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A Pembrokeshire school team has won the Welsh Girls Kwick Cricket Final.
Tavernspite, who won the Pembrokeshire-wide competition earlier this month, beat another County team, Coastlands, in the final at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff last week.
The contest was a repeat of the Pembrokeshire finals where Tavernspite again come out on top.
Tavernspite now go on to play in the UK-wide final at Headingley in July.
This year seven schools - Tavernspite, Coastlands, Haverfordwest VC, Goodwick, Ger Y Llan, Croesgoch, St Teilo's - and almost 75 youngsters - took part in the Pembrokeshire leg of the annual primary schools competition.
The festival was organised in Pembrokeshire by Sport Pembrokeshire - the sports development arm of the County Council - in association with the Pembrokeshire Association of Cricket Coaches.
Designed to increase interest in the sport among youngsters, Kwick cricket uses an orange softball and plastic equipment and can be played on any flat surface inside or out.
Councillor Rob Lewis, Cabinet member for Sport and Leisure said it was great to see a Pembrokeshire team win the national tournament.
"Well done to Tavernspite and also congratulations to Coastlands, who also did well to get to the finals," he said.
"Their achievement and the numbers taking part in the Pembrokeshire final shows the strength of girls' cricket in the County and how much it has developed over recent years."
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Sport Pembrokeshire Cricket Development Officer Matthew Freeman said it was now hoped to run a Regional Under 13 girls Cricket Development Centre during the winter targeting girls that had taken part in the girls festival, as well as pupils in Year 7 in secondary schools.
"We hope to set up a regional squad at under 13 level next summer," he said.
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