Woodham Mortimer Cricket Club

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Friends, Romans, Countrymen...good people of WMCC.....with the evenings getting longer (ok, use your imagination a bit) I can confirm that we will once more have pre-season nets at Writtle. We are booked in for a series of Sunday sessions, from 9am-11am, with the first one starting on Sun Feb 26th. These will run for 6 weeks right up to, but not including, Easter Sunday. I'm sure that will see plenty of u there, a chance to blow away the cobwebs for some, find the cricket gear, & for others that have played in the indoor league, an opportunity to play with a proper cricket ball once more!!!

WMCC Pheasantation Evening 2011 Date: Saturday 1st OctoberTime: 5:00pm onwards

Invited: All members and their families
Ticket prices: £7.50 per person, £20.00 for a family

This year will be a little different......the club will be hiring a MARQUEE for the event, which will stand on the outfield and be beautifully decorated.A buffet will be provided for all, along with an array of entertainment and of course there will be the 'Pheasantation' itself!Tickets can be purchased from Rebecca or Kev and are on sale now!

Please attend to support your club and celebrate what has been a fantastic year! Love from your Social Committee

Thanks, Rebecca

Dear all,

Following last week's committee meeting, I am writing to you to let you know about some of the forthcoming events at WMCC over the next couple of months. In addition to this, it was decided at the meeting, that the committee needs to draw up a Club Development Plan to prioritise areas for the development of the club. These will include areas such as: clubhouse and grounds, social events, club administration, publicity of the club and cricket equipment. We would like to collate your thoughts, as members of the club, as to specific improvements that you would like to see at the club.

These could be anything from refurbishment of the changing rooms or redeveloping nets to ideas for admin efficiency and development of the use of technology at the club. All ideas are welcome and encouraged. Once we have compiled the ideas, we intend to create a realistic plan for the next couple of years, that will, hopefully drive the club forward. Any ideas can be sent to me directly (damofannon@yahoo.co.uk) or emailed to another committee member.

The club will also be continuing its participation in the Indoor Leagues this winter. We will be entering a Ladies side,an Over 40s team and 3 BDICL teams.

Please let Geoff Reddin or myself know if you are interested in playing in the BDICL this year, as the logistics of organising the teams and squads can be quite complex with the league's availability rules.

Planned Events
Friday 19th August - Club open for social evening. Contact Hayley Thorogood for details. (hayley.thorogood@gmx.com)

Saturday 10th September - President's Day Match: All members are warmly invited for this game where our President's XI will take on a Woodham Club XI in our annual match. There will be a Carver BBQ at the end of the game.

Friday 16th September - Proposed Golf Day. Neil Friend is keen to organise a Golf Day for the club. Please let him know if you are interested (07581055755)

Friday 16th September - Quiz Night at the club following the Golf Day. Please contact Rebecca Thorogood to book your place. rthorogood@hotmail.com

Saturday 1st October - Presentation Evening at the Clubhouse

It would be great to see as many of you as possible at these events. Thank you for your continuing support.
Damo

100 Club Winners
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1st Prize No. 74 April 2011 Phil Granger £36
2nd Prize No. 114 April 2011 Steve Kelly £15
3rd Prize No. 72 April 2011 Chris Collis £9
 
1st Prize No. 54 May 2011 Steve Kelly £36
2nd Prize No. 93 May 2011 Neil Friend £15
3rd Prize No. 77 May 2011 Audrey Mitchell £9
 
1st Prize No 79 June 2011 Mark Davis £36
2nd Prize No.52 June 2011 Andy Coombes £15
3rd Prize No.89 June 2011 Don Carver £9
 
Other draws will occur during the remainder of the Season. Thank you to all subscribers ! The 100 Club in in a healthy state, but new members and friends are always welcome to join !!! See me Keith.

 Thanks Peg

"On the 26th June there is an intra club match, at which I am holding a fundraising event for a charity trip to Nepal that I am going on. We will be doing some work on the rooms and washing area of an orphanage as well as playing games etc. with the kids. It would be great if as many of you as possible could support it - we will require cakes for a cake sale. There will be a raffle so bring along some cash to buy some tickets. I also hope to take some cricket stuff out there for the kids, so if anyone has any old equipment/kit it would be great if you could bring it along on the day and donate it.
For more info please visit http://www.kidsaliveuk.org/Groups/145567/Kids_Alive/Where_We_Work/Asia/Nepal/Nepal.aspx

Cheers, Stephen"
 
100 Club: To avoid delays in '100 Club' draws beyond June, I would like to collect all remaining subscriptions by 20 June.Based on last year's donations, the following people owe money
 
Connor and Nathan Hayman £12
Kevin Wright £12
Dan Karkocki £12
Debbie Guppy £12
Philip Wakeling £12
Neil Friend £24
Grace Meluish £12
Neil Smith £12
Damian Fannon £24
Keith Lester £24
Rebecca Thorogood £12
Matthew Goodlad £24
John Woodrow £12
Peter McBride £12
George Verlander £12
Russell Barnard £12
Matt Fawcett £12
John Strange £12
Martin Coulson £12
 
Please do not feel offended if you don't wish to continue to be a member of the 100 Club, just let me know. Equally, if you would like to become a new member or take our extra shares, feel free to ask me and I will join you up. Currently the Club makes approx. £400 a year, and we pay out £400 in prize money.
 
Pleas approach me.
 
Regards Keith.

From Steve:
At the moment the website is only receiving regular match reports from two sources, Ian Ball 2nd team and Hayley ladies team, who i would like to thank for taking the trouble. I have been asked a lot of late why no reports appear for other teams and have to point out that i have know idea and that unless i'm on holiday or through work commitments it's not down to me!

If the captains are not able to write a report i see no reason why they can't appoint someone else to do it, can't be that hard, i did the second team report this week as Ian was away. Failing that a text message with the score would be ok. At the end of the day it's down to members to decide if they want a website or not (or do they just want to use facebook?), as i see no point in running it if people are un-willing to have any input. Steve

Bank details: Alliance & Leicester Bank plc, Sort Code: 72-06-04, Account: 17732902