The club is very saddened to learn of former player and coach Alun Dawkins, who passed away last week after a lengthy illness.
Alun was born and brought up in Crickhowell and in later life returned to the town as head of boys’ PE when the High School opened in 1983. He remained there until retirement in 2014, having also taken on senior leadership positions by that time. He and his wife left the area in recent years to live in Gloucestershire.
Alun played, organised and coached all sorts of sports but cricket was his great passion. He was manager and coach of the Wales Under 14s national cricket team for many years. He played his cricket locally for the Crickhowell and Abergavenny Clubs and coached at both. In this respect, he made a considerable contribution to the development of young cricketers in the area who attended Crickhowell High School, many of whom gravitated to Avenue Road. In his era, the school became a conveyor belt of cricketing talent, many of whom earned county and national honours. There really are too many names to contemplate listing. All have caused to remember Alun with grateful thanks and great affection.
We, at Abergavenny and Crickhowell, mourn the loss of a friend, past player and thoroughly good man. Our deepest sympathies go out his wife, Sally (who was scorer for Abergavenny 1st XI for some years), son Owen (who was very fine player for the club and has gone on to forge a successful career as a county cricket coach) and to all the rest of his family.
