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The need for funding never goes away, and so, back by popular demand, is our 10th annual Horse Race Night. This is the chance for you to invite your friends to become a part of the Stradbroke Cricket Club family, and to take some of their hard-earned cash from them to allow the club to continue.

Saturday, 6th February 2010
Stradbroke Community Centre
Be there by 19:15
FIRST RACE 19:30 SHARP

£6 per person (frozen for fourth year)
Includes Fish & Chip supper

For only £20 you can spon… Continue

These were our heroes last season. Don’t forget to doff your cap or tug your forelock when you see them in the street or at the supermarket, or anywhere else.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Hugman

Players of the Year
1st XI - James Ling
A Team – Simon Higgins
B Team – Billy Freeman
Academy – Ollie Bickley
Girls – Chloe Ackerley
U15 – Ollie Bickley
U13 – Liam Smith
U11 – Tom Davey, Will Bacon

Most runs
1st XI – Alex Fitchett (320)
A Team – Simon Higgins (669)
B Team –… Continue

STRADBROKE Cricket Club require an assistant to their overworked groundsman. Duties include some grass cutting, pitch preparation & maintenance. Would suit an active retired person, or someone younger looking to start a career path. This is a voluntary position, but the Club will pay to attend locally-run, 1-day Institute of Groundsmen courses in spring & autumn. Interested? Then call Michael Hugman on 01379-384433 or 07796-465347.

Stradbroke Cricket Club is on the verge of it’s 30th Anniversary, and much has happened to the Club in those three decades, but it is nothing compared to the progress made in the last 12 months. After what seemed like 30 years of discussion, the drainage of the Playing Field has finally taken place, aided by a sizeable grant from the ECB, a direct benefit of being a Clubmark Focus Club. Working closely with Stradbroke Parish Council on this project has raised the profile of the Club within the c… Continue

The 2010 season is not far away, so we’ve organised some winter training for all our squads, as follows:

Girls – from 11th January 2010
Mondays
SBEC – 18:00-19:00 (through 29th March)
£1 per person per session

U13s upwards – from 14th February 2010
Sundays
Thomas Mills High School – 15:30-17:00
through 28th March
£2 per person per session

Seniors – from 14th February 2010
Sundays
Thomas Mills High School – 17:00-18:00
through 28th March
£2 per person per session

U11s… Continue

As well as a Facebook group and a stats web site, both set up by Steve Warner (web meister), we have a page on Stradbroke Village’s web site (which is probably a little less scary for novices than Facebook).
This is the address for Stradbroke Cricket Club on the village web site:

http://www.stradbroke.org.uk/profile/StradbrokeCricketClub

And this is the club’s actual web site:… Continue

As confirmed at the AGM on 24th October:

President
Don Lummis

Chairman
Michael Hugman

Club Secretary & Clubmark
Richard Pierce-Saunderson

Treasurer
Carrie Barnes

Welfare Officer
Caroline Johnson

Vice-Chairman & Deputy Welfare Officer
David Allum

Membership & Minutes
Steve Bacon

Youth Development Officer
Scott Turner

Web Site Manager
Stephen Warner

Minister without Portfolio
Dick Steward

U15 Manager… Continue

One of the highlights of Stradbroke’s cricket season is the AGM followed by the Annual Presentation Evening. Our last five guest speakers have been Devon Malcolm, Ronnie Irani, Ravi Bopara, Paul Grayson, and James Foster.

This year, our guest speaker will be Charlotte Edwards, England Captain.
Under Charlotte’s captaincy, England have won the Ashes, The Twenty/20 World Cup and the 50-over World Cup. On her debut, Charlotte was the youngest woman ever to play for England. She averages 46… Continue