Wellington Cricket Club

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.

We meet at Wellington Playing Field this coming Saturday from 9.30am to take down the outdoor nets and put them away; we will also clear out the score box and have a general tidy up.

Please give up an hour or two to assist.

As Somerset are playing in the CB40 Final on Saturday 17th September we have put the outdoor net deconstruction and score box tidy up back by a week to Saturday 24th September from 9.30am.

Please lend a hand for an hour or two if you possibly can.

The first section of our autumn groundworks operation has been started today with scarifying been the main aspect undertaken as we look to develop our Courtland Road ground’s playing surface.

Using the techniques gleaned from the IoG course that we hosted on Sunday 11th September a team of Club members lead by Simon Rudd and Richard Henwood has embarked on a three day schedule of works to see that we have the best ever autumnal renovation we have had access to.

If you spare any time over the next couple of days then please contact Simon Rudd or Richard Henwood.

We meet on Saturday 17th September to take down and put away the outdoor nets, tidy up the score box and pavilion for the close season and generally make sure everything is secure and stable for the winter months. 

We get underway at 9.30am; please give up an hour or two to assist.

We host the autumn portion of the Somerset section of the IoG course on Sunday 11th September and will be represented by Simon Rudd and Richard Henwood.

For the three days after this we have access to a quantity of equipment, through the Somerset Cricket Board, that will be used to renovate the square as part of our on-going work and plans to make the playing experience at Wellington CC as good as it can be.

If anyone can give up some time to get involved with this work then please contact Simon Rudd on 0782 813 3223 or via sales@getpaddedup.co.uk