NEWS
Summary
Natwest
Cricketforce
2008
(Modified
18th April 08)
There
were two working sessions
at the ground on Sunday
6th and 13th April and
CricketForce 2008 T-shirts
were available for all
who helped.
On
6th April, five "mad"
club members appeared
at the ground to the sight
of the heaviest snow-fall
in many years on the Sussex
Coast. We agreed that,
although far from ideal,
it would really hold up
pre-season preparation
if we were not able to
at least remove the perimeter
wire and fencing from
around the square.
This took us a couple of
hours (see the photographs
on this page), but we did
manage to complete the work
even though we didn't see
the pitch at any time !
Thanks
go to Bill Isham, Peter
Cooke, Terry Cutler, Rob
Miller who helped me (Peter
Bromley) get this work
done , thanks also to
Rob for supplying a flask
of coffee and biscuits.
Greg
has been busy refurbishing
the kitchen area with replacement
units and we have also installed
a water heater so we will
have hot water on tap for
washing up.
New
metal shutters for
Pavilion
(created
15th March 08)
After
some major vandalism and a
break in at the ground over
the winter, we have had metal
shutters designed to fit all
the windows along with a replacement
metal door for the ground
equipment area. These were
installed during March 2008
and the primer/undercoat of
all the metal surfaces now
been complete. The top coat
will be completed hopefully
before the start of the season,
weather permitting ! We also
have new higher security padlocks
fitted on all the windows.
There
is still work to be done to
get the pavilion back to normal
but temporary repairs have
been completed.
The
people who caused the vandalism
and break-in/theft were caught
and subsequently charged by
the Police.
FCC
Jumble
Sale
2008
(Modified
30th March
08)
Our
annual Jumble
sale took
place on Sat
morning 29th
March at the
Ferring Village
Hall. This
was very well
supported
by the club
and by customers
from the village
and more widely
in the area.
There
was a large
amount of
good quality
clothes, books/toys,
bric-a-brac
and general
jumble which
had been collected
by members
of the club
during the
previous few
weeks.
We
were delighted
with the support
and actually
made more
income that
we did last
year (which
was in itself
a very good
year) so making
this are best
year for a
long time
. Thank you
to everyone
involved.
FCC
AGM
2008
The
AGM was held at the Henty
on Sunday morning 20th Jan
2008. We had a better than
usual attendance of players
, vp's and the president was
also in attendance. A full
report of the proceedings
may be published later however
here are the highlights:
Changes
to the Committee : Ian Edwards
and Chris Harris have retired
from Chairman and Secretary
roles, Rob Miller and Chris
Daulby have taken on the respective
roles. Mike Lewis and Dave
Bailey remain Sat Captain/Vice
Captain. Greg Dean has retired
from Sunday Captain and been
replaced by Mat Sealby with
Peter Cooke taking on the
Vice Captain role.
FCC
Nets at Arundel
Castle Academy
Indoor School
February and
April 2008
(Modified
25th March 08)
We
have secured for a second
year, Thursday evenings during
February and Tuesday evenings
in April 2007 at probably
the best indoor nets in Sussex.
Details can been obtained
from any of the Committee.
An additional session was
arranged for 27th March.
Annual
Dinner and
Presentation
Evening
This took place
on Friday 30th November 2007
at the Henty. Our Chairman and
MC for the night was Ian Edwards
who provided his witty observations
on the year on and off the field.
He Also presented the annual
awards and trophies. The recipients
of the Awards and the Statistics
for the 2007 season are on the
News page.
End
of season
Workparties
at the ground
(Updated
1st Dec. 2007)
We had Workparties at the ground,
Sunday mornings @ 10am on 30th Sept
and 7th October. This was the usual
autumn pitch maintenance work followed
by the securing of the square perimeter
fencing. We have started work on preparing
the kitchen for the recently donated
kitchen units. We will Also be installing
new flooring and a hot water heater
for the sink.
Chippingdale
President Dave White
(Updated
14th Aug 2007)
Ferring CC is very sad to hear that
Dave White died whilst playing in a
Chippingdale match on Sunday afternoon,
29th July 2007. The news was brought
to us during our Presidents match held
at the Little Twitten. The Worthing
Herald has subsequently run articles
on Dave's long-standing involvement
in Cricket and other sports in Sussex.
The paper has published a long list
of tributes and details on the funeral
which was held on Wednesday 8th August
at 3pm at West Worthing Baptist Church,
South Street, Tarring.
Dave was a very valued friend and
colleague to many members of Ferring
and Also Highdown Cricket Club, he will
be sadly missed.
The Annual Chippingdale Vs Ferring
match was switched location as a mark
of respect to Dave and was held at the
Little Twitten on Sunday 12th Aug.
Ferring
Saturday XI
match at Arundel
Castle Ground
4th August 2007
(Updated
13th Sept 2007)
We were delighted to be asked to
play play our third match since 2000
at the Castle Ground. The match was
against Arundel Grasshoppers (formally
Castle Estate) . The weather was kind
to us again and a low scoring but closely
fought match was held, the grasshoppers
eventually winning by a no-ball on the
last ball of the match.
A selection of pictures from the
match can be found via our Pictures
page
Fixtures
for the 2007
Season published
(Updated
26th April 2007)
The
Fixtures for this Season are now available
on the Fixture
Page, the fixture cards are now
printed and are available from Ian Edwards
or the Captains.
Additional
net booked at Arundel Castle Cricket
Academy
(Added
4th April 2007)
After
five very successful nets at the academy
which started in March 2007, an average
of 18 players have attended and it was
decided to extend to a sixth and final
net on 10th April 2007. The start time
has had to be changed so please contact
the organiser if you want more details.
We have Also been very pleased to welcome
five new prospective players to the
nets.
CricketForce
2007 Photographs and report added
(Added
4th April 2007)
Pictures
of the Cricketforce 2007 weekend (30th
March - 4th April) have been added along
with a brief report of what was achieved.
There was a very good turnout, especially
on the Sunday and a great deal of work
was achieved. Thanks go out to the membership,
Arun Mowers and Travis Perkins for their
support.
New
Photograph Albums for 2006 Season
Saturday XI
(Added
9th March 2007)
Photo's
of the 2006 Season Saturday matches
have now been added to the
pictures page
. Due to the 500+ digital
photographs available, this has taken
sometime in editing.
The
last 10 years Club and individual playing
statistics published
(Added
28th Jan 2007)
Club
Statistician , Peter Bromley, has entered
the results of the last 10 years records
from the score books into a statistics
package. The results of this analyses
was distributed at the AGM on Sunday
28th Jan 2007 and is Also to be found
here.
Club
featured on BBC South Today - Thursday
18th Jan 2007
(Added
Jan 2007)
Club
treasurer Terry Cutler was interviewed
concerning Southern Waters decision
to remove the sprinkler ban on 18th
Jan 2007. The BBC originally interviewed
FCC in Spring 2006 when the ban was
first imposed. There was, at the time,
a threat of a draught order which would
have had significant impact on all grass
sports. The recent BBC programme gave
a brief history of the issue, an extract
of the original interview held at the
ground with Terry and they were interested
in our views of the impact of the water
restrictions on sport during 2006.
Rob
Goacher
(mod
Dec 2006)
FCC
was very sad to announce that Rob Goacher
died suddenly, aged 50, on 7th Nov 2006
whilst in Hospital. The funeral was
on 24th November at Worthing Crematorium
and was attended by several hundred
people, including many current and previous
club members.
New
Photograph Album for 2005 Season
(Added
12th Nov 2006)
Photo's
of the 2005 Season matches have been
added to the
pictures page
FCC
Nets at Arundel Castle Ground Indoor
School March and April 2007
(Added
3rd Nov 2006)
We
have secured Tuesday mid evenings during
March and April 2007 at possibly the
best nets open to village Cricketers
in Sussex.
In the
past we
have held
nets at
various
locations
with the
aim of honing
our cricket
skills during
the winter
and Also
to introduce
new players
to the club.
If you would
be interested
in attending
any of the
sessions
and joining
the club,
you would
be most
welcome
- please
contact
us Here
for details.
There will
be a charge
for the
nets.
Our thanks go to John Barclay at
Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation for
making the nets Available.
Worthing
Herald "Cricket Team of the Week"
- 7th September 2006
(Added
Oct 2006)
An
article titled "Team of the Week
- Ferring Cricket Club" appeared
in the Local Worthing
Herald Newspaper on 7th Sept 2006.
This consisted of a photograph of the
Saturday side taken at the home match
Vs Brighton & Hove Crescent and
an article on our part in the vitality
of Village Cricket. A reproduction of
the Photograph and article may be added
here later.
New
Photograph Albums for 2005 &
2006 Seasons
(Added
9th Oct 2006)
Photo's
of the 2005/2006 Season matches are
being added to the
pictures page
. Due to the sheer number
of digital photograph , these are taking
some time to edit down to a manageable
number. Thanks go to Ivan Salter for
the 2006 Sunday XI match photo's.
Annual
End of Season Groundwork
(Modified
9th Oct 2006)
This
year we scarified the square, repair
the last couple of pitches, applied
grass seed/Surrey loam and erected the
perimeter fencing.
These
work parties took place at the ground
on Sundays on 24th Sep, 1st and 7th
October. Thanks to those few members
of the club who leant a hand, the essential
work was completed by early October.
If there are sufficient numbers attending
on subsequent Sundays then we Also plan
to complete the tidy up of the inside
and outside of the pavilion.
Annual
Dinner
(Added
11th Sept 2006)
This
was held at the Henty on the evening
of Friday 24th November 2006.
Pavilion
Maintenance
(updated
17th Sept 2006)
Workparties
were organised for 14th & 15th September
to remove the temporary panelling, replace
the posts and create new balustrades
for the front of the pavilion. Pictures
of work performed over the two days
can be found HERE,
thanks to all those involved and to
Travis
Perkins for supplying and delivering
the materials used.
New
Photograph Albums
Matches
in 2002 and 2005 Vs Arundel
Castle Estate CC at the Arundel
Castle Ground
(Modified
28th August 2006)
We
have been hosting matches against
Arundel Castle Estate CC since
2000, however we were delighted
with the opportunity to visited
Arundel Castle Cricket Ground
in April 2001 for an away fixture.
Unfortunately the match was rained
off - the curse of early season
matches.
In 2002 we were fortunate to have
another chance to play at the
magnificent ground Although the
weather was overcast with light
drizzle, we managed to complete
the match. In
2005 we were again offered an
away fixture on Saturday 7th May
and were blessed this time with
good weather and a very good match.
Pictures
from both matches can be found
within a new album on our pictures
page
Congratulations
on Examination results
(Added
24th August 2006)
Congratulations
to everyone who took exams in the
last few months. In particular we
would like to say well done to the
following:
- Jason
White (Saturday XI) for gaining
excellent grades in his A levels
which now allow him to go to his
university of choice in September.
- Mark
Isham (Saturday XI) for gaining
an honours degree in Mathematics.
Mark is now having a gap year
before starting his postgraduate
teacher training.
- Sarah
Bromley (Younger daughter of Peter
Bromley) for gaining an honours
degree from the university of
Northampton in Sociology and Psychology.
Wedding
Congratulations
(Added
24th August 2006)
Congratulations
to Mike Lewis (Saturday Captain)
for getting married during August
2006. Additional information may
be added if Mike
is prepared to spill the beans on
events before/during and after the
wedding.
Pictures
from the pre-wedding bachelor barbecue
evening hosted by Andy Lawrenson
on 28th July can be found on our
pictures page
Ferring
Cricket Club web site re-launch
Ferring
Cricket Club Web presence was launched
on www.ferringcricket.co.uk on Monday
21st August 2006. The new website
is hosted by Haylingpages.co.uk for
a peppercorn rent and the domain site
is registered via Gradwell.com again
at a much reduced biannual rate.
Visitors
who attempt to contact the old website
(www.ferringcc.fsnet.co.uk) will be
redirected to this site within a few
seconds.
Royal
Opera House Match
The
Opera House CC returned for the 3rd
successive year to Ferring on Sunday
30th July 2006 for another match to
celebrate our presidents day. A review
and pictures of the match will be posted
at a future date.
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