Somerset County Cricket Club pavilion is the new location for our Dinner and Dance, with a date of Saturday 7th October set. Dancing to 1am, with a bar to 12.30. Menu and further information will be posted here later.

Pre-season practice this year take place at Wellington School Sports Centre in the form of Indoor Cricket, rather than ‘boring old nets’!
Three Sundays have been arranged, Sunday 19th March, Sunday 2nd April and Sunday 16th April. Players will bat in partnership with runs deducted for dismissals. The sessions will be split into youth and senior.

Youth practice will run from 4pm to 5.10pm (please arrive no later than 3.45pm so that an even standard of teams can be arranged). Senior practice will run from 5.10pm until 6.30pm (again, arrive by 4.55 latest so that even teams can be picked).

There are a number of club shirts still available. Quantities and costs as so:

Order from tony.rudd@sportinwellington.co.uk or on 664406.

Members,
A blitz on the scorebox and pavilion has been arranged for Sunday 26th February. This will include fixing of the electronic scoreboard, erection of shelving in the scorebox, building and erection of two shirt display cabinets (for Marcus Trescothick England Shirt and Graham Smith SA Shirt) and completion of the Honours Board. This amount of work will need considerable input from the club membership – please email simon.rudd@sportinwellington.co.uk with your commitment to assist, even if it is for only an hour or two. WCC Committee 16/2/06.

Somerset captain Ian Blackwell is off to India this weekend as a member of the full England Test squad. Blackie has been on standby for Ashley Giles, who has yet to make a full recovery from a hip operation.

Ian said “This is really fantastic news for me. I am really thrilled to be given this chance and I am simply raring to go. It has always been my ambition to play for my country at the highest possible level so going out to India with the Test squad presents me with this opportunity. I have already played in one day internationals but to play Test cricket for England would be a dream

Ian Blackwell, the Somerset captain, and Beth Tarr, who were popular guests at Wellington CC’s past seasons dinner and dance, have announced their engagement.