All ages up to 15 years. (U17s train with the adults). Every Friday evening during the season. Sessions begin Friday 22 April with registration and training. BBQ after. Club open from 5.30pm. £10 Registration Fee (£7.50 for additional children). Sessions £4 per child (2nd and 3rd child from family £3 each). All new children are always very welcome whatever their abilities and experience. Sarah McGahan, Youth Cricket Manager. 01953 688295 or 07748 094253
If you hurry, we’ve still got a few tickets left for our annual race night up at the club this Saturday 23 April! It’s our first social event of the season and it is a reliable way of raising much needed funds. Tickets are £6, horses £5 and race sponsors £25. Tickets are available from Club Chairman Robert Leech – please call 01953 498252 or 07770 427361 or email robert.leech@farming.co.uk. Please let Robert know how many tickets and/or horses you require. It’s not too late if you have, or know of, a company that can sponsor a race. This will be our first opportunity to introduce and entertain our overseas player who will be joining us for the season all the way from Australia. Let’s show him a proper Garby evening!
GCC would like to encourage all members to register with Garboldisham.play-cricket.com which is our ‘sister’ website which is run by the ECB and ourselves alongside our main website. Garboldisham.play-cricket.com is part of the ECB play-cricket.com initiative which has been rolled out by the ECB over recent years. It provides fixture information, submission of match score cards (which automatically update club, league and player statistics) and other general league administration in conjunction with The Norfolk Alliance and The Norfolk Cricket League. By registering, members will be able to access all their stats and averages and they’ll be able to fill out a ‘Match Availability’ sheet which captains will be able to view – this will make weekly team selection much easier. To register, you will need to sign up as follows: Go to garboldisham.play-cricket.com Click on ‘sign up’ in the top right corner Fill out the details and make sure that at the bottom, where it asks for ‘Do you wish to apply for membership of a site?’ you insert ‘Garboldisham CC’ by searching for it – eg. TYPE enter ‘All’, COUNTY enter ‘Norfolk’ and KEYWORD enter ‘Garboldisham’ …
Our next social event and fundraiser is our annual Race Night on Saturday 23 April. These have been very popular in the past and it is a reliable way of raising much needed funds. Tickets are £6, horses £5 and race sponsors £25. Tickets are available from Club Chairman Robert Leech – please call 01953 498252 or 07770 427361 or email robert.leech@farming.co.uk. Please let Robert know how many tickets and/or horses you require and whether you have/know of a company that can sponsor a race. This will be our first opportunity to introduce and entertain our overseas player who will be joining us for the season all the way from Australia. Let’s show him a proper Garby evening!
LONG MESSAGE ALERT FROM DANNY CASH! With 30 days until the 1st game there’s plenty of things that need doing. This weekend is Cricket Force. This is a big thing for the club and it’s essential that we get plenty of hands up the ground to get all the jobs done, nets up, covers covered, grass cut, pavilion cleaned and any other jobs that need doing. I have had several people say they are working Saturday, but don’t fear, people will be there Sunday too so no excuse not to give a little time over your weekend for your club! We have scissor lifts coming up at 8am until 11am on Saturday, this will make putting up the nets much simpler, if we have enough people there to help. Please make the effort to attend. If we get the nets up, we will begin outside practice on the 7th. We have a couple of new players and a potential new player who will be in attendance so again please try your best to get up to the club …
From Robert Leech, Chairman Dear All As the season is fast approaching there are various issues that I need to run past you all: Firstly, those of you who attended the AGM will recall that a vacancy on the committee was created. I have received three applications to stand for the vacant position from Robert Fuller, Paul Baker and James Worby. I have no doubt that all three would be worthwhile additions to the committee but as there is only one vacancy a vote is needed to determine who joins the committee. Would you please email me with your choice from the three applicants. robert.leech@farming.co.uk Secondly, a text has been circulated by Sarah informing everyone of the Cricket Force weekend on 2nd and 3rd of April. This is a very important weekend as it your opportunity to help prepare the ground for the coming season. There are lots of jobs that need to be done and it is only right that everyone does their bit. There are two days available so please put a couple …
ECB Guidance Note: Safety measures for helmets within recreational cricket The ECB has recently announced new helmet safety measures, which are being introduced with a view to reducing the risk of head and facial injuries within the game. The purpose of this brief note is to assist Leagues and Clubs at the recreational level to understand the key elements of these changes and what they mean. Players over the age of 18 The ECB strongly recommends that all adult recreational cricketers should wear helmets for certain activities, preferably which meet the most recent British Safety Standard (see below). This recommendation applies to batting against all types of bowling, wicket-keepers standing up to the wicket (who may as an alternative wear face protectors) and fielders fielding closer than eight yards from the batsman’s middle stump, except behind the wicket on the off side. Under 18s The position in relation to u18s currently remains unchanged, and is governed by the ‘ECB Guidance on the Wearing of Cricket Helmets by Young Players’ (www.ecb.co.uk/youngplayershelmetguidance). In essence, batsmen and wicket-keepers …
Here’s a great picture from the South Norfolk Community League archives. It’s GCC U15s from 2007! They were the winners of the inaugural SNCL U15 league. Pictured standing left to right are: Kieran Eagle, Chris Jones, Ben Garwood(?), James Shepherd and Rowan Freake; and kneeling are Grant Carter, Johnny Leech and Tommy Fiddler. If anyone has any old photos that they’d like published on the website, please send them in to us.
Please come and join us for the annual NatWest Cricket Force weekend on Saturday and Sunday the 2 and 3 April. We need as many volunteers as possible up at the ground to help out with getting the pitches, nets, covers and pavilion all ready for the new season. There’s loads and loads to be done so do please try and come along even if it’s just for an hour. Hope to see you there. Can’t wait for the new season to begin!
Garboldisham CC Ladies became the TGS Norfolk Women’s League winners for the second year on the trot on Sunday 13 March after beating Topcroft CC Ladies in a re-match of last year’s final. Batting first, Topcroft notched up 238-7, but with 5 runs deducted for every wicket lost, Topcroft’s net score was 203. Garby batted with confidence and with the loss of just a few wickets, their final score netted down to 261 and they were clear winners by 58 runs. Congratulations to captain Sarah McGahan and the rest of the team! Pictured above: Primrose Rushen, Sarah McGahan (Captain), Lydia Raven, Amy Heaton, Emma Rogers, Anoushka Williamson, Jade Hoyte Pictured below: Thetford Grammar School headmaster Mark Bedford presents the winning trophy to captain Sarah McGahan and stand-in captain Lydia Raven. Thetford Grammar School (TGS) are competition sponsors Thanks to the sponsors of the league, Thetford Grammar School and Norfolk Cricket Board for organising the tournament.
