SATURDAY, August 15, was Jewson Day at Minehead Cricket Club which is always a special occasion and underlines the strong link which exists between the club and their main sponsors.

In addition to their regular spectators, the match between Minehead and Shapwick and Polden in the Premier Division of the Somerset Cricket League, was also watched by a large number of Jewson customers.

Paul Spencer, branch manager of Jewson’s locally, said: “We couldn’t have chosen a much better day to host Jewson Day.

“Jewson as a company likes to support the local community from the grass roots upwards, and we are sponsors of the National League and we have done Premier League sponsorship.

“We like to give something back to the local community and in Minehead we support Minehead Barbarians Rugby Club, Minehead Cricket Club as well as Minehead Football Club, along with the Cycling Club.

“This is just one of the main sports that we get involved in with locally where we are the main sponsor and in return they give us a day where we can bring our customers down to enjoy some sport, share some hospitality, do a bit of networking and build some relationships.”

Paul added: “Coincidentally the Minehead opening batter today is Andrew Stevens who is the yard supervisor at Jewson’s locally, which is really good and another link between the cricket club and Jewson.”

This was also a special day for for 15 year old Noah Hines who was umpiring his fourth Somerset Cricket League match after gaining his ACO qualifications this year.

Earlier in the week, as part of The Hundred Rising scheme Noah, who attends West Somerset College, went to Sophia Gardens in Cardiff to watch a Welsh Fire match and shadow the match officials. In addition to which Noah has been umpiring at the King’s College Cricket Festival in Taunton.