Wellington Cricket Club

A working party of Simon Spalding, Richard Short and David Derrick will be performing a two part assessment of our ground and facilities – the risk assessment is required for Club Mark and the facilities grading is part of the SCL’s quality driven process to improve what is on offer at their member Clubs grounds according to four key principles.

The site visit will take place on Tuesday 1st May at 7.15pm

Thanks to everyone who gave up their time over this weekend to prepare the Club for the new season; the ground and the clubhouse both look sparkling and we are truly ready for action.

We start at Trull on Saturday 14th April with a game that will be played under the Sunday XI banner; the day after we visit Taunton Deane.

We are doing this task outside of Cricket Force and members are asked to give up a couple of hours of their time from 9.30am on Saturday 17th March to perform this task.

Please bring any useful items such as allen keys and tools if you have them.

Today the square has been cut for the third time this close season and the depressions caused by football training have received a treatment of soil and grass seed with turf to be applied if required before the season begins.

Another session is planned for March.

Thanks to Simon Rudd, Richard Henwood, David Derrick, Kevin Crout and Duncan Short for their efforts.

Couple of forthcoming activities below – please support if you can….

1. We have a small amount of work on the square and outfield required on Sunday (12th Feb), just 2hrs, 11am to 1pm. Please come along and lend a hand. Nothing too difficult – mowing wicket, forking and repair to outfield, application of loam to the depression with lute.

2. Poker Night is on Saturday 11th February; four spaces left currently (e-mail Simon Rudd if you wish to take part). Long Hop opens at 7.00pm and first deal is at 8.00pm

We have a Ground Works session set for Sunday 12th February at Wellington Playing Field; there will be plenty to do so a good number of Club members are asked to give up a few hours to assist with the work required.

Contact Simon Rudd or Richard Henwood for details.

We are to take part once again in Cricket Force this season; the project runs from Friday 30th March – Sunday 1st April and will focus on the installation of an access gate with keypad to allow those who wish to come into The Long Hop Bar to enter and depart in an easier fashion than is the case with the current gate arrangements; such a new gate will be built next to the current double ornamental gates.

During last year’s Pavilion renovation a trench was dug and cable was laid to allow for this job to be done and we have selected NWCF 2012 as the time to complete matters; labour will be needed to make this a reality, so a commitment from Club members will be sought soon.

Thanks to all who assisted in this morning’s groundworks session that was a follow on to the work done back in September; activities like sarel rolling, lute flattening, seeding, fertilising and general housekeeping was performed by David Derrick, Simon Rudd, Richard Henwood, Adrian Lee, Simon Spalding, Marc Holloway, Dave Holloway, Paul Short, Rich Short, Nigel Davy, Ivor Mitchell, Mark Salter, Kevin Crout and young Ben!

Nigel has commenced the welding operation to refix a wheel to one of the covers – this will continue next Sunday (13th November) – if you can spare an hour then call Richard Henwood.

We are meeting at the Pavilion on Sunday 6th November at 10.30am to perform the second tranche of close season ground works; Simon Rudd will be leading this work and will send out details via e-mail by Thursday this week.

Hot pork rolls will be on offer by the way!

Thanks to all who helped with the ground works sessions on the morning of Saturday 24th September when the Pavilion, Score Box and Outdoor Nets all got a tidy up for the close season.

Those who assisted were Duncan Short, David Derrick, Sam Baycock, Richard Short, Aks Latifi, Mark Salter, Mike Hewitt and Brian McShane.