Winter Nets – Open to all-comers

For the remaining 5 sessions as we approach the new season, these practice sessions have been opened-up and all members and potential new players will be welcome irrespective of which standard / Team they normally play in. Contacts are Tom Greaves 07787 243915 and Marcus Martin 07956 021016. =============================================================================== With the New Year just beginning, and the Second Test Match between South Africa and England about to start in a sunny Cape Town , our thoughts turn towards the 2016 domestic cricket season only 16 weeks away. To prepare, practice sessions commence this week. The First Team Squad are scheduled for Wednesday 6th January between 2000hrs and 2130hrs, then every fortnight thereafter until April. The remaining Adult players' sessions will be every fortnight starting on Wednesday the 13th January, also from 2000hrs to 2130hrs. Practices for All Age-Groups of Colts will be on every Saturday morning commencing on 9th January between 1000hrs and 1100hrs. All sessions for adults and colts will be at the Freman College Sports Hall. Please refer to the Events Calendar on the right-side of the RCC homepage to check all dates. Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to you all. PGB, Hon. Sec., RCC. (Oldest Centurion!)

By |2016-04-22T12:37:17+01:00January 2nd, 2016|Categories: 2016, Adult Training, Colts' Training, News|Tags: |Comments Off on Winter Nets – Open to all-comers

Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League Presentations, 30th January

Saracens Rugby Union Football Club, sponsors of the Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League, would like to invite you and your players, coaches and support staff to Allianz Park Stadium, Hendon, on Saturday 30th January 2016 for the Herts Cricket League Family Day Out. It is a Cricket family day out for all your members, coaches and their families to celebrate the 2015 cricket season and to turn the South Stand at Allianz Park White with cricket fans. You are encouraged to wear your white cricket sweaters. There will be presentations to the winners and runners-up of all the divisions in the League and these will take place in the Olympic Bar within the East Stand of Allianz Park between 1pm and 2pm. Everyone may then enjoy the pre-match atmosphere before taking their seats to watch Saracens RUFC in action against Bath RUFC in their Aviva Premiership Clash starting at 3pm. Tickets are priced at ÂŁ20 for Adults and ÂŁ10 for U16. Please contact either: Richard Robertson [email protected] or Cilla Robertson [email protected] to book your tickets – No later than Sunday 3rd January.

By |2015-12-15T13:11:02+00:00December 15th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News, Social|Tags: , |Comments Off on Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League Presentations, 30th January

Club Awards Winners, 2015

The Presentation of the RCC Trophies and Awards took place at the Old Bull Inn, Royston on the 21st November. This year's winners are listed below. To see previous winners, (going back decades in some cases), look at the "History" pages on this website. TONY BYSOUTH CUP - JACK CAINE DIANA FIELD CUP - RICHARD JOHNSON DAVE BOWLES MEMORIAL CUP - CHRIS JACKSON MIKE JACKSON MEMORIAL TROPHY - TOBY EMES BAKER AWARD - ROB LANKESTER NATIONAL VILLAGE CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR - ALEX MUTUCUMARANA KING DUCK - REECE FITZGERALD & SEAN TIDEY 1st XI BATSMAN OF THE YEAR - JAMES HESLAM 1st XI BOWLER OF THE YEAR - PHIL LILL 1st XI PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR - JAMES HESLAM 2nd XI BATSMAN OF THE YEAR - MARCUS MARTIN 2nd XI BOWLER OF THE YEAR - KARL WARD 2nd XI PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR - RICHARD JOHNSON 3rd XI BATSMAN OF THE YEAR - RICHARD BARLOW 3rd XI BOWLER OF THE YEAR - MICHAEL ROBERTSON 3rd XI STEVE LOVEGROVE MEMORIAL TROPHY for 3rd XI PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR - ROB WILLOUGHBY 4th XI BATSMAN OF THE YEAR - ZAC CONLEY 4th XI BOWLER OF THE YEAR - NEIL HASLAM 4th XI PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR - ZAC CONLEY SUN 1st XI BATSMAN OF THE YEAR - JAMES HESLAM SUN 1st XI BOWLER OF THE YEAR - ALEX MUTUCUMARANA CLUB CAPTAIN'S PERSONAL AWARDS - HANNAH HESLAM & STUART SMITH HOWARD MARSHALL CUP, (Presented to the Team of the Season) - SATURDAY 2nd XI (Winners of Division 5B) SPECIAL AWARD (Teas) - ROSEMARY COLLINS, RUTH TIDEY & HANNAH HESLAM SPECIAL AWARD (Ground) - RICHARD ROBERTSON SPECIAL AWARD (In appreciation of 8-year tenure as [...]

By |2015-11-22T16:02:58+00:00November 22nd, 2015|Categories: 2015, Annual Award Dinner, News, Social|Tags: , |Comments Off on Club Awards Winners, 2015

New management structure; Executive and General Committees

As a result of the AGM held on the 19th November, the following comprise the Club General Committee: Club President - Andrew Emms. Club Chairman – John Heslam. Honorary Secretary – Peter Baker. Honorary Treasurer – Bethan Smith. Playing Committee Chairman – Paul Watts. Bar Committee Chairman – Peter McMeekin. Ground Committee Chairman – Richard Robertson. Membership Secretary – Cilla Robertson. Welfare Officer – Cilla Robertson. Fixtures Secretary – Peter Wholley. Coaches’ Coordinator – Richard Barlow. Fundraising Officer – James Heslam. Social Secretary - Matt Bowles. Colts Liaison Officer – Ian Osborne. Under 25 Representative – Mitchell Cooper. Club Captain – Tom Greaves. Second XI Captain – Marcus Martin. Sunday Captain – Marcus Baker. Without portfolio - Graham Smith, Jack Tidey, Sean Tidey and Rob Willoughby. The members of the Executive Committee are: Club Chairman – John Heslam. Honorary Secretary – Peter Baker. Honorary Treasurer – Bethan Smith. Playing Committee Chairman – Paul Watts. Bar Committee Chairman – Peter McMeekin. Ground Committee Chairman – Richard Robertson. Membership Secretary & Welfare Officer – Cilla Robertson. Club Captain – Tom Greaves. Contact numbers of Committee members and those of other club officers may be found on the "Contact Us" page. PGB, Hon. Sec. Nov 2015

By |2015-11-22T15:33:15+00:00November 22nd, 2015|Categories: 2015, AGM, News|Tags: |Comments Off on New management structure; Executive and General Committees

Working the cycles of Consumer Contempt

It’s our usual dank, dark, damp, close season, and this is not really an article with an awful lot to do with Cricket, but it is some food for thought, and an explanation as to how I raised almost £200.00 for our Club in the last 2 years – whilst saving money for myself – and without costing myself a penny! As you all ought to know by now – making online purchases via links on the Reed CC website can earn our Club substantive accumulations of sales commissions. This process has been going for years and is known as affiliate marketing. Our Reed CC website constructor Baz Curtis was a pathfinder in recognising the availability of this field of prospective Club fundraising, and as long as 10 years ago brought many specific corporate links to the Club website for members to use to benefit our club. Unfortunately, bar a few stalwarts, support of this initiative never really “took off”.  However, in 2015, online purchasing is now much more widely undertaken, and there is a now a much simplified user format of commission raising being offered. This is called “Easyfundraising”. The Easyfundraising mechanism is so easy to use that you can actually upload either an App to your mobile phone or tablet computer, or a programme to your PC or laptop that shows if websites that you are visiting to make a purchase are already “Easyfundraising member sites”. If that is the case then you just need to click on the Easyfundraising logo/signage to get a “no cost to you” donation made to Reed Cricket Club. So the mechanism is very easy – IF you can be persuaded to register with Easyfundraising and nominate Reed [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:13:26+00:00November 18th, 2015|Categories: A View From The Chair, News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Working the cycles of Consumer Contempt

Help Us Out This Christmas

You can help us this Christmas by using Easy Fundraising when you purchase online. Every time you make a purchase a small percentage will come to the club. It doesn't effect the price you pay, but will certainly help the club raise some funds. Christmas Campaign

By |2016-12-27T13:13:27+00:00November 8th, 2015|Categories: 2015, News|Tags: , |Comments Off on Help Us Out This Christmas

Notification of the 59th AGM of RCC, 2000hrs, 19th November

Notification of the Fifty-ninth Annual General Meeting of Reed Cricket Club to be held in the Clubhouse on Thursday 19th November 2015 starting at 2000hrs. Agenda. 1. Minutes. Approval and signing of minutes from the RCC AGM held on 27th November 2014. 2. Matters arising. 3. To receive the Honorary Secretary’s Report. 4. To receive the Annual Accounts. 5. To consider amendments to the Club Constitution. 6. To consider and ratify or amend rates of Subscription. Only members over the age of 18 may vote. 7. To elect Officers for the coming year. Rules, (all those voting must be fully paid-up members of the Club). Playing members over the age of 18 may vote on the election of all the officers. Playing members aged 16 or 17 may vote only on the election of Team Captains, Vice-Captains, and members of the Selection Committee. Playing members under 16 may not vote. Non-Playing members must be over the age of 18 to vote, but may not vote on the election of Captains, Vice-Captains, and Selection Committee. 8. Any other business. a. Fire Safety Training; current situation. Club Officers’ and Team Captains’ reports have been posted on the Club website and some hard-copies will be available in the pavilion at the AGM. Hard-copies of the various Club Accounts will be available in the pavilion at the AGM. Peter G. Baker, Honorary Secretary, Reed Cricket Club.

By |2015-11-21T17:51:20+00:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 AGM, AGM, News|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Notification of the 59th AGM of RCC, 2000hrs, 19th November

Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2015.

Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2015. At the 2014 AGM, Michael “Baz” Curtis did not seek re-election as Honorary Secretary and I replaced him. Keith Collins, after 40+ years on the committee, and Stuart Smith also stood-down whilst Rob Willoughby, Jack Tidey and Sean Tidey filled the vacancies. In April Tom Greaves resigned as Coach Coordinator and subsequently Richard Barlow was co-opted onto the General Committee in that role. Life Member and former President, Howard Marshall, decided to stand-down from the Committee in May. Howard is irreplaceable! Your General Committee met 11 times during the year with an average attendance rate touching 83% per meeting at the time of writing this report. There were several pieces of significant business completed during the year. Reed Parish Council wished to formalize our 60-year association. Negotiated by Club Chairman, John Heslam, a 10-year agreement with a 5-year notice to quit clause that protects both the Parish Council and the Club was signed-off. Similarly, a new agreement based on the same lines was made with the Freman College management. RCC pay nothing to the school but in return the playing area is maintained to top class standards with Richard Robertson overseeing the preparation of pitches for school matches in addition to the ones our 3rd and 4th XIs use at weekends. We are indebted to JQH for seeing through these vital safeguards to our future. Thank you John. Parts of the Club Constitution were thought to be out of date, lacking certain important content and in no particular order. It has been reviewed and the proposed new Constitution will be brought to the AGM this November for members to vote on. Because of dwindling numbers, we were proactive in trying to [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:13:28+00:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 AGM, 2015 Season Review, AGM, News, Season Review|Tags: , |Comments Off on Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2015.

Captains’ Reviews of the season, 2015

1st XI REPORT 2015 The 1XI had a mixed 2015 season with some performances equal to or better than the standard set over recent seasons and some more disappointing. However, in a Championship significantly strengthened from the previous year and with some serious injuries to key players it remained a good season which hopefully sets a platform which along with a bit of luck can hopefully allow for another go at promotion to the Premier league in the future. Key performers with the bat were myself, Chris Jackson and William Heslam, the latter despite only playing half the season. However, typically many others chipped in too with the likes of Stuart Smith, Tom Greaves, new signing Rich Wharton, Alex Mutucamarana, Sean Tidey, Mitchell Cooper, Jack Tidey and overseas player Phil Lill all showing their ability with the bat at this level. The signing of Matt Sampson with 2 games to go is also very encouraging looking ahead as is the classy innings Rob Lankester produced in the final game of the season underlying his promise in his first opportunity to bat in 1XI league cricket. And hopefully if work allows the talented Rich Wharton can thrive with a regular spot in the future top order. With the ball Jack Tidey was outstanding. He consistently took key wickets at the top of the order which was crucial with the strength of the batting being particularly high in the Championship last season and his presence was sorely missed when injured. Phil Lill was also excellent more than filling the role required coming into the side for the season ending up leading wicket taker and top of the averages. Tom Greaves yet again bowled some crucial long spells [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:13:31+00:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report, 2015 Season Review, News, Season Review|Tags: , |Comments Off on Captains’ Reviews of the season, 2015

Colts’ Managers’ Reports, 2015

Reed Cricket Club U11 Report Pre season the U11’s team started with 5 registered players and we were unsure if we could get a team to fulfill the fixtures, but by hook or crook we managed to get sign on 8 more new players, some new to cricket and some much more experienced. In the first match we only had 7 players and being 10 a side pairs we, not surprisingly, lost heavily. The addition of a couple of new players; Sam Osborne and Charlie Walters made a big improvement this year and the league season ended with 5 wins and 5 defeats. Our team was the youngest team in the league and the only matches we lost were against teams who were a lot older. On the batting side; Sam Osborne scored 66 runs, only being out once in nine matches. Ross Gardner was the second highest run scorer with 57 runs in nine matches. On the bowling side; Sam Osborne and Adam Gardner both took 10 wickets closely followed by Charlie Walters who took 9, including 2 wickets from the last two balls of the match to beat Foxton. Sam Osborne and Ross Gardner have both played Area cricket for North Herts this year and have both been pre-selected for 2016. Hopefully they will be joined by Adam Gardner and Charlie Walters who will be taking part in the North Area trials in November. All in all, this season has turned out much better than we could have hoped. Where we lacked in numbers we certainly made up for in quality, as we had a nucleus of some very good players being backed up by some enthusiastic newcomers which bodes well for the [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:13:35+00:00October 19th, 2015|Categories: 2015, 2015 Match Report, News, Season Review|Tags: , |Comments Off on Colts’ Managers’ Reports, 2015
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