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Richard Youle

A famous ground by the sea won't host first-class cricket this summer and it's left some people 'heartbroken'

The chairman of a cricket-loving volunteer group has described the continued absence of Glamorgan CC from Swansea's premier ground as "heartbreaking".

The county side is playing a fixture this summer at The Gnoll, Neath, but won't be stopping off at the seaside at St Helen's as they used to - before the Covid pandemic at least.

John Williams, chairman of St Helen's Balconiers, which has promoted and raised funds for Glamorgan since 1972, said: "I feel as if I have been thrown out of my own home and been powerless to do anything about it."

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