since 1963 for Kilgetty to win the Ormond Youth Cup it will be nice in years to come, for the players who took part, to have their names recorded so that they can say “I was there and played in the winning team.”

The full team was Kurtis Marsh (captain), Harry Phillips, Jack Tucker, Jac Waters, Tom Lewis, Max James, Ryan Conbeer, Oliver Gamble, Sam Rossiter, Harri Phillips, Keiran Allen and Joseph Allen.

The umpires were Huw Davies, of Whitland, and Robert Cousins, who is unattached. The scorers were Hazel Poole, of Kilgetty, and Julie Davies, of Whitland.