Wellington Cricket Club

The Management Committee will meet on the following dates in 2010

• Wednesday 13th January
• Wednesday 17th February
• Wednesday 31st March
• Wednesday 21st April
• Wednesday 19th May
• Wednesday 30th June
• Wednesday 21st July
• Wednesday 18th August
• Wednesday 15th September
• Wednesday 13th October
• Wednesday 17th November
• Wednesday 8th December

These meetings will take place at The Arts Centre, Eight Acre Lane, Wellington from 8.00pm in the playing season and from 7.30pm in the close season. Any changes to any of these details will be communicated through the Secretary via e-mail.

Following the Somerset League’s AGM that was held on Monday 23rd November the following points were voted on and will impact on the Club and it’s league matches in 2010.

• Fielding Restrictions – There was a proposal to bring in a requirement for there to be four fielders present inside a fielding circle at the moment of delivery in all 1st XI Division One matches only, but this was not adopted when put to a vote.
• Overseas Player Restrictions – A proposal to limit Overseas Players to Clubs who play in Division One of the 1st XI competition was defeated.
• League Structure - A proposal to scrap the separate competition for reserve sides (which has been a feature of the League since 1974) and adopt a continuous league structure was adopted. With certain caveats this will see all teams who comprise the SCL going into a ten division format with Divisions Nine and Ten being ‘double divisions’ in that they will each have a north and south sub-division in 2011. Exact placings will be determined by the positions at the end of the 2010 season which will run in the current format. If this structure was in place for 2010 then the 1st XI would be in Division One and the 2nd XI would be in Division Eight.

The Management Committee will meet on Wednesday 9th December from 7.30pm.

Please note that we will meet at the Rule 7 Bar and not The Arts Centre due to the AC being unavailable.

Rule 7 is situated in the High Street by Lancer Court, opposite the Wellington Weekly News Office.

There will be a chance to have a light supper too with details to be enclosed in the agenda that will be issued shortly.

All are invited to the Club’s Christmas Get Together, which this year will be held at The Rumwell Inn on Thursday 17th December.

Please indicate if you wish to attend to Simon Rudd via e-mail (simon.rudd@sportinwellington.co.uk) by Friday 4th December.

Simon has all the details of the event – times etc – and these are on an e-mail he has sent out today.

There will be some diversion on offer from the Christmas festivities in the form of a session to get the remaining work that is required to get the covers ready for the next stage of their development done on Monday 28th December from 10.00am.

The plan is to get what work is left done in one go and then the engineering work that is required to be done by an external company can go ahead.

Please make an effort to spend a couple of hours at the ground on this date.

Weather pending, there will be a working party getting 2 more covers prepared to the same standard as the 2 previously done.

Monday 28th December, 10am.

Lunch and a beer provided by the club!

DD’s annual tome of stats has been prepared.

Download this years Record Book.

After a four season absence the Club will be returning to the indoor arena from the New Year in not one, but two forms.

The Club will be taking part in the Somerset section of the National Indoor Championship when it is held at SCCC on Sunday 10th January.

This competition offers further blocks of matches depending on progress.

An Indoor League will be taking place at Wellington School starting on Sunday 17th January and we will be entering this.

Details can be obtained from Paul Short (SCCC event) and Marc Holloway (Wellington School event).

Michael Gill has accepted the Club’s offer to act as Overseas Player for the 2010 season and the process to arrange all matters related to his arrival and time with us are in hand.

With Michael been eligible for a UK passport this will aid the signing-on process greatly.

More details to follow.

• May 28 – Newington (h) (20/20)
• July 1 – Ashbrittle (a) (20/20)
• July 26 – The Journeymen (h)