Woking & Horsell Cricket Club -
Surrey Championship 2019 – regionalisation for 3rd and 4th XI fixtures
The Surrey Championship fixtures for 2019 have been published and the headline news for next season is the regionalisation of the third and fourth eleven leagues. This will radically reduce the amount of travelling time to games with the aim of encouraging more people to play cricket. That is something we are also very keen to promote as a club. The furthest that the third eleven will travel next season is Farnham whilst the fourth eleven won’t travel any further than Old Ruts with local derbies against Chertsey, Weybridge Vandals, Normandy and Cobham Avorians to look forward to.
The 1st XI also have a new group of fixtures following their excellent promotion last season although the regionalisation does not apply to them. The ones start with an away game at Addiscombe, with the seconds welcoming Bank of England to Brewery Road. The third eleven will host Staines and Laleham with the fourths travelling to Sunbury.
The full list of fixtures can be found here:
W&HCC Senior Winter Nets 2019 - new players very welcome
It may seem a little way off at the moment, however, the season will come around again before you know it so we will be netting at Woking Leisure Centre again on Sunday afternoons from the last week of January. Each session takes place from 4.00-6.00. As you know, we are always on the look out for new players so please bring along any friends who are interested in joining. As you can see from the details below, we have added some additional sessions for this season.
New players - If you are a senior player and would like to play for us in 2019 then please contact Tom Harlow at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details or turn up at any of net sessions below. All abilities are welcome so feel free to come along as we run five senior teams across the weekend.
Woking Leisure Centre
| Date | Time |
| Sunday 27th January 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 3rd February 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 10th February 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 17th February 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 24th February 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 3rd March 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 17th March 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
| Sunday 24th March 2019 | 4.00-6.00 |
Horsell PTA Fireworks Display at W&HCC on Friday 16 November
We are pleased to annouce that we will once again be hosting the Horsell PTA fireworks. This year the display will take place on Friday 16 November from 5.00 until 7.00 with the fireworks taking place at 6.30.
Alongside the display, there will be hotdogs, glow sticks and sweets for sale, and the bar will be open.
Tickets are available on the door and are priced at £5 each.
Elliott McPherson appointed as youngest ever W&HCC captain
Following a testing season for the club in 2018, it was understandable that the focus of the AGM was on the large number of colts’ players that came through the system to play for the adult teams last season and what promise that brings for the future. There is no doubt that they will need plenty of support from more senior players, however, the selection of last year’s Young Player of the Season, Elliott McPherson, as Sunday skipper for next year was a real highlight of the AGM.
Elliott’s father, Neil, spoke about the large number of colts players that we have playing for us and a number of youngsters that have gone on to play representative cricket. 1st XI captain Henri Peters also praised our young players who performed well in the 1st XI’s promotion season mentioning that they and the team had performed above his expectations.
Tom Harlow was elected as Cricket Chairman for next year and Johnny Ayling (2nd XI) and Matt Wilson (4th XI) will join Elliott as “new” captains next season.
There are a few changes on the main committee too with Helen Smith joining as Welfare Officer, Keith Goodwin as Fundraising Chairman and Andrew Murphy re-joining as Communications Manager.
As ever, if you would like to get more involved in volunteering to help your club then we would love to hear from you. Please speak to Peter Smith or Trevor Woods.
Club Work Day Sunday 16th September
The club Work Day will be held at Brewery Road on Sunday 16th September from 10am to take down the nets, sight-screens and tidy up the ground etc before the winter break.
Please make every effort to attend as this is everyones club. If we can get a good number we hope to complete within a few hours.
