Magazine 2024 Final Full Res v1 - Flipbook - Page 15
TMWCC Saturday 1st Xl
31 coaches and assistants. 12
teams par}cipated in the Surrey
Junior Cricket Championship
(SJCC) from U8s to U17s, again
playing a mixture of pairs and
conven}onal cricket. The U11s
and U17s won their divisions.
Stuart Clarke and his team of
coaches, managers and
The Sunday Friendly XI had
volunteers, and parents for their
another winning season, again
a昀昀ording several juniors their 昀椀rst invaluable support, all deserve
special thanks.
opportuni}es to experience
Four local clubs formed a new
senior cricket in an encouraging
and transi}onal environment: one mid-week, round robin, home and
U13, eight U14s and 昀椀ve U15s will away, T20 Compe}}on,
provoca}vely named 8A
de昀椀nitely bene昀椀t from this
Celebra}on of Croydon Cricket9,
exposure.
although
Old Whitgivians failed
116 players (7 fewer than 2022)
to 昀椀eld a team. Success in every
played for the senior club of
completed game earned the tag
which 37 were U18s. 19 players
made their debuts (9 fewer than 8Champions of Croydon9!
1 and Tier 3 sides struggled due to
poor availability of the U18 age
group, which it had been thought
would want to test themselves
against Premier League and
Division 1 club players. Just one
and two games were won in the
respec}ve }ers.
Phil Mander masterly organised
another Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Tour. An
addi}onal (4th) 昀椀xture was
Junior membership fell to 189 (+ included, although one was
38 All Stars) a decrease of nearly rained o昀昀. Another mixed party
enjoyed three comfortable
14%. Several age groups lost
victories at picturesque grounds.
players who were members in
Thame, a quaint market town 13
2022 and the youngest age
miles east of Oxford, provided an
groups had fewer sign-ups: not
something to be concerned about ideal base.
The President, Dave Mar}n,
as yet, but worth monitoring
going forward. The Junior Sec}on organised a well-a琀琀ended Quiz
comprised 13 age groups u}lising Night in June and an enjoyable
2022) of which 10 were
teenagers. This s}ll allowed for a
5th XI to be selected on four
occasions.
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President9s Day match that
included several former players,
which was followed by an
entertaining Karaoke Evening.
Both events raised valuable funds
for the Club. The Race Night once
again proved to be the primary
fund-raiser, despite not a琀琀rac}ng
numbers that could make it even
more pro昀椀table.
The End of Season social was an
understandably exuberant a昀昀air
celebra}ng two promo}ons, and
the Schoolboy Errors (U17s) were
perhaps surprising winners of the
6-a-side Tournament under the
leadership of Felix Gomulka.
Mike Brugnoli was deservedly
honoured as Guest of Honour at
the Annual Dinner for his
contribu}on to the Club during
the last 23 years.
The accounts con}nue to show a
healthy posi}on, but it is fully
appreciated that player
expenditure is not sustainable
without external funding and / or
sponsorship. This will be a focus
for the Recruitment SubCommi琀琀ee in the o昀昀-season.
Stephen Self9s monthly
Newsle琀琀ers remain popular, and
our social media exposure across
mul}ple plavorms is strong.
