This year’s Shoreham Cricket Club Annual Dinner will take place on Saturday 15th November at Darenth Valley Golf Club. This is your first chance to reserve your places and book your tickets for what is likely to be the best ever Annual Dinner celebrating this season’s fine team performances and to toast the promotion of the 1st XI.

Additionally we shall honour our fellow cricketers in the awards ceremony and shall listen to some short speeches. No doubt there shall be some childish barracking and lots of demands for more alcohol whilst we savour the gastronomic feast for which the choice is:

(all of the above served with a selection of seasonal vegetables and roast potatoes)

Price is £20 per head.

Please confirm to jon.beard@cggveritas.com or jmhabeard@aol.com

Block bookings a speciality!!

I shall send forms round for all to confirm their choice about 4 weeks before the event.

Players are being given the first opportunity to reserve places so please confirm the number of tickets you require and names to me by email and send payment by cheque, made payable Shoreham Cricket Club, to:

Jon Beard, Record, Church Street, Shoreham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7SD

Alternatively payments can be made direct into the SCC account. Details will be supplied with your order form.

- Jon

Friday 22nd August

• Carmine – Irish sister duo playing contemporary Irish/Folk

Saturday 30th August

• Raglan Road – Celtic/Folk Trio (back by popular demand)

Friday 5th September

• Rat Pack/Swing Night – with Aiden Kent

Saturday 27th September

• Karaoke Night

The Shoreham Cricket Tour 2008 is fast approaching – and if you want to guarantee your place you need to email info@shorehamcc.co.uk now, and drop off a £10 deposit on either Ed Walker or Nick Walker as soon as you can.

We have matches arranged for all three days; against Ryde, Ventnor, and Shanklin, respectively. Like last year we’ll be staying in the biggest town on the island – Ryde – but, unlike last year, we have arranged accommodation in a hotel which is fit for human habitation. We have 12 beds provisionally booked at The Vine Guesthouse for the two nights. It is situated a stone’s throw from the sea off the esplanade in Ryde; close to pubs, curry houses, ten-pin bowling, and (dare I say it) the infamous Balcony nightclub. If we get more people than expected interested in touring then extra accommodation arrangements will be made.

So skive off school, bunk off work, and join us on the Shoreham Cricket Tour 2008!

See you on the island,

Ed

Confirmed tourists so far:

Ed Walker
Nick Walker Snr.
Martin Wells
Christopher Brown
James Asplin
Bob Stacey
Ray Trick
James Trick
Sam Trick
Jack Rivett
Pat Barrett

Possible:

Nick Pearce

Hello Shoreham CC Members,

The start of a new season is upon us!

Well it’s meant to be but both games have been called off this weekend due to a waterlogged pitch (today) and a lack of players (tomorrow). But don’t let this get you down – for today is the Grand (Re-)Opening of the all-conquering Shoreham Cricket Club Offical Website.

The revamped site does everything the last one did, and more. Last season’s match reports have now been archived and 2007 averages are up for the world to see. All the pages have been updated (big thanks to Wyn for helping me with that) and many of last season’s best photos will now appear at the top randomly as you go from page to page.

Match reports will be posted on the site after each weekend’s games, and these should be accompanied by some highly professional photos (if you remember the camera Sam!) As members of SCC you are all most welcome to register on the site (if you haven’t already). Registration enables you to have an individual username with which you can leave comments on all the posts on the site. Examples of current usernames include ‘Jock Strap’, ‘Psycho’, and ‘chrisbrownslovechild’.

Join in the banter at: www.shorehamcc.co.uk

Dear Members,

The new season is fast approaching with our first game scheduled for Bidborough away on Saturday 19 April. League matches commence on 10 May. This year we do not have a match manager and so expect to receive communications directly from team captains: James Trick and Chris Brown on Saturday and Sean Bromfield on Sunday. Please respond promptly to their requests for availabilities.

Indoor net practice has gone well with a very good turn-out each week. With a bit of luck on the weather front, we should be able to organise a few outdoor practice before the season starts. It was our intention to complete a full refurbishment of the net at the ground before the start of the season. The cost of this work exceeds £4,000 and we have sought grants to part fund the project. So far the Parish Council have awarded us £200 and we hope to receive in April £2000 from Kent County Council. Once we have confirmation of the KCC award, we will instruct the contractor to proceed with the work. All being well, we will have a fully refurbished facility up and running by end May.

We ran a successful gaming evening in February which contributed £450 to club funds. A big thank you to John Dinnis for organising the event, to Patrick Barrett and his team for providing a wonderful spread, and to Nick Pearce, Graham Peck, Nigel Britten, Ray Trick and Andrew and Helen Montgomerie for their contributions on the night. Once again we are very pleased that the George will sponsor our league match balls.

We continue to invest in the ground and the square is looking in peak condition. We are very lucky to have Haff as our groundsman. The Golf Club will be worm-killing the outfield in the next few days. We have had two excellent working parties in recent weeks. We have completed a good clearout of the trees and scrubs overhanging the ground and the pavilion has had a good clean and a new coat of varnish on the external woodwork. Once again we indebted to Patrick and his culinary skills for providing very welcome sustenance at the working parties.

Fixture cards are now printed and are available in the Clubhouse. Subscriptions are due and our membership secretary Patrick Barrett, resplendent with a new and supercharged hip, looks forward to receiving your payments. You may also send your cheques directly to our treasurer Nigel Britten (address in fixture card). A reminder that subscriptions remain unchanged from last year – seniors £60, juniors £30.

Our Junior section is raring for the season to start. All of last years young stalwarts are expected to return for the new season and we are on the look out for new U11 players – boys and girls. If you know of any young players who might join, please encourage them to come along. Coaching will be more structured this year with input from Andy, Sean and James as well as from Graham and other grizzled veterans. Coaching will start on Sunday 27th April and continue until Sunday 19th July.

We look forward to a great season – with success for you all.

Best wishes

Martin
On behalf of SCC Committee