Wellington Cricket Club

The first meeting of the League Committee of the Somerset County Sports Taunton and District Sunday Cricket League will take place at SCCC on Wednesday 17th March from 7.30pm.

The Club will receive an allocation of match balls and handbooks for the new season as well as having a chance to hear about all matters connected with the league.

• April 11 – Bishops Lydeard (a)
• April 17 – Trull (a)
• April 18 – Burnham-on-Sea (a)
• April 24 – Brixham (a)
• April 25 – Castle Cary (a)
• May 2 – Street (a)
• May 9 – Sidmouth (a)
• May 16 – North Petherton (h) (League)
• May 23 – North Curry (h) (League)
• May 30 – Axminster (a)
• June 6 – Stoke Fleming (a)
• June 13 – Seaton (a)
• June 20 – Chard (h)
• June 27 – Taunton St Andrews (h) (League)
• July 4 – North Newton (h) (League)
• July 11 – Street (h)
• July 18 – CLUB DAY
• July 25 – North Petherton (a) (League)
• August 1 – Trull (h)
• August 8 – Ashbrittle (h)
• August 15 – Minehead (a)
• August 22 – Taunton St Andrews (a) (League)
• August 29 – North Curry (a) (League)
• September 5 – Chard (a)
• September 12 – North Newton (a) (League)
• September 19 – Langport (a)

Somerset League fixtures for the 1st and 2nd XIs are awaited with the 1st XI contesting the 2010 Somerset League title with Ashbrittle, Barrington, Belvedere, North Petherton, Purnells, Staplegrove, Taunton Outcasts, Watchet and Westlands. 

The 2nd XI will contest the Somerset League Reserves Competition Division Two title with Belvedere 2nd XI, Butleigh 2nd XI, Frome 2nd XI, Langport 2nd XI, Purnells 2nd XI, Temple Cloud 2nd XI,  Wedmore 2nd XI, Wells 2nd XI and Winscombe 2nd XI.

The Sunday XI will contest Division B of the Taunton and District Sunday League with North Curry, North Newton, North Petherton and Taunton St Andrews – these fixtures are all in place and friendly matches on 30th May and 8th August will complete matters.

I have brokered a deal with a fixtures agency that will mean we will get first choice on sides touring the area in terms of fixtures for the Midweek XI – the chosen strategy here is 20/20 matches at any time of the season and all-afternoon matches from mid-July until the end of August. The team has one match so far for the 2010 season.

• Sunday 16th May – North Petherton (h)
• Sunday 23rd May – North Curry (h)
• Sunday 27th June – Taunton St Andrews (h)
• Sunday 4th July – North Newton (h)
• Sunday 25th July – North Petherton (a)
• Sunday 22nd August – Taunton St Andrews (a)
• Sunday 29th August – North Curry (a)
• Sunday 12th September – North Newton (a)

All Sunday League fixtures are now on file and will be added to the friendly matches that are currently being arranged.

This aspect of the Club’s fixture schedule for 2010 will be issued soon.

Fixtures with Taunton St Andrews CC, North Petherton CC and North Newton CC have been arranged and are ‘on file’.

The only matches to arrange are with North Curry CC and they have been contacted to make such arrangements.

Following the draw that was made last evening we have been placed in Division B of the League along with North Curry CC, North Newton CC, North Petherton CC and Taunton St Andrews CC.

The draw was conducted on a totally random basis and has placed Bridgwater CC, Chard CC, Minehead CC, Street CC and Wembdon CC in Division A.

Fixture arrangements will now commence and when these are to hand they will be posted on this website.

Thanks to Steve Symons for his help.

The ten Clubs that will contest the inaugural Somerset County Sports Taunton and District Sunday Cricket League in 2010 are announced as being as follows,

Bridgwater CC, Chard CC, Minehead CC, North Curry CC, North Petherton CC, North Newton CC, Street CC, Taunton St Andrews CC, Wellington CC and Wembdon CC

A draw to place these ten Clubs into two divisions of five (thus making for eight fixtures per Club) will be made at Wellington Football Club on Saturday 24th October from 8.00pm.

This draw will be completely random in nature.

The new Sunday League venture is very nearly ready to be rolled out to the member Clubs who have signed up.

The format will be two divisions playing each other home and away and there is scope for a Finals Day to decide the overall League Champions.

As a Club we are at the forefront of this concept and have had a good amount of say and input to this throughout.

The League will bring much benefit to the Sunday XI directly and the Club overall with full details to be posted on this site next week when all matters have been brought together and signed-off.

The new Sunday League for the Taunton area was formally launched at a meeting held at SCCC on Wednesday 7th October.

We will be competing in the League next season and there is much to look forward to and to be gained from this new venture.

There are a few matters to tie up before full details are issued and a fuller announcement will be made when it is possible to do so.