Further guidelines have been published by the ECB regarding outdoor practice sessions on cricket grounds. Your Club Committee will be holding a Virtual Meeting to discuss plans how such sessions can be introduced and supervised in accordance with the detailed safeguarding guidelines. Once we have considered this latest news, I shall update you afterwards. Please be patient. PGB, Honorary Secretary, Reed CC
To RCC Players and Non-Playing Members, The Club Committee has reconsidered its stance on the use of the Nets on the Green at Reed and decided to open them for practice. This will be by players Booking appointments with the Responsible Person appointed by the Club, Tom Greaves. If you wish to use the facility, each individual must be familiar with and understand the Guidelines issued by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on the 15th May 2020. The full Guidelines can be found on www.ecb.co.uk then looking for "ECB guidelines for the use of outdoor cricket facilities in lockdown." Information how to book is attached below. I stress that sessions must be Booked and Confirmed beforehand with Tom Greaves on mobile 07787 243915 or by email td_smith@live.co.uk It is not a “free-for-all”; you cannot just turn-up! You must book. Nets will be closed and signage displayed when not in use. The Committee has a responsibility to monitor the procedure and revise it if necessary. Transgressions or mis-use could result in banning individuals or closing-down the Nets again. Please direct all enquiries to Tom Greaves who will instruct you on your personal responsibilities and provide you with a time slot. Please be sensible, take care, stay safe and have fun during this period of fine weather. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club. www.reedcricketclub.co.uk ========================================================================= HOW TO BOOK. Guidance for using nets and outfield for training. The UK Government recently announced changes to its guidance that affected sport and physical activity, effective from Wednesday 13th May. The ECB subsequently issued guidance on the 15th May that should be followed to enable the safe undertaking of exercise in an outdoor cricket club environment. [...]
To Reed CC Members, I am repeating the message from last weekend conveying the Club Committee’s decision that the Nets at Reed CC are CLOSED and NOT to be used. If people choose to ignore this Notice then Reed CC take no responsibility. However, the full Guidance from the ECB can be read on their website, www.ecb.co.uk A summary is reproduced below but if you need to read the links you will have to go their website. I highlight this paragraph: ECB is clear that outdoor facilities should only reopen if those responsible for them are ready to do so and they can do so safely, following public health guidance: no club should reopen their outdoor facilities if they feel unable to meet the requirements. In considering the FULL Guidance Notes, your Club Committee decided that RCC would NOT reopen Nets so please heed the advice and resist the urge to use them. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of guidelines for outdoor cricket facilities use In summary: 1 You can exercise outdoors on your own, with members of your household or with one other person from outside your household while keeping two metres apart at all times. You must only exercise in groups of no more than two people, unless you are exercising exclusively with members of your household. 2 Social distancing of at least two metres must be maintained at all times (unless all participants are members of the same household). 3 Only one-to-one coaching is permitted per session. 4 Nets should be used on an ‘every other’ basis, leaving one net free between nets. 5 Clubhouses can be reopened in a limited way for operational reasons (e.g. [...]
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) issued guidance on the 15th May 2020 regarding Cricket Net facilities and their management. I know many of you would have received or read their message which recommends certain high levels of safety criteria to be met before Nets can be used for practice. Consequently, Reed Cricket Club’s General Committee has considered this guidance and has decided that the Nets on The Green at Reed will remain closed indefinitely. Reed CC take no responsibility for anyone choosing to ignore this notice. We will revisit this decision as and when further advice and guidance is issued. Please stay safe and take care. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club. www.reedcricketclub.co.uk
From the Hertfordshire Cricket League's website. For your information. ========================================================================================================= The ECB ACO (Association of Cricket Officials) has developed three online courses as detailed below. All three are being offered free and will be of interest to those looking to develop their skills and knowledge in these areas: “Basics of Umpiring” – This course is aimed at club umpires who just need to know the key laws and basic field craft and those players who umpire 5 or 10 overs at the weekend.http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/jnqlsg “Umpire Stage One” This course is designed to give an overview of the basic Laws of the game and how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft and match management. This course is an ideal introduction for new club umpires, a refresher for existing umpires and the first step for those who aspire to umpire at higher levels. http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/fnqrf1 “Basics of Scoring” This course is designed to provide you with all the skills needed to start scoring. The course covers the basics of scoring a game of cricket such as scoring symbols, umpire signals, dismissals and gives a helpful overview of the Laws of the game.https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/b3ff5124-d7fd-4e6b-acb4-806ca3d33e56 It is expected that there will also be an Umpire Stage 2 course available within the next two months which will be offered via videoconferencing. If this is of interest please contact David Dokelman david@dokelman.co.uk Those looking to umpire in the League from Divisions 3A to 6B are required to have completed both Stage 1 and Stage 2. =========================================================================================================
The Hertfordshire League (SHPCL) has printed their annual Handbook in a very reduced print run and sent 2 copies to each Club, (normally about 20). Clearly, we can’t share those around between us! BUT, there is also an on-line version that everyone is able to access. Go to www.hertsleague.co.uk, look at the recent Posting, “Herts League Handbook 2020” then click on the words “online version”. The Handbook will open up and by clicking full screen you will be able to browse more easily through all the articles, clubs’ details, “fixtures”, last year’s tables and records going back decades. After a quick glance this morning, I highlight Pages 94, 98, 99, 110 and 148 although there might be other references to Reed CC elsewhere. Happy reading! Stay safe everyone and please continue to take care. PGB Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club.
Because there will be no cricketing activity until at least the 11th July, all Matches, Practices and Social Events listed in the Calendar are Postponed or Cancelled. They are too numerous to indicate that on each individual entry. When we have something concrete, I shall update you. In the meantime, to keep you occupied, here is a (not quite so) "Brief History of Reed Cricket Club" compiled by Life-Member, Steve Dunn, who was President of the Club at the time of its Golden Anniversary in 2006. It has been updated several times since to recognise the Club's triumphs in the National Village Cup and no doubt will have to be revised again after this amazing year of 2020! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Early Days. Although cricket has been played on and off at Reed for perhaps up to 100 years or so, it was in 1956 that the present cricket club was formed. Older village residents recount that both before and after the Second World War matches were played in the middle meadows at the back of The Cabinet public house. The old oak tree (still standing) provided the gathering point for spectators who invariably included Charlie and Bertha Gilbey, comfortable in their deck chairs and keeping score. The club formally sprang to life in 1956 from a suggestion made by Joe Shepherd (our first club captain) to some of the teenagers who went to the youth club that met in the Mission Hall (now a house) on the High Street. Joe asked the boys whether they fancied playing cricket and this led to them searching out what was left of the old equipment, a few pads, bats etc which had been used for those few years after [...]
Hertfordshire League representatives have been in conference with the ECB during the last week. Their latest information sheet includes this:- "FORMAT. Since the Government have yet to indicate how and when the lockdown may be loosened, we can only speculate on what kind of season we may have at the moment. However, we do think it is important to, at least, have an exit strategy and prepare for what will inevitably be a truncated season so that all clubs will know what sort of cricket we may be playing. First of all, we have decided that there will be no cricket until at least 11th July giving us no more than half a season." ================================================================================================ To assist formulating their plans, SHPCL will be surveying Clubs for our views. We await their Questionnaire. PGB, Hon. Secretary, Reed CC
Sent on behalf of Reed Cricket Club General Committee. ===================================================================================== The Cricket Club will still have bills to pay during this crisis and there will be a lack of income from Subscriptions, the Bar and Match fees, etc., which will have an affect on our financial well-being. Therefore, your Committee has decided to ask you the following about Membership Subscriptions. Donation: We are appealing to you to please consider donating a sum up to a figure of £25 in lieu of your Membership Subscription. This will be your contribution to the Club to help us keep it running in these first few months of the summer. We cannot impose making a donation on you, but we do invite you to. Already paid? Some of you have already paid the full Subscription, either as Player or Non-Playing Member. Should you want a refund of all or part of your Subs, please contact the Treasurer, Bethan Smith on 01763 260446, to work out details whether you wish the Club to retain part as your donation, or to be refunded the full amount. Later: If we are lucky enough to fulfil any fixtures later in the summer, we will revisit this subject and make adjustments as necessary. I shall leave it for you to make your own decisions whether to make donation or not. Membership Form: However, we do require ALL existing Members to please complete and submit a Membership Form. An electronic version can be found in the Members Area of the Club’s website, www.reedcricketclub.co.uk This is necessary so that you are covered by insurance and complies with Data Protection Regulations. Please direct any queries to Cilla Robertson on 07852 299719 if you have any. General Meeting [...]
The 2020 Fixture Card will not now be published, (well, certainly not in its original format)! Here is an article I asked Ann & Paul Garrott to write describing their day in the September sunshine at Lord's. ******************************************************************************************** On a glorious sunny mid-September morning, we arrived at Lord’s, the home of cricket. Reed CC had once again made it to this illustrious, iconic venue to challenge Houghton Main for the National Village Cup trophy. Ann and I were honoured to have been asked to take charge of the photography for the day, as we had done two years ago. We waited at the Grace Gates for the Reed players to arrive. Skipper Tom Greaves, followed by the rest of the team made their way through the turnstiles and past security. There was nervous excitement etched across their faces, reality of where they were and the day that lay ahead. The glistening replica World Cup near the entrance acting as a symbol of what had been and could be achieved. The supporters arrived soon after and it was surreal seeing people that are normally seen wandering around the boundary at Reed (the second home of cricket!) queuing with their picnic hampers to come to show their support. Having access into the pavilion was an honour in itself; to climb the stairs that the great and good have climbed and not feel daunted by Viv Richards staring down at you from the wall. To see “Reed CC” proudly displayed outside the changing room near a portrait of Ian Botham was another ‘pinch yourself’ moment. The view from the balcony could not have been more perfect, with the sun beaming down on the hallowed turf. The iconic Father [...]
