New Team Kit

Club have introduced new team and leisure shirts for the 2009 season.  Orders have been taken and the shirts are awaited shortly.  For those who did not order in time or who are new to the Club this season - shirts can be ordered 'on-line' direct from our suppliers 'Proven Sports' by following this web-link http://www.provansports.com/acatalog/EK_CC.html

The Club have been successful in obtaining funding from Viridor (Landfill) Credits and Lord's Taverners.  The contractors arrived on site 4th May and despite some horrible weather completed the work in two weeks.  Well done 'Pinnacle'.

We have a fantastic facility for training and the new artificial on the square will allow us to play all our Evening League and junior games on 'plastic', saving grass wickets for week-end league games.

Rabbits Love our New Nets

The new nets have been vandalised by the local rabbit population who are eating chunks out of them.  Hardly a panel that has not been attacked.  See picture below, but otherwise the nets are first class.

John Davies Takes 'Early' Retirement following AGM

After some 37 years as Club Secretary 'JD' has finally hung up his quill pen and retired from the Committee.  John an original member of the Club, formed in 1962, has to use that old fashioned expression, been a stalwart in terms of his unstinting support.

John feels he should also retire from the 'score-box' as he has difficulty in making out what is going on 'in the middle'.  It has been suggested that failing eyesight allows him the option of turning again to Umpiring, but he claims that his poor memory might prevent him from remembering how many balls have been bowled in an over.  (Well ok JD - but these 'issues' never stopped Alan Dickie)! 

                                                  John has offered to sit on the roller again this summer.  Trundling back and forwards 30 yards or so for lengthy periods on a sunny day, lulls him into a state of happy bliss.  Fortunately for all in the vicinity the noise of the roller drowns out his singing!

John was presented with an engraved 'pint-pot' in recognition of his fondness for beer and made a Life Member of both the Cricket Section and Sports Club in recognition of his outstanding commitment to Cricket.

So we now have to break-in a new Secretary - has anyone told Stevie what the minimum tariff is?