View from Spring Field

It’s always sad when the season ends and it takes a few weeks to get used to not being there!  During the season there are lots of volunteers who do a tremendous amount of work at the Club and it is much appreciated, however there are still jobs to be done and people are still pottering about at the ground.

Following the end of season and our AGM on Sunday 15^th November, both senior teams will play in the same leagues next year, the 1^st team will be captained by Dave Eaton with Adam Webb as Vice Captain, the 2nd team will continue to be captained by Mark Tubb with Jamie Abbotts as Vice Captain, Rose Beck will take the lead on Sundays with assistance from others. Julian Wright will continue as Club Captain. All this is good news for the Club, but we would like to record our thanks to Dave Taylor and David Clark – outgoing 1^st team Captain and Vice Captain respectively – for their hard work over the past few years. Dave Eaton who has captained the Sunday team for the last year will continue his good work in the 1^st team.

The Junior teams had a fantastic year with 5 of the Juniors progressing to play in the Sunday team with 2 also playing in our 2^nd team on a Saturday. This was great to see and part of our development plan is to ensure there is progression through the club for Juniors. They ended the season with the annual parents v children match, the weather was hot and a fair match ensued, at the end Mike Patching presented the trophies on behalf of the MHT Trust, the winners were:

U’11                                          The Whole team

U’13                                          Thomas Shaw

U’15                                          Henry Moon

Most dedicated cricketer            Jessica Newport

We thank the Michael Hardinge Trust for their continued sponsorship of the Juniors, this year we have added their logo to the junior kit to highlight the hard work they do.

Our Dinner Dance was once again held at Bloxham School, a wonderful venue where the theme was the Great Gatsby, it was attended by 80 members of the Club and to see how much we enjoyed ourselves please look at the pictures on our website www.horleycc.co.uk

All our events and fixtures will be on our cricket website or via our village website in the New Year.

We wish you all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year and thank you for all your support this season – we look forward to seeing you next season.

Kind regards, Judith

Judith_17@btinternet.com

It has been a very good year at the cricket club with only one match being lost to the weather, we continue until the second week in September then we close for the winter!

The Junior teams have played very well this year with the U’13s reaching the County Finals which will see them playing their final match in September, we wish them good luck. As ever our Tuesday evening coaching sessions have been well attended with nearly 70 children registered. We will hold our parents v children’s match on Sunday 6^th September, 10am start with a BBQ and Trophy presentation to follow.

Both senior teams are mid league at present with only 2 matches left to play, the second team took a few matches to get used to the new format but have played well and should stay in Division 6 next year. The first team play in Division 3 and are mid table however anyone of 5 teams could currently be relegated so hopefully they will win one of their remaining matches to ensure safety.

The Sunday team have also had a good season, they have played a lot of matches and Dave Eaton the Sunday Captain has played and encouraged the Ul15’s during the games. We hope to see some of the young players in the second team next year.

Summer games evening was another enjoyable night, the competition to win races is great to see and our thanks go to Mike Patching and the team from the Michael Hardinge Trust and of course Noel Keenan for his chirpy encouragement in getting people to compete!

Last Sunday was Presidents day and it was lovely to see so many people at the ground, we started earlier in the day, 12.30 and played a 40 over match, with the Horley XI winning narrowly by 2 wickets.

Date for the Diary- Saturday 24^th October  Dinner Dance at Bloxham School, our theme this year is the Great Gatsby. Further information will be on our website or please contact Rosie Beck.

All our events and fixtures re on our website www.horleycc.co.uk or log on via the village website . Thank you to everyone who has been at the ground and supported the Club this year we do appreciate your support.

Kind regards, Judith

Tel: 07816 134708 email: Judith_17@btinternet.com

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