Rain stopped play, but it didnt dampen the spirits for the official opening of the new Carmarthen Wanderers Cricket Clubhouse at Trinity Fields at Ystrad, Johnstown, Carmarthen.
The opening was due to be carried out against the backdrop of a South Wales Junior Cricket Under-16 match between the Wanderers and Pontarddulais but a classic summer deluge put paid to that part of the entertainment.
VIP guests, including Glamorgan bowler Huw Waters and Carmarthen Town Deputy Mayor Phil Grice, were forced inside the new clubhouse, but at least it gave them chance to explore the new pavilion.
More than 150,000 has been spent on dressing rooms and a lounge bar next to the nets at Trinity Fields.
The new clubhouse is a great example of partnerships at work, said Carmarthen Wanderers chairman David Roberts.
Mr Roberts said the key partners in the project were the University of Wales Trinity St David, the ECB English Cricket Board of England, Cricket Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council, Cwm Environmental Services Limited and Castell Howell Foods Limited.
Mr Roberts said the new facilities would provide an excellent platform for Carmarthen Wanderers Cricket Club. He said the club was already producing junior internationals and he looked forward to the club producing Glamorgan and England players of the future.
The Wanderers owe their name to the fact for 50 years they had no facilities, no proper ground to call their own.
That changed in 1983 when the club signed a lease with Carmarthen Rugby Club to use its ground at Abergwili.
In 1998 it relocated to Ystrad and the Trinity Fields and commenced its innovative partnership with the then Trinity College.
The club fields three senior sides and six junior teams from under 9 to under 16,-with under 7 age group fixtures to be played shortly.
Both the club's under 13 and 15 teams are in the Welsh Cup finals which will take place at Newport Cricket Club.
The club website is at -
http://carmarthenwanderers.play-cricket.com