Christchurch Cricket Club

Congratulations to " Friendly " Phil Thomas who recently reached the big milestone of 50 years young!

Everyone at Christchurch Cricket Club would like to wish " Friendly " a brilliant birthday and hope there's still a few more overs left in those legs!

Happy Birthday Phil!

Photo's of Phil's Birthday out with the Church boys can be found in the Photo Galleries Section.

Christchurch Cricket Club are having a 11 a side tournament consisting of teams from Christchurch, Ferndale Boys Club, Ferndale RFC, Tylorstown RFC and Ferndale Fire station. There will be a BBQ and refreshments available plus the opportunity to use Christchurch's new nets facilities.

After the cricket, people are invited the The Biz to continue with the refreshments!!

The fixtures for the 2010 season have been announced and it sees the first travel for a tricky away game against Dinas Powys. The seconds hope they can build on the success of last season with a home game against Pentwyn II. Both games are on Saturday 1st May ( 1.30 PM )

The junior section's fixture have also been announced with the Under 15's away to Plymouth Hills on Thursday May 13th, the Under 13's home to Pontypridd on Tuesday May 4th and finally the Under 11's are away to Pontypridd on Monday 3rd May.

The fixture list of all teams can be found in the fixtures section.

Goff, Andrew Griffin and John Edwards shared the spoils in the recent Guess The Score match between Wales V Italy, all winning £33 each after all three came closest to the 33 - 10 scoreline.

A total of £855 was raised over the two games.

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Work on Christchurh's 2 bay outdoor nets are near completion and are on course to be open before the start of the new season. A lot of hard work has gone on behind the scenes to ensure funding was made available for the huge project. But money is still needed to continue with the upkeep and maintenance of the nets so please can everybody make a big effot to raise as much as they can in the Wales V Italy guess the score fund raiser.

More picture can be found in the Photo's Gallery.

A total of £476 was made from the Guess The Score match between England and Wales in the 6 Nations match. As nobody predicted the correct score, the prize money for the next match will be £100. If no correct score is guess between the Wales V Italy game then the money will be awarded to the nearest score.

Annual General Meeting 2010

Gareth Hurton (Chairman) opened the meeting and thanked Anthony Bowen for all his efforts with Junior Section and also his work in providing Outdoor Net facilities at Greenwood Park.
Anthony stated that nets should be completed early in February 2010 and fund raising for these were then discussed. ‘Guess the Score’ sheets were distributed for the Wales and England/Italy International games. These would also be given to Junior members. Anthony would take control of this.
A raffle would then be run throughout the cricket season – Anthony again will take responsibility for this.

Officials, Captains and Committee were then elected:

Chairman – Gareth Hurton
Secretary – Gareth Edwards
Vice Chairman and Secretary – Gareth Francis
Treasurer – Peter Morgan
Child Welfare Officer – To be confirmed
Website Administrator – Mike Stephenson
Umpire – Barry John
Committee Members – Mark Griffiths and Ian Moody

1st Team Captain – Ashley Coates
2nd Team Captain – Alan Williams
Vice Captains to be elected pre-season by Captains

Gareth Hurton thanked Mike Stephenson, Ross Edwards and Liam Jones for their efforts in previous years with regards website, Secretarial work, 1st Team and 2nd Team Captaincy.
Due to personal commitments Philip Thomas would be unable to commit to coaching the Junior Section or playing in the foreseeable future. Gareth again thanked Philip for his commitment to the Club and fully understood and supported his decision.

Junior Coaches for 2010:

Under 11’s – Liam Jones, Gareth, David and Gwyn Francis
Under13’s – Keith Thomas and A.N. Other
Under 15’s – Anthony Bowen and Joe Thomas

Nets have been arranged for all Junior age groups – w/c 1/2/10 and will end Mid May.
Anthony Bowen to arrange nets for Seniors during April.
Outdoor Nets to be used whenever possible.



Gareth Edwards suggested giving responsibility on match days to members of the Club. This was to make the life of the Captains less stressful, enable them to concentrate on team selection, on field decisions etc. and also for the general smooth running of things during the season. The following responsibilities were allocated:

Ground Inspection – Anthony Bowen and Liam Jones
Scorebooks – Gareth Edwards and Mike Stephenson
Balls – Gareth and Gwyn Francis
Teas – Gareth Hurton and Liam Jones
Transport – Mike Stephenson and A.N.Other
Score Sheets – Gareth Edwards and A.N.Other

Kit Bags – To be sorted pre season and will be kept in Biz Club. Responsibility of Captains – they will allocate players to tidy kit after games and clean changing rooms.


Contributions

Annual - £35 to be paid pre season
Nil for students and unemployed

Weekly - £5
£2 for students and unemployed



Next Meeting arranged for 25th February

1. Selection Policy- Gareth Hurton
2. Midweek Cricket – ( Hopkinstown CC ) - G Francis
3. Pre Season Friendlies
4. Gareth Edwards to discuss duties and responsibilities of Secretary prior to next meeting
5. Outdoor Nets
6. Update on ‘Guess the Score’
7. Confirm contributions of students and unemployed
8. Elect Child Welfare Officer