Aberdare is a town in South Wales situated about 22 
     miles from Cardiff. Located in the Cynon Valley 
     the club shares its headquarters with Aberdare 
     Rugby Club. The club plays all its home games at the
     Ynys Stadium which is adjacent to the Michael Sobell 
     Sports Centre. Three Saturday XI’s are run. The 
     1st XI play in the Fourth Division of the South Wales
     Cricket Association, the 2nd XI in the Reserve League
     and the 3rd XI in the Glamorgan and Gwent Conference.
     The club was founded in 1969. Despite little on field 
     success the club strives to improve its standing in local
     cricketing circles. The 1st XI gained promotion from 
     Division 5 in 1995 and finished third in Division 4 in
     both of the last two seasons where a mixture of bad
     weather in 1996 and an unusual loss of form in the run 
     in last season contrived to keep us down. 
     Several promising juniors were introduced in last season,
     Javed Ahsan, Gwyn Myring and Chris Harman all performed
     with skill and maturity. However the club enter 1998 in
     a apprehensive frame of mind due to a combination of 
     players leaving, being unavailable due to exmas and 
     numerous other factors. However I am sure the club will
     be up there battling it out come August. 
     These pages are going to record the 1998 season of the 
     club, beginning with the first Committee meeting
     of the year,all games played by the 1st XI and other
     notable events.It may well be done tongue in cheek 
     but we are sure that anyone who reads the page 
     will sympathize withthe trials, tribulations 
     and (hopefully) successes that we go through 
     during the season ahead.
     
     1996 and 1997 were both so near yet so far, perhaps 98 
     will be our year.
     

     There are several fully qualified coaches within
     the club who run coaching/practice sessions for 
     junior players of various age groups. 
     The club ran teams at U-13 and U-15 in 1997 who
     played in the Mid Glamorgan Junior Cricket
     League.
     In 1998 the U-15's are hoping to play in the
     South Wales Cricket Association Junior League