Blackwood Town Cricket Club
Blackwood Town Cricket Club is a local cricket club that plays in the Glamorgan and Monmouthsire Cricket League Division 1.
The club runs 3 senior Saturday sides, the 1st and 2nd XIs both play in the above League's top division - the 2nd XI staying up despite finishing bottom in Division 1 due to a club in Division 2 not fulfilling the promotion criteria, whilst the 3rd XI play in the Welsh Club Cricket Conference's Alliance League Division 1. From 2011, the club will also be returning to midweek action in the Caerphilly and District Midweek League giving regular cricket each Tuesday.
The club was previously in the South Wales Premier League in 2009 but due to that League's reorganisation the club is now in the top division of the feeder league
The club fields youth teams in the Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 age groups and both teams have been very successful, the under 15s were The All Wales Champions in 2005
The current first XI Captain is Matthew Evans, second XI Captain is Andrew Shelton and 3rd XI Captain is Rhys Norville.
Their star player is the Chinese hero Gareth Berry. Gareth is an overseas player, who originally comes from China. He is the first Chinese cricketer to make the big step in to top-flight Welsh cricket. He specialises in Batting Wicketkeeping and cooking fine chinese cuisine for his team-mates after the games. He is well known as the elder brother of local streaker David Berry.
Recently two products of the Blackwood Youth System have played 1st XI Cricket for Glamorgan Ryan Watkins (cricketer) and Kyle Tudge