Woking & Horsell Cricket Club -

We have a small number of vacancies in our Under 6 age group for the 2016 season. If your son or daughter is interested in playing cricket this summer then please contact the Membership Secretary This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

W&HCC has a large and thriving Colts’ section and welcomes both boys and girls. W&HCC is committed to introducing cricket and the love of sport into the lives of as many youngsters as possible. Click here to download our poster.

The Surrey Cricket Foundation are running a number of courses across the county in the coming months and they have asked us to promote them.

Below is the list including a description of courses available

Coach Support Worker Courses – Downsend (6^th Dec) and St Peters (10^th Jan): This one day course is ideal for those 16+ year olds who are looking to gain a qualification within coaching, to help them in the running of sessions supervised by a level two coach. More details and booking information can be found on our website here.

All First Aid Courses: These courses are ideal either for new coaches looking to attend a first aid course, or existing coaches looking to renew their qualifications. More information and booking details about these courses can be found on our website here.

CYA CPD Modules: These modules, which are running in the New Year, provide ideal continued professional development for Level Two Young People and Adults coaches. To find out more about the content of the three modules (Coaching teams, Performance and Video Analysis, Training intervention and methods) please visit our website here.

Downsend School CYA Course (January 16): This course is designed for coaches looking to lead a session for participants aged 13+. The course is run over 6 evenings and is ideal for those candidates who work / play sport during the weekend. For more information about the course please visit our website here.

Cleves School CYA Course (February 16): This course is designed for coaches looking to lead a session for participants aged 13+. The course is run over three whole day Sunday sessions and is ideal for those candidates looking to step onto or step up the coaching pathway. For more information about the course please visit our website here.

Whitgift CCC Course (February 2016): This course is designed for coaches looking to lead a session for participants aged 6-13. This is your last chance to train as a coach prior to the 2016 season. For more information about the course please visit our website here.

If you have any queries relating to these courses please contact Simon Hards This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that Woking & Horsell CC have been Clubmark reaccredited following our inspection by Surrey CCC this summer. This is a fantastic achievement and one that we should all be very proud of. Particular thanks go to Mike Tiplady for his leadership in his role as Colts Chairman and David Barter who in his role as Welfare Officer also took the lead with our application. Of course this would not be possible without the dedication, enthusiasm and commitment shown by all of our coaches across the various age groups, not to mention the many parents and senior players who play an active role in making our thriving colts section the success it is today.

For those of you interested in finding out more about Clubmark and what it means, I would direct you to the excellent website

For me the first couple of paragraphs on the Clubmark website say it all. They read “It shows that a club provides the right environment which ensures the welfare of members and encourages everyone to enjoy sport and stay involved throughout their lives. An accredited club is recognised as a safe, rewarding and fulfilling place for participants of all ages as well as helping parents and carers know that they're choosing the right club for their young people.”

Peter Smith
Club Chairman

The club urgently need some help running a Fireworks Display at our Brewery Road ground on Thursday 22 October. We need people on the evening to run the bar and do some stewarding. This is a great opportunity for the club to do some much needed fundraising. The gates open at 5.00 with the display starting at 6.30. Please can you let This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.know if you can help .Even if you can't make the start time but are happy to help please also let Neil know. Thank you.

Congratulations to Tom Harlow who won the Woking Sports Personality of the Year Award at the Woking Sports Awards on Wednesday night at the HG Wells Suite. His category contained some tough competition, notably Woking FC's top goal-scorer from last season, Scott Rendell, however, Tom secured the award due to his consistently excellent perfornances as he led his team back into the Premier League at the first attempt. Tom has automatically been entered into the Surrey Awards as a result of his win.

We were well represented  at Woking and Horsell as Damien Honey was nominated by Surrey County Cricket Club for the Outstanding Services to Sport Award, for his excellent work on the Bedser week.

The latest AGM was a fairly uneventful one with only a couple of changes. The good news is that we have managed to hold on to the vast majority of our strong committee for 2016.

Neil McPherson will take over from Mike Tiplady as Colts Chairman following Mike's two years in the role and Andrew Murphy is stepping down as Communications Manager.

There was some lack of clarity around some of the captaincy appointments, however, Oli Guy will be taking over from Phill West as 2ndXI skipper, with Phill retaining his position as Cricket Chairman, and Dave Lane has subsequently decided that he will do another year in charge of the fives.

Thank you very much to all of those leaving the committee and captaincy roles for all of their hard work and good luck, and thank you, to those taking over.