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Senior Winter Nets Start Tuesday March 6th

Junior Winter Nets Start Sunday February 19th 

The junior winter coaching programme will begin on Sunday February 19th and run for 8 weeks.  The nets will be hosted at St Pirans School in Maidenhead. 

3pm - 4pm 6 to 9 year olds
4pm - 5pm 10 to 13 year olds

The training will be lead by Hurley's team of ECB qualified coaches and all new and existing colts are welcome to attend. This year Hurley will be offering 2 forms of membership (summer @ £35 and annual @ £60). The winter nets will be free for those with annual membership and £4 per sesson for all others. Coaching will include a mixture of batting, bowling and fielding coaching in addition to nets. For more information please contact Dave Forrest at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone 07818 071593.  Full details.

Congratulations on Junior County Selections

Congratulations to Olly Dawkins who has been selected for the Berkshire U10 County squad and David Morgans for the U12 District squad, fine achievements. Chris Dawkins and Olly Wardell should also be congratulated on participation in the U12 winter squad training sessions. 

2012 NatWest Cricketforce : Saturday March 31st 

In connection with the NatWest CricketForce 2012 initiative Hurley CC will be holding a weekend of volunteering at the club to smarten up the clubhouse and the ground in preparation for the new season.  This important event takes place on Saturday 31st March and Hurley CC is just one of over 1500 cricket clubs nationwide that will be involved.

We need volunteers to carry out the jobs and this means all club members and as many friends, family and others that you can gather to help out.  Please be prepared to put aside at least one day of this long weekend to help YOUR cricket club. A barbecue will be laid on as part of the day. 

AGM

President:  Colin Ainger
Chairman: Phil Ridgeway
Secretary: Trevor Balchin
Treasurer: Mike Ridgeway
Social Secretary: Rita Walton
Membership Secretary: Val Forrest
Colts Secretary & Welfare Officer: Dave Forrest
League Rep: Dave Walton
Club Captain: Clive Williams
Sat 1st XI Capt: Dean Nye, Vice Ross Brown
Sat 2nd XI Capt: Mike Walton, Vice Darryn Wright
Sun 1st XI Capt: Matt Hampton, Vice Mike Walton
Sun 2nd XI Capt: Dan Masters, Vice Robert Simon
It was decided that annual subs for the 2012 season would increase to £70 for full adult members, £35 for colts / associate members. Match fees will remain unchanged.

2011 Awards

The 2011 Hurley Club Supper was once again held at Birds Hill Golf Club on Saturday 22nd October. Those present enjoyed a good evening during which the annual awards were presented. The playing awards were dominated by the Taylors with Steve winning the Friendly Batting and Players' Player awards and Scott picking up the Young Player award. Rita Walton reveived the Clubman award, justly deserved for all her hard work during the season  Full details of the season's stats and award winners can be found here.

Big hitting Lewis smashes Hurley CC record books

There’s no stopping 16-year-old star batsman
Big hitting Lewis smashes Hurley CC record books 

Summer of Sport & Fantasy Cricket

The entry forms for Summer of Sport and Fantasy Cricket are available to download at Summer of Sport and Fantasy Entry

2011 Natwest Cricketforce : Saturday April 9th 

In connection with the NatWest CricketForce 2011 initiative Hurley CC will be holding a weekend of volunteering at the club to smarten up the clubhouse and the ground in preparation for the new season.  This important event takes place on Saturday 9th April 2011 and Hurley CC is just one of over 1500 cricket clubs nationwide that will be involved.

We need volunteers to carry out the jobs and this means all club members and as many friends, family and others that you can gather to help out.  Please be prepared to put aside at least one day of this long weekend to help YOUR cricket club.

A barbecue will be laid on as part of the day.

Hurley hits the front page of the News of the World!

Shane Warne does more for the popularity of Hurley and cricket than any of the club's legspinners have ever done with his relationship with model and actress Liz Hurley.

Shane Warne on Twitter
Liz Hurley on Twitter
News of the World article
Herald Sun article

Fred Furneaux wins Windsor & Maidenhead Borough 2010 "Lifetime Achievement" Award

At the 9th Annual Celebration of Leisure and Cultural Achievement 2010 in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Fred was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award. He is pictured with the 2 guest speakers Campbell Walsh (winner of an Olympic silver in slalom canoeing at the 2004 Athens Olympics) and Will Hodgkinson (the Times rock music critic and author).

This is another richly deserved award recognising Fred's commitment and dedication in not just setting up the Hurley colts section but also founding the football club and scouting organisation in the village.

Fred's nomination
Fred is one of local sport's good guys, an amazing man, selfless, unassuming and someone who best exemplifies the Spirit of Cricket.  He joined Hurley in 1970 and played across 4 decades scoring 2 hundreds, taking 500 wickets and 100+ catches. Fred set up the colts section in 1975 and ran it almost single handedly until 2009 when he retired. Fred loves coaching and harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of young people.  Fred also set up and ran Hurley Football club for more than 30 years and founded and ran Hurley scouts for 10 years.

He has left a legacy for generations of young cricketers in the Maidenhead Borough who would pay testimony to his dedication and good nature. Much of the current senior membership has come through the ranks.

Retirement for Fred isn't one for rest as he is still involved as a willing umpire or scorer if needed. Fred was groundsmen for many years and will still be there for a pre-season work party or Cricket Force event.  Finally, Fred was snapped mowing the outfield in “a very dignified state of undress”, days before his 70th birthday, as part of a charity calender made by the villagers that raised £2,000!

Only one word can describe Fred Furneaux, LEGEND.

Val Forrest and Fred Furneaux win Berkshire Cricket Board OSCAs

Congratulations to Val Forrest who won the Berkshire Cricket Board OSCA for "Behind the Scenes" contribution and Fred Furneaux who was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award. 

Both recently attended the national finals held in the Lords Nursery pavilion.  More than 400 OSCA winners from across the UK attended the dinner and were entertained by Jonathan Agnew, Michael Vaughan, Mike Gatting and Matt Prior.  

Both have been recognised by the county for something that we at Hurley have known for a long time,they are STARs. Below are our nominations to remind you all of their dedication, and perhaps to inspire some of you to try a little harder to help make the difference for Hurley.

Read more about the 2010 ECB OSCAs dinner at Lords

What are the NatWest OSCAs?
The NatWest OSCAs (Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards) are aimed at recognising those volunteers who give so much of their time to the game of cricket – without these individuals the game would not survive.

Val's Nomination
Statistics have always mattered a lot to cricketers, but does anyone ever honour the tea lady who passes 1,000 matches in preparing and serving teas to those same hungry cricketers? Val recently passed this milestone, having been serving teas at Hurley since 1975. Her selfless commitment has earned her many a compliment from visiting teams. Hurley has an excellent reputation for providing a “good graze” at teatime.

But Val’s contribution has been much more than that of providing teas; if there is an out of season work party, Val is always there and is a dab hand at clearing nettles etc from the boundary edge. Some years ago Val took on the role of membership secretary, chasing players for subscriptions and up-to-date contact information. Five years ago, she combined that role with that of chief fundraiser, scouring the internet and local papers for any opportunity to apply for grants, subsidised loans, econd-hand equipment, etc.

For three years, Val also held the role of Child Welfare Officer as Hurley’s determination to keep attracting local youngsters into the game required someone with care and commitment to fulfil that role. Hurley is truly indebted to Val’s commitment and enthusiasm.

Fred's Nomination
Fred is one of local sport's good guys, an amazing man, selfless, unassuming and someone who best exemplifies the Spirit of Cricket. He joined Hurley in 1970 and played across 4 decades scoring 2 hundreds, taking 500 wickets and 100+ catches.

Fred set up the colts section in 1975 and ran it almost single handedly until 2009 when he retired. Fred loves coaching and harnessing the talent and enthusiasm of young people. He has left a legacy for generations of young cricketers in the Maidenhead Borough who would pay testimony to his dedication and good nature. Much of the current senior membership has come through the ranks.

Retirement for Fred isn't one for rest as he is still involved as a willing umpire or scorer but with a preference for relaxing and watching a new generation develop. Fred was groundsmen for many years and will still be there for a pre-season work party or Cricket Force event.

Finally, Fred was snapped mowing the outfield in “a very dignified state of undress”, days before his 70th birthday, as part of a charity calender made by the villagers that raised £2,000!

Only one word can describe Fred Furneaux, LEGEND.

More Information
More information on NatWest OSCAs

Congratulations to the Saturday 2nd XI who were promoted into the 1st division of the Chiltern league after winning 8 out of their last 9 fixtures and finishing as runner up to Wargrave. 350+ runs from Imran Arshad and James Taylor coupled with 20+ wickets from Dave Pollitt and Imran Arshad were the outstanding contributors.

Clubmark Presentation - Sunday June 27th

Hurley have been presented with the ECB recognised Clubmark Accreditation.  This is a fantastic achievement for us and we're only the 21st club in Berkshire to receive this.  Dave Forrest (Youth Cricket Manager) and Hurley's 3 ECB qualified coaches David Simoes, Mark Allen and Neil Dawkins  were presented with the accreditation from Mark Roche, Cricket Development Manager for Berkshire.






Find out more about Hurley Cricket Club's Clubmark Accreditation

Maidenhead Advertiser article on Hurley's Clubmark Accreditation

Henley Standard article on Hurley's Clubmark Accreditation

ECB Coaching Qualifications

Coaching Qualifications Congratulations to Neil Dawkins, Darryn Wright and David Simoes who recently qualified for their ECB Level 2 coaching badge.  Hurley is now lucky enough to have 4 ECB qualified coaches helping out as part of the Youth Programme:

Mark Allen - Level 2
Neil Dawkins - Level 2
David Simoes - Level 2
Darryn Wright - Level 2
Amy Allen - Level 2
Alan Morgans - Level 1

NatWest CricketForce weekend - 27th March 2010

Read the Hurley blog on CricketForce published on the ECB website
 
In connection with the NatWest CricketForce 2010 initiative Hurley CC will be holding a weekend 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 Focus club.  This important event takes place on Saturday 27th March 2010 and Hurley CC is just one of over 1500 cricket clubs nationwide that will be involved.

We need volunteers to carry out the jobs and this means all club members and as many friends, family and others that you can gather to help out.  Please be prepared to put aside at least one day of this long weekend to help YOUR cricket club.We need volunteers to carry out the jobs. 

Details of the Hurley CC plan for CricketForce 2010
CricketForce details from the ECB

50 Years at Shepherds Lane... 

Fifty years of cricket were celebrated in style at Hurley on Saturday with over 70 members and guests gathering for a festival of nostalgia and vague recollections. Over 20 past members made it back to the club and their numbers were swelled by wives, girl-fiends, burgeoning prodigy and in some cases ex wives (not burgeoning I hastily add – Laura), all of which made for a terrific atmosphere under blazing blue skies and verdant rural surroundings.
Cricket was played after a welcome pint and bacon roll. Three teams were cobbled together from complaining aging bodies, bodies fuelled by memories alone and a liberal sprinkling of our current crop of talented youngsters and current players. The cricket however was incidental and the results unimportant. What was brilliant was to see the likes of Mark ‘Mad Dog’ Allen, Kevin Clement, Peter ‘Bitter Dash’ Bassett, Neil ‘Lardy’ Dawkins, Nally ‘Wally’ Fernando, Brian ‘the talc pint’ Griffin, Neil ‘Doc’ Halliday, Tim Kendrick, Kunal ‘The Destroyer’ Nandwani, Mike ‘Burble’ Taylor and Chris Raymond score runs once again on the hallowed turf. The more sensible old timers preferred to shelter in the pavilion with a pint and ward off dementia by trying to recall names and faces and some classic tours. The challenge of the day was to put names to faces as another car load of veterans disembarked to see if there was anyone from their era there.
A tremendous effort by a few club members ensured an opulent tea, sumptuous BBQ and an excellent day. A stray sheep tried to join in the fun and ‘doc’ was all for a spit roast but in the end settled for burger and a sausage. While some could boast an association going back over 40 years with the club, the pride of place had to go to Alan Mustoo who was one of the few who re-launched the club in the village in 1959. Apologies to those who we could not find contact details for, but if you would like to contact us via the website we can ensure we put you on the list in future, hopefully before the next 50 years is celebrated.

A full list of past players attending is as follows (12th September 2009):
Mark Allen, Peter Bassett, Andy Chapman, Kevin Clement, John Cobby, Laurie Cox, Neil Dawkins, Paul Dutton, Nally Fernanado, Johnny Furneaux, Danny Fois, Gordon Ford, Brian Griffin, Neil Halliday, Tim Kendrick, Jeremy Lee, Chris Long, Alan Mustoo, Kunal Nandwani, Chris Raymond, Ian Shepherd, Mike Taylor, Martin Tetlow.

The Times to cover Hurley match.

On Saturday July 11 2009, we'll be lucky enough to have a journalist from The Times down at Hurley writing an article on cricket at grass roots level.  Let's hope the sun shines for the 2nd XI game against Littlewick Green. 






Click this link to Times Article