Westbourne Cricket Club, West Sussex!

SEASON 2012 BEGINS! With the passing of the winter frost Westbourne Cricket Club (WCC) begins to prepare for the new season. The fixture list has been drawn up, the captain has been chosen and the net sessions have been booked in preparation for the clubs first game, away at Elsted, on the 29 April 2012.

WCC are looking to build on last season’s success (winning 18, losing 9 and drawing 4). In that time they saw a few magnificent tons, some thrilling 5 fors and plenty of glorious fielding to compliment the usual baggage of ducks, wides, no balls and dropped catches. However to do this the WCC is looking to recruit a few new players for the coming year.

This year WCC have penciled in some 40 plus fixtures, the British weather permitting of course, across Hampshire and Sussex and at home here in the village where cricket has been played for over 130 years. On Sundays a timed match is played and the shortest form of the game, 20/20, is played on a midweek evening. All games are friendly in nature but are also competitive and but played with keen eye on the time to fit in perhaps the most important part of the day, the post-match beer with the opposition after the game.

Last season WCC had a core group of about 20 players who played regularly over the season but have some 30 plus registered players but still struggled to get 11 players at times. The squad is made up of young and old(er) players and with huge variety of skill levels all of whom play simply because they enjoy it. Over the last few years there have only been a few new members join the club and with such a long fixture heavy season WCC need more players, this is our call to arms. WCC NEEDS YOU!

If you are interested in playing for WCC this season the club has two cricket net sessions booked for 15th and 22nd April and this is the perfect time to meet many of the clubs players and of course get a little bit of practice in before the season starts. If you are interested in playing whether you are new to the game or have not picked up a bat in years please contact the club captain... Mark Haines here!