Agenda Apologies for absenceTo accept the Minutes of the 2023 Annual General MeetingMatters arising from the 2023 MinutesChairman’s StatementTreasurers Report 2024Proposal to Amend Annual Subscriptions 2025Report from the Club CaptainWomens Cricket ReportJuniors Cricket ReportSafeguardingCentury Club Update and DrawPresident’s StatementProposal of Officers and Vice Presidents for 2025 Season. Nominations for Hon VPs.Any other Business Chairman’s statement […]
The ECB are running a number of one day Umpiring Courses in 2025. The course will be wide ranging for those who are involved with junior teams, women’s teams, friendly teams or Saturday league sides. No prior experience of umpiring in cricket is required before attending the course. The cost is £70pp but the club […]
Welcome to the final edition of Wizzy News for the 2024 season which includes some pics from the Seniors End of Season awards , a selection of pics from all the age groups that featured in Wizzy News during the season and the results of the Club 200 draw . If you missed any of […]
Welcome to the penultimate Wizzy News of the season. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Only one game to report on this week – the final weekend of the season. With the Second X1 game against Barns Green called off because of a waterlogged pitch it was left to the First X1 […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A fantastic weekend of cricket with the history books having to be rewritten with a new record score for senior cricket in the history of the […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A somewhat disappointing Saturday after both senior league matches had to be called off because of the weather. The Sunday Memorial game on Sunday however more […]
Junior cricket was largely played vs Plaistow and Kirdford in those days, the scorecards below show the 4 innings match vs Plaistow played in 1968. A 12 year old Kenny opens the bowling with best mate Graham Cheeseman – they generally don’t let many others get a game!! Etheridge, Cheeseman and Vickery hogging the top […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Training on Friday evening Training for the various age groups as follows this Friday : Under 5,6 and 7 : Training has finished for the seasonUnder […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Under 14 Festival week Massive congratulations to the Under 14’s who finished runners up in the Under 14 Festival Week. For those who arnt too familiar […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Update on Under 14 Festival Week Congratulations to the Under 14’s for their fantastic performances during their Festival Week : Tuesday – 6 wicket victory against […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Training on Friday evening Just a quick reminder that the Under 5,6 and 7 age group have finished their training for the season. All other age […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Another great week of cricket with some fantastic pics and memorable moments. Litter on the Green There is an increasing amount of litter that is being […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A fantastic week of cricket with some memorable victories by a number of our teams Honours Boards Congratulations to all the players who feature on our […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Parking on Friday evenings – now also at Stable Field Just a quick reminder that parking is somewhat limited around the Green and we would like […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Parking on Friday evenings – now also at Stable Field Just a quick reminder that parking is somewhat limited around the Green and we would like […]
Thanks again to everyone who sent in pics and to Chris Marshall in particular for some fantastic action shots
Wagon wheels – ie where did the players from each side hit the ball and how many did they score off the shot ? What areas of the field do we need to defend well ? What areas of the field were no or very few runs scored ? What do the wagon wheels tell […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A bumper edition of Wizzy news this week which includes around 80 pics of a fantastic Presidents Day – some great reports of the day and […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Only a couple of games played this last week and we’ve also got a somewhat brief but to the point under 12 match report to describe […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club and the local community. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Wisborough Green Primary School are hosting their Summer Fair on the green on Saturday afternoon – please do come along and support […]
Could you be a life saver ? TRIGGER WARNING: This short piece includes reference to extreme sickness and death. At the beginning of the year, I attended a First Aid course put on by Wisborough Green CC for the coaches, it was excellent and covered a massive amount of first aid knowledge in a short […]
Presidents Day – Sunday 23rd June Dear Cricket Club members, I wanted to invite you to Presidents Day on 23rd June 2024. The day is all about a celebration of cricket for all players, coaches, helpers and families involved with Wisborough Green Cricket Club. The day will start at: ·12:00 for drinks followed by a lunch […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of fantastic games including a last ball thriller and some outstanding individual performances again. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Could you be a Life saver ? This week we are starting Wizzy news off on a slightly […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of great victories for our teams and some outstanding individual performances. If you missed last week’s edition please click here The game of cricket Following on from the video on having a runner last week, we are going to cover off […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Lots to report on again with some fantastic pics this week The Green We always receive such positive comments about our fantastic Green from other clubs and […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Hope everyone had sight of the Northern Lights last weekend ? Many thanks to Tim Palmer for this great pic taken on Friday night across the Green […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Lots of teams in action this last week despite the wet weather with some fantastic match reports and a great pic of the historic Under 13 girls […]
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The First X1 will be playing in the 5th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League . Click here for the league tableThe Second X1 will be playing in the 10th Division (West) of the Sussex Cricket League (same as last year) . Click here for the league table Fixtures The first fixture for the […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s first edition of the season entitled ‘Its great to be back’ please click here Are you ready for the 2024 season ? Please click here for club photographer Chris Marshall’s must […]
Who was the best captain you played under and what were the things they did that made them a good captain in your opinion ? How do you think you can bring out the best out of other players in the team ? How do you motivate the team when in difficult situations ? The […]
It is with much pride that I write to you for the first time since becoming President of this great Club. I am immensely grateful to my predecessor, Steve Calder-Smith, and the Presidents before him Neil Trestrail, John Pleasants and Ray Greatorex. The hard work and dedication it has taken to make Wisborough Green Cricket […]
Welcome to the 2024 cricket season Welcome to the 2024 cricket season. For those who are new to the club a very warm Wisborough welcome, and a particular welcome to Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Regular readers will know the format of Wizzy News – […]
2023 will go down as a fantastic season for the club in the history books. A big thank you to all those who contributed to Wizzy News throughout the season – the match report writers who so eloquently put into words our shared experiences and the photographers who managed to capture some magical moments . […]
Under 11 girls vs Haywards Heath The under 11’s welcomed Haywards Heath to the Green for their very first outing to the hallowed turf. Hayward Heath’s parents and players commented on how beautiful our grounds are (despite the drainage channels … ). Who were we to argue – its a useful reminder how privileged and […]
U10’s Batting Step & Swing – Bat pathway Front & back foot options. Consistent in their set up Bowling Rhythm in run up Alignment Drive Fielding Overarm & underarm throw at pace Exposure to catching with hardball. Tactics Running between the wickets Begin to understand “movement off the ball”. Understand basic field positions. U11’s Batting Exposure to sweep Head into the ball, front […]
2023 will go down as a fantastic season for the club in the history books. A big thank you to all those who contributed to Wizzy News throughout the season – the match report writers who so eloquently put into words our shared experiences and the photographers who managed to capture some magical moments . […]
Hi everyone Welcome to the penultimate edition of Wizzy News for the season which includes some great match reports of the final senior games of the season. Next week we will be sending out our final Wizzy News of the season which will include the highlights of the season and reports from our various age […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News which includes some fantastic match reports and pics from the Memorial match between the Vickery X1 vs Spiers X1. The penultimate reflective paragraph of the Women’s match report against Fernhurst in bold is a must read. Our final league games of the season are being played on Saturday so […]
Congratulations on your son/daughter’s nomination to participate in a Sussex Pathway trial. Only the very best players at clubs are selected for Sussex trials and the nomination should not be underestimated. We only put forward players who have the qualities that the Sussex selectors are looking for and we believe are able to compete at […]
Memorial Sunday Dan Vickery Please click here for Jonny Farmer’s video response to his dismissal by Dan Vickery Friday night training Just a quick reminder that the under 10 and above age groups will be having their informal training sessions from 6 pm on Friday evening. Honours Boards Congratulations to all players who made it […]
Ken Vickery Ken played cricket on the green for over 50 years. He was involved with Junior cricket at the club for over 25 years and always remained a great advocate and support for the Junior set up. Many of the current club players have been coached and inspired by Ken to enjoy playing cricket […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News. Another fantastic week of cricket with two maiden centuries in the same game. On Sunday we welcomed the Sussex Disability X1 featuring one ‘Josh Dixon’ to the hallowed turf. Lots of great pics this week with some top class match reports with one very special pargaraph in bold to […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which features a number of match reports from the various games and some great pics of the historic Goodwood Estate grounds in Chichester where our Under 16’s took on Chichester in a Festival game. We have also included a pic of the first rules of cricket – drawn up […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Our senior league games sadly had to be called off because of the weather on Saturday, but our President’s Day on Sunday didn’t dissapoint as our Women’s team took on a Barbarians side and the Presidents X1 took on the visiting Kenya Kongonis. Friday night training Just a quick […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Lots to report on this week including the President’s X1 squad for the game on Sunday and news about who would be crowned Champions of North Sussex as the Under 16’s took on Lingfield. Friday night training Just a quick reminder that our Under 5, 6 and 7, under […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news Friday night training Just a quick reminder that our Under 5, 6 and 7 age groups have finished their training for the season and the under 8 and 9 age group will be having their last training session on Friday evening. It will also be the last training session […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which includes our usual match reports and some great pics of our Girls and Women’s tournament on Sunday Friday night training Just a quick reminder that this Friday is the last session of the season for our Under 5, 6 and 7 age groups. Our under 8 and 9 […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy news which includes match reports of all our games over the last week. We also provide a unique insight into some the techniques deployed by First X1 bowler Jack Sizzey-Carter after he bagged 4 wickets on Saturday. We’ve also included a great pic of the Milky way from the surface […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News which includes reports from all our teams that were in action this last week including a closely fought Under 16 game which included a number of under 12 players. The match reports for both the under 16 and under 14 games were written by the players and are unedited […]