Welcome to Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ken Sadler.
Ken didn’t ever play for Wisborough Green but was a great supporter with his wife Gill and was always at Presidents Day with his son James – our President.
Ken played for Horsham, Henfield and Middleton during a cricket career than was over 50 years.
At his time at Henfield he was recognised having scored a Century of half Centuries.
He had been going to Lords for 35 years with James and loved their summer trips to the home of cricket.
He will be sadly missed by all.
Livestreaming
Many thanks to our livestreaming team and Suzanna Braddock in particular for all the hard work in bringing livestreaming to the club and spending many hours generating fantastic videos and player cards. A number of our players who are currently travelling have been tuning in to watch games live on the Green and have enjoyed being part of the action. We are all looking forward to seeing the upcoming Second X1 match against Bosham on Saturday . Please click here for a sneak peak at this week’s player reel.
The stream can be watched on the match centre for the fixture on our Playcricket site https://wisboroughgreen.play-cricket.com/Matches?tab=Fixture or our Youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@WisboroughGreenCricketClub
Honours Boards
Every week we recognise some noteworthy performances by our players. Congratulations to all the players who appear on the board this week
Many thanks to Suzanna Braddock for giving our Honours board a facelift
Friday night training
The weather prospects aren’t looking particularly promising for cricket on the Green on Friday evening and we will be monitoring the situation very closely during the day on Friday. We know how much the children look forward to their Friday evening sessions and if we have to cancel the sessions it will be done with a very heart. The safety of the children will however always be the greatest priority. We will post regular updates on our website during the day in the ‘Latest News’ section of our home page Please click here
Parking
Parking along the Kirdford road remains an issue for us during Friday night training. Last year an ambulance was unable to get through and had to drive across a section of the green to reach a sick patient in one of the properties in Wyatt Close, we clearly cannot have a repeat of this. We ask you to park at the Village Hall or Songhurst Meadow and walk to the green from there.
Kit
We have lots of information on our ‘Ordering Kit‘ web page including a link to the Gray Nicholls Store online store where kit can be purchased. The web page includes some useful videos on how to choose the right junior bat , how to choose the right bat size and how much you should spend on a junior bat. We have also included details of helmet sizes and a pads size guide.
Hats
Our new hats have arrived – they can be purchased at the BBQ on Friday evening – juniors £10 , ladies £12 and senior men £15
Stem/neck guards
We have recently purchased a number of green helmets with stemguards that are available to use. Can we please appeal to all juniors playing hardball matches to wear stemguards on their helmets. This is now mandatory and will also be rolled out for all those under the age of 18yo within the Adult League. Sussex Cricket have made it very clear – no stem guard – no batting in matches.
Upcoming Fixtures
Many of our teams are in action again this next week and all of our age group fixtures are available on the ECB’s Playcricket website –please click here
- First X1 are at home to Bosham away on Saturday afternoon at 1pm
- Second X1 are away at home to Bosham at 1pm on Saturday
- Women’s Hardball team are away to Southwater at Slinfold at 1:30pm on Sunday afternoon
- Sunday Supplements X1 are away to Follies Farm Old Spots on Sunday afternoon
- Under 14’s are at home to Horsham Trinity on Sunday morning
- Under 12’s are against Lindfield away on Saturday morning
- Under 11 mixed team are at home to Rudgwick on Tuesday evening
- Under 11 girls are on Wednesday evening
- Under 10’s are at home to Southwater on Saturday morning
Team selections
Match reports
First X1 vs Bosham
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Dan Vickery – Captain
Second X1 vs Bosham
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Sunday X1 vs Old Spots
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Under 12 vs
Match Report by Captain Jack Brazier
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Jack Brazier – Captain
Under 10 vs Balcombe
Match report by Captain Ted Hurst
We had a game on Saturday at home against Balcombe, our first time playing them. It was a nice sunny morning.
I won the toss and chose to field first so we knew what we needed to try and win the game. Balcombe chose to not wear pads, but we decided we would even if it meant we might be at a slight disadvantage when it came to runs.
We all did really well with our bowling, Archie had some great bowls on target and Charlie, Tom and I got wickets. Out on the field we did well with some good fielding from Finn and Alfred. Jack and Monty hit the stumps from precise, hard throws to run two of the Balcombe players out. Edward and I got some great catches too – catches win matches!
We had some lovely lemon drizzle cake from Alfie’s mum during the break and some oranges from Charlie’s mum – the cake went down really well with both teams and we decided we need lots more for our next match!
While we were batting our communication was great to help us to get in some runs. Tom and Jack had a great innings with both getting 4’s.
The opposition didn’t have as many players as us and we were very good at volunteering to field with them
We had a few funny moments during our batting – Ed B had the ball bounce up and onto his helmet which then rolled to the stumps but luckily the bails didn’t fall off! Also, just before Zac went on to bat a bird pooed on him – turns out it is lucky as the first ball he faced he got a 4, as well as his partner Edward!
We won the game by 29 runs with the final score being 237-6 to Balcombe and 266-3 to us.
Balcombe chose Charlie as their man of the match – well done Charlie!
I enjoyed being captain, especially organising the team when fielding.
Ted Hurst – Captain
Can you help in any way ?
We have over 200 juniors enjoying playing cricket this year which is in itself a major undertaking. There is an increasingly smaller group of volunteers who put a lot of effort to keep the show on the road and we would welcome support from parents – particularly scorers , umpires , tea makers etc etc . If you are able to help in any way please do let us know. We could do with a lot more help – even if its on an occasional basis
And finally – spotted out and about …
(nothing to do with cricket usually – any excuse to have a little chuckle ..)
Helpful advice
That’s it for this week.
If there is anything we need to know you know where to find us
Have a great cricketing week 🏏😊
Cheers
Wizzy