NEWSLETTER FOR HURLEY CRICKET CLUB MEMBERS - SPRING 2011
A quick update on what’s been happening over the winter period.
INDOOR NETS
Sunday 27th February to 10th April : U7-U11
Time : 4pm to 5pm Place: St Pirans School, Maidenhead Cost : £4 per child for U7, U9 and U11 and all existing and new children are welcome. Please let your friends and family know. We shall be running U9, U11 and U17 colts teams this year and need a constant stream of recruits for the future.
Tuesdays from 15th March for 5 weeks - Adults
Time: 7.15pm to 8.15 pm Place: Desborough School, Maidenhead Cost: £4 per person
For all players and anyone interested in joining the club. We shall be looking for extra players this year at all levels.
HEAVY ROLLER WEEKEND
Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March
Once again we have hired a heavy roller to roll the outfield so if you fancy trundling around the outfield helping to level off the earth on a tarmac roller like Bob the Builder’s mates come along for an hour. Tuition offered. Let Val know when you’d like to take a turn so we can arrange a rota.
COLTS REGISTRATION : Saturday April 9th from 10.00am
Registration and a fun training session for the colts be taking place the morning of the Cricketforce Day (see below for more details). Colts’ fees this year are £30 for coaching. colts game and use of all equipment and facilities at the club.
2011 Natwest Cricketforce : Saturday April 9th from 10.00am
This is our biggest work party day in the calendar and a lot of fun for all ages. In connection with the NatWest CricketForce 2011 initiative Hurley CC will be holding a day of volunteering at the club to smarten up the clubhouse and the ground in preparation for what will be an exciting season of cricket as the club develops its status as a Berkshire County Cricket Clubmark and Focus club.
Hurley CC is just one of over 1500 cricket clubs nationwide that will be involved. Please be prepared to put time aside on this day to help your Cricket Club as we need all club members and as many friends, family and others that you can gather to help out on the day. There will be tea and coffee available all day as well as barbecue and jacket potatoes at lunchtime for those who have worked in the morning. The day should finish at about 4.00pm.
Our focus for 2011 is to wash down, prepare and re-paint the outside of the clubhouse so bring along your paintbrushes, paint pots, buckets, cloths etc to help out. For those who prefer not to paint there will be plenty of other jobs necessary to spruce up the club for the beginning of the season the following week and a list of jobs is attached to this newsletter so please let Val Forrest know that you can come along (01494 521444) and either choose one of the jobs on the list or come along and be allocated a task on the day. .
Local press will be invited along to report on Hurley CC’s success in gaining a grant of £10,000 from Sport England at the end of last year for a new wicket roller and white line marker and to publicise our involvement with CricketForce and hopefully the publicity will generate interest from new players too.
Free NatWest CricketforceT-shirts will be available for the first 30 people who arrive on the day to participate; later arrivals are encouraged to sport the ones they received last year if they still have them. It would look good if everyone was turned out in these T-shirts.
CRICKET STARTS
Saturday 30 April – League matches start for Saturday 1XI and 2XI. Friendly matches will start a week earlier.
LIMITED EDITIION PRINTS
Jocelyn Galsworthy is a professional painter well known for her acclaimed paintings of English and International cricket scenes. She was commissioned to paint the scene below of Hurley playing White Waltham in 2006. A few limited edition, numbered prints of the painting signed by the artist are still available priced £100 each. Please contact Val Forrest at the club or on 01494 521444 for details.
CLUB SUPPER
The Annual Club Supper 2010 held at Bird Hills Golf Club was very successful and the venue will be booked again for 2011. As soon as a date has been fixed we will let everyone know.
SELECTION POLICY
Hurley’s team selection policy will be on show in the changing rooms with immediate effect. Early payment of your membership fees gives you a greater priority in playing from the start of the season so please send cheques for £65 payable to Hurley Cricket Club to Val Forrest 2 Lucas Road High Wycombe HP13 6QE as soon as possible.
BOOKSHELVES
There are 3 large bookshelves at the cricket club which have been donated following an office refurbishment. If you are interested to have one take a look when you are down at the club on 19th March or 9th April. A donation to the cricket club would be kind (suggest £20) and delivery can be
arranged locally. Further information please speak to Val.
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