Wellington Cricket Club

April’s Management Committee meeting has been set for Wednesday 8th April and will take place at The Dolphin Inn, Waterloo Road, Wellington from 7.30pm.

Any apologies to the Secretary via the usual channels as soon as they are available please.

The Secretary is delighted to be able to announce that our Overseas Player for the 2009 season – Rowan Varkevisser – is arriving in the UK on Tuesday 31st March.

After spending a few days with family friends in the London area, Rowan will be arriving in Wellington on Saturday 4th April.

It is planned that Rowan will spend a few days settling in to his new surroundings and will join us for the Good Friday groundworks session.

A welcoming evening where Club Members can meet Rowan is planned to take place at The Cottage Inn, Wellington on Sunday 12th April from 8.00pm.

A further post will be made in due course.

The new WCC website has been up and running for some two weeks now and has received good comments on it’s new format and functionality.

Please remember that it is available to receive any posts from Club Members on any Club related topic at any time – it is not just for use by the Management Committee!

Please e-mail your pieces for posting to the Secretary (davederrick@wellycc.fsnet.co.uk) or the Website Administrator (cricketadmin@sportinwellington.co.uk).

The Secretary is pleased to announce that he has begun to receive notification from members that need to complete an enhanced CRB check that they have received their application packs.

Those within the Club that this applies to are encouraged to give this matter due attention and to continue to inform the Secretary via e-mail when they have received their packs and a further announcement as to when an information and guidance evening will be held will be made when there are enough pack receipt confirmations with the Secretary.

Golfers in the cricket club, please see new posting under ‘Other Sports’ for details of the new WSF Dolphin Inn Golf Day.

As you will be aware there is a need for enhanced CRB checks to be completed by most Club personnel who are  aged eighteen or over and – to this end – a website post with the website address to visit and instructions to follow has been made.

Once there are enough Club personnel with an application pack to hand the Welfare and Protection Officer and Secretary are proposing to hold an information and guidance evening when matters such as completing the form, ensuring that the correct supporting documentation is available, making an appointment with an ECB accredited verifier and sending the form off to the Governing Body will be considered and explained.

Club personnel are asked to inform the Secretary via e-mail (davederrick@wellycc.fsnet.co.uk) when they have received (as opposed to having ordered) their CRB pack and such a session as described above can be set up when there are sufficient numbers to do so.

At the Indoor Net Session that took place on Sunday 8th March details of the requirement for each player over the age of eighteen to complete an enhanced CRB check for the 2009 season was rolled out.

The term ‘player’ is wide-ranging and if you have any doubt as to whether or not you should complete such a check then please contact the Welfare and Protection Officer Ivor Mitchell via E-mail (ivor_mitchell@tiscali.co.uk).

The exact web address to go to and order your application pack from is

http://www.tmgcrb.co.uk/ecb/order.html

After clicking on this hyperlink (alternatively copy and paste it into your browser) fill in the fields with the information required as is applicable to you and then do the following,

Select Somerset from the ECB county drop down menu.

Pack type is Individual applicant pack (default setting – do not change this). Click send and a confirmation screen will appear.

It is recommended that you print this screen off as a reminder of the process that you have just completed.

Your pack should take around three working days to arrive.

David Derrick

Senior membership fees can be paid by Annual Standing Order on 1st April each year.

A saving of £5 is made using this method.

Membership fees are set at £30 senior, but are reduced to £25 if paid by Standing Order.

The information you will need to set up an SO with your bank is:

Sort Code – 30 98 45, Account Number – 02191476 and Account Name – Wellington Cricket Club.

Membership benefits include eligibility for access to the Club’s insurance policy in the event of injury being sustained whilst on Club business – this covers both match day and practice session activity.

Therefore this year’s event will be held at Oake Manor Golf Club on Saturday 17th October with a 6.30pm for 7.00pm dinner arrangement.

Andrew Caddick is set to be the Guest of Honour.

The Club has received it’s Club Mark file and will start the application for this prestigious and necessary award.

This project will bring enhancements to the Club at all levels, on and off the field and to all concerned with it.

There is much work to do and input will be required from many sources, but the avenues it will open up are numerous.

All Club Members are requested to assist if asked to do so.

The project has a desired completion date of February 2010.

Please contact the Secretary for further information.