Woking & Horsell Cricket Club -

Several changes at the W&H AGM

The annual AGM saw many changes this year as several long-standing committee members resigned their posts after years of hard work. Peter Smith thanked the likes of Neil Cheetham, Jamie McMahon, Damien Honey, Matt Lock and James Williams for all of their efforts. The resignation of many of the committee's "big hitters" gives the opportunity to bring in some new members and Jack Allen (bar), Tom Harlow (membership), Mike Tiplady (colts) and Mark Worgan (social) will be joining the new look committee. Jamie, Damo, Matt and James have also agreed to stay on as members without portfolio so will have one of the biggest committees we've ever had.

There were also plenty of changes on the cricket side too. James Woods becomes the new 1st XI captain and Phil West will skipper the second team in 2014. The final change sees Johnny Ayling take over from John Hargan as the man in charge of the Sunday first team.

Good luck to all with their new appointments.

Waitrose Donate £225 to WHCC's Deaf Cricket Programme

Through their Community Matters programme, Goldsworth Park Waitrose have donated £225 to Woking & Horsell Cricket Club.

The money will be used to support the club’s programme to develop junior Deaf cricket which was launched in conjunction with Twenty20 Cricket last summer. The goals of the programme include hosting junior coaching sessions at Brewery Road, establishing regular fixtures for Deaf teams and feeding players into the Surrey Deaf Cricket squad. Our sincere thanks go to Waitrose for their support in assisting the development of deaf cricket in Surrey.

Surrey Championship Season Averages for Pitches and Facilities announced – Well done Ken!

Everyone at WHCC would like to give a thoroughly well-deserved ‘thank you’ to our groundsman, Ken Rapley and his family for all their hard work this season. Ken has provided brilliant pitches, outfields and facilities at Brewery Road and Westfield not just for our Saturday league sides, but also for our Sunday teams, the T20 mid-week teams and our whole Colts section. The league averages for pitch and facilities (marked by panel umpires) have been published and WHCC scored very well across all measures thanks to all Ken’s work and the important investments made in facilities by the committee in recent years. WHCC scored maximum points for umpire’s facilities, high scores for ground prep and pitch performance, and THE highest fair play average score of any 1st XI in the entire Surrey Championship.

Well done and thanks to all involved.

WHCC 1st XI Wins Surrey Championship 3rd Division Fair Play Award for Second Time in Three Seasons

At the recent Surrey Championship Awards Dinner, WHCC were delighted to receive the Surrey Championship 3rd Division Fair Play Award for the 1st XI. This is the second time in three seasons that WHCC has won the award but this year was all the more special as the 1st XI’s fair play score for the year was the highest of any 1st XI in the whole Surrey Championship. Testament to a great spirited team, led by Damien Honey to play competitive cricket in the right way.