Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Only a couple of games played this last week and we’ve also got a somewhat brief but to the point under 12 match report to describe […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club and the local community. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Wisborough Green Primary School are hosting their Summer Fair on the green on Saturday afternoon – please do come along and support […]
Could you be a life saver ? TRIGGER WARNING: This short piece includes reference to extreme sickness and death. At the beginning of the year, I attended a First Aid course put on by Wisborough Green CC for the coaches, it was excellent and covered a massive amount of first aid knowledge in a short […]
Presidents Day – Sunday 23rd June Dear Cricket Club members, I wanted to invite you to Presidents Day on 23rd June 2024. The day is all about a celebration of cricket for all players, coaches, helpers and families involved with Wisborough Green Cricket Club. The day will start at: ·12:00 for drinks followed by a lunch […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of fantastic games including a last ball thriller and some outstanding individual performances again. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Could you be a Life saver ? This week we are starting Wizzy news off on a slightly […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of great victories for our teams and some outstanding individual performances. If you missed last week’s edition please click here The game of cricket Following on from the video on having a runner last week, we are going to cover off […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Lots to report on again with some fantastic pics this week The Green We always receive such positive comments about our fantastic Green from other clubs and […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Hope everyone had sight of the Northern Lights last weekend ? Many thanks to Tim Palmer for this great pic taken on Friday night across the Green […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Lots of teams in action this last week despite the wet weather with some fantastic match reports and a great pic of the historic Under 13 girls […]
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The First X1 will be playing in the 5th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League . Click here for the league tableThe Second X1 will be playing in the 10th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League (same as last year) . Click here for the league table Fixtures The first fixture for the […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s first edition of the season entitled ‘Its great to be back’ please click here Are you ready for the 2024 season ? Please click here for club photographer Chris Marshall’s must […]
Who was the best captain you played under and what were the things they did that made them a good captain in your opinion ? How do you think you can bring out the best out of other players in the team ? How do you motivate the team when in difficult situations ? The […]
It is with much pride that I write to you for the first time since becoming President of this great Club. I am immensely grateful to my predecessor, Steve Calder-Smith, and the Presidents before him Neil Trestrail, John Pleasants and Ray Greatorex. The hard work and dedication it has taken to make Wisborough Green Cricket […]
Welcome to the 2024 cricket season Welcome to the 2024 cricket season. For those who are new to the club a very warm Wisborough welcome, and a particular welcome to Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Regular readers will know the format of Wizzy News – […]
2023 will go down as a fantastic season for the club in the history books. A big thank you to all those who contributed to Wizzy News throughout the season – the match report writers who so eloquently put into words our shared experiences and the photographers who managed to capture some magical moments . […]
Under 11 girls vs Haywards Heath The under 11’s welcomed Haywards Heath to the Green for their very first outing to the hallowed turf. Hayward Heath’s parents and players commented on how beautiful our grounds are (despite the drainage channels … ). Who were we to argue – its a useful reminder how privileged and […]
U10’s Batting Step & Swing – Bat pathway Front & back foot options. Consistent in their set up Bowling Rhythm in run up Alignment Drive Fielding Overarm & underarm throw at pace Exposure to catching with hardball. Tactics Running between the wickets Begin to understand “movement off the ball”. Understand basic field positions. U11’s Batting Exposure to sweep Head into the ball, front […]
2023 will go down as a fantastic season for the club in the history books. A big thank you to all those who contributed to Wizzy News throughout the season – the match report writers who so eloquently put into words our shared experiences and the photographers who managed to capture some magical moments . […]
Hi everyone Welcome to the penultimate edition of Wizzy News for the season which includes some great match reports of the final senior games of the season. Next week we will be sending out our final Wizzy News of the season which will include the highlights of the season and reports from our various age […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News which includes some fantastic match reports and pics from the Memorial match between the Vickery X1 vs Spiers X1. The penultimate reflective paragraph of the Women’s match report against Fernhurst in bold is a must read. Our final league games of the season are being played on Saturday so […]
Congratulations on your son/daughter’s nomination to participate in a Sussex Pathway trial. Only the very best players at clubs are selected for Sussex trials and the nomination should not be underestimated. We only put forward players who have the qualities that the Sussex selectors are looking for and we believe are able to compete at […]
Memorial Sunday Dan Vickery Please click here for Jonny Farmer’s video response to his dismissal by Dan Vickery Friday night training Just a quick reminder that the under 10 and above age groups will be having their informal training sessions from 6 pm on Friday evening. Honours Boards Congratulations to all players who made it […]
Ken Vickery Ken played cricket on the green for over 50 years. He was involved with Junior cricket at the club for over 25 years and always remained a great advocate and support for the Junior set up. Many of the current club players have been coached and inspired by Ken to enjoy playing cricket […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Another fantastic week of cricket with two maiden centuries in the same game. On Sunday we welcomed the Sussex Disability X1 featuring one ‘Josh Dixon’ to the hallowed turf. Lots of great pics this week with some top class match reports with one very special pargaraph in bold to […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which features a number of match reports from the various games and some great pics of the historic Goodwood Estate grounds in Chichester where our Under 16’s took on Chichester in a Festival game. We have also included a pic of the first rules of cricket – drawn up […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Our senior league games sadly had to be called off because of the weather on Saturday, but our President’s Day on Sunday didn’t dissapoint as our Women’s team took on a Barbarians side and the Presidents X1 took on the visiting Kenya Kongonis. Friday night training Just a quick […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Lots to report on this week including the President’s X1 squad for the game on Sunday and news about who would be crowned Champions of North Sussex as the Under 16’s took on Lingfield. Friday night training Just a quick reminder that our Under 5, 6 and 7, under […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Friday night training Just a quick reminder that our Under 5, 6 and 7 age groups have finished their training for the season and the under 8 and 9 age group will be having their last training session on Friday evening. It will also be the last training session […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which includes our usual match reports and some great pics of our Girls and Women’s tournament on Sunday Friday night training Just a quick reminder that this Friday is the last session of the season for our Under 5, 6 and 7 age groups. Our under 8 and 9 […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which includes match reports of all our games over the last week. We also provide a unique insight into some the techniques deployed by First X1 bowler Jack Sizzey-Carter after he bagged 4 wickets on Saturday. We’ve also included a great pic of the Milky way from the surface […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News which includes reports from all our teams that were in action this last week including a closely fought Under 16 game which included a number of under 12 players. The match reports for both the under 16 and under 14 games were written by the players and are unedited […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News which includes reports on a narrow First X1 loss and victories for our Second X1 and Ladies teams, and a fantastic century for one of our players in a record scoring game. We also have a Wizzy news exclusive – a picture of our First X1 Umpire Peter Mattock […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News with lots to report on as usual Honours Boards A very full Honours board this week which includes a set of twins and two players who get three mentions on the board. We also have an 8 year old player who played for Girls under 11 team nominated as […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Some great games to report on this week including some pics of the First X1 game against Burgess Hill. We have also included some pics of some of our cricketers taking part in the RunWisborough event on Sunday Training on Friday evening Training for the Under 12, Under 14 […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Lots to report on a usual with plenty of great performances to celebrate. Honours Boards Congratulations to all who made it onto our Honours Board this week – most notably Matt Watts who narrowly missed out on his first century in the Second X1 game against Ifield – see […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Hope everyone is enjoying the half term break and a bit of sunshine. Lots to report on as usual – including some great pics from cameraman Chris Marshall Junior training on Friday evening Just a quick reminder that there will be training for the Juniors on Friday evening as […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Lots to report on as usual including a very special innings by one of our 16 year old players and plenty of great pics from our Women’s game against Chiddingfold. There is often a point in time during the season when it feels appropriate to play one of our […]
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Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. It’s been a busy week of cricket on the Green this last week – fingers crossed that weather continues to behave itself this next week. History was made at the club this last weekend when our Women’s X1 played in their very first Women’s League fixture against Fernhurst and […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. We were delighted to have our first junior training session of the season on Friday – it’s so good to be back on the Green ! The weather dosn’t look too promising for this Friday’s training so please do keep a lookout for updates on our website tomorrow to […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News Following two failed attempts at getting our Friday evening training sessions going due to the weather, we are looking foward to welcoming our Juniors to training this Friday evening. The weather forecasts seem to be mixed but the good news is that the ground isnt too wet underfoot so […]
The First X1 will be playing in the 4th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League having been promoted from the 5th Division at the end of the 2022 season . Click here for the league tableThe Second X1 will be playing in the 10th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League (same as last […]
Welcome to the 2023 cricket season Welcome to the 2023 cricket season. For those who are new to the club a very warm welcome, and a particular welcome to Wizzy News – our regular roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. We are all looking forward to the new season which is […]
Welcome to the 2023 cricket season Welcome to the 2023 cricket season. For those who are new to the club a very warm welcome, and a particular welcome to Wizzy News – our regular roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. We are all looking forward to the new season which is […]
Welcome to our final Wizzy News for the Season whcih includes pics from our end of season event, end of season honours boards for our various age groups and some previoulsy published pics taken during the season End of Season awards Pics from our End of season awards on 30 Sept at the Bat and […]
Welcome to our penultimate Wizzy News for the Season . Our final end of of Season Wrap will be coming out in a couple of weeks time so do look out for it. If you missed last week’s edition of Wizzy News, please click here End of Season awards Junior Ball and awards Senior Dinner […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition of Wizzy News, please click here Junior cricket training Just a quick reminder that Junior cricket training has officially finished for the season but there will be training for the […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition of Wizzy News, please click here Junior cricket training Just a quick reminder that Junior cricket training has officially finished for the season but there will be training for the […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition of Wizzy News, please click here Junior cricket training Just a quick reminder that Junior cricket training has officially finished for the season but there will be training for the […]